Rikiya Koyama (Japanese: 小山 力也, Hepburn: Koyama Rikiya; born December 18, 1963) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and…Rikiya Koyama (Japanese: 小山 力也, Hepburn: Koyama Rikiya; born December 18, 1963) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator currently affiliated with Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono, Kamen no Maid Guy and Yakuza, and has become well known for voicing Yamato in Naruto Shippuden, Ging Freecss in Hunter X Hunter and Kogoro Mouri (second voice, 2009–present) in Case Closed. In addition, he is known for voicing rather tall or massive inhuman villains like Coyote Starrk in Bleach, Fukuro in Fairy Tail and Deep Sea King in One Punch Man. He is the official dub-over artist of George Clooney, Kiefer Sutherland, Dwayne Johnson and Ma Dong-seok. In addition, he dubbed many roles of Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves and Guy Pearce.
Yuka Kamino (神野 由佳, Kamino Yuka; born 8 December 1980) is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed at the 2002…Yuka Kamino (神野 由佳, Kamino Yuka; born 8 December 1980) is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Yuri Kanō (加納 由理, Kanō Yuri; born 27 October 1978 in Takasago) is a Japanese athlete who specialises in long distance…Yuri Kanō (加納 由理, Kanō Yuri; born 27 October 1978 in Takasago) is a Japanese athlete who specialises in long distance running, including the marathon. Her first major medal came at the Summer Universiade, where she won the silver in the 10,000 metres race. She changed to focus on road running and after successful appearances in ekiden competitions, she won her first marathon in 2007 – the Hokkaido Marathon. Representing an independent athletics club she took part in the New York City Marathon and the London Marathon in 2009. She competed at the World Championships in Athletics for the first time that year, and ended the World Championship marathon race in seventh place. She won a silver in the half marathon event at the 2009 East Asian Games and won her first major domestic marathon race soon after, taking the Nagoya Marathon in a time of 2:27:11.
Kanako Spendlove (スペンドラブ 佳奈子, Spendlove Kanako; née Kitao (北尾), born 6 February 1982) is a Japanese-American…Kanako Spendlove (スペンドラブ 佳奈子, Spendlove Kanako; née Kitao (北尾), born 6 February 1982) is a Japanese-American synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics for Japan, and won a silver medal. After the 2004 Summer Olympics, Spendlove performed for Cirque du Soleil and she renounced her Japanese citizenship in December 2015. During this time, she found her own fashion brand, Perolagua. Spendlove is continuing synchro-swimming in mixed duet, partnering with Bill May since 2016. The pair met on their respective first national team outings in 1996. Together, they won the bronze medals in the mixed duet free routine and the mixed duet technical routine at the 2017 Synchronized Swimming World Championships.