Famous Japanese People: Football (Soccer)

Norio Takahashi (高橋 範夫, Takahashi Norio; born March 15, 1971) is a former Japanese football player. His son Yuriya is…
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Tsutomu Nishino (西野 努, Nishino Tsutomu; born March 13, 1971) is a former Japanese football player.

Yasuo Manaka (眞中 靖夫, Manaka Yasuo; born January 31, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. His elder…
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Ryoichi Fukushige (福重 良一, Fukushige Ryoichi; born January 30, 1971) is a former Japanese football player.

Hideki Nagai (永井 秀樹, Nagai Hideki; born 26 January 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is…
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Yoshihito Yamaji (山路 嘉人, Yamaji Yoshihito; born January 13, 1971) is a Japanese former football player.

Kenji Ogiya (Japanese: 扇谷 健司 Oogiya Kenji) is a Japanese association football referee who has refereed in the J-League…
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Makoto Yonekura (米倉 誠, Yonekura Makoto; born 28 December 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Satoru Yoshida (吉田 悟, Yoshida Satoru; born December 18, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Nobuaki Yanagida (柳田 伸明, Yanagida Nobuaki; born December 9, 1970) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Yoshinori Furube (古邊 芳昇, Furube Yoshinori; born December 9, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Tatsuo Sugimoto (杉本 龍勇, Sugimoto Tatsuo; born 25 November 1970) is a Japanese sprinter. He competed in the men's 100…
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Hiroshi Miyazawa (宮澤 浩, Miyazawa Hiroshi; born November 22, 1970) is a former Japanese football player and football…
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Takako Tezuka (手塚 貴子, Tezuka Takako; born 6 November 1970) is a former Japanese football player and manager. She played…
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Kazuhisa Irii (入井 和久, Irii Kazuhisa; born October 18, 1970) is a Japanese former football player.

Masaki Tsukano (塚野 真樹, Tsukano Masaki), born 12 October 1970, is a former Japanese football player, coach, and manager.

Futoshi Ikeda (池田 太, Ikeda Futoshi; born 4 October 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He was the…
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Tetsuya Ito (伊藤 哲也, Itō Tetsuya; born 1 October 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Kunio Nagayama (永山 邦夫, Nagayama Kunio; born 16 September 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Masahiro Endo (遠藤 昌浩, Endō Masahiro; born August 15, 1970) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…
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Yutaka Akita (秋田 豊, Akita Yutaka; born 6 August 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a…
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Masaharu Suzuki (鈴木 正治, Suzuki Masaharu; born August 3, 1970) is a former Japanese football player. He played twice for…
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Nobuyuki Hosaka (保坂 信之, Hosaka Nobuyuki; born July 23, 1970) is a former Japanese football player who is the current…
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Seiichi Ogawa (小川 誠一, Ogawa Seiichi; born July 21, 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player who plays as…
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Takamitsu Ota (太田 貴光, Ota Takamitsu; July 19, 1970 – August 12, 2026) was a Japanese footballer who played as a…
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Satoshi Taira (平 聡, Taira Satoshi; born July 16, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Riki Takasaki (高嵜 理貴, Takasaki Riki; born July 11, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Tamotsu Komatsuzaki (小松崎 保, Komatsuzaki Tamotsu; born July 10, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Hironari Iwamoto (岩元 洋成, Iwamoto Hironari; born June 27, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Tomoaki Ogami (大神 友明, Ōgami Tomoaki; born June 7, 1970) is a Japanese former footballer.

Kenji Takahashi (高橋 健二, Takahashi Kenji; born June 5, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Koji Noguchi (野口 幸司, Noguchi Koji; born June 5, 1970) is a former Japanese football player. He played once for the…
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Toru Kawashima (川島 透, Kawashima Toru; June 4, 1970 – January 19, 2024) was a Japanese footballer who played as a…
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Takuya Jinno (神野 卓哉, Jinno Takuya; born June 1, 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player who was most…
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Go Kuroda (黒田 剛, Kuroda Go; born 26 May 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the manager of J1…
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Tadashi Koya (小屋 禎, Koya Tadashi; born May 24, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Shoji Nonoshita (埜下 荘司, Nonoshita Shōji; born May 24, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Nobuyasu Ikeda (池田 伸康, Ikeda Nobuyasu; born 18 May 1970) is a former Japanese football player. He is currently the…
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Kentaro Sawada (沢田 謙太郎, Sawada Kentaro; born May 15, 1970) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan…
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Kenichi Shimokawa (下川 健一, Shimokawa Kenichi; born May 14, 1970) is a former Japanese football player. He played for…
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Yuji Hashimoto (橋本 雄二, Hashimoto Yuji; born May 13, 1970) is a Japanese former football player and manager.

Yasuhiko Niimura (新村 泰彦, Niimura Yasuhiko; born May 11, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Shinsuke Shiotani (塩谷 伸介, Shiotani Shinsuke; born May 11, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Mitsuhiro Misaki (見崎 充洋, Misaki Mitsuhiro; born May 6, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Hiroyuki Inagaki (稲垣 博行, Inagaki Hiroyuki; born April 24, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Shinji Fujiyoshi (藤吉 信次, Fujiyoshi Shinji; born April 3, 1970) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is…
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Shuji Kusano (草野 修治, Kusano Shuji; born April 2, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

Ko Ishikawa (石川 巧, Ishikawa Ko; born March 10, 1970) is a Bolivian former footballer.

Ken Yoshida (吉田 謙, Yoshida Ken; born March 1, 1970) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the current…
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Kentaro Ishikawa (石川 健太郎, Ishikawa Kentaro; born February 12, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.