Ryosei Konishi (小西 遼生, Konishi Ryōsei; born Hiroki Konishi (小西 大樹, Konishi Hiroki), February 20, 1982) is a Japanese…
Ryosei Konishi (小西 遼生, Konishi Ryōsei; born Hiroki Konishi (小西 大樹, Konishi Hiroki), February 20, 1982) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. Until January 19, 2007, he was known by his birth name. He belonged to Stardust Promotion until the end of May 2015. He is best known for portraying Kouga Saejima/GARO, the title character from the Japanese tokusatsu television series GARO from 2005 to 2006, its 2010 film adaptation, Garo: Red Requiem, and the 2011 television series Garo: Makai Senki (which serves as a sequel to the original series).
Famous People Born in 1982
1982: 345 people
Akiko Chubachi (中鉢 明子, Chubachi Akiko) (born February 18, 1982) assumed the duties of Miss Universe Japan 2007, after…
Akiko Chubachi (中鉢 明子, Chubachi Akiko) (born February 18, 1982) assumed the duties of Miss Universe Japan 2007, after originally being the second runner-up. She became Miss Universe Japan after the winner, Riyo Mori, claimed the Miss Universe crown and first runner-up, Rei Hamada, turned the title down. Akiko is a graduate of Tamagawa University and has an elementary school teacher's certificate. She has travelled to 30 countries on her own doing volunteer work. She is a model and stands 5 ft 8 in (173 cm).
Satoko Mabuchi (馬渕 智子, Mabuchi Satoko; born 17 February 1982) is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at…
Satoko Mabuchi (馬渕 智子, Mabuchi Satoko; born 17 February 1982) is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She plays as an outfielder.
Yusuke Kawasaki (川崎 雄介, Kawasaki Yūsuke) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on February 17, 1982…
Yusuke Kawasaki (川崎 雄介, Kawasaki Yūsuke) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He was born on February 17, 1982, in Miyazaki, Japan. He is currently playing for the Saitama Seibu Lions of the NPB.
Ryo Watanabe (渡辺 亮, Watanabe Ryō; real name: 渡邊 亮, born February 10, 1982, in Naruto, Tokushima, Japan) is a retired…
Ryo Watanabe (渡辺 亮, Watanabe Ryō; real name: 渡邊 亮, born February 10, 1982, in Naruto, Tokushima, Japan) is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher who spent 10 years with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League.
Sousuke Takaoka (高岡蒼佑, Takaoka Sōsuke; born February 8, 1982) is a Japanese former actor, known for his break-out…
Sousuke Takaoka (高岡蒼佑, Takaoka Sōsuke; born February 8, 1982) is a Japanese former actor, known for his break-out performance in the controversial movie Battle Royale.
Osamu Mukai (向井 理, Mukai Osamu; born February 7, 1982) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.…
Osamu Mukai (向井 理, Mukai Osamu; born February 7, 1982) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University.
Sachiko Konishi (小西 祥子, Konishi Sachiko; born 4 February 1982 in Osaka) is a female Japanese race walker. Konishi…
Sachiko Konishi (小西 祥子, Konishi Sachiko; born 4 February 1982 in Osaka) is a female Japanese race walker. Konishi represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 20 km race walk, along with her compatriot Mayumi Kawasaki. She finished the race in twenty-sixth place with a time of 1:32:21, two seconds behind Greece's Evaggelia Xinou.
Takashi Hirajima (平島 崇, Hirajima Takashi; born February 3, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
Taisei Fujita (藤田 泰成, Fujita Taisei; born January 31, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
Go Sakabe (坂部 剛, Sakabe Gō; born 31 January 1982) is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has provided the music for…
Go Sakabe (坂部 剛, Sakabe Gō; born 31 January 1982) is a Japanese composer and arranger. He has provided the music for several anime series, such as Date A Live and Digimon Adventure tri., as well as television dramas and movies—especially tokusatsu—, such as the Kamen Rider series. His works also include opening and ending theme songs for many series and video games.
Hiroki Sato (佐藤博紀, Sato Hiroki) is a Japanese professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as…
Hiroki Sato (佐藤博紀, Sato Hiroki) is a Japanese professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as the general manager of the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Juntendo University. He was selected by the Oita Heat Devils with the 11th overall pick in the 2005 bj League draft. Sato's jersey number has been retired by the Jets.
