Kitakami, Iwate: 14 people
Rintaro Sasaki (佐々木 麟太郎, Sasaki Rintaro; born April 18, 2005) is a Japanese professional baseball first baseman in the…
Rintaro Sasaki (佐々木 麟太郎, Sasaki Rintaro; born April 18, 2005) is a Japanese professional baseball first baseman in the Miami Marlins organization.
Keita Obara (小原佳太, Ohara Keita; born 12 November 1986) is a Japanese professional boxer who challenged for the IBF and…
Keita Obara (小原佳太, Ohara Keita; born 12 November 1986) is a Japanese professional boxer who challenged for the IBF and IBO light-welterweight titles in 2016. At regional level he held the WBC-OPBF light-welterweight title from 2014 to 2015 and the WBO Asia Pacific welterweight title twice between 2017 and 2018.
Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹, Suzuki Hiroki; born October 3, 1983) is a Japanese actor from Kitakami, Iwate. He is best known…
Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹, Suzuki Hiroki; born October 3, 1983) is a Japanese actor from Kitakami, Iwate. He is best known for his roles as Shuichiro Oishi in The Prince of Tennis (musical series, Tenimyu, live film adaptation), and as Jyan Kandou (Geki Red) in the tokusatsu television series, Juken Sentai Gekiranger. He is also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-Boys, which perform in various skit-like performances.
Akira Yaegashi (八重樫 東, Yaegashi Akira; born February 25, 1983) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed…
Akira Yaegashi (八重樫 東, Yaegashi Akira; born February 25, 1983) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019. He is a three-weight world champion, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) mini-flyweight title from 2011 to 2012, the World Boxing Council (WBC) and Ring magazine flyweight titles from 2013 to 2014, and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-flyweight title from 2015 to 2016. He is an alumnus of the Takushoku University.
Satoshi Yagisawa (八木澤 教司, Yagisawa Satoshi; born 3 April 1975 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese composer. He graduated…
Satoshi Yagisawa (八木澤 教司, Yagisawa Satoshi; born 3 April 1975 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese composer. He graduated from the Musashino Academy of Music. He also finished a master's courses and graduated with the master of music. He then worked for two years in music research. His work is varied and includes orchestral music, chamber music, choral music and music for traditional Japanese instruments. His compositions for winds, whose titles are self-descriptive, are kept in a dramatic musical language. Furthermore, he acts as a judge in competitions, as guest conductor with many orchestras and as the author of articles in professional journals ("The Flute", "The Clarinet", "The Sax"). He arranged in 2003 the theme of music (Music for planting and sowing by the Emperor and Empress of Japan) for the 54th National Arbor Day in Chiba Prefecture.
Michitaka Kikuchi (菊池 通隆, Kikuchi Michitaka; born March 9, 1963), best known by the pen name Kia Asamiya (麻宮 騎亜…
Michitaka Kikuchi (菊池 通隆, Kikuchi Michitaka; born March 9, 1963), best known by the pen name Kia Asamiya (麻宮 騎亜, Asamiya Kia), is a Japanese manga artist whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences.
Tamaki Saitō (斎藤 環, Saitō Tamaki; born September 24, 1961) is a Japanese psychologist and critic. He specializes in the…
Tamaki Saitō (斎藤 環, Saitō Tamaki; born September 24, 1961) is a Japanese psychologist and critic. He specializes in the psychiatry of puberty and adolescence. Saitō is Director of Medical Service at Sofukai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Chiba. Saitō is notable for his study of hikikomori, a term he coined; he is internationally recognized as Japan's leading hikikomori expert. He is also known for presenting the theory of "multiple orientations" to explain otaku sexuality in Beautiful Fighting Girl. Since the 2010s, he has been involved in introducing Open Dialogue in Japan.
Michihiko Chida (千田美智仁, Chida Michihiko) (born 22 December 1958 in Kitakami) is a former Japanese rugby union player…
Michihiko Chida (千田美智仁, Chida Michihiko) (born 22 December 1958 in Kitakami) is a former Japanese rugby union player who played mainly as Number 8.
Norifusa Mita (Japanese: 三田 紀房, Hepburn: Mita Norifusa; born January 4, 1958) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best…
Norifusa Mita (Japanese: 三田 紀房, Hepburn: Mita Norifusa; born January 4, 1958) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for Dragon Zakura for which he received the 29th Kodansha Manga Award. Dragon Zakura has been adapted to live-action television series in Japan and South Korea, its spin-off series Angel Bank received live-action television adaptation as well. His manga Investor Z was adapted into live-action television series in 2018 and The Great War of Archimedes was adapted into a film in 2019.
Tatsuo Hirano (平野 達男, Hirano Tatsuo; born May 2, 1954) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…
Tatsuo Hirano (平野 達男, Hirano Tatsuo; born May 2, 1954) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and was formerly a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was formerly a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Yuji Kamosawa (Japanese: 鴨沢祐仁, 1952–2008) was a Japanese cartoonist.
Yoshiaki Fujiwara (藤原 喜明, Fujiwara Yoshiaki; April 27, 1949) is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling…
Yoshiaki Fujiwara (藤原 喜明, Fujiwara Yoshiaki; April 27, 1949) is a Japanese professional wrestler, trainer and wrestling promoter. He is famous for his long career in wrestling, having worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (ZERO-ONE), and the two incarnations of shoot style promotion Universal Wrestling Federation. Fujiwara is known for his catch wrestling expertise, having been praised by fighters like Josh Barnett and Ken Shamrock. He was trained by Karl Gotch and has trained many MMA fighters and professional wrestlers. Fujiwara also has a strong background in Judo and Muay Thai.
Saori Takahashi (高橋 沙織 Takahashi Saori, born December 9, 1992) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hitachi…
Saori Takahashi (高橋 沙織 Takahashi Saori, born December 9, 1992) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hitachi Rivale. She also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. Takahashi played for the All-Japan team for the first time at the Montreux Volley Masters in June 2013.
Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治, Fujiwara Keiji; October 5, 1964 – April 12, 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. His best…
Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治, Fujiwara Keiji; October 5, 1964 – April 12, 2020) was a Japanese actor and voice actor. His best known works are voicing Shinnosuke's father Hiroshi Nohara in the long-running anime series Crayon Shin-chan, Maes Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist, Holland Novak in Eureka Seven, Axel in Kingdom Hearts, Leorio in Hunter × Hunter, Shiro Fujimoto in Blue Exorcist, Shingo Shoji in Initial D, Zenzo Hattori in Gintama, Reno in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, and Esidisi in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency. In the live-action field, he was most known for dubbing actor Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark. Fujiwara founded his own talent management and production company, Air Agency, in 2006.