Naoki Kumata (熊田 直紀, Kumata Naoki; born 2 August 2004) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for J2 League…
Naoki Kumata (熊田 直紀, Kumata Naoki; born 2 August 2004) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for J2 League club Iwaki FC, on loan from FC Tokyo.
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Miyū Yamashita (山下 美夢有, Yamashita Miyū) (born 2 August 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA…
Miyū Yamashita (山下 美夢有, Yamashita Miyū) (born 2 August 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 14 wins and the LPGA Tour. She won the 2025 AIG Women's Open by two strokes over Charley Hull and Minami Katsu. This is her first major victory and first win outside Japan.
Riku Kobayashi (小林 里駆, Kobayashi Riku; born 2 August 2001) is a Japanese footballer who play as a Midfielder and…
Riku Kobayashi (小林 里駆, Kobayashi Riku; born 2 August 2001) is a Japanese footballer who play as a Midfielder and currently play for Kochi United.
Kota Yazawa (矢澤 宏太, Yazawa Kota; born August 2, 2000) is a professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham…
Kota Yazawa (矢澤 宏太, Yazawa Kota; born August 2, 2000) is a professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. He plays as a two-way player.
Shin'ichirō Hattori (服部 慎一郎, Hattori Shin'ichirō; August 2, 1999) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Yuki Yoshidome (born 2 August 1998) is a Japanese female handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national…
Yuki Yoshidome (born 2 August 1998) is a Japanese female handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national team. She represented Japan at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain. She represented Japan again at the 2025 World Championship. At the 2022 Asian Championship, she won silver medals, losing to South Korea in the final. At the 2024 Asian Championship she won gold medals with the Japanese team.
Atsushi Mochizuki (望月 惇志, Mochizuki Atsushi; born August 2, 1997) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher…
Atsushi Mochizuki (望月 惇志, Mochizuki Atsushi; born August 2, 1997) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League.
Seiya Kitano (北野 晴矢, Kitano Seiya; born 2 August 1997) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…
Seiya Kitano (北野 晴矢, Kitano Seiya; born 2 August 1997) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Mifu Ashida (芦田美歩, Ashida Mifu) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the Japanese promotion Tokyo…
Mifu Ashida (芦田美歩, Ashida Mifu) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the Japanese promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling. She is previously known for her tenure with Ice Ribbon where she is a former International Ribbon Tag Team Champion.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Fukuchiyama High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1997📍 From Fukuchiyama, Kyoto💼 TV Personality💼 Actress💼 Wrestler
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Kazuki Kozuka (小塚 和季, Kozuka Kazuki; born 2 August 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shimizu S-Pulse as an…
Kazuki Kozuka (小塚 和季, Kozuka Kazuki; born 2 August 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shimizu S-Pulse as an attacking midfielder.
🏫 Teikyo Nagaoka High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1994📍 From Mitsuke, Niigata Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Karin Maruyama (丸山 夏鈴, Maruyama Karin; 2 August 1993 – 22 May 2015) was a Japanese singer and tarento. She was born in…
Karin Maruyama (丸山 夏鈴, Maruyama Karin; 2 August 1993 – 22 May 2015) was a Japanese singer and tarento. She was born in Kōriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. She graduated from Shōshi Kōtō High School. She was nicknamed Rin-chan (りんちゃん). She was represented with Happy Strike. She had a brain tumor removed during her second year of elementary school. After that, by the time she made her debut, she had one operation in the second year of junior high school and two operations in the third year of high school. During her hospitalization for surgery, she was influenced by the appearance of idols she saw on television and wanted to be like them too, so she decided to begin a fight against cancer to achieve her dreams. After she died, she was buried in Nichirinji Temple, Motomiya. Her sister is Miss iD 2016 finalist and Go Yoshida Award winner Yuka Maruyama.
Hiroki Arai (新井大輝, Arai Hiroki; born 2 August 1993) is a Japanese rally driver.
🎓 Tokyo Denki University🏫 Honjo Higashi High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1993📍 From Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture
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Takahiro Kawasaki (川崎貴弘, Kawasaki Takahiro; born August 2, 1993 in Tsu, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese baseball player. He…
Takahiro Kawasaki (川崎貴弘, Kawasaki Takahiro; born August 2, 1993 in Tsu, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese baseball player. He played formerly as a pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons on a developmental contract in the Western League. He is currently without a team. On 30 March 2016 he was loaned to the Fukushima Hopes in the Baseball Challenge League. On 1 October 2016, it was announced that he was deemed surplus to requirements at the Dragons, and therefore released.
