Sara Takanashi (高梨 沙羅, Takanashi Sara) (born 8 October 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. She is one of the most…
Sara Takanashi (高梨 沙羅, Takanashi Sara) (born 8 October 1996) is a Japanese ski jumper. She is one of the most successful female ski jumpers to date, as well as one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four World Cup overall titles (an all-time female record), seven World Championship medals, and two bronze Winter Olympics medals. As of October 2026, Takanashi holds the record for the most individual World Cup wins, male or female, with 63. She also has three Guinness World Records certificates for the most podium finishes in the Ski Jumping World Cup, the most individual victories by a female in the Ski Jumping World Cup, and the most Ski Jumping World Cup individual victories in a career (overall).
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Naoto Arai (新井 直人, Arai Naoto; born 7 October 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for…
Naoto Arai (新井 直人, Arai Naoto; born 7 October 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Arai has spent most of his career playing in the J1 League and the J2 League, mainly for Albirex Niigata. He has also spent time at Cerezo Osaka, Tokushima Vortis and Sanfreece Hiroshima.
Kazuki Takahashi (高橋 一輝, Takahashi Kazuki; born 6 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…
Kazuki Takahashi (高橋 一輝, Takahashi Kazuki; born 6 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club, Bucheon FC.
Yoshio Koizumi (小泉 佳穂, Koizumi Yoshio; born 5 October 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an…
Yoshio Koizumi (小泉 佳穂, Koizumi Yoshio; born 5 October 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol.
Kotori Shigemoto (重本 ことり, Shigemoro Kotori; born 5 October 1996, in Tokushima Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento…
Kotori Shigemoto (重本 ことり, Shigemoro Kotori; born 5 October 1996, in Tokushima Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento, fashion model, singer and voice actress. She is a former member and leader of Dream5. She is nicknamed Kotori (ことり). She is currently represented with Gold.
Yudai Ogawa (小川 雄大, Ogawa Yudai; Khmer: យូឌៃ អូកាវ៉ា) (born 4 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a…
Yudai Ogawa (小川 雄大, Ogawa Yudai; Khmer: យូឌៃ អូកាវ៉ា) (born 4 October 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cambodian Premier League club ISI Dangkor Senchey. Born in Japan, he plays for the Cambodia national team.
Masaru Fujii (藤井 聖, Fujii Masaru; born October 3, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku…
Masaru Fujii (藤井 聖, Fujii Masaru; born October 3, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Shunsuke Motegi (茂木 駿佑, Motegi Shunsuke; born October 2, 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…
Shunsuke Motegi (茂木 駿佑, Motegi Shunsuke; born October 2, 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J3 League club FC Ryukyu.
Ryōma Watanabe (渡邊 凌磨, Watanabe Ryōma; born 2 October 1996) is a Japanese football player who plays for Urawa Red…
Ryōma Watanabe (渡邊 凌磨, Watanabe Ryōma; born 2 October 1996) is a Japanese football player who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.
Nanasei Iino (飯野 七聖, Iino Nanasei; born 2 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a right back for…
Nanasei Iino (飯野 七聖, Iino Nanasei; born 2 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a right back for Vissel Kobe.
Aya Ohori (大堀 彩, Ōhori Aya; born 2 October 1996) is a former Japanese professional badminton player from Aizuwakamatsu…
Aya Ohori (大堀 彩, Ōhori Aya; born 2 October 1996) is a former Japanese professional badminton player from Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with the Tonami Transportation badminton club. Ohori represented Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Haruka Yamada (山田 遥楓, Yamada Haruka; born September 30, 1996) is a professional Japanese baseball infielder for the…
Haruka Yamada (山田 遥楓, Yamada Haruka; born September 30, 1996) is a professional Japanese baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Saitama Seibu Lions and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Rio Takizawa (born 30 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for…
Rio Takizawa (born 30 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Frauen-Bundesliga club 1. FSV Mainz 05.
Junto Taguchi (田口 潤人, Taguchi Junto; born September 28, 1996) is a Japanese football player for Fujieda MYFC.
Rikiya Motegi (茂木 力也, Motegi Rikiya; born 27 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Rikiya Motegi (茂木 力也, Motegi Rikiya; born 27 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.
Yuya Himeno (姫野 宥弥, Himeno Yūya; born 27 September 1996 in Ōita, Ōita) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for…
Yuya Himeno (姫野 宥弥, Himeno Yūya; born 27 September 1996 in Ōita, Ōita) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Vanraure Hachinohe.
Mami Ueno (上野 真実, Ueno Mami; born September 27, 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Sanfrecce…
Mami Ueno (上野 真実, Ueno Mami; born September 27, 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the WE League and for the Japan national team.
Takayuki Kuroda (黒田 尭之, Kuroda Takayuki; born September 26, 1996) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
Ryo Watanabe (渡邊 龍, Watanabe Ryo; born 24 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Ryo Watanabe (渡邊 龍, Watanabe Ryo; born 24 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vanraure Hachinohe.
