August 4: 53 people
Miran Nohara (野原 未蘭, Nohara Miran; born August 4, 2003) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.
Solomon Sakuragawa (櫻川 ソロモン, Sakuragawa Solomon; born 4 August 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a…
Solomon Sakuragawa (櫻川 ソロモン, Sakuragawa Solomon; born 4 August 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka.
Yuji Kitajima (北島 祐二, Kitajima Yūji; born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Yuji Kitajima (北島 祐二, Kitajima Yūji; born 4 August 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Avispa Fukuoka.
Mayu Karahashi (born 4 August 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club…
Mayu Karahashi (born 4 August 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club Chifure AS Elfen Saitama.
Tokumasa Chano (茶野 篤政, Chano Tokumasa; born August 4, 1999) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays…
Tokumasa Chano (茶野 篤政, Chano Tokumasa; born August 4, 1999) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Seiya Hosokawa (細川 成也, Hosokawa Seiya; born August 4, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the…
Seiya Hosokawa (細川 成也, Hosokawa Seiya; born August 4, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Riho Akagi (Japanese: 赤木 里帆, born 4 August 1998) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays as a guard for…
Riho Akagi (Japanese: 赤木 里帆, born 4 August 1998) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays as a guard for Fujitsu Red Wave in the Women's Japan Basketball League. She has represented Japan in international competitions at both youth and senior levels, including the FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women, the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women and the 2026 Asian Games.
Nana Ichise (市瀬 菜々, Ichise Nana; born August 4, 1997) is a Japanese former professional footballer who plays as a…
Nana Ichise (市瀬 菜々, Ichise Nana; born August 4, 1997) is a Japanese former professional footballer who plays as a defender. She plays for Mynavi Sendai and the Japan national team.
Akito Takagi (髙木 彰人, Takagi Akito) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for SC Sagamihara in the J3…
Akito Takagi (髙木 彰人, Takagi Akito) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for SC Sagamihara in the J3 League. His playing position is either attacking midfielder or forward.
Keito Yamakita (山北渓人; born August 4, 1996) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the strawweight…
Keito Yamakita (山北渓人; born August 4, 1996) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the strawweight division of Pancrase and ONE Championship, where he is the former Pancrase Strawweight champion.
Mayuko Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 麻由子, Hepburn: Fukuda Mayuko; born August 4, 1994) is a Japanese actress who made her debut…
Mayuko Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 麻由子, Hepburn: Fukuda Mayuko; born August 4, 1994) is a Japanese actress who made her debut in 1998. She was managed by the talent agency FLaMme. Her father, Kenji Fukuda, is a drummer in the band Kasutera when Fukuda's father attended Waseda University in Tokyo after he moved from Shūnan, Yamaguchi. Now Kenji Fukuda works at a IT Company in Tokyo.
Tatsurō Hamada (濱田 達郎, Hamada Tatsurō; born August 4, 1994 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball…
Tatsurō Hamada (濱田 達郎, Hamada Tatsurō; born August 4, 1994 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball pitcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons for 9-years. During his time in high school, Hamada was rated alongside Shintaro Fujinami (now of the Hanshin Tigers) and Shohei Ohtani (now of the Los Angeles Angels) as one of the top 3 pitchers in his age bracket.
Kai Ishii (born 4 August 1993) is a Japanese rugby union player for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby. He plays on the wing.
Alan Shirahama (白濱亜嵐, Shirahama Aran; born 4 August 1993) is a Japanese performer, actor, and DJ who is a member of…
Alan Shirahama (白濱亜嵐, Shirahama Aran; born 4 August 1993) is a Japanese performer, actor, and DJ who is a member of Exile and also the leader of the Japanese all-male dance and music group Generations from Exile Tribe. Alan is represented with LDH.
