Natsumi Hoshi (星 奈津美, Hoshi Natsumi; born August 21, 1990) is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the…
Natsumi Hoshi (星 奈津美, Hoshi Natsumi; born August 21, 1990) is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the 200-meter butterfly. In this event she won the world title in 2015 and bronze medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Hoshi studied sports science at Waseda University in Tokyo, and enjoys shopping in her spare time. In 2006, she showed symptoms of Graves' disease, a condition that results in an overactive thyroid and frequent fatigue. Her thyroid gland was removed in November 2014, and in January 2015 she returned to competitions. Earlier in 2011 she was named Best Athlete of the Year by the Saitama Swimming Federation.
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Shigeru Takahashi (高橋 茂, Takahashi Shigeru) was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Chisa Hayamizu (早水 千紗, Hayamizu Chisa; born July 20, 1982) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan.
Ken Nishida (西田 健, Nishida Ken; born June 24, 1945) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is noted for his roles in…
Ken Nishida (西田 健, Nishida Ken; born June 24, 1945) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is noted for his roles in Return of Ultraman, Eyeful Daisakusen, Uchuu Keiji Gavan, Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger, G-Men '75, and Shin Kyoto Meikyū Annai. His guest roles have included multiple episodes of Key Hunter, Mito Kōmon, Taiyō ni Hoero!, Zenigata Heiji, and Abarenbō Shōgun. He is also a regular guest star in the two-hour prime-time special drama format, with 35 appearances on the Tuesday Kayō Suspense Gekijō and 25 on the Saturday Doyō Wide Gekijō. A veteran jidaigeki actor, Nishida portrayed the recurring villain Mugensai who masterminded the plot to assassinate the shogun in the series Shogun Iemitsu Shinobi Tabi Part II. He appeared as Asano Daigaku, younger brother of the daimyō whose forced seppuku triggered the events of the Forty-seven rōnin, in The Fall of Ako Castle. A modern role was in the 1986 Kei Kumai film adaptation Umi to Doku of the Shūsaku Endō novel of the same name (translated as The Sea and Poison). Three films in the Gokudō no Onna-tachi series of gangster films are also to his credit. In anime, Ken provided the Japanese voice of Kazundo Gouda in Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG.
Tamaru Yamada is a Japanese singer.
Ryōko Hirosue (広末 涼子, Hirosue Ryōko; born 18 July 1980) is a Japanese actress and singer, best known to international…
Ryōko Hirosue (広末 涼子, Hirosue Ryōko; born 18 July 1980) is a Japanese actress and singer, best known to international audiences for her roles in the Luc Besson-produced Wasabi (2001) and the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures (2008). She also starred in the 2008 comedy series Yasuko to Kenji.
Michihiro Ikemizu (池水 通洋, Ikemizu Michihiro; born April 11, 1943) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from…
Michihiro Ikemizu (池水 通洋, Ikemizu Michihiro; born April 11, 1943) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Kanagawa Prefecture and a graduate of Waseda University who works for Aoni Production. Among his many roles, he is best known for Hot Springs Emblem (Urusei Yatsura), Isao Ohta (Mobile Police Patlabor) and various Showa era Kamen Rider characters. In 2022, he won the Merit Award at the 16th Seiyu Awards.
Yukino Kikuma (菊間 千乃, Kikuma Yukino; born March 5, 1972) is a Japanese announcer for Fuji TV. She is from Tokyo. She…
Yukino Kikuma (菊間 千乃, Kikuma Yukino; born March 5, 1972) is a Japanese announcer for Fuji TV. She is from Tokyo. She studied in Great Britain.