Kensei Nakashima (中島 賢星, Nakashima Kensei, born 23 September 1996 in Saga, Japan) is a Japanese football player who…
Kensei Nakashima (中島 賢星, Nakashima Kensei, born 23 September 1996 in Saga, Japan) is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder for Renofa Yamaguchi FC.
Yuki Nemoto (根本悠生, Nemoto Yūki; born September 22, 1996) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in Super GT for…
Yuki Nemoto (根本悠生, Nemoto Yūki; born September 22, 1996) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed in Super GT for apr, and in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing. He has spent most of his career racing in Italy with VSR, winning the Italian GT Championship twice with the team - once in the Sprint category in 2020, and again in the Endurance Championship in 2022.
Naoki Nakamura (中村直幹, Nakamura Naoki; born 19 September 1996 in Rumoi) is a Japanese ski jumper. Team bronze medalist…
Naoki Nakamura (中村直幹, Nakamura Naoki; born 19 September 1996 in Rumoi) is a Japanese ski jumper. Team bronze medalist at the 2016 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships. His younger sister, Anju Nakamura, competes in the Nordic Combined. His best individual result so far is 3rd place in the competition in Ruka in the season 2022–23.
Julian Jrummi Walsh (ウォルシュ・ジュリアン・ジャミイ Uorushu Jurian Jamii, born 18 September 1996 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a…
Julian Jrummi Walsh (ウォルシュ・ジュリアン・ジャミイ Uorushu Jurian Jamii, born 18 September 1996 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born Japanese track and field athlete competing in the sprints. He is the son of reggae drummer Emanuel Walsh (Pablo Moses, the Mighty Diamonds, Garnett Silk and John Holt), who married a Japanese woman and has lived in Japan for almost 20 years. Walsh moved to Japan as a toddler and grew up in Higashimurayama. He started running track in 10th grade, but his school had no facilities to practice on and no coach. He couldn't take track seriously until the following year. After two seasons, he led off the Japanese silver medal winning relay team at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics. That same summer he moved into senior level competition, anchoring the Asian-Pacific 4x400 metres relay team at the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup. Two years later, he qualified for the 2016 Olympics in the 400 metres, by running a 45.35 at the Japanese Olympic Trials in Nagoya at age 19.
Jurato Ikeda (池田 樹雷人, Ikeda, Jurato; born 17 September 1996 in Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender…
Jurato Ikeda (池田 樹雷人, Ikeda, Jurato; born 17 September 1996 in Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J3 League club Kagoshima United.
Tomoya Kitamura (北村 知也, Kitamura Tomoya; born 15 September 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a…
Tomoya Kitamura (北村 知也, Kitamura Tomoya; born 15 September 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for Tegevajaro Miyazaki.
Haruka Enomoto (榎本遼香, Enomoto Haruka; born 14 September 1996) is a Japanese diver. She competed in the 2017 Summer…
Haruka Enomoto (榎本遼香, Enomoto Haruka; born 14 September 1996) is a Japanese diver. She competed in the 2017 Summer Universiade, 2017 FINA Diving Grand Prix, and 2021 FINA Diving World Cup. She qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Daizo Horikoshi (堀越 大蔵, Horikoshi Daizo; born 14 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Daizo Horikoshi (堀越 大蔵, Horikoshi Daizo; born 14 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Australian NPL NSW club NWS Spirit.
Katsuya Nakano (中野 克哉, Nakano Katsuya; born 13 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Katsuya Nakano (中野 克哉, Nakano Katsuya; born 13 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J3 League club Tochigi SC.
Takumi Hama (濱 託巳, Hama Takumi; born 11 September 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for…
Takumi Hama (濱 託巳, Hama Takumi; born 11 September 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Kochi United SC.
Yuya Aoki (青木優也, Aoki Yūya) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). He…
Yuya Aoki (青木優也, Aoki Yūya) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW). He is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion, Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion and former longest reign one-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion.
Taisei Urushihara (漆原 大晟, Urushihara Taisei; born September 10, 1996) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is…
Taisei Urushihara (漆原 大晟, Urushihara Taisei; born September 10, 1996) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Serena Sonoda (園田 世玲奈, Sonoda Serena; born 10 September 1996) is a Japanese racewalking athlete. Representing Japan at…
Serena Sonoda (園田 世玲奈, Sonoda Serena; born 10 September 1996) is a Japanese racewalking athlete. Representing Japan at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, she placed seventh in the women's 35 kilometres walk. She competed in the women's 35 kilometres walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.
Timothy Shiraoka (白岡 ティモシィ, Shiraoka Teimosii; born 8 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays…
Timothy Shiraoka (白岡 ティモシィ, Shiraoka Teimosii; born 8 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Philippines Football League club Aguilas–UMak. He has represented Japan at the U17 level and is also known for being the first keeper to score a goal in the PFL.
