Sho Tanaka (田中 翔, Tanaka Shō) (born August 27, 1989), known mononymously as Sho (stylised in all caps as SHO), is a…
Sho Tanaka (田中 翔, Tanaka Shō) (born August 27, 1989), known mononymously as Sho (stylised in all caps as SHO), is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of House of Torture. He is a former member of both Chaos and Bullet Club, and was a part of the junior heavyweight tag team Roppongi 3K, along with Yoh. The tag team were five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and three-time winners of the Super Junior Tag League. Additionally, Sho is a three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He has previously worked for the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). In the latter promotion, he was known under the ring name Raijin (雷神, Raijin), named after the Japanese God of thunder, and was part of La Ola Amarilla ("the Yellow Wave") alongside Okumura, Kamaitachi and Fujin (the name Yoh worked under in Mexico).
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Daiki Tomii (富居 大樹, Tomii Daiki; born August 27, 1989 in Saitama) is a Japanese football player for Shonan Bellmare as…
Daiki Tomii (富居 大樹, Tomii Daiki; born August 27, 1989 in Saitama) is a Japanese football player for Shonan Bellmare as a goalkeeper.
Yuichi Kobayashi (小林 雄一, Kobayashi Yūichi; born 25 August 1989 in Itabashi, Tokyo) is a Japanese track and field…
Yuichi Kobayashi (小林 雄一, Kobayashi Yūichi; born 25 August 1989 in Itabashi, Tokyo) is a Japanese track and field sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He represented his country at two consecutive World Championships, in 2011 and 2013. His mother Sumiko Kobayashi (née Kaibara) is a gold medalist in the 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1979 Asian Championships in Tokyo. She was also the former Japanese record holder in the 200 metres with a time of 24.27 seconds.
Yuki Tanabe (田邉 夕貴, Tanabe Yuki; born 25 August 1989) is a Japanese handballer for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese…
Yuki Tanabe (田邉 夕貴, Tanabe Yuki; born 25 August 1989) is a Japanese handballer for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national team. She represented her country at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.
Aoi Mimura (born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby…
Aoi Mimura (born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.
Kazumasa Segawa (Japanese: 瀬川 和正, Segawa Kazumasa, born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese sailor. He competed in the Finn…
Kazumasa Segawa (Japanese: 瀬川 和正, Segawa Kazumasa, born 24 August 1989) is a Japanese sailor. He competed in the Finn event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Maki Takada (髙田真希, Takada Maki, born 23 August 1989) is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the…
Maki Takada (髙田真希, Takada Maki, born 23 August 1989) is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.
Akira Takase (高瀬証, Takase, Akira; born 21 September 1988 in Kitami, Hokkaido) is a Japanese footballer who plays for…
Akira Takase (高瀬証, Takase, Akira; born 21 September 1988 in Kitami, Hokkaido) is a Japanese footballer who plays for ReinMeer Aomori.
Kentaro Moriya (森谷 賢太郎, Moriya Kentaro; born 21 September 1988) is a Japanese former footballer who played as an…
Kentaro Moriya (森谷 賢太郎, Moriya Kentaro; born 21 September 1988) is a Japanese former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Kikuo (Japanese: きくお) is a Japanese songwriter and Vocaloid producer. As an independent artist, he produces the lyrics…
Kikuo (Japanese: きくお) is a Japanese songwriter and Vocaloid producer. As an independent artist, he produces the lyrics and music for each of his songs under his own record label, "Kikuo Sound Works," often with vocals provided by popular Crypton Future Media voicebank, Hatsune Miku. His unique style of high-tempo music production utilizes diverse instruments belonging to the folk music of various world cultures, as well as the childlike sounds of toys and toy pianos, to create colorful and upbeat harmonies, often juxtaposed by very darker lyrics. Additionally, Kikuo is best known for his song, "Love Me, Love Me, Love Me" (愛して愛して愛して, Aishite Aishite Aishite) which surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify in January 2023 and 110 million views on YouTube in July 2025, the first Hatsune Miku song to achieve this feat. Kikuo is also known for his songs "You're a Useless Child" and "I'm Sorry, I'm Sorry".
