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Ilusion (イルシオン, Irushion) is a Japanese masked professional wrestler. He is signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a…
Ilusion (イルシオン, Irushion) is a Japanese masked professional wrestler. He is signed to DDT Pro-Wrestling, where he is a former six-time Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion.
Motoki Hasegawa (長谷川 元希, Hasegawa Motoki; born 10 December 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…
Motoki Hasegawa (長谷川 元希, Hasegawa Motoki; born 10 December 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club V-Varen Nagasaki.
Mami Yokota (横田 真未, Yokota Mami; born 10 December 1997) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the…
Mami Yokota (横田 真未, Yokota Mami; born 10 December 1997) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the SV.League for PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku.
Ayano Sato (佐藤 綾乃, Satō Ayano; born 10 December 1996) is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in the women's 3000…
Ayano Sato (佐藤 綾乃, Satō Ayano; born 10 December 1996) is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in the women's 3000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Sato was part of the Japanese team that won the 2018 Olympics women team pursuit gold medal.
Takumi Kusumoto (楠本 卓海, Kusumoto Takumi; born December 10, 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Takumi Kusumoto (楠本 卓海, Kusumoto Takumi; born December 10, 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Fujieda MYFC.
Kousei Yuki (結木 滉星, Yūki Kōsei; born 10 December 1994) is a Japanese actor. He is represented by Stardust Promotion…
Kousei Yuki (結木 滉星, Yūki Kōsei; born 10 December 1994) is a Japanese actor. He is represented by Stardust Promotion (Section 2).
Ryōma Nishikawa (西川 龍馬, Nishikawa Ryōma; born December 10, 1994) is a Japanese baseball outfielder for the Orix…
Ryōma Nishikawa (西川 龍馬, Nishikawa Ryōma; born December 10, 1994) is a Japanese baseball outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Jin Ueda (上田 仁, Ueda Jin; born 10 December 1991) is a Japanese table tennis player.
Satoru Uyama (宇山 賢, Uyama Satoru, born 10 December 1991) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian…
Satoru Uyama (宇山 賢, Uyama Satoru, born 10 December 1991) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Kazuyasu Minobe, Uyama was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team men's épée event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing.
Shoya Tomizawa (富沢 祥也, Tomizawa Shōya) (10 December 1990 – 5 September 2010) was a Japanese motorcycle racer. After a…
Shoya Tomizawa (富沢 祥也, Tomizawa Shōya) (10 December 1990 – 5 September 2010) was a Japanese motorcycle racer. After a successful career in the All Japan Road Race Championship, he switched to MotoGP and competed in the 250cc class during 2009. In the 2010 season, he rode in the newly created Moto2 class. Tomizawa won the first race of the new class, at Losail in Qatar, winning by nearly five seconds from Alex Debón and Jules Cluzel. Tomizawa died after sustaining cranial, thoracic and abdominal trauma at the San Marino Grand Prix.
Genki Omae (大前 元紀, Ōmae Genki; born 10 December 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for…
Genki Omae (大前 元紀, Ōmae Genki; born 10 December 1989) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains Nankatsu SC. He has made several appearances for Japan’s under 19 national team.
Kyohei Maeyama (前山 恭平, Maeyama Kyōhei; born December 10, 1987 in Imari, Saga) is a Japanese former football player who…
Kyohei Maeyama (前山 恭平, Maeyama Kyōhei; born December 10, 1987 in Imari, Saga) is a Japanese former football player who played for Blaublitz Akita.
Tetsuya Iwashita (大和 哲也, Iwashita Tetsuya; born December 10, 1987), better known by his ring name Tetsuya Yamato, is a…
Tetsuya Iwashita (大和 哲也, Iwashita Tetsuya; born December 10, 1987), better known by his ring name Tetsuya Yamato, is a Japanese Muay thai fighter and kickboxer. He is the former K-1 Super Lightweight champion, the former WBC Muaythai and Lion Fight super lightweight champion, the former NJKF lightweight champion, as well as the K-1 WORLD MAX 2010 Lightweight Japan Tournament winner. As of January 2023, he is ranked as the fourth best featherweight (-66 kg) kickboxer in the world by Combat Press and the eighth best super featherweight (-67.5 kg) by Beyond Kick. Combat Press has ranked him as a top ten featherweight since April 2022 and previously ranked him in the featherweight top ten between July and October 2015.
