Fatoumanana Nishi (西 ファトゥマ七南, Nishi Fatōmanana) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for the Toyota Boshoku…Fatoumanana Nishi (西 ファトゥマ七南, Nishi Fatōmanana) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for the Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits. She is also a 3x3 player.
Ai Tomioka (冨岡 愛, Tomioka Ai; born 6 October 2002) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Debuting in 2022 with the single…Ai Tomioka (冨岡 愛, Tomioka Ai; born 6 October 2002) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Debuting in 2022 with the single "Anata wa Natsumelo", Tomioka experienced commercial success with her 2023 single "Good Bye-bye" and her 2024 single "Koi Suru Wakusei 'Anata' ", which served as a commercial tie-in for the Netflix series Chastity High.
Shoma Sato (佐藤 彰真, Satō Akimasa; born 6 October 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back…Shoma Sato (佐藤 彰真, Satō Akimasa; born 6 October 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Philippines Football League club One Taguig.
Kakeru Suminaga (住永 翔, Suminaga Kakeru; born 6 October 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder…Kakeru Suminaga (住永 翔, Suminaga Kakeru; born 6 October 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for ReinMeer Aomori
Takumi Hasegawa (長谷川 巧, Hasegawa Takumi; born October 6, 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a right back for…Takumi Hasegawa (長谷川 巧, Hasegawa Takumi; born October 6, 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a right back for J2 League club Blaublitz Akita.
Kiho Miyashita (宮下希保, Miyashita Kiho; born October 6, 1998) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for Aisin AW…Kiho Miyashita (宮下希保, Miyashita Kiho; born October 6, 1998) is a Japanese basketball player who plays for Aisin AW Wings of the Women's Japan Basketball League . She also plays for Japan women's national 3x3 team.
Misaki Morota (born 6 October 1998) is a Japanese pole vaulter. She is the national record holder and won the gold…Misaki Morota (born 6 October 1998) is a Japanese pole vaulter. She is the national record holder and won the gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games. She was also a silver medalist at the previous edition of the Asian Games and the 2026 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships.
Itsuki Murabayashi (村林 一輝, Murabayashi Itsuki; born October 6, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for…Itsuki Murabayashi (村林 一輝, Murabayashi Itsuki; born October 6, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Kazuki Takahashi (高橋 一輝, Takahashi Kazuki; born 6 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…Kazuki Takahashi (高橋 一輝, Takahashi Kazuki; born 6 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for K League 1 club, Bucheon FC.
Kaede Kondo (近藤 楓, Kondō Kaede; born October 6, 1991) is a Japanese basketball player. Kondo attended Ehime Prefecture…Kaede Kondo (近藤 楓, Kondō Kaede; born October 6, 1991) is a Japanese basketball player. Kondo attended Ehime Prefecture Niihama Commercial Hugh School, a school well known for the strength of its basketball team. In her third year of high school, Kondo represented Ehime Prefecture in the national high school basketball tournament. For university, Kondo attended Osaka University of Human Sciences. In 2016, following her Olympic appearance, Kondo was awarded Shikoku Chuo City citizen of the year.
Hiroaki Asano (浅野 博亮, Asano Hiroaki; born (1990-10-06)6 October 1990) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He…Hiroaki Asano (浅野 博亮, Asano Hiroaki; born (1990-10-06)6 October 1990) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He used to be a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he only played for JTEKT Stings since 2012. On 9 April 2021, the club announced that he would retire after the 69th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru; born 6 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru; born 6 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and currently plays for J1 League club, V-Varen Nagasaki. He was also a member of the Japan national team until 2019.
Maki Horikita (堀北 真希, Horikita Maki; born October 6, 1988) is a Japanese former actress. During her career from 2003…Maki Horikita (堀北 真希, Horikita Maki; born October 6, 1988) is a Japanese former actress. During her career from 2003 until 2017, she starred in numerous Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies, including roles in Nobuta wo Produce, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and Doctor Ume.
Ryota Imanari (今成 亮太, born October 6, 1987, in Fujimi, Saitama) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder in…Ryota Imanari (今成 亮太, born October 6, 1987, in Fujimi, Saitama) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2008, 2010, and 2011, and for the Hanshin Tigers from 2012 to 2016.