Tatsuro Okuda (奥田 達朗, Okuda Tatsurō; born 20 September 1988) is a professional Japanese football player. He plays as a…
Tatsuro Okuda (奥田 達朗, Okuda Tatsurō; born 20 September 1988) is a professional Japanese football player. He plays as a goalkeeper for Kochi United.
Arisa Sato (佐藤 ありさ, Satō Arisa; born September 20, 1988, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, raised in Chiba.) is a Japanese model…
Arisa Sato (佐藤 ありさ, Satō Arisa; born September 20, 1988, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, raised in Chiba.) is a Japanese model and weathercaster who is represented by the talent agency Stardust Promotion.
Ayano Fukuda (福田 彩乃, Fukuda Ayano; born 18 September 1988) is a Japanese tarento and impressionist (monomane tarento)…
Ayano Fukuda (福田 彩乃, Fukuda Ayano; born 18 September 1988) is a Japanese tarento and impressionist (monomane tarento) who has appeared in a number of television programmes and feature films. Fukuda is represented with Amuse, Inc.
Yūichi Sugita (杉田 祐一, Sugita Yūichi; born 18 September 1988) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. He has…
Yūichi Sugita (杉田 祐一, Sugita Yūichi; born 18 September 1988) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017.
Ryohei Haga (羽賀 亮平, Haga Ryōhei; born 17 September 1988) is a Japanese speed skater who is specialized in the sprint…
Ryohei Haga (羽賀 亮平, Haga Ryōhei; born 17 September 1988) is a Japanese speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances.
Hanako Takigawa (多岐川 華子, Takigawa Hanako; born 16 September 1988 in Kanagawa Prefecture), stage name Hanako (華子) is a…
Hanako Takigawa (多岐川 華子, Takigawa Hanako; born 16 September 1988 in Kanagawa Prefecture), stage name Hanako (華子) is a Japanese actress, tarento and gravure idol. Her real name and former stage name is Hanako Ouchi (大内 華子, Ōuchi Hanako).
Toshiya Miyata (Japanese: 宮田俊哉, Hepburn: Toshiya Miyata; born September 14, 1988) is a Japanese singer, actor, TV…
Toshiya Miyata (Japanese: 宮田俊哉, Hepburn: Toshiya Miyata; born September 14, 1988) is a Japanese singer, actor, TV personality, voice actor, and novelist. He is a member of boy band Kis-My-Ft2 and its sub-unit Busaiku (舞祭組) under Starto Entertainment. His nickname is Miyacchi.
Fumikazu Kimura (木村 文紀, Kimura Fumikazu; born September 13, 1988 in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese former…
Fumikazu Kimura (木村 文紀, Kimura Fumikazu; born September 13, 1988 in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Nobuyuki Tsujii (辻井 伸行, Tsujii Nobuyuki) (also known as Nobu Tsujii) is a Japanese pianist and composer. He was born…
Nobuyuki Tsujii (辻井 伸行, Tsujii Nobuyuki) (also known as Nobu Tsujii) is a Japanese pianist and composer. He was born blind due to microphthalmia. Tsujii performs extensively, with a large number of conductors and orchestras, and has received critical acclaim for his unique techniques for learning music and performing with an orchestra while being unable to see.
Ryota Okada (岡田亮太, Okada Ryōta; born 9 September 1988 in Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Fukushima United…
Ryota Okada (岡田亮太, Okada Ryōta; born 9 September 1988 in Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Fukushima United FC.
