Tatsuya Tsuboi (壷井 達也, Tsuboi Tatsuya; born December 17, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2024–25 Japan…
Tatsuya Tsuboi (壷井 達也, Tsuboi Tatsuya; born December 17, 2002) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2024–25 Japan national bronze medalist, the 2024 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, the 2023 World University Games silver medalist, and the 2022 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist. On the junior level, he is the 2022 World Junior bronze medalist and 2018–19 Japan junior national champion.
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Yūta Komori (古森 悠太, Komori Yūta; August 20, 1995) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
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Hidekazu Tanaka (田中 秀和, Tanaka Hidekazu; born June 4, 1987) is a Japanese composer and arranger best known for his work…
Hidekazu Tanaka (田中 秀和, Tanaka Hidekazu; born June 4, 1987) is a Japanese composer and arranger best known for his work for anime and video games. He was affiliated with the music production company MONACA, but left in 2021 to be freelance.
Shirin Nezammafi (Persian: شیرین نظاممافی; Japanese: シリン・ネザマフィ) is an Iranian writer who resides in Japan. Though her…
Shirin Nezammafi (Persian: شیرین نظاممافی; Japanese: シリン・ネザマフィ) is an Iranian writer who resides in Japan. Though her native language is Persian, she writes in Japanese. She is fluent in English, Persian and Japanese.
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Kumi Tanioka (谷岡久美, Tanioka Kumi; born August 29, 1974) is a Japanese composer and pianist. Born in Hiroshima, Japan…
Kumi Tanioka (谷岡久美, Tanioka Kumi; born August 29, 1974) is a Japanese composer and pianist. Born in Hiroshima, Japan, she graduated from Kobe University with a degree in musical performance, and began working as a video game composer in 1998. She joined video game developer and publisher Square that same year, and worked on over 15 games for them before leaving to work as an independent composer in 2010. Tanioka is best known for composing for the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series. She also likes to incorporate piano music into her soundtracks, which she typically performs herself, as she has done as a part of The Star Onions, a musical group focusing on arrangements of Final Fantasy XI music as well at various concerts.
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Kazumi Inamura (稲村 和美, Inamura Kazumi; born 10 November 1972) is a Japanese politician. She was the mayor of Amagasaki…
Kazumi Inamura (稲村 和美, Inamura Kazumi; born 10 November 1972) is a Japanese politician. She was the mayor of Amagasaki from 13 December 2010 until 1 December 2022. She is member of the Greens Japan political party and was its co-president from 2008 to 2010. She was a student at the University of Kobe during the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake. She was a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly.
Terufumi Horiuchi (堀内 照文, Horiuchi Terufumi; born November 2, 1972) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party, former…
Terufumi Horiuchi (堀内 照文, Horiuchi Terufumi; born November 2, 1972) is a member of the Japanese Communist Party, former serving in the House of Representatives. He was born in the center of the Osaka (the second largest metropolitan area in Japan) in 1972. He graduated from Shumiyoshi High School, and Kobe University in 1991. He was elected to this position in 2014, representing the Kinki region. Horiuchi was critical of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plan to reduce the turnover rate of people giving up their jobs to care for the elderly to zero by improving nursing care as unrealistic. He said that to make Abe's policy work, one would need to increase the wages of those working in nursing care and to give more state funding to facilities.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Sumiyoshi High School📅 Born November 2🎂 Born 1972📍 From Osaka Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
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Tsutomu Nishino (西野 努, Nishino Tsutomu; born March 13, 1971) is a former Japanese football player.
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Emiko Uematsu (植松 恵美子, Uematsu Emiko; born November 13, 1967) is a former Japanese politician in the Democratic Party…
Emiko Uematsu (植松 恵美子, Uematsu Emiko; born November 13, 1967) is a former Japanese politician in the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of Kobe University, she ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councillors in 2004. She ran again in 2007 and was elected for the first time. She left the DPJ in 2013 because of a difference of political policy.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Takamatsu High School📅 Born November 13🎂 Born 1967📍 From 高松市中間町, Kagawa Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
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Koji Yanagi (柳広司, Yanagi Kōji; born September 20, 1967) is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of…
Koji Yanagi (柳広司, Yanagi Kōji; born September 20, 1967) is a Japanese writer of mystery and thriller. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan.
