Kokona Iwasaki (岩﨑心南, Iwasaki Kokona; born 8 October 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Kokona Iwasaki (岩﨑心南, Iwasaki Kokona; born 8 October 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vrouwen Eredivisie club Feyenoord.
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Famous People from Saku, Nagano
Saku, Nagano: 19 people
Ikue Kitazawa (北澤 育恵, Kitazawa Ikue; born October 12, 1996 in Karuizawa) is a Japanese curler from Saku, Nagano. She is…
Ikue Kitazawa (北澤 育恵, Kitazawa Ikue; born October 12, 1996 in Karuizawa) is a Japanese curler from Saku, Nagano. She is the skip of the Chubu Electric Power curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in both 2017 and 2019. At the international level, she has represented Japan twice at the World Women's Curling Championship (2019, 2022) and the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, where she won a silver medal.
Sho Kawamoto (川元 奨, Kawamoto Shō; born 1 March 1993) is a Japanese middle-distance runner competing primarily in the…
Sho Kawamoto (川元 奨, Kawamoto Shō; born 1 March 1993) is a Japanese middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won the bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Championships. His personal best in the event is 1:45.75 set in Tokyo in 2014. This is the current national record.
Yuichiro Ueno (上野 裕一郎, Ueno Yuichirō; born 29 July 1985 in Saku, Nagano) is a Japanese professional long-distance…
Yuichiro Ueno (上野 裕一郎, Ueno Yuichirō; born 29 July 1985 in Saku, Nagano) is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 and 5000 metres events. Ueno began his international career at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he ran in the junior race in 2004, then in the senior short race for the two years following that. He represented Japan in the International Chiba Ekiden in 2007, starting off the race with the second fastest leg, behind Moses Ndiema Masai. Japan won the competition. Ueno won in the 1500 m and 5000 m at the 2009 Japan Championships in Athletics, beating his teammate Kensuke Takezawa in the latter race. He finished 16th in his heat in the 5000 m at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, and won bronze medals in the 1500 m and 5000 m at the East Asian Games later that year. Ueno competed for Nagano in the 2011 Inter-Prefectural Men's Ekiden and ran in the final 13 km leg, improving the prefecture to second place in the final rankings behind Tochigi. Later that year he ran the opening leg of the International Chiba Ekiden and the Japanese team finished as runner-up behind Kenya. He is managed by Toshihiko Seko of S&B Foods.
🎓 Chuo University🏫 Saku Chosei High School📅 Born July 29🎂 Born 1985📍 From Saku, Nagano💼 Track and Field
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Yudai Kawai (川井 雄太, Kawai Yudai; born June 17, 1980 in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Japan) is a retired professional…
Yudai Kawai (川井 雄太, Kawai Yudai; born June 17, 1980 in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Japan) is a retired professional Japanese baseball player. He played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons. Kawai announced his retirement on 23 September 2016, and played his final game for the Dragons against the Hanshin Tigers at Nagoya Dome pitching 5 straight deliveries in a row to retire the pinch hitting Shunsuke Fujikawa.
🎓 Daito Bunka University🏫 Ueda Nishi High School📅 Born June 17🎂 Born 1980📍 From Saku, Nagano💼 Baseball
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Yusuke Imai (born 20 September 1977) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the 2002…
Yusuke Imai (born 20 September 1977) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Toru Ito (伊藤 透, Itō Tōru; born December 24, 1975) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name…
Toru Ito (伊藤 透, Itō Tōru; born December 24, 1975) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Toru Owashi (大鷲 透, Ōwashi Tōru). He is best known for his work in DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former KO-D Openweight Champion and two-time KO-D Tag Team Champion.
Roppyaku Tsurumi (鶴見 六百, Tsurumi Roppyaku; born 17 December 1965) is a Japanese game producer and designer, known for…
Roppyaku Tsurumi (鶴見 六百, Tsurumi Roppyaku; born 17 December 1965) is a Japanese game producer and designer, known for the Japanese localization of the original Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter series. He works for Sony Computer Entertainment. In Japanese Roppyaku literally means "six hundred." One of his earliest works in his career is producing and designing the arcade version of Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.