Sena Suzuki (鈴木 世奈, すずき せな, Suzuki Sena; born 4 August 1991) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese…
Sena Suzuki (鈴木 世奈, すずき せな, Suzuki Sena; born 4 August 1991) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team. She has played in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) with the Seibu Princess Rabbits, in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) with the Toronto Furies, and in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey and Göteborg HC.
Shohei Takashima (髙島 祥平, Takashima Shōhei; born August 4, 1990) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He…
Shohei Takashima (髙島 祥平, Takashima Shōhei; born August 4, 1990) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played one game in Nippon Professional Baseball in 2010 for the Chunichi Dragons. He attended Teikyo High School.
Kazunari Ōno (大野 和成, Ōno Kazunari; born 4 August 1989) is a Japanese footballer who plays for J1 League club Shonan…
Kazunari Ōno (大野 和成, Ōno Kazunari; born 4 August 1989) is a Japanese footballer who plays for J1 League club Shonan Bellmare, as a centre back or left-back.
Yosuke Kawai (河井 陽介, born 4 August 1989) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Yuriko Ono (小野 ゆり子, Ono Yuriko; born 4 August 1989, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She is represented with…
Yuriko Ono (小野 ゆり子, Ono Yuriko; born 4 August 1989, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. She is represented with Flying Box.
Yasutaka Sasakura (笹倉康誉, Sasakura Yasutaka; born 4 August 1988, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union…
Yasutaka Sasakura (笹倉康誉, Sasakura Yasutaka; born 4 August 1988, in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a fullback or centre. In his home country he plays for the Panasonic Wild Knights whom he joined in 2011. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which will compete in Super Rugby from the 2016 season.
Tatsuya Onodera (小野寺 達也, Onodera Tatsuya; born August 4, 1987 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese football player. He currently…
Tatsuya Onodera (小野寺 達也, Onodera Tatsuya; born August 4, 1987 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for Giravanz Kitakyushu.
Tomoya Warabino (蕨野 友也, Warabino Tomoya; born August 4, 1987, in Miyakonojō, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese…
Tomoya Warabino (蕨野 友也, Warabino Tomoya; born August 4, 1987, in Miyakonojō, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, A-Team. He is best known for his roles in various Tokusatsu shows such as Heart in Kamen Rider Drive and Ultraman Blazar's main character, Gento Hiruma.
Ryo Sakakibara (榊原 諒, born August 4, 1985, in Takahama, Aichi) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in…
Ryo Sakakibara (榊原 諒, born August 4, 1985, in Takahama, Aichi) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2009 to 2013 and the Orix Buffaloes from 2014 to 2015.
Choemon Masataka Tanabe (田部 長右衛門 真孝, born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese business magnate, one of Japan's largest…
Choemon Masataka Tanabe (田部 長右衛門 真孝, born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese business magnate, one of Japan's largest private forest owners, owner of a ranch, investor, media proprietor, mass media heir, and television executive. He is the 25th head of the Tanabe family, one of the "Tatara Big Three" in Japan's San'in region. He serves as representative director and President of Tanabe Corporation and San-in Chuo Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd., commonly known as TSK. His commonly used name and legal name is "Choemon Tanabe (田部 長右衛門)". His grandfather is the 23rd Choemon Tomoyuki Tanabe, who was a former governor of Shimane Prefecture, and his father is the 24th Choemon Tomohisa Tanabe.
Mitsuhisa Sunabe (砂辺 光久, Sunabe Mitsuhisa; born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is the former…
Mitsuhisa Sunabe (砂辺 光久, Sunabe Mitsuhisa; born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He is the former and inaugural Pancrase Strawweight champion, Pancrase Light Flyweight champion and Pancrase Flyweight champion. He is regarded by Fight Matrix as the third-best men's strawweight mixed martial artist of all time.
Tomonari Kanomata Japanese: 鹿又智成 (born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the…
Tomonari Kanomata Japanese: 鹿又智成 (born August 4, 1979) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the featherweight and lightweight divisions.