Taku Bamba (番場琢 - Bamba Taku; born January 30, 1982) is a Japanese professional racing driver, who most recently…
Taku Bamba (番場琢 - Bamba Taku; born January 30, 1982) is a Japanese professional racing driver, who most recently competed in the Super GT series. He won the 2011 Super GT Championship in the GT300 class with Good Smile Racing with Team UKYO.
Daiki Iwamasa (岩政 大樹, Iwamasa Daiki; born 30 January 1982) is a Japanese professional football manager and former…
Daiki Iwamasa (岩政 大樹, Iwamasa Daiki; born 30 January 1982) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of J2 League club, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo. He also played for the Japan national team until 2011.
Norikazu Suzuki (鈴木憲和, Suzuki Norikazu; born 30 January 1982) is a Japanese politician serving as the Minister of…
Norikazu Suzuki (鈴木憲和, Suzuki Norikazu; born 30 January 1982) is a Japanese politician serving as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries since October 2025. He also serves as a member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal Democratic Party since 2012. He served as State Minister for Reconstruction from 2024 to 2025, before being appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 21 October 2025.
Hidenori Tokuyama (徳山 秀典, Tokuyama Hidenori; born January 30, 1982) is a Japanese actor and singer. A fan of tokusatsu…
Hidenori Tokuyama (徳山 秀典, Tokuyama Hidenori; born January 30, 1982) is a Japanese actor and singer. A fan of tokusatsu, Tokuyama has had a role in several series, most notably Sou Yaguruma/Kamen Rider TheBee/Kamen Rider KickHopper in Kamen Rider Kabuto and Hiroto Sutō/Go-on Gold in Engine Sentai Go-onger.
Naoko Suzuki (鈴木 奈穂子, Suzuki Naoko; born January 29, 1982) is a Japanese news anchor and television personality for…
Naoko Suzuki (鈴木 奈穂子, Suzuki Naoko; born January 29, 1982) is a Japanese news anchor and television personality for NHK. She is the anchor of NHK's morning talk show Asaichi.
Go Ayano (綾野 剛, Ayano Gō; born January 26, 1982) is a Japanese actor.
Shingo Murakami (村上 信五, Murakami Shingo; born January 26, 1982) is a Japanese singer, presenter, variety…
Shingo Murakami (村上 信五, Murakami Shingo; born January 26, 1982) is a Japanese singer, presenter, variety tarento,tarento and actor. He is the keyboardist of the Japanese male idol group Super Eight (previously known as Kanjani Eight).
Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, Sakurai Shō) (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor…
Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, Sakurai Shō) (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host, under agent contract with Starto Entertainment. He is a former member of the boy band Arashi, group to which he belonged until the day it ended activities, May 31, 2026. Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1995 at the age of 13. About seven years after his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, he became a newscaster in 2006, appearing in the news program News Zero every Monday. In 2008, he was appointed the official newscaster for the news coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing on NTV. For his work as an actor, singer and newscaster, Sakurai became one of the recipients of GQ Japan's Men of the Year award in 2009. His father is Shun Sakurai, former vice-minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
Tomohito Yoneno (米野 智人, born January 21, 1982, in Sapporo) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Hokkaido…
Tomohito Yoneno (米野 智人, born January 21, 1982, in Sapporo) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Yusuke Shimada (島田 裕介, Shimada Yusuke; born 19 January 1982) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as…
Yusuke Shimada (島田 裕介, Shimada Yusuke; born 19 January 1982) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently serves as the first-team coach for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.
Yasutaka Nakasone (Japanese: 中曽根康隆; born 19 January 1982) is a Japanese politician, who served as a member of the House…
Yasutaka Nakasone (Japanese: 中曽根康隆; born 19 January 1982) is a Japanese politician, who served as a member of the House of Representatives since 2017. He also served as a Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from 2021 to 2022. From 2024 to October 2025, he served as director of the LDP Youth Division. From October 2025 to September 2026, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee, Liberal Democratic Party. He serves as State Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is the son of Hirofumi and Mariko Nakasone, and a grandson of Yasuhiro Nakasone.
Masanao Takahashi (高橋 正直, Takahashi Masanao; born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese Olympic dressage rider. Representing…
Masanao Takahashi (高橋 正直, Takahashi Masanao; born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese Olympic dressage rider. Representing Japan, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he finished 58th in the individual and 11th in the team competitions. Takahashi also competed at the 2006 Asian Games, where he won a bronze medal in team dressage.
