Masashi Eriguchi (江里口 匡史, Eriguchi Masashi; born 17 December 1988 in Kikuchi, Kumamoto) is a retired Japanese sprinter…
Masashi Eriguchi (江里口 匡史, Eriguchi Masashi; born 17 December 1988 in Kikuchi, Kumamoto) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade and a gold medal in relay at the 2009 Asian Championships. At the 2009 World Championships, he finished fourth in the relay. He also competed in the 100 metres. He reached the semi-final at the 2010 World Indoor Championships. His personal best times are 6.75 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor), achieved at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha; 10.07 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Hiroshima; and 20.88 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in October 2008 in Ōita. He retired in 2018.
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Daiki Higuchi (樋口 大輝, Daiki Higuchi; born April 8, 1984 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto) is a retired Japanese football player…
Daiki Higuchi (樋口 大輝, Daiki Higuchi; born April 8, 1984 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto) is a retired Japanese football player and Japanese football manager and who was most recently the head coach Thai League 2 club of Songkhla.
Kohei Miyazaki (宮崎 光平, Miyazaki Kohei; born February 6, 1981) is a former Japanese football player.
Rie Urata (浦田 理恵, Urata Rie; born 1 July 1977) is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer…
Rie Urata (浦田 理恵, Urata Rie; born 1 July 1977) is a Japanese goalball player who won a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Her impairment was caused by retinitis pigmentosa, which destroyed her vision in both eyes when she was 20 years old. She began playing goalball in 2004.
Akemi Matsuno (松野 明美, Matsuno Akemi) (born April 27, 1968) is a retired female long-distance runner from Japan.
Ikuo Kabashima (蒲島 郁夫, Kabashima Ikuo; born 28 January 1947) is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Kumamoto…
Ikuo Kabashima (蒲島 郁夫, Kabashima Ikuo; born 28 January 1947) is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Kumamoto Prefecture. Kabashima served as governor for 4 terms, between 2008 and 2024. Ikuo Kabashima received a bachelor's and master's degrees in Animal Science and Agricultural Economics from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He received a Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1979. He studied under Samuel P. Huntington and Sidney Verba in HKS. Kabashima was an associate professor at the Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences of the University of Tsukuba from 1986 to 1991. He became a professor in 1991 and in 1996 was named dean of the Graduate School of International Political Economy. In 1997 he became a professor of law at the University of Tokyo. Kabahsima led the development of Kumamon, a promotional mascot that gained popularity both in Japan and abroad.
Katsuki Ishihara (石原 勝記, Ishihara Katsuki; born March 10, 1939) is a retired Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at…
Katsuki Ishihara (石原 勝記, Ishihara Katsuki; born March 10, 1939) is a retired Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1960, he won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay, by swimming for the Japanese team in the preliminary round. In 1964, his 4 × 100 m freestyle relay team finished in fourth place.
Yukiyoshi Aoki (青木行義, Aoki Yukiyoshi; 15 September 1934 – 19 April 1996) was a Japanese Olympic freestyle swimmer who…
Yukiyoshi Aoki (青木行義, Aoki Yukiyoshi; 15 September 1934 – 19 April 1996) was a Japanese Olympic freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Itaru Tachibana (立花 止, Tachibana Itaru; 1903-1954) was a Japanese spy active in the United States. USC PhD student…
Itaru Tachibana (立花 止, Tachibana Itaru; 1903-1954) was a Japanese spy active in the United States. USC PhD student Pedro Loureiro wrote that Tachibana's arrest by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) "became the most publicized and sensational Japanese espionage case in the United States during 1941."
Rear Admiral Chiaki Matsuda (松田千秋, Matsuda Chiaki; 29 September 1896 – 6 November 1995) was an admiral in the Imperial…
Rear Admiral Chiaki Matsuda (松田千秋, Matsuda Chiaki; 29 September 1896 – 6 November 1995) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the third captain of the Yamato.