Kanako Watanabe (渡部 香生子, Watanabe Kanako; born 15 November 1996) is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in…
Kanako Watanabe (渡部 香生子, Watanabe Kanako; born 15 November 1996) is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Her swimming coach is Ryuji Omi. She is the daughter of Keiji and Emiko Watanabe. Watanabe won the silver medal in the 200m medley at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. She also won a gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke, and she gave the gold medal to her coach, in a gesture of gratitude to him. She has qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Koki Uchiyama (内山 昂輝, Uchiyama Kōki; born August 16, 1990) is a Japanese actor who specializes in voice acting. He is…
Koki Uchiyama (内山 昂輝, Uchiyama Kōki; born August 16, 1990) is a Japanese actor who specializes in voice acting. He is affiliated with Himawari Theatre Group. He won Best Male Rookie at 5th Seiyu Awards. He also received one of Best Voice Actors at Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2015. His voice roles include Roxas and Ventus in the Kingdom Hearts series, Neku Sakuraba in The World Ends with You, Yuu Otosaka in Charlotte, Kei Tsukishima in Haikyu!!, Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia, Rei Suwa in Buddy Daddies, Meruem in Hunter × Hunter, Toge Inumaki in Jujutsu Kaisen, Carpaccio Luo-Yang in Mashle, and Rin Itoshi in Blue Lock.
Masanori Hirasawa (平沢 正規, Hirasawa Masanori) is a Japanese astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Between…
Masanori Hirasawa (平沢 正規, Hirasawa Masanori) is a Japanese astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids. Between 1991 and 1998, he discovered 52 minor planets in collaboration with fellow observer Shohei Suzuki at Mount Nyukasa Station. Both astronomers are graduates of Waseda University, after which they named the asteroid 9350 Waseda in 1991. Hirasawa is also a teacher.
Ami Otaki (大滝 麻未, Ōtaki Ami; born July 28, 1989) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for JEF United Chiba.…
Ami Otaki (大滝 麻未, Ōtaki Ami; born July 28, 1989) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for JEF United Chiba. She has also played for the Japan national team.
Shion Miura (三浦 しをん, Miura Shion; born 1976) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, the Oda Sakunosuke…
Shion Miura (三浦 しをん, Miura Shion; born 1976) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and the Japan Booksellers' Award. Her work has been adapted for film and television, and her books have been translated into Indonesian, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, German and Italian.
Akiko Yagi (八木 亜希子, Yagi Akiko; born 24 June 1965, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese free…
Akiko Yagi (八木 亜希子, Yagi Akiko; born 24 June 1965, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese free announcer, tarento, television presenter, newscaster, and actress. She is represented with Phonics. She is a former Fuji Television announcer from 1988 to 2000. She is the ambassador of Kanagawa Tourism.
Go Shinohara (Japanese: 篠原豪, Hepburn: Shinohara Go; born 12 February 1975) is a Japanese politician serving as a member…
Go Shinohara (Japanese: 篠原豪, Hepburn: Shinohara Go; born 12 February 1975) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2014. From 2011 to 2014, he was a member of the Yokohama City Council.
Soma Saito (斉藤 壮馬, Saitō Sōma; born April 22, 1991) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce and…
Soma Saito (斉藤 壮馬, Saitō Sōma; born April 22, 1991) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce and Sacra Music.
Tamurapan (たむらぱん) is a Japanese pop songwriter and singer. Her real name is Tamura Ayumi (田村歩美), was born in 1980 in…
Tamurapan (たむらぱん) is a Japanese pop songwriter and singer. Her real name is Tamura Ayumi (田村歩美), was born in 1980 in Takayama, Gifu, Japan. The name Tamurapan is a combination of her surname: Tamura (田村) and the French word for rabbit: Lapin. During the first years of elementary school she lived in Taiwan for some time, while she was still in elementary school she got her amateur radio license.
Yūki Ono (小野 友樹, Ono Yūki; born June 22, 1984) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He was represented by Atomic…
Yūki Ono (小野 友樹, Ono Yūki; born June 22, 1984) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He was represented by Atomic Monkey and is now a freelancer. His major roles are Josuke Higashikata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Taiga Kagami in Kuroko's Basketball, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi in Medaka Box, Kaname Tsukahara in Kimi to Boku, Masayuki Hori in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, Jun Isashiki in Ace of Diamond and Ultraman Belial in the recurring Ultraman Series.
