Ayako Jinnouchi (陣内 綾子, Jinnouchi Ayako; born 21 January 1987) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. She competed in…
Ayako Jinnouchi (陣内 綾子, Jinnouchi Ayako; born 21 January 1987) is a Japanese middle-distance runner. She competed in the 800 meters at the 2007 World Championships without reaching the semifinals. She won bronze medals at the Asian championships in 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2017.
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Famous Alumni of Saga Nishi High School
Saga Nishi High School: 33 people
Ryosuke Mizumachi (水町 亮介, Mizumachi Ryōsuke; born September 10, 1981) is a former Japanese professional basketball…
Ryosuke Mizumachi (水町 亮介, Mizumachi Ryōsuke; born September 10, 1981) is a former Japanese professional basketball player who played for the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League in Japan. Mizumachi was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture, Japan and started playing basketball while in elementary school. After graduating from Gakushuin University in 2004 he decided to enter professional basketball, against his parents' wishes. He joined a team below Niigata Albirex BB's organization. In 2005 he was drafted by the Oita Heat Devils in the seventh round (26th overall) of the 2005 bj league draft. During three seasons with Oita he was named as a deputy captain, but was released at the end of the 2007-08 season. He was then signed by Niigata and spent two seasons with their bj league team. In June 2010 Mizumachi was signed by the Happinets in the second round of the 2010 expansion draft and has served as captain throughout the club's seven seasons in the bj league. He was one of 12 players to participate in all eleven seasons of the bj league. He has remained with Akita following the team's entry into the B.League in September 2016, but has been replaced as captain by Shigehiro Taguchi. His nickname is "Macho". His retirement ceremony was held at the Akita Prefectural Gymnasium on April 3, 2019.
Takamaro Fukuoka (福岡 資麿, Fukuoka Takamaro; born 9 May 1973) is a Japanese politician from Saga City and member of the…
Takamaro Fukuoka (福岡 資麿, Fukuoka Takamaro; born 9 May 1973) is a Japanese politician from Saga City and member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Fukuoka was elected to the House of Representatives in Saga 1st district in after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He lost the seat in the 2009 election but was elected to the House of Councillors in 2010. In October 2024, Fukuoka became the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the Ishiba Cabinet. Fukuoka graduated from the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University in 1996 and joined the Mitsubishi Estate company.
Minoru Kawasaki (川崎 稔, Kawasaki Minoru; born March 7, 1961) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of…
Minoru Kawasaki (川崎 稔, Kawasaki Minoru; born March 7, 1961) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Saga Prefecture and graduate of Kyoto University, he worked at the Bank of Japan from 1984 until 2004 when he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Councillors. He ran again in 2007 and was elected for the first time.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born March 7🎂 Born 1961📍 From Saga(city), Saga Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
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Katsurō Onoue (尾上 克郎, Onoue Katsurō; born June 4, 1960) is a Japanese special effects director and visual effects…
Katsurō Onoue (尾上 克郎, Onoue Katsurō; born June 4, 1960) is a Japanese special effects director and visual effects supervisor.
🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born June 4🎂 Born 1960📍 From Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture💼 Film Director
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Akira Ogata (緒方明) is a Japanese film director. He was given the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his…
Akira Ogata (緒方明) is a Japanese film director. He was given the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for his film, Boy's Choir, in 2000, and then won the award for best director at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival for Nonchan Noriben.
Kunio Murai (村井 國夫, Murai Kunio; born September 20, 1944) is a Chinese-born Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best…
Kunio Murai (村井 國夫, Murai Kunio; born September 20, 1944) is a Chinese-born Japanese actor and voice actor. He is best known as the official Japanese dub voice of Harrison Ford, with Ford's personal approval.
Yoshiko Shiotani (潮谷 義子, Shiotani Yoshiko; born 5 April 1939) is a Japanese former politician who served as the…
Yoshiko Shiotani (潮谷 義子, Shiotani Yoshiko; born 5 April 1939) is a Japanese former politician who served as the governor of Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan from 2001 to 2009. She was Kumamoto's first female governor and the second in Japanese history. She is a member of the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Kunie Iwahashi (岩橋 邦枝, Iwahashi Kunie; October 10, 1934 – June 11, 2014) was a Japanese novelist. She was considered…
Kunie Iwahashi (岩橋 邦枝, Iwahashi Kunie; October 10, 1934 – June 11, 2014) was a Japanese novelist. She was considered "the female Shintaro Ishihara".
Teijirō Furukawa (古川 貞二郎, Furukawa Teijirō; 11 September 1934 – 5 September 2022) was a Japanese official who served as…
Teijirō Furukawa (古川 貞二郎, Furukawa Teijirō; 11 September 1934 – 5 September 2022) was a Japanese official who served as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 1995 to 2003. As such he was the senior bureaucrat under five Prime Ministers. Before that he served as Administrative Vice Minister of Health and Welfare from 1993 to 1994.
