Miyuki Matsuda (松田美由紀, Matsuda Miyuki; born October 6, 1961) is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and…
Miyuki Matsuda (松田美由紀, Matsuda Miyuki; born October 6, 1961) is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and the sister of Mami Kumagai. At the age of 17 she appeared in a television series, Tantei Monogatari, starring Yūsaku Matsuda, who was then married. They started a relationship and, after Masuda divorced his first wife, Michiko, they married in 1983. Their son Ryuhei Matsuda was born that year. They had two more children: a second son, Shota Matsuda, born in 1985, and a daughter, Yūki Matsuda, born in 1988. She appeared as Ryo Ishibashi's dead wife in the movie Audition (1999). In 2009 she was the executive producer for the documentary Soul Red: Yusaku Matsuda about her husband's life and death. In 2008, she published a book of photographs of the model Hitomi Katayama, Watakushi no suki na kodoku.
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Eiichi Sato (佐藤 栄一, Satō Eiichi; born 5 October 1961) is the mayor of Utsunomiya, Tochigi in Japan. A graduate of Meiji…
Eiichi Sato (佐藤 栄一, Satō Eiichi; born 5 October 1961) is the mayor of Utsunomiya, Tochigi in Japan. A graduate of Meiji University, he has been serving his first term of mayor since 29 November 2004.
Shogo Mukai (向井昭吾, Mukai Shōgo), (born Iyo, October 2, 1961) is a Japanese former rugby union coach who coached the…
Shogo Mukai (向井昭吾, Mukai Shōgo), (born Iyo, October 2, 1961) is a Japanese former rugby union coach who coached the Japan national rugby union team from 2001 up to the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Mukai played as a full back and won 13 caps for the Japan national rugby union team between 1985 and 1988 and played at the 1987 Rugby World Cup. After retiring from his playing career in 1994, he became coach of the Toshiba Brave Lupus whom he led to three consecutive national titles from 1997 and 1999. His success with Toshiba Brave Lupus led to him to be appointed as coach of the Japan national team in December 2000 after Seiji Hirao resigned. He led the side up to the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where Japan put up some credible performances against Scotland and France but ultimately finished the tournament winless. He stepped down after the tournament to spend more time with his family. He finished his time as Japan coach with a record of 9 wins in 24 matches. After leaving his post with Japan, he became coach of the Coca-Cola Red Sparks in 2004. He led them to promotion to the Top League in 2006 where they stayed until they were relegated in 2012. This was Mukai's last season in charge as he handed over the reins to new coach Satoshi Yamaguchi and moved into a directors role at the club. During his time as a coach, Mukai was renowned for employing an attacking game plan.
Sadaharu Tanikawa (谷川貞治, Tanikawa Sadaharu) (27 September 1961 in Nagoya) is a Japanese combat sports promoter and was…
Sadaharu Tanikawa (谷川貞治, Tanikawa Sadaharu) (27 September 1961 in Nagoya) is a Japanese combat sports promoter and was previously the president of Fighting and Entertainment Group.
Ken Mitsuishi (光石 研, Mitsuishi Ken; born September 26, 1961) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in films such as…
Ken Mitsuishi (光石 研, Mitsuishi Ken; born September 26, 1961) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in films such as Chaos and Tokyo Playboy Club.
Tamaki Saitō (斎藤 環, Saitō Tamaki; born September 24, 1961) is a Japanese psychologist and critic. He specializes in the…
Tamaki Saitō (斎藤 環, Saitō Tamaki; born September 24, 1961) is a Japanese psychologist and critic. He specializes in the psychiatry of puberty and adolescence. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba. Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori, a term he coined; he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert. He is also known for presenting the theory of "multiple orientations" to explain otaku sexuality in Beautiful Fighting Girl. Since the 2010s, he has been involved in introducing Open Dialogue in Japan.
Eiji Kiyokawa (清川 栄治, Kiyokawa Eiji; September 21, 1961 – May 5, 2024) was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball…
Eiji Kiyokawa (清川 栄治, Kiyokawa Eiji; September 21, 1961 – May 5, 2024) was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player and coach who played as a pitcher. He died from cancer on May 5, 2024, at the age of 62.