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Takuya Sugai (菅井 拓也, Sugai Takuya; born August 2, 1991) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Azul Claro Numazu.
Hikaru Mizuno (水野 輝, Mizuno Hikaru; Khmer: ហុីការ៉ុ មីហ្ស៊ូណូ; born August 2, 1991) is a professional footballer who…
Hikaru Mizuno (水野 輝, Mizuno Hikaru; Khmer: ហុីការ៉ុ មីហ្ស៊ូណូ; born August 2, 1991) is a professional footballer who plays for Kirivong Sok Sen Chey. Born in Japan, he plays for the Cambodia national team.
🎓 Meiji University🏫 Funabashi High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1991📍 From Chiba(city), Chiba Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Makiko Tomita (冨田 真紀子, Tomita Makiko; born August 2, 1991) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She represented…
Makiko Tomita (冨田 真紀子, Tomita Makiko; born August 2, 1991) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She represented Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics and competed at the 2017 Rugby World Cup in Ireland.
Masahiro Nishino (西野 真弘, Nishino Masahiro; born August 2, 1990 in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional Japanese…
Masahiro Nishino (西野 真弘, Nishino Masahiro; born August 2, 1990 in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Orix Buffaloes.
🎓 International Budo University🏫 Tokai University Affiliated Urayasu High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1990📍 From Edogawa, Tokyo💼 Baseball
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Yuna Mizumori (水森由菜, Mizumori Yuna; born August 2, 1989) is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the World…
Yuna Mizumori (水森由菜, Mizumori Yuna; born August 2, 1989) is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is the current High Speed Champion in her first reign and a member of the Cosmic Angels stable. She is also known for her work in various promotions from the independent circuit such as Gatoh Move Pro Wrestling and Ganbare Pro-Wrestling.
Katsumi Yusa (遊佐 克美, Yusa Katsumi; born August 2, 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder…
Katsumi Yusa (遊佐 克美, Yusa Katsumi; born August 2, 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeiro Fukushima.
🏫 Yoshida High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1988📍 From Fukushima(city), Fukushima Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Masatoshi Mihara (三原 雅俊, Mihara Masatoshi; born August 2, 1988 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese football player currently…
Masatoshi Mihara (三原 雅俊, Mihara Masatoshi; born August 2, 1988 in Kumamoto) is a Japanese football player currently playing for Shibuya City.
🏫 Ruteru Gakuin High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1988📍 From Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Kenichi Marumo (丸毛 謙一, Marumo Ken'ichi) (born August 2, 1988) is a Japanese retired professional baseball player. He…
Kenichi Marumo (丸毛 謙一, Marumo Ken'ichi) (born August 2, 1988) is a Japanese retired professional baseball player. He spent three seasons with the Yomiuri Giants organization before signing with the Orix Buffaloes, where he spent two seasons. He made his only Nippon Professional Baseball first-team appearance for Orix in March 2014, before retiring due to injury during the 2015 season.
🏫 Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1988📍 From Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture💼 Baseball
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Yojiro Takahagi (髙萩 洋次郎, Takahagi Yōjiro; born 2 August 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily…
Yojiro Takahagi (髙萩 洋次郎, Takahagi Yōjiro; born 2 August 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily as an attacking-midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Albirex Niigata (S), whom he vice-captains and the Japan national team. Mainly an attacking-midfielder, he is also capable of playing as a central-midfielder, defensive-midfielder or occasionally as a striker and winger.
🏫 Clark Memorial International High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1986📍 From Iwaki, Fukushima💼 Football (Soccer)
Yuki Bamba (馬場 悠企, Bamba Yuki; born 2 August 1986) is a Japanese footballer.
Kenta Chida (千田健太, Chida Kenta; born 2 August 1985) is a Japanese fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in…
Kenta Chida (千田健太, Chida Kenta; born 2 August 1985) is a Japanese fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's foil, but was defeated in the second round. He won a silver medal in the team foil event.
🎓 Chuo University🏫 Kesennuma High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1985📍 From Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture
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Kensuke Hatakeyama (畠山健介, Hatakeyama Kensuke) (born 2 August 1985 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a former Japanese…
Kensuke Hatakeyama (畠山健介, Hatakeyama Kensuke) (born 2 August 1985 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a former Japanese rugby union player who played for the New England Free Jacks of Major League Rugby (MLR). Hatakeyama has played 78 matches for the Japan national rugby union team.
Sho Shimoji (下地 奨, Shimoji Shō; born August 2, 1985) is a Japanese professional football player.