Kenji Yamada (山田賢司, Yamada Kenji; born 20 April 1966) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of…
Kenji Yamada (山田賢司, Yamada Kenji; born 20 April 1966) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2012. Yamada is a deputy secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Hiroyuki Noritake (則竹裕之, Noritake Hiroyuki; born August 27, 1964) is a Japanese jazz fusion drummer and a lecturer at…
Hiroyuki Noritake (則竹裕之, Noritake Hiroyuki; born August 27, 1964) is a Japanese jazz fusion drummer and a lecturer at the Showa Academia Musicae.
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Susumu Ogawa (born 1964) is a professor of Innovation and Marketing, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe…
Susumu Ogawa (born 1964) is a professor of Innovation and Marketing, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan. He was a student of Eric von Hippel, and received a Ph.D. in management from Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in 1998. Since September 2016, he serves as a Research Affiliate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management. His specialty is innovation and marketing.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Itami High School🎂 Born 1964📍 From Hyogo Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Masao Miyazaki is a Japanese politician who is a former member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Hyogo High School📅 Born December 3🎂 Born 1963📍 From Hyogo Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Bureaucrat
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Shinya Yamanaka (山中 伸弥, Yamanaka Shin'ya; born September 4, 1962) is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize…
Shinya Yamanaka (山中 伸弥, Yamanaka Shin'ya; born September 4, 1962) is a Japanese stem cell researcher and a Nobel Prize laureate. He is a professor and the director emeritus of the Center for iPS Cell (induced Pluripotent Stem Cell) Research and Application, Kyoto University; as well as a senior investigator at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco, California, and a professor of anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Yamanaka is also a past president of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR). He received the 2010 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the biomedicine category, the 2011 Wolf Prize in Medicine with Rudolf Jaenisch, and the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize together with Linus Torvalds. In 2012, he and John Gurdon were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be converted to stem cells. In 2013, he was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for his work.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Tennoji Senior High School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University📅 Born September 4🎂 Born 1962📍 From Nara Prefecture💼 Physician・Doctor💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
Hei Seki (石 平, Seki Hei; born 30 January 1962), also known as Yo Kitano (北埜 陽, Kitano Yō) for Japanese name, is a…
Hei Seki (石 平, Seki Hei; born 30 January 1962), also known as Yo Kitano (北埜 陽, Kitano Yō) for Japanese name, is a Chinese-Japanese commentator and politician, serving as a member of the House of Councillors since 2025. He is known for criticising the Chinese Communist Party, support of Taiwan as the Republic of China and in the 2010s having held revisionist remarks on the war crimes of Imperial Japan.
Yoshifumi Hamano is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Kakogawa Higashi High School📅 Born December 21🎂 Born 1960📍 From Takasago, Hyōgo💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Activist
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Takako Nagae is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Higashi High School📅 Born June 15🎂 Born 1960📍 From Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
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Hiroshi Abe (安部 裕史, Abe Hiroshi; born 1958) is a Japanese amateur astronomer affiliated with the Yatsuka Observatory.…
Hiroshi Abe (安部 裕史, Abe Hiroshi; born 1958) is a Japanese amateur astronomer affiliated with the Yatsuka Observatory. He is noted for numerous discoveries, including his 2007 discovery of the Nova Vulpeculae, and 28 numbered minor planets during 1993–1999. The main-belt asteroid 5379 Abehiroshi, discovered by Osamu Muramatsu in 1991 is named in his honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 July 1999 (M.P.C. 35482).
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Mikishi Daimon (大門 実紀史, Daimon Mikishi; born January 10, 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Japanese Communist…
Mikishi Daimon (大門 実紀史, Daimon Mikishi; born January 10, 1956) is a Japanese politician of the Japanese Communist Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and dropout of Kobe University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001 after an unsuccessful run in 1998.
