Chiyozakura Teruo (千代櫻 輝夫; born 14 April 1950 as Teruo Saito) is a former sumo wrestler from Imakane, Hokkaidō, Japan.…
Chiyozakura Teruo (千代櫻 輝夫; born 14 April 1950 as Teruo Saito) is a former sumo wrestler from Imakane, Hokkaidō, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1966 and reached the top division in September 1976. His highest rank was maegashira 5. Upon retirement from active competition, he became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association under the name Fujigane. He left the Sumo Association in March 1979. The wrestler name (shikona) "Chiyozakura" was later used by the jūryō division wrestler Chiyozakura Ukyo from 2010 until 2012.
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Tetsuhisa Matsuzaki (松崎 哲久, Matsuzaki Tetsuhisa; born 14 April 1950 in Tokyo) is a former Japanese politician of the…
Tetsuhisa Matsuzaki (松崎 哲久, Matsuzaki Tetsuhisa; born 14 April 1950 in Tokyo) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature), representing the Saitama No. 10 District. Matsuzaki studied law at the University of Tokyo and received an MA from Harvard University in the USA. He was elected for the first time in 2003.
Osamu Naito (14 April 1949 – 22 October 2016 ) was a Japanese speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1972…
Osamu Naito (14 April 1949 – 22 October 2016 ) was a Japanese speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Sukehiro Tomita (Japanese: 富田 祐弘, Hepburn: Tomita Sukehiro; born April 14, 1948) is a Japanese anime screenwriter. He…
Sukehiro Tomita (Japanese: 富田 祐弘, Hepburn: Tomita Sukehiro; born April 14, 1948) is a Japanese anime screenwriter. He is known for his work on Sailor Moon, Wedding Peach, Phantom Thief Jeanne, Digimon Frontier, Gall Force and Macross II. At the 2024 Tokyo Anime Award Festival, Tomita won the Lifetime Achievement Award in the scriptwriter category.
Yoshimasa Torii (鳥居 義正, Torii Yoshimasa; born 14 April 1942) is a Japanese athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault…
Yoshimasa Torii (鳥居 義正, Torii Yoshimasa; born 14 April 1942) is a Japanese athlete. He competed in the men's pole vault at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Kazuko Yokoo (横尾 和子, Yokoo Kazuko; born April 14, 1941) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. She was the…
Kazuko Yokoo (横尾 和子, Yokoo Kazuko; born April 14, 1941) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. She was the second woman in history to serve in that role.
Yushu Kitano (北野 祐秀, Kitano Yūshū; 14 April 1930 – 27 February 2016) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In his weight…
Yushu Kitano (北野 祐秀, Kitano Yūshū; 14 April 1930 – 27 February 2016) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In his weight category of under 52 kg, he won silver medals at the 1952 Olympics, 1954 World Championships and 1954 Asian Games. In retirement he worked as a wrestling coach and in this capacity attended the 1960 Olympics. In 2016, he died of a heart attack, aged 85.
Masao Yoshida (吉田 正男, Yoshida Masao; April 14, 1914 – May 23, 1996) was a Japanese amateur pitcher originally from…
Masao Yoshida (吉田 正男, Yoshida Masao; April 14, 1914 – May 23, 1996) was a Japanese amateur pitcher originally from Ichinomiya, Aichi. He had 23 wins at Spring and Summer Koshien. In the National High School Baseball Championship between 1931 and 1933, he won 14 consecutive games at Koshien Stadium and he became the only pitcher to win three consecutive championships.
Hajime Yasuda (安田一, Yasuda Hajime; 14 April 1907 – 26 March 1991) was a Japanese businessman. He was head of the Yasuda…
Hajime Yasuda (安田一, Yasuda Hajime; 14 April 1907 – 26 March 1991) was a Japanese businessman. He was head of the Yasuda zaibatsu at the end of World War II. He is best known for the "Yasuda plan" which proposed dissolving the zaibatsu in Japan.
Tomotaka Tasaka (田坂 具隆, Tasaka Tomotaka; 14 April 1902 – 17 October 1974) was a Japanese film director.
