Mima Ito (伊藤 美誠, Itō Mima; born 21 October 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the…
Mima Ito (伊藤 美誠, Itō Mima; born 21 October 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics at age 15. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the inaugural mixed doubles event, bronze in women's singles, and silver in the women's team event. Often termed as the 'greatest threat' to Chinese table tennis dominance, Ito Mima has the highest winning rate against Chinese players in the history of women's table tennis. She has a winning record against several top Chinese players, including world champion Liu Shiwen, former world no. 1 Zhu Yuling, and world junior champion Qian Tianyi. Her signature playing style entails lethal shovel serves, fast short-pimpled backhand punches, and flat forehand smashes. In March 2020 at the Qatar Open, Ito Mima recorded a 4–0 win against reigning Olympic champion Ding Ning in the semifinals. Notably, she won the third set 11–0, the first time a non-Chinese player won a set 11–0 against a Chinese player.
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Riku Morioka (森岡 陸, Morioka Riku; born 20 November 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a centre back…
Riku Morioka (森岡 陸, Morioka Riku; born 20 November 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a centre back for Montedio Yamagata.
Ryoya Yamashita (山下 諒也, Yamashita Ryoya; born 19 October 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward…
Ryoya Yamashita (山下 諒也, Yamashita Ryoya; born 19 October 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for J1 League club Gamba Osaka.
Ryuhei Oishi (大石 竜平, Ōishi Ryūhei; born 21 January 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward…
Ryuhei Oishi (大石 竜平, Ōishi Ryūhei; born 21 January 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Blaublitz Akita.
Kazuki Ota (太田 一輝, Ota Kazuki; born January 27, 1993) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Azul Claro Numazu.
Jun Mizutani (水谷 隼, Mizutani Jun; born 9 June 1989) is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic champion. He…
Jun Mizutani (水谷 隼, Mizutani Jun; born 9 June 1989) is a retired Japanese table tennis player and Olympic champion. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. He has the distinction of being the first male singles titlist to achieve five consecutive national championships: 2007 to 2011. Throughout his career, Mizutani competed in 4 Olympic games from 2008 to 2020. After defeating Vladimir Samsonov for the bronze medal by 4–1 in the 2016 Summer Olympics, he finally seized his first singles medal in the three main international tournaments. It was also the first Olympic table tennis singles medal of his country. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Mizutani and Mima Ito won gold in the inaugural mixed doubles event.
Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ, Nagasawa Masami; born June 3, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She has had a prolific film career…
Masami Nagasawa (長澤 まさみ, Nagasawa Masami; born June 3, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She has had a prolific film career since her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters, receiving multiple accolades, including five Japan Academy Film Prizes and four Blue Ribbon Awards. Nagasawa began her acting career at age twelve, when she starred as a young psychic orphan in the science fiction film Pyrokinesis (2000). While in high school, she starred as one of the Shobijin in Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003) and Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) and would gain recognition for her leading role in Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004), for which she won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress and two Japan Academy Film Prize awards. In 2007, Nagasawa was nominated for the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Leading Actress and attained a Bunshun Raspberry Award for playing the title character in Tears for You (2006). Nagasawa's career progressed with her starring roles as Princess Yuki in Shinji Higuchi's Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess (2008), Umi Matsuzaki in Gorō Miyazaki's From Up on Poppy Hill (2011), and Miyuki Matsuo in the romantic comedy Love Strikes! (2011), for which she earned a second Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actress. After playing a supporting character in Makoto Shinkai's Your Name (2016), she portrayed the protagonist in the critically acclaimed science fiction drama Before We Vanish (2017), for which she won the Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress. In 2019, she starred in the crime mystery Masquerade Hotel and portrayed Yang Duan He in the action-adventure Kingdom, for which she was nominated for a Nikkan Sports Film Award; she later reprised the role of Yang Duan He in the 2023 film Kingdom: Flame of Destiny. Nagasawa has also played Dako in The Confidence Man JP film trilogy (2019-2022), Anna Kobayashi in Chen Sicheng's buddy-comedy Detective Chinatown 3 (2021), Hiroko Asami in Higuchi's critically acclaimed superhero film Shin Ultraman (2022), and Scorpion-Aug in Hideaki Anno's Shin Kamen Rider (2023).
Ryōhei Kurosawa (黒澤 良平, Kurosawa Ryōhei; born 23 August 1981), known by the stage name Akira and Exile Akira (stylized…
Ryōhei Kurosawa (黒澤 良平, Kurosawa Ryōhei; born 23 August 1981), known by the stage name Akira and Exile Akira (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese actor and dancer. He is also a member of the all-male J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second.
Naoki Nokubo (野久保 直樹, Nokubo Naoki; born 14 May 1981) is a Japanese variety star from Iwata, Shizuoka. He is also in…
Naoki Nokubo (野久保 直樹, Nokubo Naoki; born 14 May 1981) is a Japanese variety star from Iwata, Shizuoka. He is also in management at Breakpoint Inc.
Masayuki Tanemo (種茂 雅之, Tanemo Masayuki; born February 13, 1938) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball…
Masayuki Tanemo (種茂 雅之, Tanemo Masayuki; born February 13, 1938) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball catcher. He played for the Toei Flyers from 1961 to 1971 and the Hankyu Braves from 1972 to 1974. He and teammate Masayuki Dobashi split the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1962.
Noboru Terada (寺田 登, Terada Noboru; November 25, 1917 – September 26, 1986) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. At the…
Noboru Terada (寺田 登, Terada Noboru; November 25, 1917 – September 26, 1986) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. At the 1936 Olympics he won the gold medal in the 1500 m event with a margin of 10 seconds. In 1994 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Mai Fukagawa (Japanese: 深川 麻衣, Hepburn: Fukugawa Mai; born March 29, 1991) is a Japanese actress. She is a former…
Mai Fukagawa (Japanese: 深川 麻衣, Hepburn: Fukugawa Mai; born March 29, 1991) is a Japanese actress. She is a former member of the idol girl group Nogizaka46, debuting in 2011 as part of the first generation and graduating in 2016.