Shunsuke Iwai (岩井 俊介, Shunsuke Iwai; born July 31, 2001) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is a pitcher…Shunsuke Iwai (岩井 俊介, Shunsuke Iwai; born July 31, 2001) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Kaede Hagitani (萩谷楓, born 10 October 2000) is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's 5000 metres event at the…Kaede Hagitani (萩谷楓, born 10 October 2000) is a Japanese athlete. She competed in the women's 5000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Yuma Yamamoto (山本 有真, Yamamoto Yuma; born 1 May 2000) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the Middle-distance and…Yuma Yamamoto (山本 有真, Yamamoto Yuma; born 1 May 2000) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the Middle-distance and Long-distance running. She represented her country at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships, the 2023 World Athletics Championships, 2024 Summer Olympics and the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Rika Kaseda (Japanese: 加世田 梨花, romanized: Kaseda Rika; born 2 March 1999) is a Japanese long-distance runner who won…Rika Kaseda (Japanese: 加世田 梨花, romanized: Kaseda Rika; born 2 March 1999) is a Japanese long-distance runner who won the silver medal in the women's half marathon at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, and a gold medal in the half marathon team event. She placed 46th in the senior women's race at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.
Nanako Hagita (萩田 菜々子, Hagita Nanako; (née Wakita (脇田)) born March 7, 1997) is a Japanese women's professional shogi…Nanako Hagita (萩田 菜々子, Hagita Nanako; (née Wakita (脇田)) born March 7, 1997) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.
Yoshiki Kato (加藤良輝, Katō Yoshiki) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to Dragongate, where he is the Open…Yoshiki Kato (加藤良輝, Katō Yoshiki) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to Dragongate, where he is the Open the Dream Gate Champion and Open the Twin Gate Champion in his first reigns. Kato has competed in multiple Japanese wrestling promotions, including Dragon Gate USA, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Ryoji Kuribayashi (栗林 良吏, Kuribayashi Ryōji; born July 9, 1996 in Aisai, Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese professional…Ryoji Kuribayashi (栗林 良吏, Kuribayashi Ryōji; born July 9, 1996 in Aisai, Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Hiroki Kondō (近藤 弘基, Kondō Hiroki; born February 2, 1993) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He…Hiroki Kondō (近藤 弘基, Kondō Hiroki; born February 2, 1993) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). His father is former Dragons pitching coach, Shinichi Kondō the only NPB pitcher to throw a no-hitter on debut.
Yūto Morikoshi (森越 祐人, Morikoshi Yūto; born August 11, 1988 in Inazawa, Aichi) is a retired Japanese professional…Yūto Morikoshi (森越 祐人, Morikoshi Yūto; born August 11, 1988 in Inazawa, Aichi) is a retired Japanese professional infielder.
Soma Yamauchi (山内 壮馬, born July 1, 1985, in Toyota, Aichi) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in…Soma Yamauchi (山内 壮馬, born July 1, 1985, in Toyota, Aichi) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 2008 to 2014 and for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2016.
Machi Tanaka (田中真知, born July 21, 1983) is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who is best known for winning the…Machi Tanaka (田中真知, born July 21, 1983) is a female long-distance runner from Japan, who is best known for winning the half marathon at the 2003 Summer Universiade. She attended Meijo University.
Yoshihiro Sato (佐藤 嘉洋, Satō Yoshihiro; born January 25, 1981) is a Japanese kickboxer competing in K-1 at middleweight…Yoshihiro Sato (佐藤 嘉洋, Satō Yoshihiro; born January 25, 1981) is a Japanese kickboxer competing in K-1 at middleweight (−70 kg). He is the former world champion of Muay Thai in WKA and WPKC, and he won the Japanese national tournament of K-1 twice in 2006 and 2007. His official nickname is "Mugen Sniper" which means Infinite Sniper.
Hidenori Kuramoto (蔵本 英智, Kuramoto Hidenori; born May 9, 1976) also known as Hidenori (英智) is a Japanese former…Hidenori Kuramoto (蔵本 英智, Kuramoto Hidenori; born May 9, 1976) also known as Hidenori (英智) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Hidenori played for the Dragons from 2001 to 2012. He is currently employed with the Dragons as the second team outfield and base-running coach.
Tatsutoshi Goto (後藤 達俊, Gotō Tatsutoshi; born May 25, 1956) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily…Tatsutoshi Goto (後藤 達俊, Gotō Tatsutoshi; born May 25, 1956) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and briefly used the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as part of the nWo Japan.
