Yūya Oikawa (及川 佑, Oikawa Yūya) (born 16 January 1981) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in the 500 meter speed…Yūya Oikawa (及川 佑, Oikawa Yūya) (born 16 January 1981) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in the 500 meter speed skating events in the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Riki Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 力, Fukuda Riki; born January 6, 1981), is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing…Riki Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 力, Fukuda Riki; born January 6, 1981), is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2004, he has formerly competed for the UFC, EliteXC, DEEP, DREAM, K-1 (MMA), Shooto, and Pancrase. Currently, he runs an izakaya-style restaurant in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Kayo Henmi (born 12 June 1979) is a Japanese freestyle skier. She was born in Isawa, Yamanashi. She competed at the…Kayo Henmi (born 12 June 1979) is a Japanese freestyle skier. She was born in Isawa, Yamanashi. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in women's aerials.
Yugo Shinohara (篠原 祐剛, Shinohara Yūgō; born 2 November 1978) is a Japanese short track speed skater. He competed at the…Yugo Shinohara (篠原 祐剛, Shinohara Yūgō; born 2 November 1978) is a Japanese short track speed skater. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Yusuke Imai (born 20 September 1977) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the 2002…Yusuke Imai (born 20 September 1977) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Sachi Ozawa (小澤 幸, Ozawa Sachi; born 23 December 1976) is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed in two…Sachi Ozawa (小澤 幸, Ozawa Sachi; born 23 December 1976) is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed in two events at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Takanobu Otsubo (大坪 隆誠, Otsubo Takanobu; born 15 June 1976) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the…Takanobu Otsubo (大坪 隆誠, Otsubo Takanobu; born 15 June 1976) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon and ekiden. He finished seventeenth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition. His personal best time is 1:01:55 hours, achieved in March 2005 in Yamaguchi. In the 10,000 metres his personal best time is 28:14.92 minutes, achieved in November 2005 in Hachiōji. He is a policeman from the Osaka Prefectural Police, and often referred to as the fastest running policeman in Japan.
Satoshi Osaki (大崎悟史, Osaki Satoshi; born 4 June 1983) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the…Satoshi Osaki (大崎悟史, Osaki Satoshi; born 4 June 1983) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon.
Nami Miyazaki (Japanese: 宮崎奈美; born April 13, 1976) is a field hockey international goalkeeper from Japan, who was a…Nami Miyazaki (Japanese: 宮崎奈美; born April 13, 1976) is a field hockey international goalkeeper from Japan, who was a member of the national women's team that competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Hidekazu Ichinose (市瀬 秀和, Ichinose Hidekazu; born March 16, 1975 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice…Hidekazu Ichinose (市瀬 秀和, Ichinose Hidekazu; born March 16, 1975 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor. His most notable role was playing Hayato Gokudera in Reborn!.
Atsushi Koga (古賀淳, Koga Atsushi), sometimes translated erroneously as Jun Koga, (born Kanagawa Prefecture, 25 February…Atsushi Koga (古賀淳, Koga Atsushi), sometimes translated erroneously as Jun Koga, (born Kanagawa Prefecture, 25 February 1975) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played as Centre.
Tsuyoshi Ogata (尾方 剛, Ogata Tsuyoshi; born May 11, 1973) is a Japanese long-distance athlete competing mainly in the…Tsuyoshi Ogata (尾方 剛, Ogata Tsuyoshi; born May 11, 1973) is a Japanese long-distance athlete competing mainly in the marathon. Ogata was born in Kumano, Hiroshima. In August 2003 he came twelfth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. In August 2005 he won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. He then finished fifth at the 2007 World Championships.
Satoshi Yanagisawa (Japanese: 柳澤 哲; born January 19, 1971, in Nagano) is a retired male race walker from Japan. He set…Satoshi Yanagisawa (Japanese: 柳澤 哲; born January 19, 1971, in Nagano) is a retired male race walker from Japan. He set his personal best (1:19.29) in the men's 20 km on January 30, 2000, in Kobe.
Yuji Nakamura (中村 祐二, Nakamura Yūji; born 29 April 1970) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specialized in the…Yuji Nakamura (中村 祐二, Nakamura Yūji; born 29 April 1970) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon. He finished twelfth at the 1995 World Championships in 2:17:30 hours.
Shin Takahashi (高橋しん, originally 高橋 真, Takahashi Shin; born September 8, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best…Shin Takahashi (高橋しん, originally 高橋 真, Takahashi Shin; born September 8, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his series Saikano (She, the Ultimate Weapon) and Kimi no Kakera. Inio Asano had a brief stint as his assistant during the creation of Saikano.
Kazuyoshi Saito (Japanese: 斉藤和義, Hepburn: Saitō Kazuyoshi; born June 22, 1966) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. After…Kazuyoshi Saito (Japanese: 斉藤和義, Hepburn: Saitō Kazuyoshi; born June 22, 1966) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. After he made his professional debut in 1993, his popularity exploded in 2007 after 15 years in the music industry. He is also one-half of the rock duo Mannish Boys with Tatsuya Nakamura, a member of the supergroup the Curling Sitones (カーリングシトーンズ, Kāringu Shitōnzu), and one-half of the duo Okamura Kazuyoshi (岡村和義) with Yasuyuki Okamura. In 2013, Saito became the first Japanese musician to have a signature model acoustic guitar with Gibson. As of 2020, he had six signature models with them and one with Epiphone.
Tomoko Hagiwara (萩原 智子, Hagiwara Tomoko; born April 13, 1980 in Osaka, Japan) is a retired Japanese backstroke…Tomoko Hagiwara (萩原 智子, Hagiwara Tomoko; born April 13, 1980 in Osaka, Japan) is a retired Japanese backstroke, butterfly and medley swimmer. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca. She also competed twice on Sasuke in the 28th and 29th competitions. In the 28th competition, she failed the Quintuple Step. In the 29th competition, she failed the Hedgehog.