Tomoko Sasaki (佐々木 知子, Sasaki Tomoko; born 2 March 1955) is a Japanese lawyer, politician, novelist and former…
Tomoko Sasaki (佐々木 知子, Sasaki Tomoko; born 2 March 1955) is a Japanese lawyer, politician, novelist and former prosecutor. She became a prosecutor in 1983, and worked at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders from 1993 to 1996. Elected to the House of Councillors in 1998, Sasaki was engaged in introducing the Stalker Regulation Law of 2000. She served as the director of the Women's Affairs Division of the Liberal Democratic Party. She did not run for the election in 2004, but remains a member of the Party Ethics Committee of the LDP. She is a leading advocate of capital punishment in the party. She set up a law firm in 2004 and became a professor of law at Teikyo University in 2005.
Keiji Uematsu (born 1947) is a Japanese sculptor and contemporary artist.
Masayuki Naoshima (直嶋 正行, Naoshima Masayuki; born October 23, 1945) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of…
Masayuki Naoshima (直嶋 正行, Naoshima Masayuki; born October 23, 1945) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ikeda, Osaka and graduate of Kobe University, he was elected for the first time in 1992 and served until the 2016 Japanese House of Councillors election. Before becoming a politician, he worked for Toyota and its union for a long time.
Masato Sagawa (佐川眞人; born August 3, 1943, in Tokushima, Japan) is a Japanese scientist and entrepreneur, and the…
Masato Sagawa (佐川眞人; born August 3, 1943, in Tokushima, Japan) is a Japanese scientist and entrepreneur, and the inventor of the sintered permanent neodymium magnet (NdFeB). Sagawa was awarded the Japan Prize and IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies for his efforts.
Toshihisa Toyoda (Japanese: 豊田利久, born August 6, 1940) is a Japanese economist, with contribution in Econometrics and…
Toshihisa Toyoda (Japanese: 豊田利久, born August 6, 1940) is a Japanese economist, with contribution in Econometrics and Development Economics.
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Haruko Wakita (脇田晴子, Wakita Haruko; March 9, 1934 – September 27, 2016) was a Japanese academic, editor and expert in…
Haruko Wakita (脇田晴子, Wakita Haruko; March 9, 1934 – September 27, 2016) was a Japanese academic, editor and expert in medieval Japanese women's history.
Makoto Ueda (上田 真, Ueda Makoto; 1931 – August 19, 2020) was a professor emeritus of Japanese literature at Stanford…
Makoto Ueda (上田 真, Ueda Makoto; 1931 – August 19, 2020) was a professor emeritus of Japanese literature at Stanford University. Ueda won the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature in 1996 for his translated anthology Modern Japanese Tanka (Columbia University Press, 1996).
Eizō Sugawa (須川栄三, Sugawa Eizō; September 8, 1930 – October 2, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker.
Hayao Kawai (河合隼雄, Kawai Hayao) (1928–2007) was a Japanese Jungian psychologist who has been described as "the founder…
Hayao Kawai (河合隼雄, Kawai Hayao) (1928–2007) was a Japanese Jungian psychologist who has been described as "the founder of Japanese Analytical and Clinical Psychology". He introduced the sandplay therapy concept to Japanese psychology. He participated in Eranos from 1982. Kawai was the director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies from 1995 to 2001. As chief of the Agency for Cultural Affairs from 2002 to 2007, he oversaw the popular Nihon no Uta Hyakusen song selection, as well as the "Kokoro no Note" ethics textbook now used in all Japanese primary schools. He died in Tenri Hospital following a stroke.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Sasayama Homei High School📅 Born June 23🎂 Born 1928📍 From Tamba-Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Tadahiro Sekimoto (関本忠弘, Sekimoto Tadahiro; November 14, 1926 – November 11, 2007) was a Japanese electronics engineer…
Tadahiro Sekimoto (関本忠弘, Sekimoto Tadahiro; November 14, 1926 – November 11, 2007) was a Japanese electronics engineer, a recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor (2004), chairman of Japan's Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies (IISE), and former chairman of the Board of Councilors of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) who served as president and later chairman of Japan's NEC Corporation (NEC). Born in Hyōgo, Japan, Sekimoto earned his BS in physics in 1948 and his Doctor of Engineering degree in 1962 at the University of Tokyo. On 11 November 2007, he died after a series of strokes.