Masahiko Sugino (杉野公彦) is a Japanese businessman who founded Round One Corporation.
Katsuaki Nakamura (中村 克明, Nakamura Katsuaki; born 19 September 1961), pen name Katsu Aki (克・亜樹), is a Japanese manga…
Katsuaki Nakamura (中村 克明, Nakamura Katsuaki; born 19 September 1961), pen name Katsu Aki (克・亜樹), is a Japanese manga artist best known for his works The Vision of Escaflowne, Futari Ecchi, and Psychic Academy. Mine Yoshizaki is one of Aki's former assistants.
Kiichi Nakai (中井 貴一, Nakai Kiichi; born September 18, 1961) is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu.…
Kiichi Nakai (中井 貴一, Nakai Kiichi; born September 18, 1961) is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Year at the Japan Academy Awards in 1981. He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for 47 Ronin) and Best Actor award in 2003 (for When the Last Sword Is Drawn). He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 19th Hochi Film Award for 47 Ronin. In 2003 he played a Japanese delegate to a Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty in Warriors of Heaven and Earth. Though a few of his lines are in Japanese, most are in Mandarin. His older sister, Kie Nakai, is also an actress.
Shinji Hirai (平井 伸治, Hirai Shinji; born 17 September 1961) is a Japanese politician, the governor of Tottori Prefecture…
Shinji Hirai (平井 伸治, Hirai Shinji; born 17 September 1961) is a Japanese politician, the governor of Tottori Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2007. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with the B.L. degree in 1984 and joined the Ministry of Home Affairs upon graduation.
Fiona Caroline Graham (16 September 1961 – 26 January 2023) was an Australian anthropologist working as a geisha in…
Fiona Caroline Graham (16 September 1961 – 26 January 2023) was an Australian anthropologist working as a geisha in Japan. She made her debut as a geisha (trainee) in 2007 in the Asakusa district of Tokyo under the name Sayuki (紗幸) as a part of her anthropological study, and as of 2021 was working in the Fukagawa district of Tokyo.
Kazutomo Yoneyama (米山 一朋, Yoneyama Kazutomo; born 12 September 1961) is a Japanese volleyball player. He competed in…
Kazutomo Yoneyama (米山 一朋, Yoneyama Kazutomo; born 12 September 1961) is a Japanese volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Akihiko Shiota (塩田 明彦, Shiota Akihiko) (born 11 September 1961, Maizuru, Kyoto) is a Japanese film director and…
Akihiko Shiota (塩田 明彦, Shiota Akihiko) (born 11 September 1961, Maizuru, Kyoto) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.
Akira Kuroiwa (黒岩 彰, Kuroiwa Akira; born 6 September 1961) is a former speed skater from Japan, who represented his…
Akira Kuroiwa (黒岩 彰, Kuroiwa Akira; born 6 September 1961) is a former speed skater from Japan, who represented his native country at two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. In 1988, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 metres, after having captured two world titles at the Sprints Championships (1983 and 1987). At the 1984 Winter Olympics, Kuroiwa finished 10th in the men's 500 m. Kuroiwa, who was born in Tsumagoi, Gunma, was a coach for the Japanese team during the 1998 Winter Olympics. In Japan, Kuroiwa made headlines in 2000 when he tried to shield Daisuke Matsuzaka from an illegal driving charge by taking the blame for himself.
Hideyuki Nakano (born 6 September 1961) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of…
Hideyuki Nakano (born 6 September 1961) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
Toshinobu Katsuya (勝矢 寿延, Katsuya Toshinobu; born September 2, 1961) is a former Japanese football player. He played…
Toshinobu Katsuya (勝矢 寿延, Katsuya Toshinobu; born September 2, 1961) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Kenji Wakamiya (若宮 健嗣, Wakamiya Kenji; born 2 September 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Kenji Wakamiya (若宮 健嗣, Wakamiya Kenji; born 2 September 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.
