Takumi Hayashi (林拓海, Hayashi Takumi; born 1 September 1997) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House…Takumi Hayashi (林拓海, Hayashi Takumi; born 1 September 1997) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2026. He previously worked as a school counselor.
Shu Nakamura (中村 優, Nakamura Shū; born 7 September 1996) is a Japanese figure skater. He finished sixth at the 2012…Shu Nakamura (中村 優, Nakamura Shū; born 7 September 1996) is a Japanese figure skater. He finished sixth at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, after placing tenth in the short program and third in the free skate. He won the bronze medal at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships and finished 12th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In February 2017, he won his first senior international medal, bronze at the Bavarian Open.
Takuro Uehara (上原 拓郎, Uehara Takuro; born July 8, 1991) is a Japanese football player for Taiwan Football Premier…Takuro Uehara (上原 拓郎, Uehara Takuro; born July 8, 1991) is a Japanese football player for Taiwan Football Premier League club Taichung Futuro.
Sayuri Takeda (竹田 小百合, Takeda Sayuri; born 29 August 1989 in Hakodate) is a Japanese retired triple jumper. She was the…Sayuri Takeda (竹田 小百合, Takeda Sayuri; born 29 August 1989 in Hakodate) is a Japanese retired triple jumper. She was the 2009 East Asian Games silver medalist and 2011 Japanese national champion.
Takako Suzuki (鈴木 貴子, Suzuki Takako; born 5 January 1986) is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of…Takako Suzuki (鈴木 貴子, Suzuki Takako; born 5 January 1986) is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Kentaro Takada (高田 健太郎, Takada Kentarō; born April 13, 1983) is a retired Japanese football player who is currently the…Kentaro Takada (高田 健太郎, Takada Kentarō; born April 13, 1983) is a retired Japanese football player who is currently the technical director for the Atlanta United RDS program Atlanta, Georgia.
Masumi Ono (小野真澄, Ono Masumi; born 5 December 1975 in Hokuto, Hokkaido) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised…Masumi Ono (小野真澄, Ono Masumi; born 5 December 1975 in Hokuto, Hokkaido) is a retired Japanese athlete who specialised in the pole vault. She was the first Japanese female vaulter to jump over 4 metres. She won multiple medals at the continental level. She has personal bests of 4.21 metres outdoors (2003) and 4.30 metres indoors (2002).
Kazuya Hatayama (畠山 和也, Hatayama Kazuya) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party that was elected in to the House…Kazuya Hatayama (畠山 和也, Hatayama Kazuya) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party that was elected in to the House of Representatives, representing the Hokkaido proportional representation block. He is against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and thinks that Japan should demand the return of the Kuril Islands from Russia.
Noriko Sasaki (佐々木 倫子, Sasaki Noriko; born 7 October 1961) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her…Noriko Sasaki (佐々木 倫子, Sasaki Noriko; born 7 October 1961) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her Dōbutsu no Oisha-san series.
Kenji Katsube (born 6 September 1959, in Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the…Kenji Katsube (born 6 September 1959, in Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2019. He is one of the six representatives of the Hokkaido at-large district, and is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
Hiroshi Moriya (森屋宏, Moriya Hiroshi; born July 21, 1957) is a Japanese politician who is a former member of the House…Hiroshi Moriya (森屋宏, Moriya Hiroshi; born July 21, 1957) is a Japanese politician who is a former member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
Yoshitaka Itō (born 24 November 1948) is a Japanese politician, who has served as a member of the House of…Yoshitaka Itō (born 24 November 1948) is a Japanese politician, who has served as a member of the House of Representatives from Hokkaido since 2009. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Ikuko Ishii (石井 郁子, Ishii Ikuko; born 10 October 1940) is a Japanese politician and member for the House of…Ikuko Ishii (石井 郁子, Ishii Ikuko; born 10 October 1940) is a Japanese politician and member for the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party. She was born in Hokkaido and studied there.