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Yōichi Sai (崔 洋一, Sai Yōichi; 6 July 1949 – 27 November 2022) was a Korean film director who worked in Japan. He was…
Yōichi Sai (崔 洋一, Sai Yōichi; 6 July 1949 – 27 November 2022) was a Korean film director who worked in Japan. He was the president of the Directors Guild of Japan.
Osamu Naito (14 April 1949 – 22 October 2016 ) was a Japanese speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1972…
Osamu Naito (14 April 1949 – 22 October 2016 ) was a Japanese speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Yoshiyuki Okamura (Japanese: 岡村 善行, Hepburn: Okamura Yoshiyuki; born June 16, 1947), known by the pen names Buronson…
Yoshiyuki Okamura (Japanese: 岡村 善行, Hepburn: Okamura Yoshiyuki; born June 16, 1947), known by the pen names Buronson (武論尊) and Sho Fumimura (史村 翔, Fumimura Shō), is a Japanese manga writer. Making his debut in 1972, he first found success with the hardboiled detective manga series Doberman Deka (1975–1979) alongside illustrator Shinji Hiramatsu. He is best-known for creating the post-apocalyptic martial arts series Fist of the North Star (1983–1988) with artist Tetsuo Hara, which is one of the best-selling manga in history with over 100 million copies in circulation. He has since worked with Ryoichi Ikegami on several series, including Heat (1998–2004), which won the 2002 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. Buronson received a Special Award at the 2021 Saito Takao Awards for his continued contributions to manga, including his training of younger artists.
Tamio Dejima (born 21 February 1947) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in the men's 500 metres event at the 1968…
Tamio Dejima (born 21 February 1947) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in the men's 500 metres event at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
Toyofumi Aruga (born 16 November 1942) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1964 Winter…
Toyofumi Aruga (born 16 November 1942) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed in three events at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
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Syun-Ichi Akasofu (赤祖父 俊一, Akasofu Shun'ichi; born December 4, 1930, Saku, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese-American…
Syun-Ichi Akasofu (赤祖父 俊一, Akasofu Shun'ichi; born December 4, 1930, Saku, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese-American geophysicist known for his research on auroras, auroral substorms, and magnetospheric physics. He is the founding director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), serving in that position from the center's establishment in 1998 until January 2007. Previously he had been director of the university's Geophysical Institute from 1986.
Shinji Takahashi (高橋 信次; 1927–1976) was a Japanese religious leader, writer and founder of GLA, a religious…
Shinji Takahashi (高橋 信次; 1927–1976) was a Japanese religious leader, writer and founder of GLA, a religious organization established in Japan in 1969. Takahashi taught that the essential nature of human beings is the soul.He further asserted that life is sustained by a transcendent divine existence that surpasses human intellect, and that individuals are born with the purpose of establishing themselves and contributing to the harmony of the world.
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Bushi Kozu (Japanese: 神津武士; February 11, 1927 – December 17, 2025) was a Japanese politician.
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Yoshimi Takeuchi (竹内 好, Takeuchi Yoshimi; born October 1910 — 3 March 1977) was a Japanese Sinologist.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Hibiya High School📅 Born October 2🎂 Born 1910📍 From Saku, Nagano💼 Literary Scholar
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Tsunoda Tadayuki (角田 忠行; 1834–1918) was a Japanese scholar of kokugaku and a Shinto priest.
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Nichika Ōmori (Japanese: 大森 日雅, Hepburn: Ōmori Nichika; born October 15, 1994) is a Japanese voice actress from Nagano…
Nichika Ōmori (Japanese: 大森 日雅, Hepburn: Ōmori Nichika; born October 15, 1994) is a Japanese voice actress from Nagano Prefecture who is affiliated with Across Entertainment. After graduating from acting school, she made her voice acting debut as the character Yurika Nijino in the anime series Invaders of the Rokujouma!?. She is also known for her roles as Asahi Kuga in Seven Senses of the Re'Union and Yurine Hanazono in Dropkick on My Devil!