Shizuka Nakamura (中村 静香, Nakamura Shizuka; born September 9, 1988, in Uji, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese gravure idol and…
Shizuka Nakamura (中村 静香, Nakamura Shizuka; born September 9, 1988, in Uji, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese gravure idol and actress who is represented by the talent agency Oscar Promotion. She was a member of Pretty Club 31 and Teenage Club. She play Seigi no Mikata as Kyoko Komatsu
Yusuke Shimizu (志水 祐介, Shimizu Yūsuke; born 7 September 1988) is a water polo player from Japan. He was the captain of…
Yusuke Shimizu (志水 祐介, Shimizu Yūsuke; born 7 September 1988) is a water polo player from Japan. He was the captain of the Japanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team was eliminated in the group stage.
Katsuyuki Sakai (坂井 克行, Sakai Katsuyuki; born September 7, 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the…
Katsuyuki Sakai (坂井 克行, Sakai Katsuyuki; born September 7, 1988) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays for the Japanese club Toyota Industries Shuttles in the Top League. He also plays rugby sevens for Japan's national rugby sevens team and was named in their 2016 Summer Olympics squad. He captained the Japanese squad when they played at the 2014 Hong Kong Sevens and won the World Series Qualifier for the 2014–15 Sevens World Series. He was also a member of the squad that won the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Ryusuke Sakai (酒井 隆介, born September 7, 1988) is a Japanese football player, who features for FC Machida Zelvia.
Ryuji Mochizuki (望月 竜次, Mochizuki Ryūji; born 6 September 1988 in Yaizu, Shizuoka) is a former Japanese footballer who…
Ryuji Mochizuki (望月 竜次, Mochizuki Ryūji; born 6 September 1988 in Yaizu, Shizuoka) is a former Japanese footballer who last played for Fujieda MYFC.
Takahiro Shiomi (塩見 貴洋, born September 6, 1988, in Moriguchi, Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for…
Takahiro Shiomi (塩見 貴洋, born September 6, 1988, in Moriguchi, Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Ray Fujita (藤田 玲, Fujita Rei; born September 6, 1988), is a Japanese-French actor and musician from Tokyo. His mother…
Ray Fujita (藤田 玲, Fujita Rei; born September 6, 1988), is a Japanese-French actor and musician from Tokyo. His mother is Japanese and his father is French. His most notable roles to date are as Kitazaki/Dragon Orphnoch in the 2003 series Kamen Rider 555 and Rei Suzumura/ZERO the Silver Fanged Knight in the 2006 series GARO. He is also the lead vocalist of the band Dustz.
Yuki Matsubara (松原 優吉, Matsubara Yūki; born September 5, 1988) is a Japanese football player.
Akihiro Noda (野田 明弘, Noda Akihiro; born September 5, 1988) is a Japanese football player.
Hiroaki Nakabayashi (Japanese: 中林宏明; born September 5, 1988) better known as Bayashi or Bayashi TV, is a Japanese…
Hiroaki Nakabayashi (Japanese: 中林宏明; born September 5, 1988) better known as Bayashi or Bayashi TV, is a Japanese YouTuber and TikToker. Known for his short-form mukbang and cooking videos, he has garnered a large following on social media with millions of followers across various platforms. He first joined YouTube in early January 2021 and TikTok in February 2020, uploading cooking tutorials and food ASMR videos on both.
Kisho Kagami (加賀美 希昇, Kagami Kisho; born September 5, 1988) is a professional Japanese baseball player.
Keisuke Katō (加藤 慶祐, Katō Keisuke; born September 2, 1988) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his roles as…
Keisuke Katō (加藤 慶祐, Katō Keisuke; born September 2, 1988) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his roles as Kousuke Kitamura (Ivory) in TV Tokyo's drama Happy Boys and Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva. Also, he is one of PureBoys, though on March 21, 2008 he announced his graduation from the group alongside colleagues Yukihiro Takiguchi and Masei Nakayama. This graduation was made official on March 31, 2008; the "graduation ceremony" was on March 28, 2008 during the PureBoys' weekly school-themed internet broadcast show. He graduated from Nihon University. In 2016, he launched his apparel brand "StarLean". On March 31, 2017, he left the talent agency Box Corporation to retire from the entertainment business, but from 2018, he is affiliated with the talent agency G-Star.Pro.
