Hiroya Matsumoto (松本 大弥, Matsumoto Hiroya; born 10 August 2000) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defensive…
Hiroya Matsumoto (松本 大弥, Matsumoto Hiroya; born 10 August 2000) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for J1 League club Shonan Bellmare.
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Famous People from Musashino, Tokyo
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Miyu Kato (加藤 美優, Katō Miyu; born April 14, 1999) is a Japanese table tennis player.
Ishin Iihashi (飯橋 偉進, Iihashi Ishin), known mononymously as Ishin (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese professional…
Ishin Iihashi (飯橋 偉進, Iihashi Ishin), known mononymously as Ishin (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragongate. He is one half of the current Open The Twin Gate Champions with Yoshiki Kato, and is a former Open the Triangle and Open the Brave Gate Champion.
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Mana Iwabuchi (岩渕 真奈, Iwabuchi Mana; born 18 March 1993) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…
Mana Iwabuchi (岩渕 真奈, Iwabuchi Mana; born 18 March 1993) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder. She was most recently with Tottenham Hotspur and has previously played for Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, 1899 Hoffenheim, and Arsenal. She has also represented the Japan national team. Iwabuchi is regarded as a gifted technician known for her ball control and weight of pass. Due to her diminutive stature and ability to dribble past opponents, she is nicknamed 'Manadona' in her home country, after the Argentine legend Diego Maradona. Known to many as the face of women's football in Japan, Iwabuchi has represented the Japan women's national football team since age 16, enjoying some of her greatest successes on the world stage. She made her full international debut in 2010, and she has since earned over 85 caps and scored 37 goals for Japan. Having participated in three consecutive FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments, Iwabuchi was part of the squad won the title in 2011, appearing as a substitute in the final in Germany when she was just 18 years old. Iwabuchi also has a silver medal to her name from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and a gold medal from the 2018 Asian Games. Iwabuchi has been named in the IFFHS AFC Woman Team of the Decade, Asian Young Footballer of the Year twice, recipient of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Golden Ball, the AFC U-19 Women's Championship MVP and Golden Boot, the EAFF Women's Football Championship Golden Boot twice over, and the AFC Women's Asian Cup MVP. Amongst her list of accolades, she is also the youngest ever recipient (aged 18 years 5 months and 0 days) of the People's Honour Award, a prestigious government commendation bestowed by the Prime Minister of Japan, when she received it as part of the World Cup-winning squad of 2011. The youngest person to win the honour individually, is the Japanese figure skater and two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu (aged 23 years 6 months and 25 days). On 1 September 2023, Iwabuchi announced her retirement from professional football. She has since been active as a pundit and football presenter on Japanese television.
Yudai Imura (井村雄大, Imura Yūdai; born June 25, 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Nihito Arakawa (荒川 仁人, Arakawa Nihito; born 23 December 1981 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional boxer…
Nihito Arakawa (荒川 仁人, Arakawa Nihito; born 23 December 1981 in Musashino, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional boxer nicknamed "Japanese Rocky". He made his mark in the twelve-round lightweight slugfest against Omar Figueroa in July 2013, that earned him the nickname after the film Rocky. "The Japanese lefty gained a zillion fans with his rumble last year against Figueroa," TheSweetScience.com's Michael Woods said in 2014. He is the former Japanese and OPBF (Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation) lightweight champion.
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Fusako Ajiki (安食 総子, Ajiki Fusako; born May 2, 1974) is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who…
Fusako Ajiki (安食 総子, Ajiki Fusako; born May 2, 1974) is a Japanese retired women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 2-dan.
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Hiroki Nakata (中田 宏樹, Nakata Hiroki; October 20, 1964 – February 7, 2023) was a Japanese professional shogi player who…
Hiroki Nakata (中田 宏樹, Nakata Hiroki; October 20, 1964 – February 7, 2023) was a Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan, but was posthumously promoted to 9-dan.
Ko Matsushita (松下 耕, born 16 October 1962) is a Japanese conductor and composer. Matsushita was born and raised in…
Ko Matsushita (松下 耕, born 16 October 1962) is a Japanese conductor and composer. Matsushita was born and raised in Tokyo. He studied composition in the Kunitachi College of Music and chorus conducting in the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary. As of 2009, he conducts 10 choirs, and has won international Choir prizes with some of them.
Aiko Morishita (森下 愛子, Morishita Aiko; born 8 April 1958) is a Japanese actress who has appeared in a number of feature…
Aiko Morishita (森下 愛子, Morishita Aiko; born 8 April 1958) is a Japanese actress who has appeared in a number of feature films and television series. Her real name is Kayo Yoshida (吉田 佳代, Yoshida Kayo). Her husband is singer-songwriter Takuro Yoshida.
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Tomorowo Taguchi (田口 トモロヲ, Taguchi Tomorowo; born November 30, 1957) is a Japanese actor, film director and musician.…
Tomorowo Taguchi (田口 トモロヲ, Taguchi Tomorowo; born November 30, 1957) is a Japanese actor, film director and musician. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan (based on the book by Yasutaka Tsutsui) in 1982. He was also a prominent cult musician in the Tokyo underground scene with his band Bachikaburi in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is probably most well known to the West as the lead actor in Tetsuo and Tetsuo II directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. He also makes regular appearances in Takashi Miike's films. He became known to the Japanese public as a narrator for the TV documentary series Project X - Challengers which aired between 2000 and 2005 on NHK. Taguchi has directed 3 films, Iden & Tity in 2003, Shikisoku Generation in 2009, and Piece of Cake in 2015.
