Takahisa Hayakawa (早川 隆久, Hayakawa Takahisa; born July 6, 1998) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays…Takahisa Hayakawa (早川 隆久, Hayakawa Takahisa; born July 6, 1998) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Yoshitake Suzuki (鈴木 喜丈, Suzuki Yoshitake; born July 6, 1998) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Fagiano…Yoshitake Suzuki (鈴木 喜丈, Suzuki Yoshitake; born July 6, 1998) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Fagiano Okayama.
Shogo Asada (麻田 将吾, Asada Shogo; born 6 July 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for…Shogo Asada (麻田 将吾, Asada Shogo; born 6 July 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Kashiwa Reysol.
Honoka Hashimoto (橋本 帆乃香, Hashimoto Honoka; born 5 July 1998) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a medal at the…Honoka Hashimoto (橋本 帆乃香, Hashimoto Honoka; born 5 July 1998) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a medal at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.
Hōsei Takata (髙田 萌生, born July 4, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who played for the Yomiuri Giants…Hōsei Takata (髙田 萌生, born July 4, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who played for the Yomiuri Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from 2018 to 2022.
Masaya Kyōyama (京山 将弥, Kyōyama Masaya; born July 4, 1998 in) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the…Masaya Kyōyama (京山 将弥, Kyōyama Masaya; born July 4, 1998 in) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and in the KBO League for the Lotte Giants.
Minami Katsu (Japanese: 勝みなみ, born 1 July 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer. She is the youngest winner in the…Minami Katsu (Japanese: 勝みなみ, born 1 July 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer. She is the youngest winner in the history of the LPGA of Japan Tour when she won the KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open as an amateur on 20 April 2014 at age 15.
Natsumi Okamoto (岡本 夏美, Okamoto Natsumi; born 1 July 1998, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and fashion…Natsumi Okamoto (岡本 夏美, Okamoto Natsumi; born 1 July 1998, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She is represented with Ever Green Entertainment. Okamoto won the Grand Prix in the audition for the magazine Love Berry in 2011, became an exclusive model later on until 2012, and later became an exclusive model for the magazine Nicola. She is now an exclusive model for Seventeen. One of Okamoto's prominent activities is when she appeared as an Oha Girl in the television program Oha Suta from 2012 to 2013. In contrast to her modelling activities, she appear in television dramas such as Yakō Kanran-sha, GTO and Hell Teacher Nūbē since 2013, and gained particular attention when she appeared in GTO in 2014, in which it dramatically increased her recognition as an actress.
Koshi Osaki (大崎 航詩, Osaki Koshi; born 30 June 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Mito…Koshi Osaki (大崎 航詩, Osaki Koshi; born 30 June 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Mito HollyHock.
Shiho Tanaka (田中 志歩, Tanaka Shiho; born 29 June 1998) is a Japanese judoka and Wrestler. Her older brother, Genta…Shiho Tanaka (田中 志歩, Tanaka Shiho; born 29 June 1998) is a Japanese judoka and Wrestler. Her older brother, Genta Tanaka, placed second in the over 100 kg division at the 2015 World Judo Juniors Championships.
Shumpei Fukahori (深堀 隼平, Fukahori Shumpei; born June 29, 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing for Iwate…Shumpei Fukahori (深堀 隼平, Fukahori Shumpei; born June 29, 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing for Iwate Grulla Morioka.
Kaina Yoshio (吉尾 海夏, born 28 June 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a right-winger for Montedio Yamagata in…Kaina Yoshio (吉尾 海夏, born 28 June 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a right-winger for Montedio Yamagata in J2 League.
Leo Takae (髙江 麗央, Takae Leo; born june 27, 1998) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama FC in…Leo Takae (髙江 麗央, Takae Leo; born june 27, 1998) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama FC in the J1 League.
Kazuya Niwa (丹羽 一陽, Niwa Kazuya; born 25 June 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for…Kazuya Niwa (丹羽 一陽, Niwa Kazuya; born 25 June 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Vanraure Hachinohe.
Shōki Murakami (村上 頌樹, Murakami Shōki; born June 25, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin…Shōki Murakami (村上 頌樹, Murakami Shōki; born June 25, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He is a joint-record holder of the most consecutive scoreless innings pitched in a single season (31 innings) for the Central League, tied with Oetsu Nakai who notched the same for the Tigers in 1963. He is also the only Central League rookie ever to be awarded Rookie of the Year and League MVP in the same season, in his rookie year in 2023.
Miwa Tanaka (born 24 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Taiwan Mulan…Miwa Tanaka (born 24 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Taiwan Mulan Football League club New Taipei Hang Yuen WFC.