Yoshio Okada (岡田 吉夫, Okada Yoshio; August 11, 1926 – June 22, 2002) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan…
Yoshio Okada (岡田 吉夫, Okada Yoshio; August 11, 1926 – June 22, 2002) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School📅 Born August 11🎂 Born 1926📍 From Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Yasuo Mizui (水井 康雄, Mizui Yasuo; 30 May 1925 – 3 September 2008) was a Japanese stone sculptor who lived in France. He…
Yasuo Mizui (水井 康雄, Mizui Yasuo; 30 May 1925 – 3 September 2008) was a Japanese stone sculptor who lived in France. He specialized in abstract art forms for public sculpture, often within architectural contexts, and participated in several sculpture symposia across Europe, the United States, Israel, and Japan.
Hiroshi Kagawa (29 December 1924 – 5 December 2024) was a Japanese football player and journalist. His brother Taro…
Hiroshi Kagawa (29 December 1924 – 5 December 2024) was a Japanese football player and journalist. His brother Taro Kagawa was also a footballer.
Taro Kagawa (賀川 太郎, Kagawa Tarō; August 9, 1922 – March 6, 1990) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan's…
Taro Kagawa (賀川 太郎, Kagawa Tarō; August 9, 1922 – March 6, 1990) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan's national team. His brother was journalist and former footballer Hiroshi Kagawa.
🎓 Kobe University🏫 Hyogo Prefectural Kobe High School📅 Born August 9🎂 Born 1922📍 From Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
Ryosuke Nunoi (布井 良助, Nunoi Ryōsuke; 18 January 1909 – 21 July 1945) was a tennis player from Japan.
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Takuma Hisa (久 琢磨 Hisa Takuma, c.1895 – October 31, 1980) was a prominent Japanese martial artist, early student in…
Takuma Hisa (久 琢磨 Hisa Takuma, c.1895 – October 31, 1980) was a prominent Japanese martial artist, early student in Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu of both Sokaku Takeda and aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. Born in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan; in his youth, he was a sumo wrestler. He was captain of the sumo club at Kobe Business School (now Kobe University) and won the All-Kansai Student Sumo Championship. He later became the director of General Affairs at the Asahi News in Osaka. He was advised to learn the technique of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu for self-defense and was introduced to Ueshiba, becoming one of his early prewar students. Later (in 1936) he studied directly under Takeda when the latter came teaching at the Asahi News dojo. He received the Kyoju Dairi (teaching certification) a year later and was awarded the Menkyo kaiden rank in 1939, directly from Takeda. He later became one of the most prominent teachers of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu. In 1959, he established the Kansai Aikido Club to teach the techniques of Ueshiba and Takeda. Hisa is also remembered for compiling a catalogue of techniques from photographs taken at the Asahi News dojo featuring both Ueshiba and Takeda. The catalogue constitutes today an invaluable historical source for the early development of aikido. He also held the rank of 8th dan in sumo and 7th dan in judo.
Mitsujirō Ishii (石井 光次郎, Ishii Mitsujirō; 18 August 1889 – 20 September 1981) was a Japanese politician who served as…
Mitsujirō Ishii (石井 光次郎, Ishii Mitsujirō; 18 August 1889 – 20 September 1981) was a Japanese politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1969 and Deputy Prime Minister from 1957 to 1958, among other cabinet positions. He was a faction leader and candidate for the premiership in the early Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Ishii had a business career in Asahi Shimbun Company before entering politics after the war. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1947 and from 1952 to 1972. In 1955, he played a major role in the merger of Japan's conservative parties into the LDP and, in 1956, led a delegation to meet Taiwan's Chiang Kai-shek. Ishii served as cabinet minister at numerous times, beginning with a stint as Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1947. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1958 and Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1969.