Takashi Fujiwara (藤原崇, Fujiwara Takashi; born 2 August 1983) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.…
Takashi Fujiwara (藤原崇, Fujiwara Takashi; born 2 August 1983) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2012 to 2024, he was a member of the House of Representatives. From 2023 to 2024, he served as Director of the LDP's Youth Division.
🎓 Meiji Gakuin University🏫 Kurosawajiri Kita High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1983📍 From Nishiwaga, Iwate Prefecture💼 Lawyer💼 Politician・Legislator
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Wataru Kitahara (北原 亘, Kitahara Wataru; born 2 August 1982) is a Japanese futsal player. Japanese national futsal team.
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Satoshi Nagano (長野 聡, Nagano Satoshi; born August 2, 1982) is a Japanese football player.
Terumi Asoshina (阿蘇品照美; born 2 August 1982) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.…
Terumi Asoshina (阿蘇品照美; born 2 August 1982) is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon. She finished twelfth at the 2005 World Half Marathon Championships, which was good enough to help Japan finish third in the team competition.
Kota Mizuno (水野 宏太, Mizuno Kōta) is the head coach of the Gunma Crane Thunders in the Japanese B.League.
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Asako Yuzuki (柚木 麻子, Yuzuki Asako; born 2 August 1981) is a Japanese writer. She has won the All Yomimono Prize for New…
Asako Yuzuki (柚木 麻子, Yuzuki Asako; born 2 August 1981) is a Japanese writer. She has won the All Yomimono Prize for New Writers and the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, she has been nominated multiple times for the Naoki Prize, and her novels have been adapted for television, radio, and film.
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Akane Chihaya (千早 茜, Chihaya Akane; born August 2, 1979) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Shōsetsu Subaru New…
Akane Chihaya (千早 茜, Chihaya Akane; born August 2, 1979) is a Japanese writer. She has won the Shōsetsu Subaru New Writer Award, the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Shimase Award for Love Stories, and the Naoki Prize.
Hitoshi Sogahata (曽ヶ端 準, Sogahata Hitoshi; born 2 August 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played…
Hitoshi Sogahata (曽ヶ端 準, Sogahata Hitoshi; born 2 August 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Kashima Antlers and the Japan national team.
Ryuji Bando (播戸 竜二, Bando Ryūji; born August 2, 1979) is a Japanese former football player.
🏫 Himeji Kotogaoka High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1979📍 From Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)💼 Actor💼 Company President・Entrepreneur
Kazuki Namioka (波岡 一喜, Namioka Kazuki; born August 2, 1978) is a Japanese actor. He made his acting debut in the…
Kazuki Namioka (波岡 一喜, Namioka Kazuki; born August 2, 1978) is a Japanese actor. He made his acting debut in the television series Pride. He appeared in Hiroshi Shinagawa's 2009 debut film Drop. He also co-starred with Kōji Yakusho in Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins.
Daiki Wakamatsu (若松 大樹, Wakamatsu Daiki; born August 2, 1976) is a former Japanese football player.
Harunoyama Tatsunao (Japanese: 春ノ山 竜尚, born 2 August 1976), known as Tatsunao Haruyama is a former Japanese sumo…
Harunoyama Tatsunao (Japanese: 春ノ山 竜尚, born 2 August 1976), known as Tatsunao Haruyama is a former Japanese sumo wrestler from Toyota, Aichi. He made his professional debut in March 1992 and reached the top division in March 2004. His highest rank was maegashira 10. Upon retirement from active competition he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association, under the name Takenawa. He left the Sumo Association in January 2008.
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Yasuhiro Nagahashi (長橋 康弘, Nagahashi Yasuhiro; born August 2, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.
🎓 Tokai University🏫 Shizuoka Kita High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1975📍 From Fuji, Shizuoka💼 Football (Soccer)
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Satoshi Fujimoto (born 2 August 1975) is a Japanese Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. He is…
Satoshi Fujimoto (born 2 August 1975) is a Japanese Paralympic judoka who competes in international level events. He is regarded as one of the most successful Paralympic judoka. Fujimoto is visually impaired in his left eye due to an accident aged five years old.
🎓 Sōka University🏫 Tokushima Commercial High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1975📍 From Tokushima(city), Tokushima Prefecture💼 Judo
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Hiroyuki Gotō (後藤 裕之, Gotō Hiroyuki) recited pi from memory to 42,195 decimal places at NHK Broadcasting Centre, Tokyo…
Hiroyuki Gotō (後藤 裕之, Gotō Hiroyuki) recited pi from memory to 42,195 decimal places at NHK Broadcasting Centre, Tokyo on 18 February 1995. This set the world record at the time, which was held for more than a decade until Lu Chao beat it in 2005. Goto was born in Tokyo, Japan. He is a game designer at Namco. He is the creator of word puzzle video game Kotoba no Puzzle Moji Pittan, which was released as an arcade game in 2001 and later become available for various console and portable gaming systems.
