Kaito Abe (阿部 海大, Abe Kaito; born September 18, 1999 in Kitsuki, Ōita) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays…Kaito Abe (阿部 海大, Abe Kaito; born September 18, 1999 in Kitsuki, Ōita) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for J2 League club Sagan Tosu.
Yōsuke Hiraishi (平石 洋介, Hiraishi Yōsuke; born April 23, 1980 in Kitsuki, Ōita, Japan) is a former Japanese Nippon…Yōsuke Hiraishi (平石 洋介, Hiraishi Yōsuke; born April 23, 1980 in Kitsuki, Ōita, Japan) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player.
Teikichi Hori (堀 悌吉, Hori Teikichi; August 16, 1883 – May 12, 1959) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during…Teikichi Hori (堀 悌吉, Hori Teikichi; August 16, 1883 – May 12, 1959) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early twentieth century. During the interwar period, Hori was a prominent member of the Treaty Faction of the Navy, and opposed war against the United States and the United Kingdom. Hori and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto were close lifelong friends.
Naka Nakane (中根中, Nakane Naka; 1870–1954), a.k.a. Satokata Takahashi, was a Japanese-born businessman who became known…Naka Nakane (中根中, Nakane Naka; 1870–1954), a.k.a. Satokata Takahashi, was a Japanese-born businessman who became known as a pro-Japanese agitator among Midwestern African-Americans in the 1930s and early 1940s. Nakane was born to a well-off family in Kitsuki and set out to become a Methodist pastor, but immigrated to Canada in 1903 following personal and professional setbacks. Settling in Moose Jaw, he raised a family, opened multiple businesses, and became an occasional advocate for Japanese Canadian rights. He moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1921 and disappeared in 1926, only to reemerge under a new name in Detroit in the early 1930s, where he became an agitator and activist in the city's black community. Affiliated with the Black Dragon Society, he worked with leaders of the Nation of Islam and other black organizations to promote Japan as an ally of the black cause in the United States. He also founded and exercised influence over several pro-Japanese organizations, including the Pacific Movement of the Eastern World, and married black activist Pearl Sherrod. Nakane's activities attracted FBI scrutiny; he was deported in 1934 and arrested in 1939 after returning to Detroit. Following internment during World War II, he died in Detroit in 1954.