Taichi Ishiyama (石山 泰稚, Ishiyama Taichi; born September 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the…
Taichi Ishiyama (石山 泰稚, Ishiyama Taichi; born September 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Takuya Yoshikawa (吉川 拓也, Yoshikawa Takuya; born September 1, 1988) is a Japanese football player.
Yu Takenouchi (竹之内 悠, Takenouchi Yū; born (1988-09-01)1 September 1988) is a Japanese cyclist who competes in both…
Yu Takenouchi (竹之内 悠, Takenouchi Yū; born (1988-09-01)1 September 1988) is a Japanese cyclist who competes in both cyclo-cross and road cycling. He won the Japanese national cyclo-cross championship five times in a row from 2011 to 2015. He represented his nation in the men's elite event at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder. In 2015, he was a member of the Belgian team Veranclassic–Ekoi.
Hidetaka Kanazono (金園 英学, Kanazono Hidetaka; born 1 September 1988) is a Japanese association footballer who is…
Hidetaka Kanazono (金園 英学, Kanazono Hidetaka; born 1 September 1988) is a Japanese association footballer who is currently contracted to AC Nagano Parceiro. He plays as a striker.
Alexis Minatoya (born 31 August 1988) is a retired Japanese professional basketball player who last played for the…
Alexis Minatoya (born 31 August 1988) is a retired Japanese professional basketball player who last played for the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the B.League. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he played as point guard.
Jyongri (Korean: 조종리; born August 30, 1988) is a Japanese pop singer of Korean ancestry currently signed with EMI Music…
Jyongri (Korean: 조종리; born August 30, 1988) is a Japanese pop singer of Korean ancestry currently signed with EMI Music Japan.
Aka Akasaka (赤坂 アカ, Akasaka Aka; born August 29, 1988) is a Japanese manga artist and writer known for his series…
Aka Akasaka (赤坂 アカ, Akasaka Aka; born August 29, 1988) is a Japanese manga artist and writer known for his series Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and Oshi no Ko.
Nao Okabe (岡部 奈緒, Okabe Nao; born 28 August 1988 in Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter…
Nao Okabe (岡部 奈緒, Okabe Nao; born 28 August 1988 in Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. She competed in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the 2011 World Championships without qualifying for the final. She also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2011 Asian Championships, with teammates Momoko Takahashi, Chisato Fukushima and Saori Imai.
Takayuki Kajitani (梶谷 隆幸, Kajitani Takayuki; born August 28, 1988) is a Japanese former professional baseball…
Takayuki Kajitani (梶谷 隆幸, Kajitani Takayuki; born August 28, 1988) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2007 to 2024 for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Yomiuri Giants.
Shun Nagasawa (長沢 駿, Nagasawa Shun; born 25 August 1988 in Shizuoka) is a Japanese professional football player who…
Shun Nagasawa (長沢 駿, Nagasawa Shun; born 25 August 1988 in Shizuoka) is a Japanese professional football player who plays as a forward for J1 League team Kyoto Sanga FC. After starting his career with Shimizu S-Pulse, Nagasawa has played in over 350 league matches.
Chisako Jumonji (十文字 知佐子, Jūmonji Chisako; born August 24, 1988), better known by her ring name Dash Chisako (DASH・チサコ…
Chisako Jumonji (十文字 知佐子, Jūmonji Chisako; born August 24, 1988), better known by her ring name Dash Chisako (DASH・チサコ, DASH Chisako), is a Japanese professional wrestler. She was trained by Meiko Satomura and has worked for her Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling promotion since her debut in July 2006. She is currently inactive due to pregnancy. For the first ten years of her career, Chisako was part of a tag team with her younger sister Sachiko, who worked under the ring name Sendai Sachiko, with the two winning the Sendai Girls World Tag Team Championship, Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, JWP Joshi Puroresu's JWP and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championships and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana's WWWD World Tag Team Championship as well as JWP's 2013 Tag League the Best tournament. Sachiko retired from professional wrestling in January 2016, forcing Chisako to start a singles career. In December 2017, Chisako won her first singles championship, the Pure-J Openweight Championship. Chisako has also wrestled in the United States for the Chikara promotion, where she won the 2016 King of Trios tournament as part of Team Sendai Girls.
Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也, Yoshida Maya; born 24 August 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as…
Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也, Yoshida Maya; born 24 August 1988) is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a centre-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. Yoshida formerly played for the Japan national team, making over 120 appearances. He was a member of the side's squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022, and the AFC Asian Cup in 2011, 2015 and 2019, winning the latter tournament in 2011 and finishing as runner-up in 2019. He was additionally part of Japan's Olympic football team at the 2008, 2012 and 2020 games.
Noritaka Fujisawa (藤澤 典隆, Fujisawa Noritaka; born 23 August 1988) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kagoshima…
Noritaka Fujisawa (藤澤 典隆, Fujisawa Noritaka; born 23 August 1988) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kagoshima United FC.
Shibuki Iitsuka (Japanese: 飯束 潮吹, born 23 August 1988) is a Japanese sailor. He competed in the Nacra 17 event at the…
Shibuki Iitsuka (Japanese: 飯束 潮吹, born 23 August 1988) is a Japanese sailor. He competed in the Nacra 17 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Shiori Kanzaki (神崎詩織, Kanzaki Shiori; born September 22, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for playing…
Shiori Kanzaki (神崎詩織, Kanzaki Shiori; born September 22, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She is best known for playing Yuka Sanada in Genseishin Justirisers.
Nanae Takizawa (滝沢ななえ; Takizawa Nanae, born September 22, 1987, in Mitaka, Tokyo) is a former Japanese volleyball…
Nanae Takizawa (滝沢ななえ; Takizawa Nanae, born September 22, 1987, in Mitaka, Tokyo) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Pioneer Red Wings. Born in Mitaka, Tokyo, she studied at Hachioji Jissen High School (八王子実践高等学校) and was a member of the volleyball team with Marie Wada and Ayuka Hattori there. After finishing high school, she joined the volleyball team Pioneer Red Wings. In November 2017, Takizawa came out as a lesbian when she told interviewers on a television program that she was dating a woman. She says that her friend had encouraged her, telling her that, with her fame, she could become the Ellen DeGeneres of Japan. Takizawa also felt that she should make use of her position to give more recognition to lesbians in Japan.
Koya Rosado Elliott (エリオット・ロシャード・昂矢 Eriotto Roshādo Kōya; born September 21, 1987), better known by his stage name Elly…
Koya Rosado Elliott (エリオット・ロシャード・昂矢 Eriotto Roshādo Kōya; born September 21, 1987), better known by his stage name Elly (stylized as ELLY), is a Japanese dancer and rapper. He is a performer(dancer) of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers and a former member of Gekidan Exile. For his solo career as a rapper he uses the stage name CrazyBoy. He debuted as a soloist in collaboration with Exile Shokichi in the song "THE ANTHEM" on June 4, 2014, and released his first solo album NEOTOKYO FOREVER on July 4, 2018. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice and he has choreographed some of the most famous dances for his group, including the famous "Runningman" dance of R.Y.U.S.E.I. He is also an enthusiastic Fortnite player, hoping to promote e-sports in Japan. Elly's father is former OPBF Super Welterweight Champion Carlos Elliott and his younger brother, Likiya, is also a dancer and leader of the J-pop dance and vocal group The Rampage from Exile Tribe.
Yasuhito Morishima (森島 康仁, Morishima Yasuhito; born 18 September 1987) is a Japanese football player.