Wataru Kamimura (上村 亘, Kamimura Wataru; born December 10, 1986) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 5-dan.
Keiki Shimizu (清水 慶記, Shimizu Keiki; born December 10, 1985) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as…
Keiki Shimizu (清水 慶記, Shimizu Keiki; born December 10, 1985) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Emi Nitta (新田 恵海, Nitta Emi; born December 10, 1985) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture. She…
Emi Nitta (新田 恵海, Nitta Emi; born December 10, 1985) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture. She became a voice actress after passing an audition organized by talent agency S-inc. She officially transferred to Difference on 1 September 2017. Some of her major roles are Honoka Kōsaka in Love Live! and Tokoha Anjō in Cardfight!! Vanguard G. She made her anime voice acting debut as Ricca Morizono in Da Capo III. She made an appearance at the Bangkok Comic Con in July 2014.
Emika Yoshida (吉田 恵美可, Yoshida Emika; born 10 December 1985) is a Japanese athletics competitor competing in the…
Emika Yoshida (吉田 恵美可, Yoshida Emika; born 10 December 1985) is a Japanese athletics competitor competing in the javelin throw. In 2007, she competed in the women's javelin throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics held in Osaka, Japan. She did not qualify to compete in the final. In 2004, she finished in 9th place in the women's javelin throw at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Grosseto, Italy. She won the bronze medal in the women's javelin throw event at the 2009 East Asian Games held in Hong Kong.
Shinichi Takeuchi (武内 晋一, Takeuchi Shin'ichi; born December 10, 1983 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a former…
Shinichi Takeuchi (武内 晋一, Takeuchi Shin'ichi; born December 10, 1983 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played infield and outfield for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Kanae Ikehata (池端 花奈恵, Kanae Ikehata) is a Japanese female Foil fencer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the…
Kanae Ikehata (池端 花奈恵, Kanae Ikehata) is a Japanese female Foil fencer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the individual event and the team event. In the individual event she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Nam Hyun-Hee. In the team event the Japanese team was eliminated in the second round by Russia.
Hanae Kubo (久保 英恵, Kubo Hanae; born 10 December 1982) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese…
Hanae Kubo (久保 英恵, Kubo Hanae; born 10 December 1982) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing with the Seibu Princess Rabbits of the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. Kubo made her international debut with the Japanese national ice hockey team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1999 Asian Winter Games. With more than two decades on the national team, she is the longest tenured player in team history and has represented Japan at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics, at thirteen IIHF Women's World Championships, and at four Asian Winter Games. She participated in the World Championship Top Division tournaments in 2000, 2004, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2021; the Division I Group A tournaments in 2012, 2013, and 2017; the Division I tournaments in 2001, 2003, and 2005; and the Pool B tournament in 1999.
Katsuya Kobayashi (小林且弥, Kobayashi Katsuya; born 10 December 1981) is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki. Even though he…
Katsuya Kobayashi (小林且弥, Kobayashi Katsuya; born 10 December 1981) is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the final episode of the series as two people affected by the necklaces that transform people into Natives.
Takahito Soma (相馬 崇人, Sōma Takahito; born December 10, 1981) is a former Japanese football player.
Daisuke Hoshi (星 大輔, Hoshi Daisuke; born December 10, 1980) is a former Japanese football player.
Kazuya Yuasa (湯浅 和也, Yuasa Kazuya) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known for his ring names Gaina (stylized…
Kazuya Yuasa (湯浅 和也, Yuasa Kazuya) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known for his ring names Gaina (stylized in all capital letters) and Shisao (シーサー王, Shīsāō). He has worked in Michinoku Pro Wrestling, Osaka Pro Wrestling and Okinawa Pro Wrestling, having titles in all the three promotions.
Yūsuke Tōyama (遠山 雄亮, Tōyama Yūsuke; born December 10, 1979) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
Kazunobu Mineta (峯田和伸, Mineta Kazunobu; born 10 December 1977) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He is the…
Kazunobu Mineta (峯田和伸, Mineta Kazunobu; born 10 December 1977) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He is the frontman of the punk rock band Ging Nang Boyz (銀杏BOYZ), formed in 2003 after the breakup of his previous band GOING STEADY.