Shu Nakamura (中村 優, Nakamura Shū; born 7 September 1996) is a Japanese figure skater. He finished sixth at the 2012…
Shu Nakamura (中村 優, Nakamura Shū; born 7 September 1996) is a Japanese figure skater. He finished sixth at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, after placing tenth in the short program and third in the free skate. He won the bronze medal at the 2014–15 Japan Junior Championships and finished 12th at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. In February 2017, he won his first senior international medal, bronze at the Bavarian Open.
Kenta Nishizawa (西澤 健太, Nishizawa Kenta; born 6 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Kenta Nishizawa (西澤 健太, Nishizawa Kenta; born 6 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for J2 League club Sagan Tosu.
Rika Hongo (Japanese: 本郷理華; born September 6, 1996) is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater who is a two-time…
Rika Hongo (Japanese: 本郷理華; born September 6, 1996) is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater who is a two-time (2015–16) Four Continents bronze medalist, 2014 Rostelecom Cup champion, 2015 Finlandia Trophy champion and 2014–15 Japanese national silver medalist.
Koichi Murata (村田 航一, Murata Kōichi; born 6 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Koichi Murata (村田 航一, Murata Kōichi; born 6 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for J3 League club Zweigen Kanazawa.
Hayato Kurosaki (黒﨑 隼人, Kurosaki Hayato; born 5 September 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a…
Hayato Kurosaki (黒﨑 隼人, Kurosaki Hayato; born 5 September 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for FC Osaka.
Takamasa Kitagawa (北川 貴理, Kitagawa Takamasa; born 5 September 1996) is a Japanese sprinter specialising in the 400…
Takamasa Kitagawa (北川 貴理, Kitagawa Takamasa; born 5 September 1996) is a Japanese sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He has won several medals with the Japanese 4 × 400 metres relay team. His personal best in the 400 metres is 45.52 seconds set in Niigata in 2015.
Mizuki Hayashi (林 瑞輝, Hayashi Mizuki) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He last played for Gamba…
Mizuki Hayashi (林 瑞輝, Hayashi Mizuki) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He last played for Gamba Osaka.
Shuhei Kumura (玖村 修平) is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the former Krush Featherweight…
Shuhei Kumura (玖村 修平) is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the former Krush Featherweight (-57.5kg) champion. As of June 2022, Combat Press ranks him as the fourth best super flyweight kickboxer in the world.
Miho Miyahara (宮原 美穂, Miyahara Miho, born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in…
Miho Miyahara (宮原 美穂, Miyahara Miho, born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese karateka. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's kumite 50 kg event at the World Karate Championships (2018 and 2021). She also won the gold medal in this event at the 2018 Asian Karate Championships. Miyahara represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in karate. She competed in the women's 55 kg event.
Nanako Matsumoto (born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese sprinter. She is the 2025 Asian champion and the 2024 Asian…
Nanako Matsumoto (born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese sprinter. She is the 2025 Asian champion and the 2024 Asian indoor champion, and the Japanese national record holder over 400 metres indoors.
Mai Okubo (born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club AC…
Mai Okubo (born 3 September 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies.
Kodai Sano (佐野 皓大, Sano Kodai; born September 2, 1996) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is an outfielder…
Kodai Sano (佐野 皓大, Sano Kodai; born September 2, 1996) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is an outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Yukiya Itoh (伊藤 裕季也, Itoh Yukiya; born August 30, 1996 in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball…
Yukiya Itoh (伊藤 裕季也, Itoh Yukiya; born August 30, 1996 in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Midorifuji Kazunari (翠富士 一成; born Kazunari Ihara (庵原 一成, Ihara Kazunari) on August 30, 1996) is a Japanese professional…
Midorifuji Kazunari (翠富士 一成; born Kazunari Ihara (庵原 一成, Ihara Kazunari) on August 30, 1996) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Yaizu, Shizuoka. Known for being a katasukashi specialist, he debuted in sumo wrestling in September 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in January 2021. His highest rank has been maegashira 1. He wrestles for Isegahama stable.
Chihiro Yamamoto (山本 千尋, Yamamoto Chihiro; born August 29, 1996) is a Japanese actress, who has played in various…
Chihiro Yamamoto (山本 千尋, Yamamoto Chihiro; born August 29, 1996) is a Japanese actress, who has played in various Tokusatsu series. Her prominent role in the Ultra Series is Laiha Toba of Ultraman Geed.
Akari Matsukubo (born 25 August 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club…
Akari Matsukubo (born 25 August 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for WE League club Chifure AS Elfen Saitama.
Kiyomi Watanabe (渡辺 聖未, Watanabe Kiyomi; born August 25, 1996) is a Filipino judoka who has represented the Philippines…
Kiyomi Watanabe (渡辺 聖未, Watanabe Kiyomi; born August 25, 1996) is a Filipino judoka who has represented the Philippines in international competitions including the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.