Yūta Taki (滝 裕太, Taki Yūta; born August 29, 1999) is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder and currently…Yūta Taki (滝 裕太, Taki Yūta; born August 29, 1999) is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder and currently play for J3 League club, Matsumoto Yamaga.
Reiji Kozawa (小澤 怜史, Kozawa Reiji; born March 9, 1998 in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional…Reiji Kozawa (小澤 怜史, Kozawa Reiji; born March 9, 1998 in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Shoma Tomita (富田将馬 or とみた しょうま, Tomita Shoma; born June 20, 1997), is a Japanese volleyball player. He plays for the…Shoma Tomita (富田将馬 or とみた しょうま, Tomita Shoma; born June 20, 1997), is a Japanese volleyball player. He plays for the Osaka Bluteon at club level. He is a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team. In 2025 VNL, he served as the national captain team in first 2 weeks of the preliminary round.
Mirai Aoshima (青嶋 未来, Aoshima Mirai; born February 27, 1995) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan, and…Mirai Aoshima (青嶋 未来, Aoshima Mirai; born February 27, 1995) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan, and a chess player holding the title of FIDE Master.
Hikari Takagi (高木 ひかり, Takagi Hikari; born May 21, 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender. She plays…Hikari Takagi (高木 ひかり, Takagi Hikari; born May 21, 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender. She plays for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara and the Japan national team.
Kyohei Uchida (内田恭兵, Uchida, Kyohei; born 5 November 1992 in Mishima, Shizuoka) is a Japanese footballer who plays for…Kyohei Uchida (内田恭兵, Uchida, Kyohei; born 5 November 1992 in Mishima, Shizuoka) is a Japanese footballer who plays for AC Nagano Parceiro.
Hanae Kan (韓 英恵, Kan Hanae; born November 7, 1990) is a South Korean actress based in Japan. Kan made her film debut in…Hanae Kan (韓 英恵, Kan Hanae; born November 7, 1990) is a South Korean actress based in Japan. Kan made her film debut in 2001 in Pistol Opera. She has also starred in Nobody Knows, Dead Run, Memo, and Asia no Junshin.
Shohei Matsunaga (松永 祥兵, Matsunaga Shohei; born 7 January 1989) is a Japanese former football player who played as a…Shohei Matsunaga (松永 祥兵, Matsunaga Shohei; born 7 January 1989) is a Japanese former football player who played as a midfielder. He was called Samurai Matsunaga by his fans because of his samurai-like playing spirit.
Tomomi Takahashi (高橋 朋己, Takahashi Tomomi; born November 16, 1988 in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan) is a professional…Tomomi Takahashi (高橋 朋己, Takahashi Tomomi; born November 16, 1988 in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Takaaki Watanabe (渡辺 高章, Watanabe Takaaki; born January 26, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to…Takaaki Watanabe (渡辺 高章, Watanabe Takaaki; born January 26, 1987) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Naraku (奈落, Naraku). He is best known for his tenure in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he performed under the ring name Evil (stylized in all caps as EVIL). After debuting in NJPW in 2011, he competed in the United States on excursion, working for companies such as Global Force Wrestling (GFW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) from 2014 to 2015. He returned to NJPW as Evil in November 2015. He was a former member of Los Ingobernables de Japón, and a part of a tag team with Sanada; they are two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions and two-time World Tag League winners. He is also a record-breaking six-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion, making him an overall ten-time champion in NJPW. In 2020, he won the New Japan Cup, before turning on L.I.J leader Tetsuya Naito and joining Bullet Club. He defeated Naito at Dominion to become the double IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion. He is the only wrestler in NJPW history to be a triple champion, having held the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships and the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship simultaneously from July to August 2020. He departed NJPW in January 2026 and signed with WWE that April under the new name Naraku.
Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki (Japanese: 磋牙司 洋之; born 21 December 1981 as Hiroyuki Isobe (磯部 洋之)) is a retired Japanese…Sagatsukasa Hiroyuki (Japanese: 磋牙司 洋之; born 21 December 1981 as Hiroyuki Isobe (磯部 洋之)) is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Mishima, Shizuoka. A former amateur competitor at Toyo University, he made his professional debut in March 2004, reaching the top makuuchi division for the first time in March 2010. He won a makushita and a jūryō division championship. His highest rank was maegashira 9. He was one of the shortest wrestlers in professional sumo at 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
Naohiro Takahara (高原 直泰, Takahara Naohiro; born 4 June 1979) is a Japanese football manager and former player who…Naohiro Takahara (高原 直泰, Takahara Naohiro; born 4 June 1979) is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is currently the president of Japan Football League club Okinawa SV.
Masao Morinaka (森中 聖雄, born April 9, 1974) is a former professional baseball player who played for the Yokohama…Masao Morinaka (森中 聖雄, born April 9, 1974) is a former professional baseball player who played for the Yokohama BayStars. He currently works as a batting pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants organization. Morinaka was drafted by the Yokohama BayStars in the second round of the 1996 amateur draft. He was a valuable left-handed reliever, but was dropped after only 7 seasons in 2003. He marked a 2.16 ERA in 41 appearances in 1999, and a 2.38 ERA in 53 appearances in 2000. He hit a home run at the Koshien baseball stadium in his final season. He won a silver medal playing for the Japanese national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.
Yoshiaki Koizumi (小泉 歓晃, Koizumi Yoshiaki; born April 29, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer…Yoshiaki Koizumi (小泉 歓晃, Koizumi Yoshiaki; born April 29, 1968) is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer, and business executive. He is a senior executive officer at Nintendo and a senior general manager at Nintendo EPD, where he is known for his work within their Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, and as the General Producer of the Nintendo Switch. In 2009, he was chosen by IGN as one of the top 100 game creators of all time. Koizumi is also on the board of directors of Nintendo Pictures.
Hiroshi Takano (高野 寛, Takano Hiroshi) (born December 14, 1964) is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, music…Hiroshi Takano (高野 寛, Takano Hiroshi) (born December 14, 1964) is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, music arranger, guitarist and producer. In the end of 1980s and early 1990s, he recorded some successful records which were produced by Todd Rundgren. He has contributed to the works of many musicians, such as Towa Tei and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Yukiko Sakamoto (坂本 由紀子, Sakamoto Yukiko; born 20 January 1949) is a Japanese politician and bureaucrat from Mishima…Yukiko Sakamoto (坂本 由紀子, Sakamoto Yukiko; born 20 January 1949) is a Japanese politician and bureaucrat from Mishima, Shizuoka. She was the first woman to be appointed vice-governor of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1996 and served one term in the House of Councillors in the National Diet from 2004 until 2009.
Kazuo Kitamura (北村 和夫, Kitamura Kazuo; 11 March 1927 – 6 May 2007) was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya…Kazuo Kitamura (北村 和夫, Kitamura Kazuo; 11 March 1927 – 6 May 2007) was a Japanese actor. His son is actor Yukiya Kitamura. Kitamura met Shōhei Imamura when he was a student of Waseda University and became a close friend so often worked with Imamura. Kitamura joined Bungakuza theatre company and started his acting career in 1950. In 1953, he made his film debut with An Inlet of Muddy Water directed by Tadashi Imai.
Chiyo Sakakibara (Japanese: 榊原千代; 15 July 1898 – 28 April 1987) was a Japanese journalist, educator and politician. She…Chiyo Sakakibara (Japanese: 榊原千代; 15 July 1898 – 28 April 1987) was a Japanese journalist, educator and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946. In 1948 she was appointed Deputy Secretary of Justice, also becoming the first woman appointed to a cabinet post.