Hayato Chiba (千葉 逸人, born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese mathematician and professor at the Advanced Institute for…
Hayato Chiba (千葉 逸人, born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese mathematician and professor at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research of Tōhoku University. He mainly concerns himself with the theory of dynamical systems, especially bifurcation theory, and proved the Kuramoto conjecture about infinite-dimensional differential equations with chaotic behavior. He obtained his doctorate degree in information sciences at the University of Kyoto.
Hōchiyama Kōkan (born January 18, 1982, as Yukimi Munakata) is a former sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture…
Hōchiyama Kōkan (born January 18, 1982, as Yukimi Munakata) is a former sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. He joined professional sumo in 2000. His highest rank was maegashira 14, achieved in 2006. After illness saw him demoted to the third makushita division in 2008, he returned to the second highest jūryō division in 2010 and the top makuuchi division in September 2011. After winning the sandanme division he had just been demoted to in November 2013, he chose to retire. He is now a coach at Sakaigawa stable under the name of Tatsutagawa (立田川).
Atsushi Matsuura (松浦 淳, Matsuura Atsushi; born January 10, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
Junya Sano (佐野 淳哉, Sano Jun'ya; born January 9, 1982) is a Japanese former-professional road bicycle racer, who last…
Junya Sano (佐野 淳哉, Sano Jun'ya; born January 9, 1982) is a Japanese former-professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for the cycling team Matrix Powertag.
Kenta Kurihara (栗原 健太, Kurihara Kenta; born January 8, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder who…
Kenta Kurihara (栗原 健太, Kurihara Kenta; born January 8, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder who played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He was last a batting coach for the Chunichi Dragons. The Carp's main cleanup hitter during the early 2000s, Kurihara blossomed into one of the most feared power threats in the Central League. He played in the 2009 World Baseball Classic as an emergency replacement for Shuichi Murata, who suffered an injury in the second round of the tournament.
Ayako Matsumura (松村 亜矢子, Matsumura Ayako; born 8 January 1982) is a Japanese synchronized swimmer who competed in the…
Ayako Matsumura (松村 亜矢子, Matsumura Ayako; born 8 January 1982) is a Japanese synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Simi Taitoko Fale (born 8 January 1982) is a Tongan professional wrestler and former rugby union player. He is signed…
Simi Taitoko Fale (born 8 January 1982) is a Tongan professional wrestler and former rugby union player. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where performs under the ring name as Don Fale (ドン・ファレ, Don Fare) and is a member of House of Torture. Best known by his longtime ring name Bad Luck Fale (バッドラック・ファレ, Baddorakku Fare), he is a former three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, a one-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a one-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion. His surname translates to "house" in Tongan, which suits his wrestling persona as an immovable force. Fale is one of the founding members of Bullet Club, an originally all-foreigner stable that saw great success in the company. Fale remained the only founding member to have never left the group until 15 June 2025, when he joined House of Torture. Fale also operates a wrestling school called Fale Dojo, which has helped provide a bridge for non-Japanese wrestlers to perform for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Ryang Yong-gi (Korean: 량용기; Hancha: 梁勇基; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a…
Ryang Yong-gi (Korean: 량용기; Hancha: 梁勇基; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Japan, he represented North Korea internationally. Ryang served as the captain of his club where he played as a creative midfielder. Ryang has made one appearance for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds and was named as one of the North Korean squad for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. Ryang won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards at the competition that guided Korea DPR to win the title and qualify for 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
Takaya Kawauchi (河内 貴哉, Kawauchi Takaya; born January 6, 1982 in Yawata, Kyoto, Japan) is a professional Japanese…
Takaya Kawauchi (河内 貴哉, Kawauchi Takaya; born January 6, 1982 in Yawata, Kyoto, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Takashi Aizawa (相澤 貴志, Aizawa Takashi; born January 5, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
Norichika Aoki (青木 宣親, Aoki Norichika; born January 5, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He…
Norichika Aoki (青木 宣親, Aoki Norichika; born January 5, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Mets and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Aoki is one of only six players, alongside Ichiro Suzuki, Matt Murton, Alex Ramirez, Tsuyoshi Nishioka, and Shogo Akiyama, to amass 200 or more hits in a single season in Japanese professional baseball and the only individual to do so in two separate seasons. He played in the 2006, 2009, and 2017 World Baseball Classics as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Shingo Itō (伊藤 真吾, Itō Shingo; born January 4, 1982) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
her0ism is a music producer and songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California. Since debuting in 2007, her0ism has sold…
her0ism is a music producer and songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California. Since debuting in 2007, her0ism has sold over 60 million units and received more than 200 #1 records and more than 180 Platinum/Gold Awards globally.
