Famous People of Japan
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Famous People from Fukui(city), Fukui Prefecture

Fukui(city), Fukui Prefecture: 43 people

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Wakaba Shimoguchi (下口 稚葉, Shimoguchi Wakaba; born 2 May 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…

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Shōta Hiranuma

平沼翔太
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Shōta Hiranuma (平沼 翔太, Hiranuma Shōta; born August 16, 1997) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays…

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Ryoya Kurihara (栗原 陵矢, Kurihara Ryōya; born July 4, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher, infielder, and…

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Mika Nagata

永田美香
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Mika Nagata (born 28 May 1994) is a Japanese handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national team. She…

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Mana Horikawa

堀川真奈
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Mana Horikawa (Japanese: 堀川真奈. born 4 March 1994) is a Japanese handball player for lzumi Maple Reds and the Japanese…

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Anna Kawamura

川村杏奈
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Anna Kawamura (born 26 October 1991) is a Japanese handball player for Sony Semiconductor and the Japanese Republic…

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Nobuyoshi Yamada (山田 修義, Yamada Nobuyoshi; born September 19, 1991 in Fukui, Fukui, Japan) is a professional Japanese…

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Riko Koike

小池理子
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Riko Koike (Japanese: 小池 理子, Hepburn: Koike Riko; born 1 January 1991) is a Japanese voice actress from Fukui, Fukui…

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Takato Ishida (Japanese: 石田 嵩人, Hepburn: Ishida Takato; born 5 February 1990) is a Japanese politician who has been the…

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Yuta Matsuoka

松岡祐太
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Yuta Matsuoka (松岡 祐太, Matsuoka Yūta; born (1989-11-06)6 November 1989) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He…

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Daiki Umei (梅井 大輝, Umei Daiki; born October 5, 1989) is a Japanese football player for SC Sagamihara.

Yuta Wakimoto (脇本 雄太, Wakimoto Yūta; born 21 March 1989) is a Japanese track and road cyclist, who currently rides for…

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Mayuko Ishitate

石立真悠子
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Mayuko Ishitate (石立 真悠子, Ishitate Mayuko; born 18 January 1987) is a Japanese handballer for MIE violet' IRIS and the…

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Takumi Ishizaki (石崎 巧, Ishizaki Takumi; born July 6, 1984) is a Japanese retired professional basketball player who…

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Tomonobu Shimizu (清水 智信, Shimizu Tomonobu; born June 28, 1981) is a Japanese professional boxer who is a former WBA…

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Kazuo Inoue

井上和郎 (自転車選手)
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Kazuo Inoue (井上 和郎, Inoue Kazuo; born 17 February 1981) is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist. He finished…

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Yōichirō Morikawa

森川陽一郎
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Yōichirō Morikawa (森川 陽一郎, Morikawa Yōichirō; born 14 August 1979, Fukui, Fukui) is a Japanese Independent film…

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Masakazu Washida (鷲田 雅一, Washida Masakazu; born November 15, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.

Hiroko Sakai (坂井 寛子, Sakai Hiroko; born 3 November 1978 in Fukui) is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal…

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Hiroshi Takeshima

竹島宏
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Hiroshi Takeshima (竹島 宏, Takeshima Hiroshi; born August 28, 1978) is a Japanese enka singer. He has one major hit with…

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Masakazu Ishiguro (Japanese: 石黒正数, Hepburn: Ishiguro Masakazu; born September 8, 1977) is a Japanese manga artist. He…

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Hiromi Misaki

三崎宏美
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Hiromi Misaki (三崎 宏美, Misaki Hiromi; born August 13, 1976 in Fukui) is a Japanese sport shooter. She has been selected…

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Makoto Kawamoto (川本真琴, Kawamoto Makoto; born January 19, 1974), is a Japanese pop singer, songwriter and…

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Yuichi Nakagaichi

中垣内祐一
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Yuichi Nakagaichi (中垣内 祐一, Nakagaichi Yuichi; born 2 November 1967) is a professional volleyball coach from Japan.…

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Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治, Tsuda Kanji; born 27 August 1965) is a Japanese actor.

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Ryoichi Yoshida

吉田良一
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Ryoichi Yoshida (吉田 良一, Yoshida Ryōichi; born 2 March 1965) is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400…

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Ryuzo Sasaki

笹木竜三
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Ryuzo Sasaki (笹木 竜三, Sasaki Ryūzō; 27 November 1956 – 28 June 2022) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party…

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Kazuo Kawasaki

川崎和男
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Kazuo Kawasaki (川崎和男) is a Japanese industrial designer born in Fukui Prefecture in 1949. He graduated from Kanazawa…

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Seiji Isobe

磯部清次
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Seiji Isobe (磯部清次, Isobe Seiji; born March 1, 1948) is a Japanese karate instructor residing in Brazil. He is a member…

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Juichi Yoshikawa

吉川壽一
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Juichi Yoshikawa (吉川 壽一, Yoshikawa Jūichi; born 1943 in Fukui) is a Japanese calligraphist, or sho artist, who studied…

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Ryuji Matsumura

松村龍二
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Ryuji Matsumura (松村 龍二, Matsumura Ryūji; February 25, 1938 – September 19, 2025) was a Japanese politician of the…

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Shunya Itō (伊藤 俊也, Itō Shun'ya; born February 17, 1937) is a Japanese film director known for starting the Sasori /…

Yoshishige Yoshida (吉田 喜重, Yoshida Yoshishige; 16 February 1933 – 8 December 2022), also known as Kijū Yoshida, was a…

Setsuko Tsumura (津村節子, Tsumura Setsuko; born 5 June 1928) is a Japanese novelist. She is a 1965 recipient of the…

Yoichiro Nambu (南部 陽一郎, Nanbu Yōichirō; 18 January 1921 – 5 July 2015) was a Japanese-American physicist and professor…

Satoshi Matsui (12 March 1915 – 1 August 1995) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at…

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Jūkichi Uno (宇野重吉, Uno Jūkichi) (real name Nobuo Terao (寺尾 信夫); 27 September 1914 – 9 January 1988) was a Japanese…

Kōyō Ishikawa (石川 光陽, Ishikawa Kōyō; July 5, 1904 – December 26, 1989) was a Japanese photographer. As an officer of…

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Kazuto Ishida

石田和外
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Kazuto Ishida (Japanese: 石田和外; May 20, 1903 – May 9, 1979) was a Japanese jurist who served as Chief Justice of the…

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Katō Hiroharu, alternatively named Katō Kanji (23 December 1870 – 9 February 1939), was a Japanese naval officer during…

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Senbon Hisanobu

千本久信
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Senbon Hisanobu (13 July 1827 – 15 October 1885) was a Japanese politician of the early Meiji period who served as…

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Fumino Hayashi

林ふみの
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Fumino Hayashi (林ふみの, Hayashi Fumino) is a Japanese manga artist of Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days, a manga…

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