Kanda Nissho (神田 日勝; 1937–1970) was a Japanese artist and farmer. He is known mostly for his oil paintings. Nissho…Kanda Nissho (神田 日勝; 1937–1970) was a Japanese artist and farmer. He is known mostly for his oil paintings. Nissho Kanda was born in 1937 in the Nerima district of Tokyo. When he was seven, his family moved to the Tokachi district in Hokkaidō to work the farmland there. Raised in the hard, unfamiliar life of a settler’s family, he eventually became a farmer himself. At the same time, he came to put his heart into painting. His powerful works depicting scenes of daily life, each brushstroke imbued with his soul, gradually gained acclaim in the art world. However, in 1970, just when he was beginning to develop new modes of expression, he died of illness at the age of 32. His last painting of a horse was incomplete, with its body half finished. In 1993, Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum of Art was established in Tokachi, Hokkaidō. Kanda’s unfinished last work, Horse serves as the symbol of the museum. Since his death, other works such as Interiors have been in the collection of the Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art in Sapporo and the Hokkaidō Obihiro Museum of Art in Obihiro.
Keizaburō Tejima (手島 圭三郎, Tejima Keizaburō) (born 1935) is a Japanese artist and children's picture book author. He is…Keizaburō Tejima (手島 圭三郎, Tejima Keizaburō) (born 1935) is a Japanese artist and children's picture book author. He is known for his books and their illustrations. Tejima's illustrative technique is woodblock. Books he has written and illustrated include Fox's Dream, Owl Lake, Swan Sky and The Bear's Autumn.
Setsuo Yokomichi (Japanese: 横路節雄; January 2, 1911 – June 14, 1967) was a Japanese politician. He was the father of…Setsuo Yokomichi (Japanese: 横路節雄; January 2, 1911 – June 14, 1967) was a Japanese politician. He was the father of Takahiro Yokomichi, Governor of Hokkaido from 1983 to 1995.
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (牧口 常三郎, Makiguchi Tsunesaburō; 23 July 1871–18 November 1944) was a Japanese educator who…Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (牧口 常三郎, Makiguchi Tsunesaburō; 23 July 1871–18 November 1944) was a Japanese educator who founded and became the first president of the Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai (Value-Creating Education Society), the predecessor of today's Soka Gakkai.
Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, also known as Koji Fox, is an American video game localizer, translator and lyricist. He…Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, also known as Koji Fox, is an American video game localizer, translator and lyricist. He is best known for his localization work on Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XVI, as well as his role as lead singer for The Primals, the official Final Fantasy XIV rock band. He joined Square Enix in 2003 to work on Final Fantasy XI.
Akio Togashi (富樫 明生, Togashi Akio; born May 15, 1961 in Hokkaidō), better known by his stage name m.c.A • T (エムシーエーティー…Akio Togashi (富樫 明生, Togashi Akio; born May 15, 1961 in Hokkaidō), better known by his stage name m.c.A • T (エムシーエーティー, Emu Shī Ē Tī; "Microphone Controller Akio Togashi") is a Japanese musician, rapper, singer and record producer with Avex Trax. He graduated from Hokkaido Sapporo Tsukisamu High School and the Hokkaido University of Education. His debut single as m.c.A·T, "Bomb A Head!," released in 1993 on Avex Trax, has since been re-released as "Bomb A Head! Returns!" in 2003 featuring DA PUMP and as "Bomb A Head! V" in 2004 as the opening theme of Tenjho Tenge. He has also produced several of DA PUMP's releases, and like DA PUMP's ISSA, is a fan of the Kamen Rider Series. He has performed various songs for the series, collaborating with RIDER CHIPS on "The people with no name," the second ending theme for Kamen Rider 555, and on the single "Kamen Rider no Uta" (仮面ライダーのうた, Kamen Raidā no Uta) and with Rin' on "Flashback," the theme song for Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Fighting Demons, as well as provided the voice for the Ghost Driver in Kamen Rider Ghost. He has also collaborated with Avex Trax artists such as AAA, Ayumi Hamasaki, Nami Tamaki, Namie Amuro, Toshinobu Kubota, and most recently Manabu Oshio on the single "Beastie Life" released late 2007. Several other artists he has worked with appear on the second disc for his latest album Music Conductor A·T.