Sabae, Fukui: 8 people
826aska (はちにいろくあすか, Hachiniiroku Asuka; born August 26, 2001) is a Japanese electric organist from Fukui Prefecture.…
826aska (はちにいろくあすか, Hachiniiroku Asuka; born August 26, 2001) is a Japanese electric organist from Fukui Prefecture. Her 2019 debut album, DEPARTURE, and her 2020 follow-up, possible, have both charted on the Oricon Albums Chart.
Junki Kishimoto (岸本淳希, Kishimoto Junki; born February 19, 1996) is a Japanese baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He…
Junki Kishimoto (岸本淳希, Kishimoto Junki; born February 19, 1996) is a Japanese baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons.
Takayuki Minowa (蓑輪 貴幸, Minowa Takayuki; born 8 September 1991) is a Japanese volleyball coach whose last role as a…
Takayuki Minowa (蓑輪 貴幸, Minowa Takayuki; born 8 September 1991) is a Japanese volleyball coach whose last role as a head with Philippine women's club Akari Chargers of the Premier Volleyball League from 2024 to 2025.
Sohichiro Amaya (天谷 宗一郎, Amaya Sohichiro; born November 8, 1983 in Fukui, Japan) is a Nippon Professional Baseball…
Sohichiro Amaya (天谷 宗一郎, Amaya Sohichiro; born November 8, 1983 in Fukui, Japan) is a Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.
Akihiro Higashide (東出 輝裕, Higashide Akihiro; born August 21, 1980) is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the…
Akihiro Higashide (東出 輝裕, Higashide Akihiro; born August 21, 1980) is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League.
Isao Matsumiya is a former Japanese politician. He attended the University of Tokyo. Matsumiya served as a member of…
Isao Matsumiya is a former Japanese politician. He attended the University of Tokyo. Matsumiya served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2000 to 2005 and again from 2009 to 2012. He was succeeded by Tomomi Inada for the 1st Fukui Prefecture office in 2005.
Yukio Kurita (Japanese: 栗田幸雄 Kurita Yukio; 6 April 1930 – 17 May 2024) was a Japanese politician. An independent, he…
Yukio Kurita (Japanese: 栗田幸雄 Kurita Yukio; 6 April 1930 – 17 May 2024) was a Japanese politician. An independent, he served as governor of Fukui Prefecture from 1987 to 2003. Kurita died in Fukui on 17 May 2024, at the age of 94.
Yōji Kuri (久里洋二, Kuri Yōji; April 9, 1928 – November 24, 2024) was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. An…
Yōji Kuri (久里洋二, Kuri Yōji; April 9, 1928 – November 24, 2024) was a Japanese cartoonist and independent filmmaker. An influential figure in Japanese independent animation, he was the unofficial leader and most prolific of the "Animation Association of Three" (アニメーション三人の会, Animēshon Sannin no Kai) collective who kick-started the renaissance of modern-styled, independently made, adult-aimed animation in early 1960s Japan. He is known internationally for the very black comedy of his films, with the typically naïve style of his cartooning often belying the surreal, obscene and disturbing situations they depict (though he has worked in a variety of styles and mediums, including pixilation); this made them a favourite among the fervently counter-cultural audiences, which included such filmmakers as René Laloux, of the first few years of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and in a 1967 publication he was considered to be "the most significant" and "the only Japanese animator whose work is known in the West" (which is to disregard the Toei Animation features and Astro Boy series that were first seen in the West around the same time that Kuri's first several films were and mentioned in passing in the same publication, though these were not known as works of an individual and characteristic filmmaker and often had their Japanese origin played down). He is also known in Japan for his comics, a collection of which earned him the 1958 Bungeishunjū Manga Award. Though he was retired from filmmaking, he continued to illustrate and teach animation at Laputa Art Animation School (アート・アニメーションのちいさな学校, Āto Animēshon no Chiisana Gakkō). Kuri died on November 24, 2024, at the age of 96. His death was announced in the following month, on December 15.