Kosei Numata (沼田 航征, Numata Kosei; born 12 January 2002) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Azul Claro Numazu.
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Kosei Numata (沼田 航征, Numata Kosei; born 12 January 2002) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Azul Claro Numazu.
Shoi Sakaguchi (坂口 祥尉, Sakaguchi Shōi; born May 7, 1999) is a Japanese football player. He plays for FC Tokyo.
Hiroki Hasegawa (長谷川 宙輝, Hasegawa Hiroki; born August 23, 1998) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays…
Hiroki Hasegawa (長谷川 宙輝, Hasegawa Hiroki; born August 23, 1998) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Takuya Iwata (岩田 拓也, Iwata Takuya; born July 14, 1994) is a Japanese football player. He plays for SC Sagamihara.
Hikari Okubo (大久保光, Ōkubo Hikari; born 11 August 1993) is a Japanese motorcycle racer who last competed in the MotoE…
Hikari Okubo (大久保光, Ōkubo Hikari; born 11 August 1993) is a Japanese motorcycle racer who last competed in the MotoE World Championship for Tech3 E-Racing. He has also competed in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Honda CBR600RR.
Makoto Odakura (小田倉 真, born 20 July 1993) is a Japanese triathlete. He competed in the men's event at the 2020 Summer…
Makoto Odakura (小田倉 真, born 20 July 1993) is a Japanese triathlete. He competed in the men's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He also competed in the mixed relay event.
Masayuki Tokutake (徳武 正之, Tokutake Masayuki; born August 18, 1991) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Azul…
Masayuki Tokutake (徳武 正之, Tokutake Masayuki; born August 18, 1991) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Azul Claro Numazu.
Erika Sema (瀬間 詠里花, Sema Erika; born 24 November 1988) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She reached…
Erika Sema (瀬間 詠里花, Sema Erika; born 24 November 1988) is a Japanese professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of 114 in singles and 120 in doubles. In her career, Sema has won 56 titles (45 in doubles) on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.
Kazunori Yoshimoto (吉本 一謙, Yoshimoto Kazunori; born April 24, 1988) is a Japanese retired footballer.
Hiroshi Fukuda (福田宏, Fukuda Hiroshi) better known by his ring name Trans-Am★Hiroshi (トランザム★ヒロシ, Toranzamu Hiroshi) is a…
Hiroshi Fukuda (福田宏, Fukuda Hiroshi) better known by his ring name Trans-Am★Hiroshi (トランザム★ヒロシ, Toranzamu Hiroshi) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his tenure with the Japanese promotions DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kaientai Dojo.
Kengo Nakamura (中村 憲剛, Nakamura Kengo; born 31 October 1980) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as…
Kengo Nakamura (中村 憲剛, Nakamura Kengo; born 31 October 1980) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A one-club man, Nakamura signed with Kawasaki Frontale in 2003 and helped the then J2 outfit earn promotion back to the top flight in 2004, and became a fixture in the ambitious Frontale side that finished second in the J1 League in 2006, 2008 and 2009. He was named club captain for the first time in 2012, and in the same season lead the league in assists with 13. In 2016, at the age of 36, Nakamura was named both J League MVP and Japanese Footballer of the Year, becoming the oldest recipient of either award. The following season, he was a part of the Kawasaki side that won the J1 League for the first time in the club's history. He would win two more J1 League titles in 2018 and 2020, as well as a domestic double of the Japanese Super and J League Cups in 2019 before retiring at the end of the 2020 season after 17 years and over 500 appearances for the club. Nakamura was first selected for the Japan national team in 2006 under Ivica Osim and earned his first cap on 4 October in a 1–0 friendly win against Ghana. He scored his first international goal one week later in a 3–0 win over India, and represented his country at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. After battling through injury, he was named in the Japan squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, making one substitute appearance as the side reached the round of 16. In total, Nakamura earned 68 caps and scored 6 goals during an eight-year international career.
Mari Kosuge (小菅麻里, Kosuge Mari; (born 16 October 1975) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She placed 17th in the…
Mari Kosuge (小菅麻里, Kosuge Mari; (born 16 October 1975) is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She placed 17th in the individual all-around at the 1992 Summer Olympics. At the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, she won silver with her team.
Ryuso Tsujino (辻野 隆三, Tsujino Ryūsō; born 24 February 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
Noriko H. Arai (Japanese: 新井紀子, romanized: Arai Noriko, born 1962) is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and…
Noriko H. Arai (Japanese: 新井紀子, romanized: Arai Noriko, born 1962) is a Japanese researcher in mathematical logic and artificial intelligence, known for her work on a project to develop robots that can pass the entrance examinations for the University of Tokyo. She is a professor in the information and society research division of the National Institute of Informatics.
Maha Harada (原田 マハ, Harada Maha; born 1962) is a Japanese writer and filmmaker. She has won the Japan Love Story Grand…
Maha Harada (原田 マハ, Harada Maha; born 1962) is a Japanese writer and filmmaker. She has won the Japan Love Story Grand Prize, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Nitta Jiro Literature Prize, she has been nominated multiple times for the Naoki Prize, and several of her novels have been adapted for film and television.
Hideki Kuriyama (栗山 英樹, Kuriyama Hideki; born April 26, 1961) is a Japanese former baseball manager and player. He…
Hideki Kuriyama (栗山 英樹, Kuriyama Hideki; born April 26, 1961) is a Japanese former baseball manager and player. He managed the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball for ten seasons from 2012 to 2021, leading them to a Japan Series title in 2016. Kuriyama also managed for the Samurai Japan at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, leading the national team to its third Classic title and the first since 2009. Kuriyama also planned to be a teacher at Tokyo Gakugei University, but pursued a career in baseball instead, signing with the Yakult Swallows. His career came to a short end after an injury in 1990, and like other short careered baseball players, he pursued a career within sports media. He is also well known as the mentor of the two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, who was drafted by the Fighters despite him wanting to pursue an MLB career instead. Kuriyama retired from management following the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Kaori Nagamine (長峯 かおり, Nagamine Kaori; born 3 June 1968) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan…
Kaori Nagamine (長峯 かおり, Nagamine Kaori; born 3 June 1968) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.
Kanako Yonekura (米倉加奈子, Yonekura Kanako; born 29 October 1976 in Kodaira, Tokyo) is a badminton player from Japan.…
Kanako Yonekura (米倉加奈子, Yonekura Kanako; born 29 October 1976 in Kodaira, Tokyo) is a badminton player from Japan. Yonekura won the gold in women's singles of the badminton tournament in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games, by defeating Gong Zhichao of People's Republic of China in the final. She played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing to Camilla Martin of Denmark in the round of 32.
Kōji Tsujitani (辻谷 耕史, Tsujitani Kōji; April 26, 1962 – October 17, 2018) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator…
Kōji Tsujitani (辻谷 耕史, Tsujitani Kōji; April 26, 1962 – October 17, 2018) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and director of audiography credited for voicing many anime and video game characters. He was formerly affiliated with Sigma Seven. He married Kumiko Watanabe in 2012. He died of a stroke on October 17, 2018.
Motoko Obayashi (大林 素子, Ōbayashi Motoko; born 15 June 1967) is a retired volleyball player from Japan who competed in…
Motoko Obayashi (大林 素子, Ōbayashi Motoko; born 15 June 1967) is a retired volleyball player from Japan who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. She won a bronze medal with the Japanese team at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg. Obayashi took part in the torch relay of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.