Osamu Henry Iyoha (イヨハ 理 ヘンリー, Iyoha Osamu Henry; born 23 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as…Osamu Henry Iyoha (イヨハ 理 ヘンリー, Iyoha Osamu Henry; born 23 June 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back or a left-back for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija, on loan from J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Rikako Kobayashi (小林 里歌子, Kobayashi Rikako; born 21 July 1997) is a Japanese professional football player who plays as…Rikako Kobayashi (小林 里歌子, Kobayashi Rikako; born 21 July 1997) is a Japanese professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Tokyo Verdy Beleza the Japan national team. She is the sister of footballer Seigo Kobayashi.
Shugo Tsuji (辻 周吾, Tsuji Shūgo; born 21 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for…Shugo Tsuji (辻 周吾, Tsuji Shūgo; born 21 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ehime FC.
Louis Okoye (オコエ 瑠偉, Okoe Rui; born July 21, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent.…Louis Okoye (オコエ 瑠偉, Okoe Rui; born July 21, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Yomiuri Giants.
Akira Aizawa (相澤晃, born 18 July 1997) is a Japanese long-distance runner. On 4 December 2020, he won the 10,000m race…Akira Aizawa (相澤晃, born 18 July 1997) is a Japanese long-distance runner. On 4 December 2020, he won the 10,000m race at the Japanese national championships in a time of 27:18:75 at the Nagai Stadium, Osaka. In doing so, he broke the Japanese national record and ran the Olympic qualifying standard time to secure a place at his home 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Yuki Kawakami (川上 優樹, Kawakami Yūki; born 18 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for…Yuki Kawakami (川上 優樹, Kawakami Yūki; born 18 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Kataller Toyama.
Takeru Kishimoto (岸本 武流, Kishimoto, Takeru; born 16 July 1997 in Nara) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays…Takeru Kishimoto (岸本 武流, Kishimoto, Takeru; born 16 July 1997 in Nara) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a right back for J1 League club Gamba Osaka.
Takuma Goto (後藤 卓磨, Goto Takuma; born 16 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Nara…Takuma Goto (後藤 卓磨, Goto Takuma; born 16 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Nara Club, on loan from FC Tiamo Hirakata.
Takashi Abe (安部 崇士, Abe Takashi; born 15 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for…Takashi Abe (安部 崇士, Abe Takashi; born 15 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Tegevajaro Miyazaki, on loan from Montedio Yamagata.
Kazuya Ando (安藤 一哉, Ando Kazuya; born 15 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for AC…Kazuya Ando (安藤 一哉, Ando Kazuya; born 15 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for AC Nagano Parceiro.
Takashi Umino (海野 隆司, Umino Takashi; born July 15, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka…Takashi Umino (海野 隆司, Umino Takashi; born July 15, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Yuki Kakita (垣田 裕暉, Kakita Yūki; born 14 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1…Yuki Kakita (垣田 裕暉, Kakita Yūki; born 14 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol and the Japan national team. Kakita came through the youth academy at Kashima Antlers and began his professional career there in 2016. He had loan spells at Zweigen Kanazawa in 2017, Tokushima Vortis in 2020 and Sagan Tosu in 2022 before joining Kashiwa Reysol in 2024. Kakita has earned 2 caps for the Japan national team.
Kenya Mitsuhashi (三橋 健也, Mitsuhashi Ken'ya; born 11 July 1997) is a Japanese badminton player. He was a silver medalist…Kenya Mitsuhashi (三橋 健也, Mitsuhashi Ken'ya; born 11 July 1997) is a Japanese badminton player. He was a silver medalist in the men's doubles at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
Kazuya Konno (紺野 和也, Konno Kazuya; born 11 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a winger and second striker…Kazuya Konno (紺野 和也, Konno Kazuya; born 11 July 1997) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a winger and second striker for J1 League club Kawasaki Frontale.
Ryo Hatsuse (初瀬 亮, Hatsuse Ryō; born 10 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left back for…Ryo Hatsuse (初瀬 亮, Hatsuse Ryō; born 10 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left back for Gamba Osaka.
Kento Kawata (川田 拳登, Kawata Kento; born July 9, 1997) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Vonds…Kento Kawata (川田 拳登, Kawata Kento; born July 9, 1997) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Vonds Ichihara.
Shiho Matsubara (松原 志歩, Matsubara Shiho; pronounced [matsɯbaɾa ɕiho]; born 7 July 1997) is a Japanese professional…Shiho Matsubara (松原 志歩, Matsubara Shiho; pronounced [matsɯbaɾa ɕiho]; born 7 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Damallsvenskan club Piteå IF. She previously played for Nadeshiko League and WE League clubs Cerezo Osaka Sakai, Albirex Niigata and Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina, and for Kvindeliga club Fortuna Hjørring. Matsubara is the older sister of Yuna Matsubara, who is also a professional footballer (currently playing for WE League club INAC Kobe Leonessa).