Masamichi Yamamoto (山本 雅道, Yamamoto Masamichi; born August 4, 1978 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa) is a Japanese former…
Masamichi Yamamoto (山本 雅道, Yamamoto Masamichi; born August 4, 1978 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa) is a Japanese former professional cyclist.
Yūga Yamato (大和 悠河, Yamato Yūga) (born August 4, 1977) is a former otokoyaku (a female playing a male part) for Cosmos…
Yūga Yamato (大和 悠河, Yamato Yūga) (born August 4, 1977) is a former otokoyaku (a female playing a male part) for Cosmos Troupe of Takarazuka Revue. She joined the company in 1995 and became the top star in February 2007 upon the resignation of Kei Takashiro, which made her the first otokoyaku to be top in her class. She resigned from the company in July, 2009, and is currently pursuing a stage career. She is from Bunkyō, Tokyo.
Kazuo Fukumori (福盛 和男, Fukumori Kazuo; born August 4, 1976) is a former Japanese right-handed relief pitcher.
Wasabi Mizuta (水田 わさび, Mizuta Wasabi; born August 4, 1974) is a Japanese voice actress and stage actress affiliated…
Wasabi Mizuta (水田 わさび, Mizuta Wasabi; born August 4, 1974) is a Japanese voice actress and stage actress affiliated with Aoni Production. She was born in Aoyama, Mie. She is most well known for being the current voice actress of the titular character of Doraemon since 2005, starting with the Doraemon television series. Other notable voice acting roles of hers include Kintarō in Otogi Zoshi, Yūta Fukui in Hikaru no Go, Ash's Tepig in Pokémon, Buster in Hamtaro, and Monokuma in Danganronpa 2x2.
Takashi Kojima (小島 卓, Kojima Takashi; born August 4, 1973) is a former Japanese football player.
https://www.nicematin.com/societe/urbanisme/dans-la-plaine-du-var-l-eclosion-de-la-tour-hana-987627 Sou Fujimoto (藤本…
https://www.nicematin.com/societe/urbanisme/dans-la-plaine-du-var-l-eclosion-de-la-tour-hana-987627 Sou Fujimoto (藤本 壮介, Fujimoto Sōsuke; born 1971) is a Japanese architect.
Kiyoko Fukuda (born 4 August 1970) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed with the Japanese women's…
Kiyoko Fukuda (born 4 August 1970) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed with the Japanese women's national volleyball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She helped Japan win the bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg.
Kensuke Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木 健介, Sasaki Kensuke; born August 4, 1966) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He…
Kensuke Sasaki (Japanese: 佐々木 健介, Sasaki Kensuke; born August 4, 1966) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his numerous runs in the top three Japanese wrestling promotions; New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah. He was the founder and owner of the now-defunct wrestling promotion Diamond Ring, which was also named Kensuke Office. Sasaki is the first of five men ever to hold all three of puroresu's major heavyweight titles (the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, and the GHC Heavyweight Championship), the others being Yoshihiro Takayama, Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, and Yuji Nagata - totaling seven world championship reigns. Sasaki also competed in MMA and won both fights by submission, remaining undefeated in mixed martial arts competition.
Yumiko Shige (重 由美子, Shige Yumiko; 4 August 1965 – 9 December 2018, both in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture) was a Japanese…
Yumiko Shige (重 由美子, Shige Yumiko; 4 August 1965 – 9 December 2018, both in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture) was a Japanese sailor. She won a silver medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Alicia Kinoshita. Shige instructed other sailors in a yacht harbour local to her residence. Shige died of breast cancer on 9 December 2018 at the age of 53.
Yoshihiro Kitazawa (北沢 欣浩, Kitazawa Yoshihiro; born 4 August 1962) is a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1984…
Yoshihiro Kitazawa (北沢 欣浩, Kitazawa Yoshihiro; born 4 August 1962) is a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics. He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō. In 1984 he won the silver medal in the 500 metres event. In the 1000 metres competition he finished 31st.
Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, Hirose Yutaka; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese actor and voice actor, widely known to…
Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, Hirose Yutaka; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese actor and voice actor, widely known to international audiences for his work in the tokusatsu genre of television series, usually portraying villainous characters. His real name is Kazuhisa Hirose (広瀬 和久, Hirose Kazuhisa), which was the name he was credited during his debut. He has also been credited as Takumi Hirose (広瀬 匠, Hirose Takumi), changing his stagename to "Yutaka" in 1999.
Kenji Momota (桃田 健史, Momota Kenji; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese racing announcer, racing commentator and former…
Kenji Momota (桃田 健史, Momota Kenji; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese racing announcer, racing commentator and former driver. He has raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship, American Racing Series, IndyCar and NASCAR.
Satoshi Nakamura (中村 哲, Nakamura Satoshi; born 1958) is a Japanese computer scientist specialising in speech and…
Satoshi Nakamura (中村 哲, Nakamura Satoshi; born 1958) is a Japanese computer scientist specialising in speech and language processing. He is a Presidential Chair Professor in the School of Data Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Professor Emeritus at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST); and Honorary professor of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. He is widely recognised for pioneering work in speech-to-speech translation, having led international initiatives such as C-Star, A-Star and the International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT), and currently chairs the ISCA Special Interest Group on Spoken Language Translation (SIG-SLT). His research covers speech recognition and synthesis, spoken-dialog systems, simultaneous translation, natural-language processing and data-science applications. Earlier in his career he directed the ATR Spoken Language Communication Laboratories (2000–2008), headed Keihanna Research Laboratories at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) (2009–2010), and founded the Data Science Center at NAIST (2017–2021). He is a Fellow of IEEE, ISCA, IPSJ and ATR, and received the Antonio Zampolli Prize in 2012.
Yasutoshi Moriyama (森山泰年, Moriyama Yasutoshi; born 4 August 1957) is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in the…
Yasutoshi Moriyama (森山泰年, Moriyama Yasutoshi; born 4 August 1957) is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Hiroyuki Usui (碓井 博行, Usui Hiroyuki; born August 4, 1953) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played…
Hiroyuki Usui (碓井 博行, Usui Hiroyuki; born August 4, 1953) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His son Kempei Usui is also a footballer.
Masataka Nashida (Japanese:梨田 昌孝, born August 4, 1953, in Hamada, Shimane, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional…
Masataka Nashida (Japanese:梨田 昌孝, born August 4, 1953, in Hamada, Shimane, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher and manager. As a player, he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1972 to 1988. After playing, he went on to manage three NPB teams. First, Nashida was the final manager of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes before they were dissolved and merged after the 2004 season. He then went on to manage the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2008 to 2011. Finally, he went on to manage the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the team created to fill the void left by the Buffaloes merger. He was able to lead the Eagles to their third-ever playoff berth in 2017, however he resigned in July the next year when the club dropped to 20 games below a .500 winning percentage. After his resignation, Eagles' coach Yosuke Hiraishi acted as team's interim manager for the remainder of the 2018 season.
Tsunemi Kubodera (窪寺 恒己, Kubodera Tsunemi; born 1951 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese zoologist with the National Museum…
Tsunemi Kubodera (窪寺 恒己, Kubodera Tsunemi; born 1951 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese zoologist with the National Museum of Nature and Science. On September 30, 2004, Kubodera and his team became the first people to photograph a live giant squid in its natural habitat. Two years later, on December 4, 2006, he also managed to successfully film a live adult giant squid for the first time ever. On July 10, 2012, Kubodera, together with Steve O'Shea and Edith Widder, became the first to film a live giant squid in its natural habitat from a submersible off the Bonin Islands. In addition to these firsts involving the giant squid, in 2005, Kubodera also became the first to film the Dana octopus squid (Taningia danae) in its natural habitat.
