Ōzu, Ehime: 5 people
Shunki Higashi (東 俊希, Higashi Shunki; born 28 July 2000) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left winger or a left…
Shunki Higashi (東 俊希, Higashi Shunki; born 28 July 2000) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left winger or a left back for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Tadaharu Nakano (中野忠晴, Nakano Tadaharu; May 27, 1909 – February 19, 1970) was a popular Japanese baritone singer of…
Tadaharu Nakano (中野忠晴, Nakano Tadaharu; May 27, 1909 – February 19, 1970) was a popular Japanese baritone singer of jazz and ryūkōka in Shōwa era Japan.
Uchimaru Deguchi (出口宇知麿/出口宇知丸) (January 15, 1903 – May 6, 1973), also known as Isao Deguchi (出口伊佐男), was an assistant…
Uchimaru Deguchi (出口宇知麿/出口宇知丸) (January 15, 1903 – May 6, 1973), also known as Isao Deguchi (出口伊佐男), was an assistant to the spiritual leader of the Japanese new religious organization Oomoto and its president. He was the adopted son of Onisaburo Deguchi, who was one of the founders of Oomoto.
Gordon Goichi Nakayama (Goichi Nakayama, 中山吾一, 16 November 1900 – 8 October 1995) was a Japanese Canadian Anglican…
Gordon Goichi Nakayama (Goichi Nakayama, 中山吾一, 16 November 1900 – 8 October 1995) was a Japanese Canadian Anglican priest, author and pedophile. He was active in his ministry in Western Canada and the Pacific Rim (notably Okinawa, Southern Japan) for 62 years from 1932 to 1994. Goichi Nakayama has been the subject of controversy surrounding the Anglican Church and their handling of child abuse claims. In 2015 the Anglican Church of Canada revealed that it had received a written confession from Nakayama of his abuse in 1994, and apologizing for withholding the information from the public and the police for over 20 years.
Takeda Ayasaburō (武田 斐三郎; November 4, 1827 - January 28, 1880), was a Japanese Rangaku scholar, and the architect of…
Takeda Ayasaburō (武田 斐三郎; November 4, 1827 - January 28, 1880), was a Japanese Rangaku scholar, and the architect of the fortress of Goryōkaku in Hokkaidō. Takeda was born in the Ōzu Domain (modern-day Ōzu, Ehime) in 1827. He studied medicine, Western sciences (rangaku), navigation, military architecture. He was a student of Ogata Kōan and Sakuma Shōzan. In 1854 he was ordered to the island of Hokkaidō to reinforce the military infrastructure. He built the fortresses of Goryōkaku and Benten Daiba between 1854 and 1866, using Dutch books on military architecture, and also established a school. He also practiced sailing with the Hakodate Maru, one of Japan's first Western-style sailing ship, together with his students. He sailed to Russia with the ship, and engaged in some exchanges.