Tomoki Yokoyama (横山 友紀, Yokoyama Tomoki; January 26, 2000) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
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Taizo Kawabe (川辺泰三, Kawabe Taizou) is the head coach of the Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya in the Japanese B.League. He…
Taizo Kawabe (川辺泰三, Kawabe Taizou) is the head coach of the Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya in the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Konan University. Kawabe was drafted second overall by the Kyoto Hannaryz in the 2009 bj league draft.
🎓 Konan University🏫 Konan High School📅 Born May 13🎂 Born 1982📍 From Osaka, Osaka Prefecture💼 Basketball
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Takuya Kuroda (Japanese: 黒田 卓也, Hepburn: Kuroda Takuya; born 21 February 1980, in Ashiya, Hyōgo) is a Japanese jazz…
Takuya Kuroda (Japanese: 黒田 卓也, Hepburn: Kuroda Takuya; born 21 February 1980, in Ashiya, Hyōgo) is a Japanese jazz trumpeter and arranger. Kuroda came to music by joining his school's big band. Later he frequently visited jam sessions in Kobe. In 2003 he moved to the United States and was a course participant at Berklee College of Music before settling in Brooklyn, New York City. He later attended the College of Performing Arts of The New School, where he studied jazz and contemporary music, earning his degree in 2006. His study colleague José James became a close friend and musical partner, in 2014 producing his studio album Rising Son.
🎓 Konan University🏫 Konan High School📅 Born February 21🎂 Born 1980📍 From Ashiya, Hyōgo💼 Instrumentalist
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Takeshi Senoo (妹尾 武) (born December 26, 1969) is a Japanese composer. He has worked on several different anime shows…
Takeshi Senoo (妹尾 武) (born December 26, 1969) is a Japanese composer. He has worked on several different anime shows, including the Aria series, Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha, and the Himawari! series. Along with Shigeharu Sasago he was music director of the Aria soundtracks, which he composed with Choro Club. He also co-composed the music for the live action series Ariadne no Dangan and produced the soundtrack for the film Sweet Little Lies.
Hiroyuki Matsushita (松下弘幸, Matsushita Hiroyuki), also known by Hiro Matsushita (ヒロ松下), is a Japanese businessman and…
Hiroyuki Matsushita (松下弘幸, Matsushita Hiroyuki), also known by Hiro Matsushita (ヒロ松下), is a Japanese businessman and former racing driver. He is the grandson of Kōnosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic. In 1989, Matsushita won the Toyota Atlantic Championship (Pacific), becoming the first and only Japanese driver to do so. He was also the first Japanese driver to race in the Indy 500.
🎓 Konan University🏫 Konan High School📅 Born March 14🎂 Born 1961📍 From Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture💼 Company President・Entrepreneur💼 Racing Driver
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Shigeyuki Nishio (born 23 May 1954) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.
Hiromasa Yonekura (米倉 弘昌, Yonekura Hiromasa; March 31, 1937 – November 16, 2018) was a Japanese businessman. He was…
Hiromasa Yonekura (米倉 弘昌, Yonekura Hiromasa; March 31, 1937 – November 16, 2018) was a Japanese businessman. He was chairman of Sumitomo Chemical and was also the chairman of the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren).
Osamu Ishiguro (石黒修, Ishiguro Osamu; 12 August 1936 – 9 November 2016) was a tennis player from Japan.
Hiromasa Ezoe (June 12, 1936 – February 8, 2013) was a Japanese industrialist who founded Recruit Holdings. He is…
Hiromasa Ezoe (June 12, 1936 – February 8, 2013) was a Japanese industrialist who founded Recruit Holdings. He is remembered as one of the most prolific entrepreneurs educated at the University of Tokyo, alongside Kiichiro Toyoda (founder of Toyota) and Namihei Odaira (founder of Hitachi). Ezoe was also the central figure in the Recruit insider trading scandal, which fundamentally changed the Japanese political landscape after the resignation of prominent figures including then-PM Noboru Takeshita.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Konan High School📅 Born June 12🎂 Born 1936📍 From Osaka, Osaka Prefecture💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Isao Matsuoka (松岡 功, Matsuoka Isao; born December 18, 1934) is a longtime studio executive and former chairman of Toho…
Isao Matsuoka (松岡 功, Matsuoka Isao; born December 18, 1934) is a longtime studio executive and former chairman of Toho Co., Ltd., serving as Chairman for 14 years until his retirement in 2009. He had previously served as President and worked for the company for over 50 years having joined in 1957. He currently serves as chairman emeritus of Toho, honorary chairman of the Japan Academy Film Prize Association, and a director of the Kawakita Memorial Film Foundation. Isao's father, Tatsuro Matsuoka (Kobayashi), was the second son of Toho founder Ichizō Kobayashi, and as such, was adopted into the Matsuoka family upon his marriage to Setsuko Matsuoka, daughter of Ichizō's business partner and member of Diet, Junkichi Matsuoka. Tatsuro also served as Toho's president following the death of his older brother Fusao. A graduate of the prestigious Konan University, Isao is credited with helping establish Toho as the preeminent film production, distribution and exhibition company in Japan with his revolutionary and innovative reforms following his promotion to president in 1977, and named as the 10th most powerful person in the Japanese film industry by Première Magazine Japan in 2001. Established in 1932, Toho is known internationally for its Godzilla series and the Akira Kurosawa classics Kagemusha and Ran produced under Matsuoka's leadership. Isao has also been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards by CineAsia in 1998 and the National Association of Theatre Owners at ShoWest in 2007, the FIAPF Award for outstanding achievement in film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and the Special Merit Award by the Japan Association of Theatre Owners on 2015. Born in Ashiya, Hyōgo, Isao played tennis at university and represented Japan in the 1956 Davis Cup. He married Chinami Shizuka, a star of the Takarazuka Revue, with whom he had 2 sons, Hiroyasu Matsuoka, who followed his father into the film business and succeeded Isao to serve as the 15th President and CEO of Toho in 2022, and Shuzo Matsuoka, a former professional tennis player and current sports commentator.
🎓 Konan University🏫 Konan High School📅 Born December 18🎂 Born 1934📍 From Ashiya, Hyōgo💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
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Hajime Ishii (石井 一, Ishii Hajime; 17 August 1934 – 4 June 2022) was a Japanese politician who served in the Diet…
Hajime Ishii (石井 一, Ishii Hajime; 17 August 1934 – 4 June 2022) was a Japanese politician who served in the Diet (national legislature) for 39 years between 1969 and 2013. A native of Kobe, Hyogo, he attended Konan University as an undergraduate and University of California, Los Angeles as a graduate and received a master's degree in political science from Stanford University. During his time in the Diet he served as the head of the National Land Agency for six months in 1989–1990 and as Minister for Home Affairs for two months in 1994.
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Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 弘一, Yamamoto Hiroshi) (6 May 1928 – 1990/1991) was a Japanese sprinter. He attended Konan…
Hiroshi Yamamoto (山本 弘一, Yamamoto Hiroshi) (6 May 1928 – 1990/1991) was a Japanese sprinter. He attended Konan University prior to his involvement in athletics. He later competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Yamamoto died at the age of 62.
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