Shu Watanabe (渡辺 周, Watanabe Shū; born 11 December 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic…
Shu Watanabe (渡辺 周, Watanabe Shū; born 11 December 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan (national legislature).
Junji Suzuki (鈴木 淳司, Suzuki Junji; born 7 April 1958) is a former Japanese politician who served as the Minister for…
Junji Suzuki (鈴木 淳司, Suzuki Junji; born 7 April 1958) is a former Japanese politician who served as the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications in the Second Kishida Cabinet from September to December 2023. He also served in House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Seto, Aichi and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Shiori Yamao. He was then elected again in 2012 but lost his seat in 2024.
Maiko Itō (いとう まい子, Itō Maiko; born 18 August 1964 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Osamu Hayashi (林 修, Hayashi Osamu; born 2 September 1965 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento and Yobikō…
Osamu Hayashi (林 修, Hayashi Osamu; born 2 September 1965 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento and Yobikō lecturer. Hayashi is a full-time lecturer at Toshin High School Satellite Prep School Language Arts. He teaches modern language. Hayashi is represented with Watanabe Entertainment.
Risa Wataya (綿矢 りさ, Wataya Risa; born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel…
Risa Wataya (綿矢 りさ, Wataya Risa; born February 1, 1984) is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto. Her short novel Keritai senaka won the Akutagawa Prize and has sold more than a million copies. Wataya has also won the Bungei Prize and the Kenzaburo Oe Prize. Her work has been translated into German, Italian, French, Thai, Korean, and English.
Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫, Wakamoto Norio; born October 18, 1945) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the Sigma Seven…
Norio Wakamoto (若本 規夫, Wakamoto Norio; born October 18, 1945) is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with the Sigma Seven talent agency. He was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and was raised in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University. On adult works, like OVAs or dating sims, he goes by the alias Kyōnosuke Hiruma (比留間 京之介, Hiruma Kyōnosuke).
Masatoshi Ishida (石田 真敏, Ishida Masatoshi; born 11 April 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Masatoshi Ishida (石田 真敏, Ishida Masatoshi; born 11 April 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019. A native of Kainan, Wakayama and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly in 1983 and then to the first of his two terms as mayor of Kainan in 1994. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2002.
Nobuhiro Doi (土井裕泰, Doi Nobuhiro; born 11 April 1964) is a Japanese television and film director.
Takeshi Iwaya (岩屋 毅, Iwaya Takeshi; born 24 August 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He…
Takeshi Iwaya (岩屋 毅, Iwaya Takeshi; born 24 August 1957) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, or national legislature, and was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2024 to 2025. He served as the Minister of Defense from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019.
Konosuke Kokuba (國場幸之助, Kokuba Konosuke; born 10 January 1973) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the…
Konosuke Kokuba (國場幸之助, Kokuba Konosuke; born 10 January 1973) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2012. He was a member of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly from 2000 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008.
Yujiro Imano is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
Wang Da (Chinese: 王達) (1881–1946) was a politician of the Republic of China. He was born in Xuancheng, Anhui. He was…
Wang Da (Chinese: 王達) (1881–1946) was a politician of the Republic of China. He was born in Xuancheng, Anhui. He was the 5th Republican mayor of Beijing.
Satoru Kawahara (河原 智, Kawahara Satoru) is a former international table tennis player from Japan. He won a gold medal…
Satoru Kawahara (河原 智, Kawahara Satoru) is a former international table tennis player from Japan. He won a gold medal at the 1967 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Nobuhiko Hasegawa, Hajime Kagimoto, Koji Kimura and Mitsuru Kono for Japan.