Tetsuo Hara (Japanese: 原 哲夫, Hepburn: Hara Tetsuo; born September 2, 1961) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known…
Tetsuo Hara (Japanese: 原 哲夫, Hepburn: Hara Tetsuo; born September 2, 1961) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for co-creating the post-apocalyptic martial arts series Fist of the North Star (1983–1988) with writer Buronson, which is one of the best-selling manga in history with over 100 million copies in circulation.
Eiko Kawashima (川島 栄子, Kawashima Eiko; born 31 August 1961), better known as Anri (杏里), is a Japanese pop singer from…
Eiko Kawashima (川島 栄子, Kawashima Eiko; born 31 August 1961), better known as Anri (杏里), is a Japanese pop singer from Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture. In a career spanning more than 40 years, she achieved commercial success and popularity in the city pop music scene during the 1980s.
Yutaka Ikeuchi (池内 豊, Ikeuchi Yutaka; born 25 August 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager who is…
Yutaka Ikeuchi (池内 豊, Ikeuchi Yutaka; born 25 August 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager who is currently the head coach of the Vietnam national under-20 team. He appeared 8 times for the Japan national team between 1983 and 1985.
Nobuhiro Tanabe (田辺 信宏, Tanabe Nobuhiro; born 20 August 1961 in Shizuoka City) is a Japanese politician. He entered…
Nobuhiro Tanabe (田辺 信宏, Tanabe Nobuhiro; born 20 August 1961 in Shizuoka City) is a Japanese politician. He entered politics in 1991, and served as a member of the City Council for Shizuoka from 1995 to 2003. Tanabe became the mayor of Shizuoka City in 2011 and served for three terms until 2023.
Yukari Satō (佐藤 ゆかり, Satō Yukari; born 19 August 1961) is a Japanese economist and former politician of the Liberal…
Yukari Satō (佐藤 ゆかり, Satō Yukari; born 19 August 1961) is a Japanese economist and former politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Takashi Aoyagi (青柳 隆志, Aoyagi Takashi; born August 17, 1961 in Chiba) is a Japanese scholar of Japanese literature and…
Takashi Aoyagi (青柳 隆志, Aoyagi Takashi; born August 17, 1961 in Chiba) is a Japanese scholar of Japanese literature and college professor from Chiba, Chiba. He was the Japanese voice actor for the Disney character Mickey Mouse from 1991 until 2018.
Jun Suzuki (鈴木 淳, Suzuki Jun; born August 17, 1961) is a former Japanese football player and managed the dissolved JFL…
Jun Suzuki (鈴木 淳, Suzuki Jun; born August 17, 1961) is a former Japanese football player and managed the dissolved JFL club Sony Sendai FC in their last two seasons.
Atsushi Oyagi (大八木淳史, Ōyagi Atsushi) (born August 15, 1961, in Ukyō) is a former rugby union player who played as lock…
Atsushi Oyagi (大八木淳史, Ōyagi Atsushi) (born August 15, 1961, in Ukyō) is a former rugby union player who played as lock, rugby commentator, tarento, educator and school corporate president. He is 190 cm tall. He is affiliated to Shochiku Geino.
Satoshi Tsunami (都並 敏史, Tsunami Satoshi; born 14 August 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is…
Satoshi Tsunami (都並 敏史, Tsunami Satoshi; born 14 August 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Japan Football League club, Briobecca Urayasu. He last played for Japan national team until 1995.
Mikio Shimoji (下地 幹郎, Shimoji Mikio; born 14 August 1961) is a former Japanese politician, who served as a member of…
Mikio Shimoji (下地 幹郎, Shimoji Mikio; born 14 August 1961) is a former Japanese politician, who served as a member of the Initiatives from Osaka party in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hirara, Okinawa, and graduate of Chuo Gakuin University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He previously joined People's New Party in 2008. Shimoji was Minister of State for Disaster Management for the final 2.5 months of the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Shimoji has contested Okinawa's 1st district in almost every election since 1996. He was first elected as the district's representative in 2005. He was re-elected in 2009, but lost his seat in the 2012 election. Shimoji recontested the seat in the 2014 election. While unable to win the seat outright, he obtained a seat through his spot in Japan Restoration Party's PR list.