Tetsuhiro Kina (喜名 哲裕, Kina Tetsuhiro; born 10 December 1976) is a Japanese professional manager and former player. He…
Tetsuhiro Kina (喜名 哲裕, Kina Tetsuhiro; born 10 December 1976) is a Japanese professional manager and former player. He is currently the assistant manager of J3 League club Kagoshima United.
Tomohiro Ishii (石井 智宏, Ishii Tomohiro; born December 10, 1975) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New…
Tomohiro Ishii (石井 智宏, Ishii Tomohiro; born December 10, 1975) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a founding member of the now-defunct Chaos stable. He also makes additional appearances for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Conglomeration. He is also known for his work with the independent Fighting World of Japan Pro Wrestling (Riki Pro) promotion, where he worked backstage as the chairman. Though pushed for most of his career as an undercarder without any major championship wins, Ishii gathered a cult following, and in February 2013 was called "probably [one of the] most underrated guys in the business" by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Ishii's status in NJPW finally began rising in early 2013, culminating in him winning his first title in the promotion, the NEVER Openweight Championship, in February 2014, a title he would later win a record six times. He went on to capture the IWGP Tag Team Championship on two occasions, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship three times, and the Strong Openweight Championship once. Through NJPW's working relationship with the American Ring of Honor (ROH) and the British Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW) promotions, he has also won the ROH World Television Championship once and is a two-time Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion.
Fumiaki Kobayashi (小林 史明, Kobayashi Fumiaki; born 10 December 1974) is a pole vaulter from Japan. His personal best…
Fumiaki Kobayashi (小林 史明, Kobayashi Fumiaki; born 10 December 1974) is a pole vaulter from Japan. His personal best jump is 5.71 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Ichihara.
Shinichi Isa (伊佐 進一, Isa Shinichi; born 10 December 1974) is a Japanese politician of the Centrist Reform Alliance, who…
Shinichi Isa (伊佐 進一, Isa Shinichi; born 10 December 1974) is a Japanese politician of the Centrist Reform Alliance, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives.
Tadahiro Nomura (野村 忠宏, Nomura Tadahiro; born 10 December 1974) is a retired Japanese judoka. He is the only judoka in…
Tadahiro Nomura (野村 忠宏, Nomura Tadahiro; born 10 December 1974) is a retired Japanese judoka. He is the only judoka in the world who has won three individual Olympic gold medals in a row, all in the extra lightweight (–60 kg) division.
Hololive Production, also known as just Hololive (both names stylized in lowercase), is a virtual YouTuber agency owned…
Hololive Production, also known as just Hololive (both names stylized in lowercase), is a virtual YouTuber agency owned by Japanese tech entertainment company Cover Corporation. In addition to acting as a multi-channel network, Hololive Production also handles licensing, merchandising, music production and concert organization. As of June 2026, channels operated by Hololive Production had a combined 95.2 million subscribers on YouTube. The agency includes Japanese, Indonesian and English-speaking talents, including several of the most subscribed VTubers on YouTube and some of the most watched female streamers in the world. The name "Hololive" was initially used for Cover's 3D stream distribution app, launched in December 2017, and later its female VTuber agency, whose first generation debuted from May to June 2018. In December 2019, Hololive was merged with Cover's male Holostars agency and INoNaKa music label under the unified "Hololive Production" brand.
Rear Admiral Ryoko Azuma (東 良子 Azuma Ryōko) (born December 10, 1973) is the first woman to become the chief of a…
Rear Admiral Ryoko Azuma (東 良子 Azuma Ryōko) (born December 10, 1973) is the first woman to become the chief of a warship unit in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was also a member of the first female class at the National Defense Academy of Japan.
Hiromi Sato (佐藤 ひろ美, Satō Hiromi; born December 10, 1970) is a Japanese former singer and songwriter from Iwate…
Hiromi Sato (佐藤 ひろ美, Satō Hiromi; born December 10, 1970) is a Japanese former singer and songwriter from Iwate Prefecture. She has performed for songs for games and anime, such as Mizuiro, Please Twins!, Green Green, and the Galaxy Angel games. She has also written songs for other artists. Prior to December 10, 2005, her name was written as 佐藤裕美. She is affiliated with ARIA Entertainment and their composing group Elements Garden. She runs the company S Inc.
