Isehara, Kanagawa: 15 people
Taiga Kojima (小島 大河, Kojima Taiga; born October 27, 2003) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Saitama…
Taiga Kojima (小島 大河, Kojima Taiga; born October 27, 2003) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Motoki Sakai (born 10 November 1995) is a Japanese handball player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, held…
Motoki Sakai (born 10 November 1995) is a Japanese handball player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics, held July–August 2021 in Tokyo.
Eri Matsuda (born June 6, 1994) is a Japanese professional boxer. She held the WBA and WBO female world atomweight…
Eri Matsuda (born June 6, 1994) is a Japanese professional boxer. She held the WBA and WBO female world atomweight titles from January 2024 to November 2024.
Shohei Takeda (武田 将平, Takeda Shohei; born 4 April 1994, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese professional footballer…
Shohei Takeda (武田 将平, Takeda Shohei; born 4 April 1994, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club Shonan Bellmare.
Shinri Shioura (塩浦 慎理, Shioura Shinri; born 26 November 1991) is a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won the bronze medal…
Shinri Shioura (塩浦 慎理, Shioura Shinri; born 26 November 1991) is a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He won the bronze medal by swimming for the Japanese team in the 4 × 100 m medley event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona alongside his teammates Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima and Takuro Fujii.
Rina Akiyama (秋山 里奈, Akiyama Rina) is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category S11 events. Rina…
Rina Akiyama (秋山 里奈, Akiyama Rina) is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category S11 events. Rina competed as part of the Japanese Paralympic swimming team at two Paralympics, firstly in 2004 and then again in 2008. In 2004, she finished sixth in the 200 m individual medley, sixth in her heat in the 50 m freestyle, fifth in the 100 m freestyle heat, eighth in the final of the 100m breaststroke. At the 2004 games she improved to finish second behind Qimeng Dong of China who swam a 100 m backstroke world record she also finished eighth in the 50 m freestyle and finished fifth in her heat of the 100 m freestyle.
Yuji Yabu (養父 雄仁, Yabu Yuji; born May 24, 1984) is a Japanese former football player.
Yasuhiro Kido (Japanese: 城戸康裕; born December 25, 1982) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the lightweight…
Yasuhiro Kido (Japanese: 城戸康裕; born December 25, 1982) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the lightweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional competitor since 2003, he is the 2008 K-1 World MAX Japan tournament winner and the 2017 K-1 Super Welterweight Grand Prix runner-up. He is the former Krush Super Welterweight champion, having held the title from 2012 until 2014.
Yukinori Shigeta (重田 征紀, Shigeta Yukinori; born July 15, 1976) is a former Japanese football player.
Zentaro Kamei (亀井 善太郎, Kamei Zentarō; born January 20, 1971) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Zentaro Kamei (亀井 善太郎, Kamei Zentarō; born January 20, 1971) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Isehara, Kanagawa and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 2006. In the 45th House of Representatives general election held on August 30, 2009, he ran unsuccessfully for re-election as a candidate endorsed by the Liberal Democratic Party. Prior to be in politics, he worked for Industrial Bank of Japan and Boston Consulting Group. He is the son of the late Japanese politician Yoshiyuki Kamei, who was Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries during the government of Junichiro Koizumi and Minister of Transport during the government of Ryutaro Hashimoto. In April 2026 he was appointed as a professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, a National University led by Hiroko Ota, formerly a minister in the government of Shinzo Abe.
Hiroki Katoh (加藤 寛規, Katō Hiroki; born 23 February 1968) is a Japanese racing driver and team manager.
Naomi Morinaga (森永 奈緒美, Morinaga Naomi in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former Japanese actress and stuntwoman. She is…
Naomi Morinaga (森永 奈緒美, Morinaga Naomi in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former Japanese actress and stuntwoman. She is known for her performance as Annie, the title character's sidekick in the tokusatsu television series Uchuu Keiji Shaider and as Hellen/Hellvira, the protagonist's sister in Jikuu Senshi Spielban. She retired from acting in 1998, but briefly reprised her role as older Annie in the 2014 film Space Sheriff: THE NEXT GENERATION.
Hisayuki Toriumi (鳥海 永行, Toriumi Hisayuki; July 9, 1941 – January 23, 2009), sometimes credited as Eikō Toriumi, was a…
Hisayuki Toriumi (鳥海 永行, Toriumi Hisayuki; July 9, 1941 – January 23, 2009), sometimes credited as Eikō Toriumi, was a Japanese animation director, storyboardist, screenwriter, and novelist. He is best known for directing the TV show Science Ninja Team Gatchaman and also credited for his contributions to several other Tatsunoko Production anime series. He is known to Japanese fans for his TV series The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and Shima Shima Tora no Shimajirō and to international fans for his work in Area 88, Dallos, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, and Tekkaman: The Space Knight. After leaving Tatsunoko, he also became a prolific novelist from the 1980s onward. His representative work is the Kyūkei no Figurido series, which depicts the adventures and revenge of a man of Murakami Suigun who becomes a battle slave in Europe, where he arrives due to the betrayal of his comrades, set in England and France during the Hundred Years' War and in Japan during the Northern and Southern Courts.
Saeko Shimazu (島津 冴子, Shimazu Saeko; born September 8, 1959) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from…
Saeko Shimazu (島津 冴子, Shimazu Saeko; born September 8, 1959) is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Isehara. Shimazu is notable for having had voice roles in all four of the major anime television series based on the works of Rumiko Takahashi - she played Shinobu Miyake in Urusei Yatsura, Sayoko Kuroki in Maison Ikkoku, Kodachi Kuno in Ranma ½, and Abi-hime in Inuyasha. Shimazu is currently a freelancer.
Shinobu Yaguchi (矢口 史靖, Yaguchi Shinobu; born 30 May 1967) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes…
Shinobu Yaguchi (矢口 史靖, Yaguchi Shinobu; born 30 May 1967) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film Waterboys was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third season in 2005. He was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Swing Girls.