Yoshimasa Kondo (近藤 芳正, Kondō Yoshimasa) (born August 13, 1961 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese theatre and film actor.
Koji Kondo (Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji; born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and senior executive at…
Koji Kondo (Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji; born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and senior executive at the video game company Nintendo. He is best known for his contributions for the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, with his Super Mario Bros. theme being the first piece of music from a video game included in the American National Recording Registry. Kondo was hired by Nintendo in 1984 as its first dedicated composer and is currently a Senior Officer at its Entertainment Planning & Development division.
Rumi Matsui (松井るみ, born in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese set designer and scenographer based in Tokyo. She is the…
Rumi Matsui (松井るみ, born in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese set designer and scenographer based in Tokyo. She is the president of Centreline Associates.
Makoto Tezuka (手塚 眞, Tezuka Makoto; born 11 August 1961), officially romanized as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and…
Makoto Tezuka (手塚 眞, Tezuka Makoto; born 11 August 1961), officially romanized as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and anime director, born in Tokyo. He fashions himself as a visualist and is involved in the creation of moving images beyond film and animation. He partially owns Tezuka Productions and helped in releasing the posthumous works of his father, Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka runs his own company, Neontetra. He is a representative of board of directors for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Foundation, a producer and director of Memorial Hall for Tezuka Osamu, a city ambassador to the city of Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture, a member of the examination board for the Proficiency in Intellectual Property Management, and a board member of Japan Image Council. Tezuka teaches filmmaking at Tokyo University of Technology and the Image Forum in Tokyo. He is married to manga artist Reiko Okano. Tezuka is a descendant of Hattori Hanzō, a ninja and samurai who served Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Sengoku period in Japan. He supervised Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Pluto manga series, as it adapts a story arc of his father's own Astro Boy.
Satoshi Miki (三木 聡, Miki Satoshi; born 9 August 1961) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed and…
Satoshi Miki (三木 聡, Miki Satoshi; born 9 August 1961) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed and written many films from 1981 to present day.
Naomichi Matsumoto (松本 直通, Matsumoto Naomichi; born August 3, 1961) is a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who…
Naomichi Matsumoto (松本 直通, Matsumoto Naomichi; born August 3, 1961) is a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who identified several causative genes for human diseases, including Sotos syndrome (2002), Marfan syndrome type II (2004), Ohtahara syndrome (2008), West syndrome (2010), Microphthalmia with limb anomalies (2011), Autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxias (2011), Hypomyelination with cerebellar atrophy and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum (HCAHC) (2011), Porencephaly (2012), and Coffin–Siris syndrome (2012). Matsumoto has been the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Journal of Human Genetics since 2014.
Natsuko Fujimori (藤森 奈津子, Fujimori Natsuko; born August 2, 1961) is a retired Japanese women's professional shogi…
Natsuko Fujimori (藤森 奈津子, Fujimori Natsuko; born August 2, 1961) is a retired Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
Sugao Kambe (神戸 清雄, Kambe Sugao; born August 2, 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player who was recently…
Sugao Kambe (神戸 清雄, Kambe Sugao; born August 2, 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player who was recently the head coach of Thai League 1 club Sukhothai. He formerly managed The Philippines, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands national teams.
Keiko Matsui (松居 慶子, Matsui Keiko; born 26 July 1961, as Keiko Doi) is a Japanese keyboardist and composer…
Keiko Matsui (松居 慶子, Matsui Keiko; born 26 July 1961, as Keiko Doi) is a Japanese keyboardist and composer, specializing in smooth jazz and New-age music.
Shunji Kishi (貴志 俊治, Kishi Shunji; born July 25, 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
Rimi Yokota (横田 利美, Yokota Rimi) (born July 25, 1961) is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer…
Rimi Yokota (横田 利美, Yokota Rimi) (born July 25, 1961) is a Japanese professional wrestler and later wrestling trainer, who wrestled under the name Jaguar Yokota (ジャガー横田). She is currently signed to World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana, where she is the leader of the CRYSIS stable. Yokota is widely considered one of the greatest female wrestlers of all time, and during her heyday in the early 1980s, was considered one of the best wrestlers in the world, irrespective of gender.