Kiyomi Niwata (Japanese: 庭田清美, born 10 December 1970 in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture) is a professional triathlete from…
Kiyomi Niwata (Japanese: 庭田清美, born 10 December 1970 in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture) is a professional triathlete from Japan, triple Olympian (Sydney, Athens, Beijing), multiple-time National Champion (2004, 2005, 2006), and an Asian Aquathlon Champion and Oceanian Triathlon Champion of the year 2009. Kiyomi Niwata and Anja Dittmer are the only triathletes who took part in all three Olympic triathlons. In Sydney and in Athens, Niwata placed 14th, in Beijing, 9th. She is coached by Col Stewart.
YUKA, formally Yuka Muraishi (村石有香, Muraishi Yuka) and formerly Yuka Sato (佐藤有香 Satō Yuka), is a Japanese singer, born…
YUKA, formally Yuka Muraishi (村石有香, Muraishi Yuka) and formerly Yuka Sato (佐藤有香 Satō Yuka), is a Japanese singer, born on December 10, 1970. She is best known for her work in Japanese animation, including the ending themes of several Dragon Ball Z theatrical films (with Hironobu Kageyama), as well as singing "Mirai no Kioku", the opening theme of the series Kiddy Grade. In June 2000, she married drummer Muraishi Masayuki (村石 雅行), and in 2003, gave birth to a son. Previously, she had also assumed the stage name Asakura Miyū (麻倉未有) in addition to her other names. More recently, her songs "Destiny of the Desert" and "Shinkirō" (Mirage) also appeared in the anime Desert Punk as the opening and closing songs respectively.
Shunji Enomoto (榎本俊二, Enomoto Shunji; born 1968 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. Two of his lengthy…
Shunji Enomoto (榎本俊二, Enomoto Shunji; born 1968 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. Two of his lengthy manga serials, Golden Lucky and Enomoto: New Elements that Shake the World, ran in the magazine Weekly Morning from 1989 to 1996, and 1997 to 2003, respectively. His other published works include the graphic novel Hangyaku no Noroshi (Curse of the Traitor), Eiga de Nigirippi (Holding in Farts at the Movies) (which ran in the now-defunct Young Magazine Uppers), Enotic, The Family Zoo (with writer Chuya Chikazawa), Kajiba no Baka IQ, and The Kinks. His manga are known for their unusual visual rhythms and formal devices and for their obsessive and extreme scatological humor. Enomoto has a cult following in the United States among fans of alternative comics and manga. His works have been enthusiastically reviewed in The Comics Journal, which also published a short untitled comic by him in its Winter 2004 Special Edition. An English language scanlation has been made of The Family Zoo. Works by Enomoto have also been published in Spanish and Italian translations. Enomoto is a graduate of Yokohama's Japan Film School. Enomoto's The Kinks won the 29th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2025 in the Best Short Work category.
Izumi Maki (真木 和, Maki Izumi; née Yamaoka (山岡); December 10, 1968 – October 18, 2018 in Namikata, Ehime) was a Japanese…
Izumi Maki (真木 和, Maki Izumi; née Yamaoka (山岡); December 10, 1968 – October 18, 2018 in Namikata, Ehime) was a Japanese long-distance runner who competed in the marathon. She represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1992 (12th place in the 10,000 metres) and 1996 (12th place in the women's marathon). She competed for the Wacoal corporate team during her career. In addition to her Olympic appearances, Maki competed three times at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (1991 to 1993) with her best performance being 22nd in the 1991 women's race. She was also a two-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics in the 10,000 m, coming 20th in 1991 and 17th in 1993. She won the Japanese Championship in the 10,000 m once in her career, in 1992. Maki had back-to-back wins at the Shibetsu Half Marathon in 1993 and 1994, and also won the Gold Coast Half Marathon in the latter year. She was the initial winner of the 1995 Sapporo Half Marathon in a time of 70:10 minutes but was disqualified for a doping violation and banned for three months. Later in her career she focused on marathon running. She won the 1996 Nagoya International Women's Marathon and the Pilot Marathon in 1998. She retired from the sport in the late 1990s. She is now a training advisor to the Fujita Running Academy. Maki holds the Asian record for the infrequently contested 20,000 m track race, a mark which was formerly the world record for the event. She died of breast cancer on October 18, 2018. She was 49.