Yasuharu Nanri (南里 康晴, Nanri Yasuharu; born October 6, 1985 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese former figure skater. He is the…Yasuharu Nanri (南里 康晴, Nanri Yasuharu; born October 6, 1985 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese former figure skater. He is the 2007 and 2008 Japanese national bronze medalist. He competed at the 2008 World Championships, placing 19th with a personal best total score in international competition.
Nami Hayakawa (早川 浪, Hayakawa Nami; born October 6, 1984 in Jeonju, South Korea) is an athlete from Japan who competes…Nami Hayakawa (早川 浪, Hayakawa Nami; born October 6, 1984 in Jeonju, South Korea) is an athlete from Japan who competes in archery. She was the 2007 World Indoor Women's Recurve Champion in the competition held in Izmir, Turkey that year.
Ema Kuribayashi (栗林 江麻, Kuribayashi Ema; born 6 October 1983) is a Japanese ex-cricketer who played five Women's One…Ema Kuribayashi (栗林 江麻, Kuribayashi Ema; born 6 October 1983) is a Japanese ex-cricketer who played five Women's One Day Internationals in 2003. She was born in Tokyo in 1983. At the 2010 Asian Games, Kuribayashi led Japan to a bronze medal, beating China by 7 wickets in a low-scoring match. Her 24* was the highest score for Japan in the match. Kuribayashi's debut ODI match was against Pakistan on 21 July 2003.
Takayuki Omi (近江 孝行, Ōmi Takayuki; born October 6, 1982 in Ōtsu, Shiga) is a Japanese footballer who last played for…Takayuki Omi (近江 孝行, Ōmi Takayuki; born October 6, 1982 in Ōtsu, Shiga) is a Japanese footballer who last played for Air India FC.
Chiharu Icho (伊調 千春, Ichō Chiharu; born October 6, 1981 in Hachinohe, Aomori) is a Japanese wrestler who competed in…Chiharu Icho (伊調 千春, Ichō Chiharu; born October 6, 1981 in Hachinohe, Aomori) is a Japanese wrestler who competed in the 48 kg weight class at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal at both Games. Her younger sister Kaori is also a wrestler who competed in the 63 kg weight class at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in her event at each of the four Olympics. Chiharu has won the Asian Championship twice and the World Championships three times.
Emi Naito (内藤 恵美, Naitō Emi) (born October 6, 1979) is a Japanese softball player who won two medals for Japan in the…Emi Naito (内藤 恵美, Naitō Emi) (born October 6, 1979) is a Japanese softball player who won two medals for Japan in the Olympic Games. In 2000 she played in 2nd base, where she won the silver medal for the team. In 2004 she played as a shortstop, in which her team received a bronze medal.
Katsushige Kawashima (川嶋勝重, Kawashima Katsushige; born October 6, 1974, in Ichihara, Chiba) is a Japanese retired…Katsushige Kawashima (川嶋勝重, Kawashima Katsushige; born October 6, 1974, in Ichihara, Chiba) is a Japanese retired professional boxer who fought in the super flyweight division. He is a former WBC and lineal super flyweight champion.
Maiko Tōno (遠野 舞子, Tōno Maiko) is a Japanese actress. She starred as Rei, the Zero Woman, in the 2004 V-cinema version…Maiko Tōno (遠野 舞子, Tōno Maiko) is a Japanese actress. She starred as Rei, the Zero Woman, in the 2004 V-cinema version of that long running series of films and videos.
Atsuko Okamoto (岡元 あつこ, 岡元 厚子, Okamaoto Atsuko; born 6 October 1973, in Nagoya) is a Japanese actress and popular…Atsuko Okamoto (岡元 あつこ, 岡元 厚子, Okamaoto Atsuko; born 6 October 1973, in Nagoya) is a Japanese actress and popular celebrity. She is represented by Asai Kikaku.
Keiichi Sanada (真田 圭一, Sanada Keiichi; born October 6, 1972) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He…Keiichi Sanada (真田 圭一, Sanada Keiichi; born October 6, 1972) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He is a former director of the Japan Shogi Association.