Yasuhito Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本康人, Hepburn: Yamamoto Yasuhito; born 1957) is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. He…
Yasuhito Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本康人, Hepburn: Yamamoto Yasuhito; born 1957) is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. He made his debut in 1980 in Young Jump with a gag-comedy manga before turning to more serious dramas. He won the 1994 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for Tetsujin Ganma.
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Shinichi Mitsui (三井 進一, Mitsui Shin'ichi; born 12 December 1955), better known as Nakamura Baijaku II (二代目 中村 梅雀…
Shinichi Mitsui (三井 進一, Mitsui Shin'ichi; born 12 December 1955), better known as Nakamura Baijaku II (二代目 中村 梅雀, Nidaime Nakamura Baijaku), is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors. Great-grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon II. Grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon III. Father: Nakamura Umenosuke IV. His trade name is Narikomaya (成駒屋) and debuted in 1965. Nakamura learned about kabuki and modern theater at the Zenshinza troupe. His initial name was Manabu Nakamura (中村 まなぶ, Nakamura Manabu). Nakamura took on the name of his great-grandfather Baijaku in 1980 during the 50th Anniversary Performance of Zenshinza and became "Baijaku II". At the final performance of Otose in 2007, Nakamura announced he was leaving Zenshinza and turning freelance.
Eriko Yamatani (山谷 えり子, Yamatani Eriko; born September 19, 1950) is a Japanese politician. Her name in official…
Eriko Yamatani (山谷 えり子, Yamatani Eriko; born September 19, 1950) is a Japanese politician. Her name in official documents is Eriko Ogawa (小川恵里子, Ogawa Eriko).
Yoshiko Tsuchida (Japanese: 土田よしこ, 26 February 1948 – 15 September 2023) was a Japanese manga artist and writer. Often…
Yoshiko Tsuchida (Japanese: 土田よしこ, 26 February 1948 – 15 September 2023) was a Japanese manga artist and writer. Often described as a "unique" figure among Japanese manga artists, because of her style she has been referred to as "a female Fujio Akatsuka".
Jin Akiyama (Japanese: 秋山仁; born 1946) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his appearances on Japanese prime-time…
Jin Akiyama (Japanese: 秋山仁; born 1946) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his appearances on Japanese prime-time television (NHK) presenting magic tricks with mathematical explanations. He is director of the Mathematical Education Research Center at the Tokyo University of Science, and professor emeritus at Tokai University. Akiyama studied mathematics at the Tokyo University of Science, where one of his mentors was Takashi Hamada. He completed a graduate degree at Sophia University under the supervision of Mitio Nagumo, in differential equations, but soon shifted his interests to graph theory. He planned to take a position in Ghana, but after conflict there caused it to be cancelled he joined the faculty at Nippon Ika University, and then moved to the U.S. for 1978 and 1979 to work with Frank Harary at the University of Michigan. In the 1990s, his interests shifted again, from graph theory to discrete geometry. Akiyama is a founder of the Japan Conference on Discrete and Computational Geometry, Graphs, and Games (JCDCG3), the founding managing editor of Graphs and Combinatorics, and the author of the books A Day's Adventure in Math Wonderland (with Mari-Jo Ruiz, World Scientific, 2008), Factors and Factorizations of Graphs (with Mikio Kano, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 2031, Springer, 2011), and Treks Into Intuitive Geometry: The World of Polygons and Polyhedra (with Kiyoko Matsunaga, Springer, 2015). He is also the namesake of a Nintendo DS game, Master Jin Jin's IQ Challenge. Akiyama's lectures sometimes also include musical performances by him, on accordion or xylophone.
Yoriko Dōguchi (洞口 依子, Dōguchi Yoriko; born 18 March 1965 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress.
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Makoto Terada (寺田 誠, Terada Makoto; born August 8, 1944), better known by his stage name of Mugihito (麦人), is a…
Makoto Terada (寺田 誠, Terada Makoto; born August 8, 1944), better known by his stage name of Mugihito (麦人), is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Musashino, Tokyo. Mugihito was formerly credited under his birth name and also Mugihito Amachi (天地 麦人, Amachi Mugihito).
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Takumi Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎 たくみ, romanized: Yamazaki Takumi, born Isao Yamazaki Japanese: 山崎 功, romanized: Yamazaki…
Takumi Yamazaki (Japanese: 山崎 たくみ, romanized: Yamazaki Takumi, born Isao Yamazaki Japanese: 山崎 功, romanized: Yamazaki Isao, April 14, 1964, in Tokyo) is a Japanese voice actor best known for voicing Torippii the anthropomorphic green parrot in the Shimajiro TV series and in the Shimajiro film series. Yamazaki took over many of the characters played by Kaneto Shiozawa after his death.
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Satomi Kōrogi (こおろぎ さとみ, Kōrogi Satomi; born November 14, 1962) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer, narrator…
Satomi Kōrogi (こおろぎ さとみ, Kōrogi Satomi; born November 14, 1962) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer, narrator, and disc jockey from Tokyo. Her birth name is Satomi Kōrogi (興梠 さとみ) and she is affiliated with Production Baobab. She is best known for her roles as the titular character in Chi's Sweet Home, Himawari Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan, Misty's Togepi and Togetic in both the Japanese and English versions of Pokémon, Goma-chan in Shonen Ashibe and May from Guilty Gear. In addition to Togepi, Kōrogi also voiced Ritchie's Pikachu nicknamed "Sparky" in the first season of Pokémon. She also voiced Casey's Chikorita, Bayleef and Meganium during the Johto series. She is also bilingual; her first language being Japanese and her second language being English.
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