April 6: 71 people
Yusei Ishizuka (石塚 裕惺, Ishizuka Yusei; born April 6, 2006) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays…
Yusei Ishizuka (石塚 裕惺, Ishizuka Yusei; born April 6, 2006) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Yomiuri Giants.
Ryu Nugraha (Japanese: リュウ・ヌグラハ; born 6 April 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for…
Ryu Nugraha (Japanese: リュウ・ヌグラハ; born 6 April 2000) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J3 League club AC Nagano Parceiro.
Shusuke Uchimura (内村秀資, Uchimura Shusuke; born 6 April 2000) is a Japanese judoka.
Takeru Itakura (板倉 洸, Itakura Takeru; born 6 April 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Renofa…
Takeru Itakura (板倉 洸, Itakura Takeru; born 6 April 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Renofa Yamaguchi FC.
Aito Takeda (武田 愛斗, Takeda Aito; born April 6, 1997) also known as Aito (愛斗) is a professional Japanese baseball player…
Aito Takeda (武田 愛斗, Takeda Aito; born April 6, 1997) also known as Aito (愛斗) is a professional Japanese baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines. He played outfield for the Saitama Seibu Lions from 2017 to 2023. He was selected by the Chiba Lotte Marines in the 2023 Active Player Draft.
Kohei Tezuka (手塚 康平, Tezuka Kohei; born April 6, 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily as a…
Kohei Tezuka (手塚 康平, Tezuka Kohei; born April 6, 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily as a defensive-midfielder for J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol. He is also capable of playing as a central-midfielder or occasionally as an attacking-midfielder.
Kazuya Sato (born 6 April 1995) is a Japanese judoka. Sato won a medal at the 2021 World Judo Championships.
Kenta Araki (荒木 健太, Araki Kenta, born 6 April 1995) is a Japanese water polo player who competed in the 2020 Summer…
Kenta Araki (荒木 健太, Araki Kenta, born 6 April 1995) is a Japanese water polo player who competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the club level he played for Australian side UWA Torpedoes in 2018. 福岡工業高校出身
Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is a seven-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Starto Entertainment…
Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is a seven-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Starto Entertainment (formerly from Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more than 10 million physical copies. Hey! Say! JUMP originally debuted with ten members, the largest group in Johnny's history. In 2011, Ryutaro Morimoto was indefinitely suspended from the group following an underage smoking scandal. On April 11, 2021, Keito Okamoto announced that he would be leaving the group in order to pursue an acting career but would be remaining under Johnny & Associates. On August 28, 2025 Yuto Nakajima announced he would graduate from the group.
Hayato Yuge (弓削 隼人, (born April 6, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden…
Hayato Yuge (弓削 隼人, (born April 6, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He made his NPB debut in 2019.
Takuma Aoshima (青島 拓馬, Aoshima Takuma; born April 6, 1993) is a Japanese former football player. He spent his entire…
Takuma Aoshima (青島 拓馬, Aoshima Takuma; born April 6, 1993) is a Japanese former football player. He spent his entire career with Blaublitz Akita.
Kengo Takaichi (born 6 April 1993) is a Japanese judoka. Takaichi is the gold medalist of the 2016 Judo Grand Prix…
Kengo Takaichi (born 6 April 1993) is a Japanese judoka. Takaichi is the gold medalist of the 2016 Judo Grand Prix Tashkent in the –66 kg category.
Kengo Kotani (小谷 健悟, Kotani Kengo; born August 31, 1992 in Hioki, Kagoshima) is a Japanese football player for FC Tiamo…
Kengo Kotani (小谷 健悟, Kotani Kengo; born August 31, 1992 in Hioki, Kagoshima) is a Japanese football player for FC Tiamo Hirakata.
Keisuke Kurouji (黒氏 啓介, Kurouji Keisuke; born April 6, 1991) is a former Japanese football player.
Sotan Tanabe (田邉 草民, Tanabe Sōtan; born 6 April 1990 in Suginami, Tokyo) is a Japanese former footballer who played as…
Sotan Tanabe (田邉 草民, Tanabe Sōtan; born 6 April 1990 in Suginami, Tokyo) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a right winger.
Arisa Nakajima (中島 安里紗, Nakajima Arisa; born April 6, 1989) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Trained by the…
Arisa Nakajima (中島 安里紗, Nakajima Arisa; born April 6, 1989) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. Trained by the Major Girl's Fighting AtoZ promotion, Nakajima made her debut in January 2006, but when the promotion folded the following May, she transferred over to JWP Joshi Puroresu, where she became a two-time JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Champion. Nakajima retired from professional wrestling in June 2009, but made her return to JWP in April 2012. The following December, Nakajima won JWP's top title, the JWP Openweight Championship, for the first time. She eventually went on to become a record four-time JWP Openweight Champion, while also winning the JWP Tag Team and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championships twice, before quitting JWP in December 2016. The following month, Nakajima joined the Seadlinnng promotion.