Fugo Segawa (世川 楓悟, Segawa Fūgo; born 7 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for…Fugo Segawa (世川 楓悟, Segawa Fūgo; born 7 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for TSS Rovers in League1 British Columbia.
Narumi Miura (三浦 成美, Miura Narumi; born 3 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder…Narumi Miura (三浦 成美, Miura Narumi; born 3 July 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Utah Royals and the Japan national team.
Makoto Lavemai (ラベマイまこと, born Makoto Ebuchi, July 2, 1997) is a Japanese women's rugby union player. She plays as a…Makoto Lavemai (ラベマイまこと, born Makoto Ebuchi, July 2, 1997) is a Japanese women's rugby union player. She plays as a tighthead prop. She played for Yokogawa Musashino Artemi Stars. She competed for Japan at the 2017 and 2021 Women's Rugby World Cups.
Koji Ikeda (Japanese: 池田幸司, Ikeda Koji; born June 30, 1997) is a Japanese professional kickboxer, currently competing…Koji Ikeda (Japanese: 池田幸司, Ikeda Koji; born June 30, 1997) is a Japanese professional kickboxer, currently competing in the bantamweight divisions of K-1 and Krush. A professional competitor since 2019, Ikeda is the current Krush Bantamweight champion. As of April 2022, Combat Press ranks him as the eight best strawweight kickboxer in the world.
Tadasuke Makino (牧野任祐, Makino Tadasuke; born 28 June 1997) is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Motor Company who…Tadasuke Makino (牧野任祐, Makino Tadasuke; born 28 June 1997) is a Japanese racing driver for Honda Motor Company who currently competes in Super GT for Team Kunimitsu and in the Super Formula Championship for Dandelion Racing. A feature race winner in the FIA Formula 2 Championship during his time abroad in junior categories, Makino has competed in the top level of Japan's domestic racing scene since 2019. Alongside teammate Naoki Yamamoto, he won the GT500 class championship in Super GT in 2020.
Masahiro Sugata (菅田 真啓, Sugata Masahiro; born 28 June 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender…Masahiro Sugata (菅田 真啓, Sugata Masahiro; born 28 June 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Vegalta Sendai.
Tatsuya Itō (Japanese: 伊藤 達哉; born 26 June 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward and…Tatsuya Itō (Japanese: 伊藤 達哉; born 26 June 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward and currently play for J1 League club, Kawasaki Frontale.
Hiroki Muto (Japanese: 武藤 弘樹, Mutō Hiroki) is a Japanese archer. He competed in Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In…Hiroki Muto (Japanese: 武藤 弘樹, Mutō Hiroki) is a Japanese archer. He competed in Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match of the Men's team event, Muto hit a do-or-die bullseye in the tie-breaker set to win bronze for Japan.
Kyowaan Hoshi (星 キョーワァン, Hoshi Kyowaan; born 25 June 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for…Kyowaan Hoshi (星 キョーワァン, Hoshi Kyowaan; born 25 June 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Blaublitz Akita.
Mayu Shidochi (志土地 真優, Shidochi Mayu; née Mukaida (向田), born 22 June 1997) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won…Mayu Shidochi (志土地 真優, Shidochi Mayu; née Mukaida (向田), born 22 June 1997) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She won the gold medal in the 53 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Reina Miura (三浦 伶奈, born 22 July 1996) is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the…Reina Miura (三浦 伶奈, born 22 July 1996) is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the featherweight division of Rizin and DEEP.
Yuki Kusano (草野 侑己, Kusano Yūki; born 21 July 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for…Yuki Kusano (草野 侑己, Kusano Yūki; born 21 July 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Nakhon Ratchasima in the Thai League 1.
Yusei Ogawa (小川 雄勢, Ogawa Yūsei; born 20 July 1996) is a Japanese judoka. He is the son of 1992 Olympic silver medalist…Yusei Ogawa (小川 雄勢, Ogawa Yūsei; born 20 July 1996) is a Japanese judoka. He is the son of 1992 Olympic silver medalist Naoya Ogawa. He participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships, winning a medal.
Naoto Baba (馬場 直人, Baba Naoto; born 20 July 1996) is a Japanese cross-country skier who competes internationally. He…Naoto Baba (馬場 直人, Baba Naoto; born 20 July 1996) is a Japanese cross-country skier who competes internationally. He represented his country at the 2022 Winter Olympics.