Natsue Koikawa (鯉川 なつえ, Koikawa Natsue) is a former Japanese track athlete and current university professor and coach…
Natsue Koikawa (鯉川 なつえ, Koikawa Natsue) is a former Japanese track athlete and current university professor and coach at Juntendo University in Chiba, Japan.
🎓 Juntendo University🏫 Chikushi Jogakuen High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1972📍 From Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture💼 Track and Field💼 Analyst (Commentator)
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Kinue Kodama (児玉絹枝, Kodama Kinue; born 2 August 1972) is a Japanese archer. She competed in the women's individual and…
Kinue Kodama (児玉絹枝, Kodama Kinue; born 2 August 1972) is a Japanese archer. She competed in the women's individual and team events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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Jun Senoue (瀬上 純, Senoue Jun; born August 2, 1970) is a Japanese composer and guitarist. He is a sound director for the…
Jun Senoue (瀬上 純, Senoue Jun; born August 2, 1970) is a Japanese composer and guitarist. He is a sound director for the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series by Sega and is also the songwriter of the rock duo Crush 40 which has contributed music to the series as well.
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Masafumi Takada (高田 雅史, Takada Masafumi; born August 2, 1970) is a Japanese composer and sound designer, best known for…
Masafumi Takada (高田 雅史, Takada Masafumi; born August 2, 1970) is a Japanese composer and sound designer, best known for his work on the soundtracks for killer7, God Hand, No More Heroes, and the Earth Defense Force and Danganronpa series. Takada has worked on multiple projects for Goichi Suda's studio Grasshopper Manufacture and co-founded Too Kyo Games in 2017.
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Akira Yamaguchi (山口 晃, Yamaguchi Akira; born 1969 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese contemporary artist.
🎓 Tokyo University of the Arts🏫 Kiryu High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1969📍 From Kiryū, Gunma💼 Painter💼 Fine Artist
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Makoto Nagamine is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan as a member of the…
Makoto Nagamine is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He was the parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Miyakonojo Sengaoka High School📅 Born August 2🎂 Born 1969📍 From Miyakonojō, Miyazaki Prefecture💼 Politician・Legislator
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Tokitsunada Hironori (born Hironori Yoshioka; 2 August 1969 – 14 February 2019) was a sumo wrestler from Waki…
Tokitsunada Hironori (born Hironori Yoshioka; 2 August 1969 – 14 February 2019) was a sumo wrestler from Waki, Tokushima, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1985, and reached the top division in May 1992. His highest rank was maegashira 4. He retired in September 1999 and remained in the Sumo Association as jun-toshiyori. He had to leave the Sumo Association in September 2001, having failed to acquire a permanent toshiyori. He was the first jun-toshiyori wrestler to be forced to leave sumo in this way. However he later worked in a private capacity as a coach at Arashio stable. He also ran a chanko restaurant named Tokitsunada in Tokyo. He died of heart failure in February 2019 at the age of 49.
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Takayuki Iizuka (飯塚 孝之, Iizuka Takayuki; born August 2, 1966), better known by his ring name Takashi Iizuka (飯塚 高史…
Takayuki Iizuka (飯塚 孝之, Iizuka Takayuki; born August 2, 1966), better known by his ring name Takashi Iizuka (飯塚 高史, Iizuka Takashi), is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his 33-year career in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion. He has also worked for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he was a one-time GHC Tag Team Champion. Debuting in 1986 under his real name, Iizuka formed the tag team J-J-Jacks with fellow dojo trainee Akira Nogami in 1992. After changing his ring name to Takashi Iizuka (飯塚 高史, Iizuka Takashi) in 1995, he became a mainstay of the New Japan seikigun, and was a frequent tag team partner for Yuji Nagata during the early 2000s. In 2008, Iizuka underwent a drastic change to his look, character and wrestling style, turning heel, shaving his head bald, growing a sinister beard, and adapting a hardcore wrestling style. He was also given the gimmick of an uncontrollable madman, and nicknamed "The Great Traitor" for his betrayal of the New Japan roster. Iizuka competed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling over four separate decades before retiring from in ring competition in February 2019.
Hisanobu Watanabe (渡辺 久信 born August 2, 1965) nicknamed "Nabe-Q", is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.…
Hisanobu Watanabe (渡辺 久信 born August 2, 1965) nicknamed "Nabe-Q", is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Seibu Lions and Yakult Swallows, and in the Taiwan Major League (TML) for the Chiayi-Tainan Luka.