Kenji Matsudaira (松平 賢二, Matsudaira Kenji; born 6 April 1989) is a Japanese table tennis player. Kenji is the second of…
Kenji Matsudaira (松平 賢二, Matsudaira Kenji; born 6 April 1989) is a Japanese table tennis player. Kenji is the second of four children. His siblings, including younger brother Kenta, are all professional table tennis players.
Tochinowaka Michihiro (born Dae Won Lee on April 6, 1988) is a former sumo wrestler from Hyogo, Japan. His father is a…
Tochinowaka Michihiro (born Dae Won Lee on April 6, 1988) is a former sumo wrestler from Hyogo, Japan. His father is a Zainichi Korean and his mother is a Korean immigrant. He made his professional debut in 2007 and steadily rose through the ranks. His highest rank was maegashira 1.
Shunsuke Oyama (大山 俊輔, Ōyama Shunsuke; born April 6, 1986) is a former Japanese football player.
Gōeidō Gōtarō (豪栄道 豪太郎; born April 6, 1986 as Gōtarō Sawai (澤井 豪太郎, Sawai Gōtarō)) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka…
Gōeidō Gōtarō (豪栄道 豪太郎; born April 6, 1986 as Gōtarō Sawai (澤井 豪太郎, Sawai Gōtarō)) is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2007. Long regarded as one of the most promising Japanese wrestlers in sumo, Gōeidō holds the modern record for the most consecutive appearances at sumo's third highest rank of sekiwake, at 14 tournaments. He was finally promoted to the rank of ōzeki following the July 2014 tournament, after scores of twelve wins against three losses in two of the previous three tournaments. However, he only managed to win ten or more bouts in a tournament as an ōzeki on six occasions, and was kadoban, or in danger of demotion, eight times. He won his only top division tournament in September 2016 with a perfect 15–0 record and was a runner-up seven times in his career. He retired in January 2020 after two consecutive losing records that would have seen him demoted, to become an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name of Takekuma.
Ryota Moriwaki (森脇 良太, Moriwaki Ryōta; born 6 April 1986) is a Japanese football player who plays for Ehime FC.
Ryuichi Kajimae (加治前 竜一, Kajimae Ryuichi; born April 6, 1985 in Nara, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball…
Ryuichi Kajimae (加治前 竜一, Kajimae Ryuichi; born April 6, 1985 in Nara, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. Since becoming a professional in 2008, he has played with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.
Takahiro Ao (粟生 隆寛, Aō Takahiro; born 6 April 1984) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to…
Takahiro Ao (粟生 隆寛, Aō Takahiro; born 6 April 1984) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title in 2009 and the WBC super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2012.
Mitsuru Nagata (永田 充, Nagata Mitsuru; born 6 April 1983) is a Japanese retired football player. He played for Japan…
Mitsuru Nagata (永田 充, Nagata Mitsuru; born 6 April 1983) is a Japanese retired football player. He played for Japan national team.
Hiromichi Katano (片野 寛理, Katano Hiromichi; born April 6, 1982) is a Japanese footballer and coach who is an assistant…
Hiromichi Katano (片野 寛理, Katano Hiromichi; born April 6, 1982) is a Japanese footballer and coach who is an assistant player-coach for Thai League 1 club Rayong.
Yusuke Omae (大前 祐介, Ōmae Yūsuke; born 6 April 1982 in Tokyo) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter who…
Yusuke Omae (大前 祐介, Ōmae Yūsuke; born 6 April 1982 in Tokyo) is a Japanese retired track and field sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. His personal best in the event is 20.29 seconds set in Matsumoto in 2001. This is the current Asian U20 record. He won multiple medals with the Japanese 4 × 100 metres relay team.
Hirotaka Usui (臼井 弘貴, Usui Hirotaka; born 6 April 1980) is a Japanese football manager. He was once in charge of…
Hirotaka Usui (臼井 弘貴, Usui Hirotaka; born 6 April 1980) is a Japanese football manager. He was once in charge of Singapore Premier League side Geylang International, and is currently employed as the Assistant Manager of J2 League side Blaublitz Akita.