Takao Jinnouchi (陣内 孝雄, Jinnouchi Takao; 24 August 1933 – 8 September 2026) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician…
Takao Jinnouchi (陣内 孝雄, Jinnouchi Takao; 24 August 1933 – 8 September 2026) was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as the Minister of Justice in 1999.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born August 24🎂 Born 1933💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Bureaucrat
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Sunao Hari (針 すなお, Hari Sunao), real name Sunao Takagawa (高閑者 順, Takagawa Sunao), is a Japanese manga artist and…
Sunao Hari (針 すなお, Hari Sunao), real name Sunao Takagawa (高閑者 順, Takagawa Sunao), is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator, martial artist born 15 March 1933 in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Saga Prefectural Saga High School (now Saga Prefectural Saga West High School). Hari is the fifth son of the chief priest at Kōdenji, a family temple in the former Saga Domain. He worked at a cotton spinning company and as a bank employee before moving to Tokyo in 1953 to work as a writer for a financial journal. Hari made his professional manga debut in 1956. He holds a level of 8th dan in aikido, and he studied an offshoot of Shintō Musō-ryū staff fighting called "Tai no Jō" (体の杖). He currently operates in Saga City a dojo devoted to the study of aikido and jōjutsu (staff fighting). Hari creates the politician caricatures for the Sankei Shimbun, as well as a weekly one panel manga for the Weekly Manga Times. He won the 1973 Japan Cartoonists Association Award for Excellence for his work Hari Sunao Nigaoe Mangashū: Sokkuri (針すなお似顔絵漫画集・そっくり). He also won the Bungeishunjū Manga Award in 1998 for his political caricatures.
🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born March 15🎂 Born 1933📍 From Saga(city), Saga Prefecture💼 Manga Artist💼 Illustrator💼 Martial Artist
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Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司, Itoyama Takashi; born 14 November 1936 – 17 August 1983) is a Japanese basketball player. He…
Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司, Itoyama Takashi; born 14 November 1936 – 17 August 1983) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Hideki Shingō (新郷 英城, Shingō Hideki; 10 October 1911 – 27 November 1982) was a fighter pilot officer in the Imperial…
Hideki Shingō (新郷 英城, Shingō Hideki; 10 October 1911 – 27 November 1982) was a fighter pilot officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. He participated in various battles and campaigns throughout the Pacific War and survived the war.
Osamu Shimomura (下村 治 Shimomura Osamu, 1910 – November 27, 1989), born in Saga Prefecture, Kitagawa Village, was a…
Osamu Shimomura (下村 治 Shimomura Osamu, 1910 – November 27, 1989), born in Saga Prefecture, Kitagawa Village, was a Japanese economist considered to be the "father of the Japanese economic miracle".
🎓 Tokyo Imperial University🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born November 27🎂 Born 1910💼 Economist💼 Bureaucrat
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Mikami Taku or Mikami Takashi (三上 卓; 22 March 1905 – 25 October 1971) was a lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Mikami Taku or Mikami Takashi (三上 卓; 22 March 1905 – 25 October 1971) was a lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Navy, who participated in the May 15 Incident in which Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated. He composed the "Ode of Showa Restoration" as an anthem for the Young Officers Movement.
Kenjiro Kitajima (Japanese: 北島謙次郎; 5 October 1893 – 24 November 1957) was a Japanese government official who was…
Kenjiro Kitajima (Japanese: 北島謙次郎; 5 October 1893 – 24 November 1957) was a Japanese government official who was Governor of the South Seas Mandate from 1936 to 1940. He was Deputy Minister of Colonial Affairs in 1940. He was from Saga Prefecture and graduated from Tokyo Imperial University.
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Takatsugu Jōjima (城島 高次, Jōjima Takatsugu; 20 June 1890 – 9 October 1967) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Takatsugu Jōjima (城島 高次, Jōjima Takatsugu; 20 June 1890 – 9 October 1967) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Hidemitsu Nakano (中野英光, Nakano Hidemitsu; April 18, 1890 – March 19, 1982) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Hidemitsu Nakano (中野英光, Nakano Hidemitsu; April 18, 1890 – March 19, 1982) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces in the Southwest Pacific during the closing months of the war.
Mineichi Koga (古賀 峯一, Koga Mineichi; 25 September 1885 – 31 March 1944) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and…
Mineichi Koga (古賀 峯一, Koga Mineichi; 25 September 1885 – 31 March 1944) was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet.
Zengo Yoshida (吉田 善吾, Yoshida Zengo; 14 February 1885 – 14 November 1966) was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial…
Zengo Yoshida (吉田 善吾, Yoshida Zengo; 14 February 1885 – 14 November 1966) was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Korokurō Shimomura (Japanese: 下村虎六郎, 3 October 1884 – 20 April 1955), better known by his pen name Kojin Shimomura…
Korokurō Shimomura (Japanese: 下村虎六郎, 3 October 1884 – 20 April 1955), better known by his pen name Kojin Shimomura (下村湖人), was a Japanese educator, novelist, essayist, and social thinker. He served as principal of Taichū First Middle School (now Taichung First Senior High School) in Japanese Taiwan and later principal of Taihoku Higher School. He was known for his educational philosophy, liberal humanism, and criticism of Japanese militarism during the early Shōwa period.