Nobuya Sugawa (須川 展也, Sugawa Nobuya; born July 25, 1961) is a Japanese saxophonist.
Hiroyuki Kitazume (北爪 宏幸, Kitazume Hiroyuki; born July 24, 1961 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animator, manga artist and…
Hiroyuki Kitazume (北爪 宏幸, Kitazume Hiroyuki; born July 24, 1961 in Tokyo) is a Japanese animator, manga artist and illustrator. He is often noted for his work with anime studio Sunrise. Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies commented that he "shot to fame" in 1985 as an animation director on the Zeta Gundam TV series.
Yasuhiro Imagawa (今川 泰宏, Imagawa Yasuhiro; born July 24, 1961) is a Japanese anime director and screenwriter.
Mikio Tōma (當眞 美喜男, Tōma Mikio; born July 21, 1961), known professionally as Kenji Haga (羽賀 研二, Haga Kenji), is a…
Mikio Tōma (當眞 美喜男, Tōma Mikio; born July 21, 1961), known professionally as Kenji Haga (羽賀 研二, Haga Kenji), is a Japanese television personality, actor and businessman. Haga was born in USCAR to an American father and a Japanese mother. His relationship with Anna Umemiya during 1994-97 made headlines. he married in 2006 but divorce in 2015 after having two daughters. On June 30, 2007, Haga was arrested along with four others including former world champion professional boxer Jiro Watanabe, actor Ginji Yoshikawa[jp], and two affiliates of the Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate; one Toshikazu Kawakita and the other unidentified. The group were arrested over allegedly blackmailing a real estate agent in Osaka into forgiving 400 million yen's worth of Haga's debt. On February 10, 2026, Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested Haga on suspicion of sexual assault which occurred in March, 2025.
Masaaki Akaike (赤池 誠章, Akaike Masaaki; born 19 July 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who…
Masaaki Akaike (赤池 誠章, Akaike Masaaki; born 19 July 1961) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫, Nakata Hideo; born July 19, 1961) is a Japanese filmmaker, most famous for his 1998 film Ring.
Takeshi Oki (大木 武, Ōki Takeshi; born July 16, 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current…
Takeshi Oki (大木 武, Ōki Takeshi; born July 16, 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current manager of Ehime FC.
Toyohito Ikeda (池田豊人, Ikeda Toyohito; born 15 July 1961) is a Japanese politician. He currently serves as governor of…
Toyohito Ikeda (池田豊人, Ikeda Toyohito; born 15 July 1961) is a Japanese politician. He currently serves as governor of Kagawa Prefecture since 2022.
For the wrestler, see Keiko Saito (wrestler). Keiko Saito (斉藤 慶子, Saitō Keiko; born 14 July 1961) is a Japanese actress…
For the wrestler, see Keiko Saito (wrestler). Keiko Saito (斉藤 慶子, Saitō Keiko; born 14 July 1961) is a Japanese actress and tarento.
Takahisa Takahara (born 12 July 1961) is a Japanese businessman, the CEO of Unicharm. Takahisa Takahara was born in the…
Takahisa Takahara (born 12 July 1961) is a Japanese businessman, the CEO of Unicharm. Takahisa Takahara was born in the family of Keiichiro Takahara, the founder of diaper making company Unicharm which releases the brands Moony and MamyPoko. In 2001, Takahisa Takahara was appointed CEO of the company. More than half of Unicharm's revenues come from outside of Japan, mainly from other Asian countries. Takahisa Takahara made the 2022 Forbes Billionaires List with an estimated wealth of $6.4 billion and occupied the 398th position.
Masaaki Mori (森 正明, Mori Masaaki; born July 12, 1961) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan…
Masaaki Mori (森 正明, Mori Masaaki; born July 12, 1961) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.