Sazō Idemitsu (出光 佐三, Idemitsu Sazō; August 22, 1885 – March 7, 1981) was a Japanese businessman and founder of the…
Sazō Idemitsu (出光 佐三, Idemitsu Sazō; August 22, 1885 – March 7, 1981) was a Japanese businessman and founder of the petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan. He graduated from Kobe University (then Kobe Koto Shogyo Gakko). He was also an art collector, especially fond of Sengai Gibon and of Georges Rouault. He is the father of the Japanese experimental video artist, Mako Idemitsu.
Rizaburo Toyoda (豊田 利三郎, Toyoda Rizaburō; 5 March 1884 – 3 June 1952) was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the…
Rizaburo Toyoda (豊田 利三郎, Toyoda Rizaburō; 5 March 1884 – 3 June 1952) was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd founder Sakichi Toyoda, and brother-in-law of Toyota Motor Corporation founder, Kiichiro Toyoda (豊田 喜一郎, Toyoda Kiichirō; June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952). His original surname was Kodama (児玉). He graduated from Kobe University (then Kobe Koto Shogyo Gakko) and Hitotsubashi University (then Tokyo Koto Shogyo Gakko). In 1939, he became the first president of the Toyota Motor Corporation. He died at the age of 68 in 1952.
Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗, Takaichi Sanae; born 7 March 1961) is a Japanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Japan…
Sanae Takaichi (高市 早苗, Takaichi Sanae; born 7 March 1961) is a Japanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since October 2025. She is the first woman to hold either of these positions in Japanese history. A member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 and since 2005, she also held ministerial posts during the premierships of Shinzo Abe and Fumio Kishida. Born and raised in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, Takaichi graduated from Kobe University and worked as an author, legislative aide, and broadcaster before beginning her political career. Elected as an independent to the House of Representatives in the 1993 general election, she joined the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 1996. A protégé of Prime Minister Abe, she held various positions during Abe's premiership, most notably as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications. She was a candidate in the 2021 LDP leadership election, but was eliminated before the runoff, achieving third place. From 2022 to 2024, during Kishida's premiership, she served as the Minister of State for Economic Security. Takaichi made her second run for the party leadership in the 2024 leadership election, where she came in first in the first round but narrowly lost in a runoff to her predecessor Shigeru Ishiba. She ran for the third time in the 2025 leadership election and placed first in both rounds of voting, defeating Shinjirō Koizumi, and becoming the party's first female president. Following the end of the LDP–Komeito coalition, Takaichi secured a coalition agreement with the Japan Innovation Party, and was elected prime minister by the National Diet on 21 October. Early in her premiership, Takaichi faced a diplomatic crisis with China after a statement she made regarding Japan's involvement regarding a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan and subsequent threatening remarks by a Chinese diplomat. In 2026, she called a snap general election, which resulted in a historic landslide victory for the LDP, securing a two-thirds supermajority and the largest number of seats ever won in postwar Japanese electoral history. During her tenure, Takaichi has overseen amendments to the Imperial Household Law which kept the prohibition on female successors to the emperor, passing of a law that prohibits the desecration of the Japanese flag, lifting the Japanese arms-export ban, as well as the creation of the National Intelligence Bureau. Takaichi's views have been variously described as conservative or ultraconservative. Her domestic policy includes support for proactive government spending and continuing Abenomics. She has taken conservative positions on social issues, such as opposing same-sex marriage, recognition of separate surnames for spouses, and female succession to the Japanese throne. Takaichi supports revising Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan – which renounces the use of military force – has a pro-Taiwanese foreign policy, and supports strengthening the US–Japan alliance. A member of the far-right Nippon Kaigi, she has been described as holding revisionist views of Japan's conduct during the Second World War, and criticised the Murayama and Kono Statements which apologised for Japanese war crimes. She made regular visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine prior to her premiership. Since her election as prime minister, Takaichi has been described as one of the most powerful women in the world and she states her goal is to become Japan's "Iron Lady".
Sachi Kagawa (香川 幸, Kagawa Sachi) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.