Michiyo Fujimaru (born 6 April 1979) is a Japanese synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Michiyo Heike (平家みちよ, Heike Michiyo; born April 6, 1979) is a former Japanese pop singer-songwriter from Osaka…
Michiyo Heike (平家みちよ, Heike Michiyo; born April 6, 1979) is a former Japanese pop singer-songwriter from Osaka Prefecture and raised in Nabari, Mie. She first become known after her appearance on the Japanese talent show Asayan in the late 1990s, becoming the first member of the future "Hello! Project". Heike currently goes by the simply Michiyo.
Akiko Sekiwa (Japanese: 関和 章子; born April 6, 1978, in Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan as Akiko Katoh, Japanese: 加藤 章子) is a…
Akiko Sekiwa (Japanese: 関和 章子; born April 6, 1978, in Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan as Akiko Katoh, Japanese: 加藤 章子) is a Japanese curler and curling coach, a four-time Pacific-Asian champion (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998) and a four-time Japan women's champion (1997, 1998, 1999, 2001). She played for Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in fifth place. Also, she competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the Japanese team finished in eighth place.
Kan Takahama (Japanese: 高浜 寛, Hepburn: Takahama Kan; born April 6, 1977) is a Japanese manga artist born in Amakusa…
Kan Takahama (Japanese: 高浜 寛, Hepburn: Takahama Kan; born April 6, 1977) is a Japanese manga artist born in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture. Debuting in 2001, she became known for her short stories published in the alternative magazine Garo, later collected and republished in her award-winning Kinderbook. Her unique style often depicts the darker sides of everyday life through simplistic character designs and illustrations that blend manga and Franco-Belgian comics. She is internationally known for the manga Nyx no Lantern, winner of the 24th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award in 2020.
Hirotada Ototake (乙武 洋匡, Ototake Hirotada) (born April 6, 1976) is a Japanese writer from Tokyo, who has written in the…
Hirotada Ototake (乙武 洋匡, Ototake Hirotada) (born April 6, 1976) is a Japanese writer from Tokyo, who has written in the memoir, fiction and sports journalism genres.
Shunsuke Ito (伊藤 俊介, Itō Shunsuke; born April 6, 1976 in Okayama) is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He…
Shunsuke Ito (伊藤 俊介, Itō Shunsuke; born April 6, 1976 in Okayama) is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
Benkyo Tamaoki (玉置勉強, Tamaoki Benkyō) is a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Shinjuku. His books The Sex Philes…
Benkyo Tamaoki (玉置勉強, Tamaoki Benkyō) is a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Shinjuku. His books The Sex Philes, Blood the Last Vampire 2000, and Tokyo Akazukin have all been translated into English (although one of these is a fan translation).
Rinko Kawauchi HonFRPS (川内 倫子, Kawauchi Rinko, born 1972) is a Japanese photographer. Her work is characterized by a…
Rinko Kawauchi HonFRPS (川内 倫子, Kawauchi Rinko, born 1972) is a Japanese photographer. Her work is characterized by a serene, poetic style, depicting the ordinary moments in life.
Katsura Sunshine (桂 三輝, Katsura Sanshain; born Gregory Robic, 6 April 1970) is a Canadian rakugo comic storyteller…
Katsura Sunshine (桂 三輝, Katsura Sanshain; born Gregory Robic, 6 April 1970) is a Canadian rakugo comic storyteller, theatre producer, and playwright. Katsura Sunshine received his professional debut in Singapore on April 26, 2009, and completed his three-year rakugo apprenticeship in November 2011. Sunshine has also performed in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Slovenia, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, Gabon, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Australia, as well as throughout Japan. He currently resides in New York City. In July 2012, he opened his own rakugo theatre in his home in Ise, called the Ise Kawasaki Kikitei, where for two years he regularly performed rakugo stories.
Kazuhiro Sato (佐藤 和弘, Satō Kazuhiro; born 6 April 1967) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1992 Winter…
Kazuhiro Sato (佐藤 和弘, Satō Kazuhiro; born 6 April 1967) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Hiroshi Shibutani (渋谷 浩, Shibutani Hiroshi; born 1967) is a Japanese former international table tennis player. He won a…
Hiroshi Shibutani (渋谷 浩, Shibutani Hiroshi; born 1967) is a Japanese former international table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Kōji Matsushita and three years later won another bronze at the 2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships. His father was Goro Shibutani and they became the first father and son to win the All-Japan Singles title.
Kenichi Suzuki (鈴木 賢一, Suzuki Ken'ichi; born April 6, 1967) is a retired male long-distance runner from Japan, who won…
Kenichi Suzuki (鈴木 賢一, Suzuki Ken'ichi; born April 6, 1967) is a retired male long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1993 edition of Amsterdam Marathon, clocking 2:11:56 on September 26, 1993.