Shinji Yamamoto (山本 伸二, Yamamoto Shinji; born 17 September 1953) is a Japanese former handball player who competed in…Shinji Yamamoto (山本 伸二, Yamamoto Shinji; born 17 September 1953) is a Japanese former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Satoru Nakajima (Japanese: 中嶋 悟, Hepburn: Nakajima Satoru; born 23 February 1953) is a Japanese former racing driver…Satoru Nakajima (Japanese: 中嶋 悟, Hepburn: Nakajima Satoru; born 23 February 1953) is a Japanese former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1987 to 1991. Born and raised in Okazaki, Aichi, Nakajima began his racing career at the Suzuka Circuit in 1973. He progressed to Japanese Formula Two in 1977, winning a then-record five titles between 1981 and 1986, with 21 victories across 10 seasons. After several appearances in sportscar racing via the World Sportscar Championship and the All Japan Endurance Championship—as well as a season in International Formula 3000—Nakajima signed for Lotus in 1987 to partner Ayrton Senna, becoming the first Japanese driver to compete full-time in Formula One at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He scored his maiden points finish at the following round in San Marino, and achieved a career-best fourth place at the British Grand Prix. Across his remaining two seasons at Lotus, Nakajima scored points finishes at the 1988 Brazilian and 1989 Australian Grands Prix, setting the fastest lap and finishing fourth at the latter. Nakajima moved to Tyrrell in 1990, scoring points finishes in the United States, Italy and his home Grand Prix in Japan. Retaining his seat for his 1991 campaign at Tyrrell under Honda power, Nakajima scored his final points at the season-opening United States Grand Prix, leaving at the end of the season to join Honda's works team project. Nakajima tested the RC100 and related models until 1994, when Honda pulled out of Formula One following the Japanese asset price bubble. Upon retiring from motor racing, Nakajima focused on his Nakajima Racing team, which he had founded in 1984 to privately enter March chassis into the Japanese Formula Two Championship, winning three consecutive titles until 1986. Nakajima won four Formula Nippon Teams' Championship titles between 1999 and 2009, still competing in the newly-formed Super Formula Championship, as well as the Super GT Series. Nakajima's sons Kazuki and Daisuke both became racing drivers, the former also competing in Formula One for Williams from 2007 to 2009.
Yoshiyuki Kōno (河野 義行, born February 3, 1950) is a survivor of the Matsumoto incident, a sarin attack that killed eight…Yoshiyuki Kōno (河野 義行, born February 3, 1950) is a survivor of the Matsumoto incident, a sarin attack that killed eight people and sickened many more in Matsumoto, Japan, on the evening of June 27, 1994 and the following morning.
Morinobu Endo (遠藤 守信 Endō Morinobu, born September 28, 1946) is a Japanese physicist and chemist, often cited as one of…Morinobu Endo (遠藤 守信 Endō Morinobu, born September 28, 1946) is a Japanese physicist and chemist, often cited as one of the pioneers of carbon nanofibers and carbon nanotubes synthesis at the beginning of the 1970s. He demonstrated carbon fibers can be grown by gas pyrolysis and traveled to Orléans, France in 1974 working with Madame Agnès Oberlin at CNRS in her laboratory. He discovered carbon nanotubes in 1976 as part of his studies at University of Orleans in France. He has been awarded the Charles E. Pettinos Award from the American Carbon Society in 2001, "For his pioneering work and applications of carbon nanotubes", Medal of Achievement in Carbon Science and Technology from the American Carbon Society in 2004, "for the discovery of, and early synthesis work on, carbon nanotubes". Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1946, he studied electrical engineering and received his Bachelor of Engineering and master's degree in 1969 and 1971 from Shinshu University, Japan, respectively, and obtained "Docteur d'Universite" in 1975 from University of Orléans, France, then Ph.D. in 1978 from Nagoya University, Japan. In his works, he developed the structural, synthetic research as well as physical properties analysis, mainly on multi-walled carbon nanotubes. He showed that they had a tubular structure of graphite layers grown by ultra-fine iron particle by catalytic process, and developed to mass production process for the first time. This catalytic CVD process has been used as an industrially available mass production method, both substrate and floating catalyst processes. Present CCVD process has been expecting to grow the wide range of carbon nanotubes by controlling the growth site as well as their nanostructure. His main research interests are science and applications of "nanocarbons" such as carbon nanotubes, and he has contributed to development of new composites and high-performance energy storage devices such as lithium ion battery, electric double layer capacitor, and fuel cell, based on such structure controlled advanced carbons. Since 1990, he is a professor of education and training of electrical and electronics engineers, and now is also the director of Institute of Carbon Science & Technology, both at Shinshu University. He is one of the international advisory members of CARBON journal. He has been invited at many international conferences and symposium as a plenary lecturer/key-note speaker. In addition, he has joined many international conferences as a chairman, organizer and advisory board member.
Takuya Kirimoto (桐本 拓哉, Kirimoto Takuya; born July 27, 1967) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Gifu Prefecture…Takuya Kirimoto (桐本 拓哉, Kirimoto Takuya; born July 27, 1967) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He is attached to Aoni Production. He is the official dubbing actor for Bradley Cooper, Hyun Bin, So Ji-sub and many more.
Bow Ditama (ぢたま(某), Ditama Bō) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for the creation of the Kissxsis…Bow Ditama (ぢたま(某), Ditama Bō) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, best known for the creation of the Kissxsis series. His first major commercial work was in collaboration with writer Bunjūrō Nakayama as the illustrator of Mahoromatic. He has been active since 1990, and started his career making hentai dōjinshi. His first work was the series I like, because I like in the hentai manga magazine Dolphin Comics, starting in 1994. He has penned six hentai manga (one, Kibun Kibun, being two volumes long and also adapted into an anime), and four general manga. He enjoys shōjo manga as well. Several of his series contain omorashi as a main element.