Rika Himenogi (姫乃樹 リカ, Himenogi Rika), real name Rika Nishimura (西村理香, Nishimura Rika), is a Japanese singer born on…Rika Himenogi (姫乃樹 リカ, Himenogi Rika), real name Rika Nishimura (西村理香, Nishimura Rika), is a Japanese singer born on October 6, 1971, in Bungo-ōno, Ōita, Japan.
Yoshikazu Higashitani (東谷 義和, Higashitani Yoshikazu; born October 6, 1971), also known as GaaSyy (ガーシー, Gāshī), is a…Yoshikazu Higashitani (東谷 義和, Higashitani Yoshikazu; born October 6, 1971), also known as GaaSyy (ガーシー, Gāshī), is a Japanese politician, YouTuber, and businessman. He was elected into the House of Councillors in 2022 as part of the NHK Party, but was expelled on March 15, 2023 for not attending any sessions of Parliament. The following day, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department sought an arrest warrant for alleged defamation of celebrities in his YouTube videos. On June 4, 2023, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Higashitani immediately upon his arrival at Narita Airport on suspicion of habitually threatening celebrities and others.
Tatsuya Nagamine (長峯 達也, Nagamine Tatsuya; October 6, 1971 – August 20, 2025) was a Japanese anime director who worked…Tatsuya Nagamine (長峯 達也, Nagamine Tatsuya; October 6, 1971 – August 20, 2025) was a Japanese anime director who worked for Toei Animation.
Takashi Narita (成田 貴志, Narita Takashi) (born October 6, 1969) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a…Takashi Narita (成田 貴志, Narita Takashi) (born October 6, 1969) is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a setter for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He also competed in the 1998 World Championship in Japan, where he placed 16th.
Kohei Oguchi (小口耕平, Oguchi Kōhei) (born Saitama Prefecture, 6 October 1968) is a Japanese former rugby union player. He…Kohei Oguchi (小口耕平, Oguchi Kōhei) (born Saitama Prefecture, 6 October 1968) is a Japanese former rugby union player. He played as a prop.
Hiroyuki Sano (佐野 浩之, Sano Hiroyuki; born 6 October 1968) is a Japanese athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at…Hiroyuki Sano (佐野 浩之, Sano Hiroyuki; born 6 October 1968) is a Japanese athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Shinji Imaoka (今岡信治 or いまおかしんじ, いまおかしんぢ, Imaoka Shinji) a.k.a. 羅門ナカ is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and…Shinji Imaoka (今岡信治 or いまおかしんじ, いまおかしんぢ, Imaoka Shinji) a.k.a. 羅門ナカ is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of a group of pink film directors of the 2000s known collectively as the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" (ピンク七福神, shichifukujin), which besides Imaoka, also includes Toshiya Ueno, Mitsuru Meike, Yūji Tajiri, Yoshitaka Kamata, Toshirō Enomoto and Rei Sakamoto.
Katsuhito Kinoshi (喜熨斗 勝史, Kinoshi Katsuhito; born October 6, 1964) is a Japanese professional football manager. He was…Katsuhito Kinoshi (喜熨斗 勝史, Kinoshi Katsuhito; born October 6, 1964) is a Japanese professional football manager. He was most recently the head coach of Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers.
Miyuki Matsuda (松田美由紀, Matsuda Miyuki; born October 6, 1961) is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and…Miyuki Matsuda (松田美由紀, Matsuda Miyuki; born October 6, 1961) is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and the sister of Mami Kumagai. At the age of 17 she appeared in a television series, Tantei Monogatari, starring Yūsaku Matsuda, who was then married. They started a relationship and, after Masuda divorced his first wife, Michiko, they married in 1983. Their son Ryuhei Matsuda was born that year. They had two more children: a second son, Shota Matsuda, born in 1985, and a daughter, Yūki Matsuda, born in 1988. She appeared as Ryo Ishibashi's dead wife in the movie Audition (1999). In 2009 she was the executive producer for the documentary Soul Red: Yusaku Matsuda about her husband's life and death. In 2008, she published a book of photographs of the model Hitomi Katayama, Watakushi no suki na kodoku.