Koichi Kato (加藤 公一, Katō Kōichi; born 6 April 1964) is a Japanese politician from Tokyo and a member of the Democratic…
Koichi Kato (加藤 公一, Katō Kōichi; born 6 April 1964) is a Japanese politician from Tokyo and a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Chiyoda, Tokyo and graduate of Sophia University, he worked at Recruit from 1988 to 1996. Kato was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 and served until 2012.
Masao Murata (村田 正夫, Murata Masao; born 6 April 1964) is a retired Japanese judoka. Murata is from Ichinomiya, Aichi…
Masao Murata (村田 正夫, Murata Masao; born 6 April 1964) is a retired Japanese judoka. Murata is from Ichinomiya, Aichi and moved to Moriguchi, Osaka when he was in the second grade. He belonged to Nippon Steel after graduating from Tokai University. Murata was good at Uchimata, Seoi nage, Osotogari and Deashibarai In 1987, he won a bronze medal at the World Championships held in Essen, Germany. He was also expected to get a medal in the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992 but couldn't participate due to his own Chronic, Cervical disc herniation. Murata retired in 1994. Now, he has been coaching judo at Biwako Seikei Sport College since 2007.
Tomoyasu Asaoka (浅岡 朝泰, Asaoka Tomoyasu; 6 April 1962 – 6 October 2021) was a Japanese professional footballer who…
Tomoyasu Asaoka (浅岡 朝泰, Asaoka Tomoyasu; 6 April 1962 – 6 October 2021) was a Japanese professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Nippon Kokan, Yomiuri and the Japan national team.
Kōji Tanigawa (谷川 浩司, Tanigawa Kōji; born April 6, 1962) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is…
Kōji Tanigawa (谷川 浩司, Tanigawa Kōji; born April 6, 1962) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is the 17th Lifetime Meijin and also a former president of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA).
Koji Akiyama (秋山 幸二 Akiyama Kōji, born April 6, 1962) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He played for…
Koji Akiyama (秋山 幸二 Akiyama Kōji, born April 6, 1962) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He played for the Seibu Lions and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (currently the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Hirofumi Hayashi (林 博史, Hayashi Hirofumi; born April 6, 1955) is a historian, an authority on modern Japanese history…
Hirofumi Hayashi (林 博史, Hayashi Hirofumi; born April 6, 1955) is a historian, an authority on modern Japanese history, and is a professor of politics at the Kanto Gakuin University. He has been conducting research on the Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia, Japanese war crimes, and war crimes trials including the subject of comfort women.
Daiko Nagato (長戸 大幸, Nagato Daikō; born 6 April 1948) is a Japanese musical producer, musical arranger, writer and…
Daiko Nagato (長戸 大幸, Nagato Daikō; born 6 April 1948) is a Japanese musical producer, musical arranger, writer and composer. He's mostly known as the founder of music company B Zone (formerly known as Being Inc.), which provided million-seller hits during the 1990s and provided more than 80 theme songs for anime television series Detective Conan. He was the recording producer for artists such as Boøwy, Loudness, TUBE, B'z, ZARD, WANDS, Maki Ohguro, DEEN, T-BOLAN, Mai Kuraki, Garnet Crow, Rina Aiuchi and Sard Underground. His brother, Shuusuke Nagato (長戸秀介) is also musical producer, guitarist, writer and founder of the music company Rey's in.
Kimie Iwata (岩田喜美枝) (born April 6, 1947) is a Japanese businesswoman and former government official. After serving as…
Kimie Iwata (岩田喜美枝) (born April 6, 1947) is a Japanese businesswoman and former government official. After serving as Director-General of the Equal Employment Opportunity and Child Families Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, she has served as Executive Vice President of Shiseido and Chairman of the Japan Foundation for 21st Century Vocational Education.
Yukari Itō (Japanese: 伊東 ゆかり, born 6 April 1947) is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo…
Yukari Itō (Japanese: 伊東 ゆかり, born 6 April 1947) is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born in Shinagawa, Tokyo, and her father was from Okinawa. She was one of the Japanese pop singers who took the nation by storm during the 1960s and 1970s. In addition to appearing on music programs and performing in concerts as a singer, she also worked as an actress.
Tokushi Kasahara (笠原 十九司, Kasahara Tokushi; born 1944) is a Japanese historian. He is a professor emeritus at Tsuru…
Tokushi Kasahara (笠原 十九司, Kasahara Tokushi; born 1944) is a Japanese historian. He is a professor emeritus at Tsuru University and his area of expertise is modern Chinese history.