Utami Hayashishita (林下詩美, Hayashishita Utami; born September 14, 1998) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is…
Utami Hayashishita (林下詩美, Hayashishita Utami; born September 14, 1998) is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a member of Stars and a former World of Stardom Champion. She began her professional wrestling career in August 2018 with World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she became the leader of the Queen's Quest stable, a former three-time Goddesses of Stardom Champion, as well as Artist of Stardom Champion, Future of Stardom Champion and SWA World Champion. She won the 2020 5Star Grand Prix, the 2018 Goddesses of Stardom Tag League and the 2019 Trios Tag Team Tournament. Hayashishita is also a former one-time Pro-Wrestling: EVE International Champion. She departed Stardom in March 2024 to sign with Dream Star Fighting Marigold that April, where she became a one-time Marigold World Champion. She departed Marigold in May 2026 and returned to Stardom that same month. A winner of a WON Women’s Wrestling MVP award, a Stardom MVP Award, and Tokyo Sports Women's Wrestling Grand Prize in 2021, she is recognized as one of the most popular wrestlers on the modern joshi professional wrestling scene.
Famous People from Amami, Kagoshima
Amami, Kagoshima: 5 people
Satoyama Kōsaku (born May 31, 1981) is a retired professional sumo wrestler from Ōshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. A…
Satoyama Kōsaku (born May 31, 1981) is a retired professional sumo wrestler from Ōshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur sumo champion at Nihon University, he entered professional sumo in 2004 and first reached the top makuuchi division in 2007. His highest rank was maegashira 12. He spent much of his career in the jūryō and makushita divisions, and won a yusho or tournament championship in each. He won promotion back to the top division in 2014 after a seven-year and 37-tournament absence, the longest ever. He was a member of Onoe stable. He retired in November 2018 and is an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Chiganoura.
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, OFMCap (Japanese: ペトロ・バプティスタ石神忠真郎; December 1, 1920 – October 25, 2014) was a Japanese…
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, OFMCap (Japanese: ペトロ・バプティスタ石神忠真郎; December 1, 1920 – October 25, 2014) was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Ishigami was born in Kasari, Japan and ordained a priest on September 6, 1952 for the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Ishigami was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Naha on December 18, 1972 where served until his retirement on January 24, 1997.
Minami Kizuki (城 南海, Kizuki Minami), born on 26 December 1989, is a Japanese pop and Shima-uta folk singer. She was…
Minami Kizuki (城 南海, Kizuki Minami), born on 26 December 1989, is a Japanese pop and Shima-uta folk singer. She was born in Amami Ōshima, Kagoshima, Japan. In 2006, Kizuki was recruited by Pony Canyon while performing on Kagoshima City's streets. Her debut single, "Ai Tsumugi" was released on 7 January 2009. She also writes lyrics and compositions. Her latest lyrics (in Japanese) is "Reflection" . It is the theme song of Disney's live-action movie "Mulan" (Japan version) which was released in 2020. She uses guin, a type of kobushi peculiar to traditional folk songs of Amami Ōshima. Guin used at key points in the song captivates the ears of listeners. Recognized as a skilled J-Pop singer, some people are eager to listen to her singing songs of various genres. Some say that her singing voice is like a natural god. She hopes to play a role of conveying the beauty of Japanese language to the world through music. Also, she would like to spread the charm of Amami to the world through songs. She is appointed as a tourism ambassador for some districts in Amami. She is expected to promote Amami by several local governments in Amami. She has participated in the "Uta-shima" project of Amami since May 2018. The project was organized in 2018 to support Amami to be registered as a World Heritage Site. With her 10th anniversary, she has made it a challenge to try various new attempts to further explore and establish her own music. She organized a live tour of English popular music only in July 2019.
Ayami Sato (里 綾実, Sato Ayami; born December 21, 1989) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles…
Ayami Sato (里 綾実, Sato Ayami; born December 21, 1989) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Queens of the Women's Pro Baseball League. She formerly played for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the Canadian Baseball League (CBL) for the 2025 season, becoming the first female player in the league. She is also a starting pitcher for the Japan women’s national baseball team, with which she has won six gold medals at the Women's Baseball World Cup. Sato is considered by many to be the best female pitcher, and by some the best female baseball player, in the world. She can throw close to 80 mph (130 km/h). Her curveball was clocked at 2,583 revolutions per minute. Sato has won six gold medals for her home country. She is the only women's baseball player to have won three consecutive World Cup MVP awards.