Shun Medoruma (目取真 俊, Medoruma Shun; born 10 October 1960) is a Japanese writer, who, along with Tatsuhiro Oshiro, Tami…Shun Medoruma (目取真 俊, Medoruma Shun; born 10 October 1960) is a Japanese writer, who, along with Tatsuhiro Oshiro, Tami Sakiyama, and Eiki Matayoshi, is one of the most important contemporary writers from Okinawa, Japan. Early in his career he won the 11th Ryukyu Shimpō Short Story Prize in 1983 for "Taiwan Woman: Record of a Fish Shoal" ("Gyogunki"), translated by Shi-Lin Loh in Islands of Protest: Japanese Literature from Okinawa, and the New Okinawan Literature Prize in 1986 for "Walking the Street Named Peace Boulevard" ("Heiwa doori to nazukerareta machi o aruite"). He was awarded the 27th Kyushu Arts Festival Literary Prize and the 117th Akutagawa Prize in 1997 for his short story "A Drop of Water" ("Suiteki"). (Also translated as "Droplets" by Michael Molasky, appearing in the collection of translated stories and poems from Japanese into English titled Southern Exposure: Modern Japanese literature from Okinawa.) In 2000, his short story "Mabuigumi" ("Spirit Stuffing," 1998) won the prestigious Kawabata Yasunari and Kiyama Shōhei literary prizes. Medoruma also wrote the screenplay for the film Fūon: The Crying Wind, which received the Montreal Film Festival Innovation Prize in 2004, and published a novel based on the screenplay the same year. His critically acclaimed novel In the Woods of Memory (眼の奥の森, Me no oku no mori; translated by Kasumi Sminkey) is the first full-length novel by an Okinawan writer to be translated and published in English.
Kei Nakazawa (中沢 けい, Nakazawa Kei; born 1959) is the professional name of Emiko Honda (本田 恵美子, Honda Emiko), a Japanese…Kei Nakazawa (中沢 けい, Nakazawa Kei; born 1959) is the professional name of Emiko Honda (本田 恵美子, Honda Emiko), a Japanese writer and professor. Nakazawa has won the Gunzo Prize for New Writers and the Noma Literary New Face Prize, and two of her novels have been adapted for film. Since 2005 she has been a professor of literature at Hosei University.
Masatoshi Shinomaki (篠巻 政利, born October 6, 1946) is a retired Japanese heavyweight judoka, who won the world title in…Masatoshi Shinomaki (篠巻 政利, born October 6, 1946) is a retired Japanese heavyweight judoka, who won the world title in the open category in 1969 and 1971, placing third in 1967. He also competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Yukiko Kobayashi (小林夕岐子, Kobayashi Yukiko; born 6 October 1946) is a former Japanese actress. She has appeared in more…Yukiko Kobayashi (小林夕岐子, Kobayashi Yukiko; born 6 October 1946) is a former Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than ten films since 1965.
Helen Nishikawa (Japanese: 西川 ヘレン, Hepburn: Nishikawa Heren) [born Helen Sugimoto (杉本 ヘレン, Sugimoto Heren); 6 October…Helen Nishikawa (Japanese: 西川 ヘレン, Hepburn: Nishikawa Heren) [born Helen Sugimoto (杉本 ヘレン, Sugimoto Heren); 6 October 1946] is a female Japanese TV presenter and actress. Although one of her parents was American, Nishikawa does not speak native-level English. She is well known as the wife of the comedian and former politician Kiyoshi Nishikawa and has written two books.
Junji Higashi (東 順治, Higashi Junji; 6 October 1946 – 17 October 2023) was a Japanese politician of the New Komeito…Junji Higashi (東 順治, Higashi Junji; 6 October 1946 – 17 October 2023) was a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka and graduate of the University of Kitakyushu he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. He represented the 2nd District of Fukuoka prefecture. Junji Higashi died of pneumonia on 17 October 2023, at the age of 77.
Oh Seung-Lip (Korean: 오승립; born 6 October 1946) is a Korean former judoka who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He…Oh Seung-Lip (Korean: 오승립; born 6 October 1946) is a Korean former judoka who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 1969 World Judo Championships.