Cường Để (彊㭽, IPA: [kɨ̂əŋ ɗe᷉]; born Nguyễn Phúc Dân (chữ Hán: 阮福民); 11 January 1882 - 5 April 1951) was an early…
Cường Để (彊㭽, IPA: [kɨ̂əŋ ɗe᷉]; born Nguyễn Phúc Dân (chữ Hán: 阮福民); 11 January 1882 - 5 April 1951) was an early 20th-century Vietnamese revolutionary and nationalist who, along with Phan Bội Châu, unsuccessfully tried to liberate Vietnam from French colonial occupation. Cường Để was a royal relative of the Nguyễn dynasty and, according to the rule of primogeniture, was the heir of the dynasty, directly issued from the line of first-born descendants of Emperor Gia Long and his son Prince Cảnh. He was officially an "external marquis" (Kỳ Ngoại hầu).
Hoichi Kurisu (栗栖宝一, Kurisu Hōichi) is a Japanese-American landscape architect who designs Japanese gardens in the…
Hoichi Kurisu (栗栖宝一, Kurisu Hōichi) is a Japanese-American landscape architect who designs Japanese gardens in the United States.
Tenpei Sato (佐藤 天平, Satō Tenpei) is a video game composer and voice actor. His most notable works are his soundtracks…
Tenpei Sato (佐藤 天平, Satō Tenpei) is a video game composer and voice actor. His most notable works are his soundtracks for Nippon Ichi Software games, such as Disgaea and Phantom Brave. He also provides voice-over for games and movies.
Shōhei Suzuki (鈴木 正平, Suzuki Shōhei) is a Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. In collaboration with…
Shōhei Suzuki (鈴木 正平, Suzuki Shōhei) is a Japanese astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets. In collaboration with Japanese astronomer Masanori Hirasawa, Suzuki discovered 52 numbered minor planets at Mount Nyukasa Station between 1991 and 1998. Both men are graduates of Waseda University, which they named an asteroid after in 1991.
Norio Fujimura (born 14 November 1914, date of death unknown) was a Japanese sailor. He competed in the O-Jolle event…
Norio Fujimura (born 14 November 1914, date of death unknown) was a Japanese sailor. He competed in the O-Jolle event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Viscount Kataharu Matsudaira (松平 容大, Matsudaira Kataharu; July 11, 1854 – June 11, 1910) was a Japanese man who served…
Viscount Kataharu Matsudaira (松平 容大, Matsudaira Kataharu; July 11, 1854 – June 11, 1910) was a Japanese man who served as the daimyō of Tonami han (the former Aizu han) in the early Meiji Era. Born the eldest son of Matsudaira Katamori, he succeeded Katamori's adopted son Nobunori in 1869. As the Meiji government had granted the former daimyō family of Aizu a 30,000 koku holding in northern Honshū, Kataharu became its daimyō, with Katamori technically in his "care." Kataharu became a member of the new kazoku in the Meiji Era, as well as an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Milet (ミレイ, Mirei) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her major debut in 2019 with Inside You EP.…
Milet (ミレイ, Mirei) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress. She made her major debut in 2019 with Inside You EP. The EP peaked at number 16 on the Oricon Albums Chart. After releasing five EPs, she released first studio album Eyes in 2020. The album hit number one on both Oricon and Japan's Billboard chart, certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for sales of 100,000.
Kayoko Miyama (Japanese: ミヤマ カヨコ; formerly 美山夏蓉子) is a Japanese jazz vocalist and voice performer.
Shinsuke Chikaishi (近石 真介, Chikaishi Shinsuke; born Yasuzō Chikaishi (近石 安蔵, Chikaishi Yasuzō), January 20, 1931 –…
Shinsuke Chikaishi (近石 真介, Chikaishi Shinsuke; born Yasuzō Chikaishi (近石 安蔵, Chikaishi Yasuzō), January 20, 1931 – October 5, 2022) was a Japanese actor.