Yasuma Takata (高田 保馬, Takata Yasuma; 27 December 1883 – 2 February 1972) was an influential sociologist and economist…
Yasuma Takata (高田 保馬, Takata Yasuma; 27 December 1883 – 2 February 1972) was an influential sociologist and economist and is most widely known for his power theory of economics. A fruit - the Yasuma - was named after him after he discovered it on one of his many trips to Greece.
🎓 Kyoto University🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born December 27🎂 Born 1883💼 Economist💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor💼 Haiku Poet・Waka Poet
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Gengo Hyakutake (百武 源吾, Hyakutake Gengo; January 28, 1882 – January 15, 1976) was a career officer and admiral in the…
Gengo Hyakutake (百武 源吾, Hyakutake Gengo; January 28, 1882 – January 15, 1976) was a career officer and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Kiyoshi Katsuki (香月 清司, Katsuki Kiyoshi; 6 October 1881 – 29 January 1950) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army…
Kiyoshi Katsuki (香月 清司, Katsuki Kiyoshi; 6 October 1881 – 29 January 1950) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Army War College🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born October 6🎂 Born 1881📍 From Saga Prefecture💼 Military Officer
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Jinzaburō Masaki (真崎 甚三郎, Masaki Jinzaburō; 27 November 1876 – 31 August 1956) was a general in the Imperial Japanese…
Jinzaburō Masaki (真崎 甚三郎, Masaki Jinzaburō; 27 November 1876 – 31 August 1956) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. He was regarded as a leader of the Imperial Way Faction within the Japanese military.
🎓 Imperial Japanese Army War College🏫 Saga Nishi High School📅 Born November 27🎂 Born 1876💼 Military Officer
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Saburō Hyakutake (百武三郎; 3 June 1872 – 30 October 1963) was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral.
Baron Kiyokazu Abo (安保 清種, Abo Kiyokazu; 15 October 1870 – 8 June 1948) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Baron Kiyokazu Abo (安保 清種, Abo Kiyokazu; 15 October 1870 – 8 June 1948) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, who served as Navy Minister in the early 1930s.
Kijirō Nambu (南部 麒次郎, Nanbu Kijirō; September 22, 1869 – May 1, 1949) was a Japanese firearms designer and career…
Kijirō Nambu (南部 麒次郎, Nanbu Kijirō; September 22, 1869 – May 1, 1949) was a Japanese firearms designer and career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. He founded the Nambu Arms Manufacturing Company, a major manufacturer of Japanese military firearms during the period. He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure (2nd class) in 1914. Because of his prolific firearms designs, Nambu has been described as the "John Browning of Japan."
Kazuchika Iwata (born 20 September 1973) is a Japanese politician who has been serving as a member of the House of…
Kazuchika Iwata (born 20 September 1973) is a Japanese politician who has been serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2012. He has also served as the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and State Minister of Cabinet Office.
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Hiroshi Ogushi (大串 博志, Ōgushi Hiroshi; born 31 August 1965) is a Japanese former politician who served as a member of…
Hiroshi Ogushi (大串 博志, Ōgushi Hiroshi; born 31 August 1965) is a Japanese former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kishima District, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1989 and received an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the same year. In June 2007, Ogushi was blamed for attending the funeral of a yakuza member. The yakuza member, Zenji Tsurumaru, was a senior member of the designated yakuza group Kyushu Seido-kai, who was murdered by the group's rival syndicate Dojin-kai. Ogushi said that he never met Tsurumaru and was compelled to attend by a political supporter. In 2017, he ran in the Kibō no Tō leadership election, losing against Yuichiro Tamaki. When Kibō merged with the Democratic Party in May 2018 to form the Democratic Party for the People, Ogushi decided not to join the new party and became an independent member instead.
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Kazuhiro Haraguchi (Japanese: 原口 一博, Hepburn: Haraguchi Kazuhiro; born 2 July 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Tax…
Kazuhiro Haraguchi (Japanese: 原口 一博, Hepburn: Haraguchi Kazuhiro; born 2 July 1959) is a Japanese politician of the Tax Cuts Japan and Yukoku Alliance, and a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi (牟田口 廉也, Mutaguchi Ren'ya; 7 October 1888 – 2 August 1966) was an Imperial Japanese…
Lieutenant-General Renya Mutaguchi (牟田口 廉也, Mutaguchi Ren'ya; 7 October 1888 – 2 August 1966) was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who served in World War II. He was the field commander of Japanese forces during the Battle of Imphal.
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