Narimi Arimori (有森 也実 Arimori Narimi, born 10 December 1967 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Saori Oguri (小栗 左多里, Oguri Saori; born December 10, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.…
Saori Oguri (小栗 左多里, Oguri Saori; born December 10, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate of Tama Art University, where she studied graphic design. Her first work was Sora ni makka na mono relu in the shōjo comic magazine, Chorus (published in 1995 by Shueisha). Oguri is known for the comic essay series Dārin wa Gaikokujin (literally "My Darling is a Foreigner"), known in English as Is He Turning Japanese?, which portrays her life with her husband, Tony László, with whom she also co-authored Dārin no atamannaka (Inside darling's mind), a comic essay about English and linguistics. The comics were turned into the comedy film My Darling is a Foreigner, released in April 2010.
Koichi Sato (佐藤 浩市, Satō Kōichi; born December 10, 1960) is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor Rentarō Mikuni. He…
Koichi Sato (佐藤 浩市, Satō Kōichi; born December 10, 1960) is a Japanese actor. He is the son of actor Rentarō Mikuni. He is known for his acting skills and has won three individual Blue Ribbon Awards in the categories of Best Newcomer (1982), Best Actor (2003), and Best Supporting Actor (2024). He is the first actor to win three individual awards since his father, Rentarō Mikuni.
Kiyoto Inoue (井上 清登, Inoue Kiyoto; born December 10, 1957) is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late…
Kiyoto Inoue (井上 清登, Inoue Kiyoto; born December 10, 1957) is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the mid to late 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of sixth in the C-1 500 m event at Los Angeles in 1984.
Tomihisa Taue (田上 富久, Taue Tomihisa; born December 10, 1956) is a Japanese politician and who served as the mayor of…
Tomihisa Taue (田上 富久, Taue Tomihisa; born December 10, 1956) is a Japanese politician and who served as the mayor of Nagasaki, the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan from 2007 to 2023.
Osao Chosei Funahara (born December 10, 1953) is a musician and film director and producer. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture of…
Osao Chosei Funahara (born December 10, 1953) is a musician and film director and producer. Born in Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both the United States and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (Cinema Studies), he performed as bassist and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics.
Yoshiko Akiyama (秋山 芳子, Akiyama Yoshiko; born 10 December 1949) is a Japanese archer who represented Japan at the 1972…
Yoshiko Akiyama (秋山 芳子, Akiyama Yoshiko; born 10 December 1949) is a Japanese archer who represented Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in archery.
Aritatsu Ogi (小城 得達, Ogi Aritatsu; born December 10, 1942) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan…
Aritatsu Ogi (小城 得達, Ogi Aritatsu; born December 10, 1942) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Hisashi "Kyu" Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 九, Hepburn: Sakamoto Hisashi or Sakamoto Kyū; 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985)…
Hisashi "Kyu" Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 九, Hepburn: Sakamoto Hisashi or Sakamoto Kyū; 10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985), legally registered as Hisashi Ōshima (大島 九, Ōshima Hisashi) since 1956, was a Japanese singer and actor. He was best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as "Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached number one in the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June 1963, making Sakamoto the first Asian recording artist to have a number one song on the chart. He was also the first Japanese artist to have a number one single on the Australian singles chart. Sakamoto died on 12 August 1985 in the crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123.
Tōyama Atsuko (遠山 敦子; born 10 December 1938) is a Japanese former bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education, Culture…
Tōyama Atsuko (遠山 敦子; born 10 December 1938) is a Japanese former bureaucrat in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology. She is a trustee of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the head of the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Center in Shizuoka.
Shūji Terayama (寺山 修司, Terayama Shūji; December 10, 1935 – May 4, 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, artist…
Shūji Terayama (寺山 修司, Terayama Shūji; December 10, 1935 – May 4, 1983) was a Japanese avant-garde poet, artist, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. Many critics view him as one of the most productive and provocative creative artists to come out of Japan. He has been cited as an influence on various Japanese filmmakers from the 1970s onward.
Makoto Shinohara (篠原 眞, Shinohara Makoto; December 10, 1931 – March 3, 2024) was a Japanese composer.