Yōko Kasahara (笠原 洋子, Kasahara Yōko; born 4 August 1945) is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in…
Yōko Kasahara (笠原 洋子, Kasahara Yōko; born 4 August 1945) is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1968 she was a squad member of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament.
Toshifumi Nakamura (Japanese: 中村寿文 Nakamura Toshifumi; 4 August 1939 – 1 December 2024) was a Japanese politician. A…
Toshifumi Nakamura (Japanese: 中村寿文 Nakamura Toshifumi; 4 August 1939 – 1 December 2024) was a Japanese politician. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party and later the Democratic Party, he served as mayor of Hachinohe from 2001 to 2005. He was a member of the Aomori Prefectural Assembly from 1983 to 2001 and again from 2007 to 2015. Nakamura died on 1 December 2024, at the age of 85.
Kyozi Kawasaki (川崎 恭治, Kawasaki Kyōji; 4 August 1930 — 12 November 2021) was a Japanese physicist. His research…
Kyozi Kawasaki (川崎 恭治, Kawasaki Kyōji; 4 August 1930 — 12 November 2021) was a Japanese physicist. His research interests include chemical physics and statistical mechanics. In 2001, Kawasaki was awarded the Boltzmann Medal for "his contribution to our understanding of dynamic phenomena in condensed matter systems, in particular the mode-coupling theory of fluids near criticality, and nonlinear problems, such as critical phenomena in sheared fluids and phase separations".
Akitsugu Amata (天田昭次, Amata Akitsugu) (also known as Amata Seiichi (天田 誠一)) (born 1927 – July 5, 2013) was a Japanese…
Akitsugu Amata (天田昭次, Amata Akitsugu) (also known as Amata Seiichi (天田 誠一)) (born 1927 – July 5, 2013) was a Japanese swordsmith. Amata followed his father Amata Sadayoshi into the trade of sword-making after the latter died in 1937, moving to Tokyo from his home in Niigata Prefecture in order to enroll in a specialist sword-making school. This school, the Nihonto Tanren Denshu Jo, was run by the noted swordsmith Kurihara Hikosaburo, who originally employed Amata as a masseur before teaching him the basics of sword-making when the boy was thirteen. Amata worked at Kurihara's institute for the next six years. After leaving Tokyo, Amata returned to his home village. He resided there since, claiming that the local water and clay (which contains a large amount of iron oxide) were very suitable for the yaki-ire (hardening process) of sword manufacture. He also smelted his own tamahagane steel at home. After the Second World War the American occupying forces prohibited the manufacture of traditional swords in Japan. When the ban was partially lifted, Amata was awarded an official swordsmith's licence from the Cultural Properties Protection Committee in 1954; that same year he won the Yushu-wo prize at the first National Sword-Forging Competition. An illness at 33 rendered Amata an invalid for eight years. However, after his recovery he went on to win the Masamune Prize (the highest accolade) at the New Katana Sword Exhibition in 1968; he also won the same award at the Sword-Forging Competition in 1977, 1985 and 1996. In 1997 he was named as a Living National Treasure of Japan. Amata was the Chairman of the All Japan Swordsmith's Association and a director of the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai.
Jun Tatara (多々良純, Tatara Jun), whose real name was Shigeji Tatarai (田足井 重二, Tatarai Shigeji; 4 August 1917 in…
Jun Tatara (多々良純, Tatara Jun), whose real name was Shigeji Tatarai (田足井 重二, Tatarai Shigeji; 4 August 1917 in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture – 30 September 2006 in Tokyo) was a Japanese actor.
Hidekichi Nagamatsu (Japanese: 永松 英吉; August 4, 1914 – November 18, 1992) was a Japanese boxer who competed in the 1936…
Hidekichi Nagamatsu (Japanese: 永松 英吉; August 4, 1914 – November 18, 1992) was a Japanese boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the lightweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming silver medalist Nikolai Stepulov.
Noboru Nakamura (中村登, Nakamura Noboru; 4 August 1913 – 20 May 1981) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.