Kojiro Horimizu (堀水 宏次郎, Horimizu Kōjirō, born 1 January 1982) is a Japanese sports shooter from Zentsūji in Kagawa…
Kojiro Horimizu (堀水 宏次郎, Horimizu Kōjirō, born 1 January 1982) is a Japanese sports shooter from Zentsūji in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Tomohiro Tachi (Japanese: 舘 知宏, born 1982) is a Japanese academic who studies origami from an interdisciplinary…
Tomohiro Tachi (Japanese: 舘 知宏, born 1982) is a Japanese academic who studies origami from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining approaches from the mathematics of paper folding, structural rigidity, computational geometry, architecture, and materials science. His work was profiled in "The Origami Revolution" (2017), part of the Nova series of US science documentaries. He is a professor at the University of Tokyo.
Tomoko Kashiki (樫木知子, Kashiki Tomoko; born 1982) is a Japanese artist based in Kyoto, Japan. She is known for her…
Tomoko Kashiki (樫木知子, Kashiki Tomoko; born 1982) is a Japanese artist based in Kyoto, Japan. She is known for her paintings, which often portray dreamlike scenes of lone female figures.
Han Terra (Korean: 한테라; born March 30, 1982) is a South Korean-born inventor, composer and musician. She was a child…
Han Terra (Korean: 한테라; born March 30, 1982) is a South Korean-born inventor, composer and musician. She was a child prodigy and was performing by age 6 as a Korean kayageum player beginning her training at the age of 4. She has invented a 24-stringed musical instrument called TeRra incorporating artificial intelligence. Han is the first and the youngest individual kayageum musician of Blanchette Rockefeller Fund and who had a debut in the Carnegie Hall in New York City. She was admitted a voting member of the Grammy Awards of The Recording Academy as few East Asian traditional musicians. Han has been appointed as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She is known to be a polymath in the areas of music, instruments, arts, dance, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, history, literature, writing, journals, fashion, design, technology, science and aesthetics. She has mastered the Eastern traditional arts singing and dancing accompanied with the Western Classical Music, and has been performing globally since.
Sumio Kobayashi (小林純生 Kobayashi Sumio, born 29 December 1982 in Mie, Japan) is a Japanese poet and composer of…
Sumio Kobayashi (小林純生 Kobayashi Sumio, born 29 December 1982 in Mie, Japan) is a Japanese poet and composer of contemporary classical music.
Mohammad Saifullah Ozaki (born Sajit Chandra Debnath in 1982), also known by the kunya Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif, is…
Mohammad Saifullah Ozaki (born Sajit Chandra Debnath in 1982), also known by the kunya Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif, is a Bangladeshi and Japanese academic and militant and former member of the Islamic State. Born to a Hindu family in Bangladesh, Ozaki studied in Japan, where he acquired several degrees, converted from Hinduism to Islam, and eventually married and became a naturalised Japanese citizen. He was an associate professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto until 2015, when he and his family disappeared from the country. He was named the emir of the Islamic State in Bangladesh. He is alleged to have been responsible for promoting the Islamic State on Facebook and recruiting Bangladeshis to travel to Syria to support it, as well as plotting a terrorist attack in Dhaka. In March 2019, Ozaki surrendered to the Syrian Democratic Forces in Baghouz, Syria. A new emir for the Islamic State in Bengal was named within two months.
Hirobumi Watanabe (渡辺紘文, Watanabe Hirobumi; born 1982) is a Japanese film director and actor. He writes the scripts for…
Hirobumi Watanabe (渡辺紘文, Watanabe Hirobumi; born 1982) is a Japanese film director and actor. He writes the scripts for and performs as an actor in his films, while also sometimes acting in the films of other directors.
Yoshinori Niwa (丹羽良徳, born in 1982, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese artist currently based in Vienna, Austria.…
Yoshinori Niwa (丹羽良徳, born in 1982, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese artist currently based in Vienna, Austria. His practice primarily consists of social interventions performed in public spaces, as well as mediums in video, performance, and installation. Niwa's art often carries humorous and provocative undertones, employing direct and slogan-like titles to explore and critique contemporary societal and capitalist structures. His work investigates collective behavior, social norms, and political themes, sometimes drawing on the absurd to challenge established systems.