Toshiro Sasaki (佐左木 俊郎, Sasaki Toshirō) (April 14, 1900 – March 13, 1933) was a Japanese author in the early 20th…
Toshiro Sasaki (佐左木 俊郎, Sasaki Toshirō) (April 14, 1900 – March 13, 1933) was a Japanese author in the early 20th century. Most of his works have been published through the Aozora Bunko project. He was born in Miyagi Prefecture.
Hisao Kuroda (黒田 寿男, Kuroda Hisao; 14 April 1899 – 21 October 1986) was a Japanese peasant movement activist…
Hisao Kuroda (黒田 寿男, Kuroda Hisao; 14 April 1899 – 21 October 1986) was a Japanese peasant movement activist, politician, and lawyer. He was the first chairman of the Labourers and Farmers Party (founded in 1948) and a former member of the House of Representatives.
Eikichi Minato (湊栄吉, Minato Eikichi) was a Japanese politician. He served three terms as Mayor of Toyama City in Japan…
Eikichi Minato (湊栄吉, Minato Eikichi) was a Japanese politician. He served three terms as Mayor of Toyama City in Japan from 1959 to 1971.
Michio Itō (伊藤 道郎, Itō Michio; 13 April 1892 – 6 November 1961) was a Japanese dancer who developed his own…
Michio Itō (伊藤 道郎, Itō Michio; 13 April 1892 – 6 November 1961) was a Japanese dancer who developed his own choreography style in Europe and America. He was the son of Kimiye Iijima and architect Tamekichi Ito who was educated at the University of Washington; he was one of nine children, and the brother of director Koreya Senda.
Takakura Teru (Japanese: 高倉 輝, Hepburn: Takakura Teru; born Takakura Terutaka, Japanese: 高倉 輝豊; 14 April 1891 – 2 April…
Takakura Teru (Japanese: 高倉 輝, Hepburn: Takakura Teru; born Takakura Terutaka, Japanese: 高倉 輝豊; 14 April 1891 – 2 April 1986) was a Japanese novelist, playwright, politician and central committee member of the Japanese Communist Party from 1950 to 1951. Takakura graduated from Kyoto Imperial University and was a left-wing thinker of the Kyoto School. He was arrested several times under the Public Security Preservation Laws prior to the Allied occupation of Japan. In 1945 he fled parole to attend a funeral and was arrested along with Miki Kiyoshi, who he had gone to for clothes and money. This would inevitably lead to Miki's death in prison. Takakura however, following his release at the hands of the Allied Occupation, went on to become a politician for the Japanese Communist Party in 1946.
Tasuku Okada (岡田 資, Okada Tasuku; April 14, 1890 – September 17, 1949) was a Japanese officer during World War II.…
Tasuku Okada (岡田 資, Okada Tasuku; April 14, 1890 – September 17, 1949) was a Japanese officer during World War II. After the war he was put on trial during the Yokohama War Crimes Trials for ordering executions of captured American aircrew in 1945. Okada was found guilty, sentenced to death, and hanged in 1949. Okada took responsibility for ordering the execution of 38 captured U.S. POWs, after he considered them to be war criminals for the firebombings of Japan.
Shinji Sogō (十河 信二, Sogō Shinji; 14 April 1884 – 3 October 1981) was the fourth president of the Japanese National…
Shinji Sogō (十河 信二, Sogō Shinji; 14 April 1884 – 3 October 1981) was the fourth president of the Japanese National Railways (JNR), and is credited with the creation of the first "bullet train", the Tōkaidō Shinkansen. Born in Niihama, Ehime, Shikoku, in 1884, Shinji Sogo graduated from the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University in 1909, and joined the Railway Agency. While working for the Teito Reconstruction Agency after the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923, he was strongly influenced by Shinpei Gotō, the Agency president. After leaving the government railways in 1926, he became a director of the South Manchuria Railway. While at the South Manchuria Railway, he became closely connected with Kwantung Army officer Ishiwara Kanji, the key force behind the Manchurian Incident. Sogō acted as part of Ishiwara's "brain-trust" when Ishiwara was at the height of his power in 1936–1937. Sogō was part of Ishiwara's efforts to deny General Kazushige Ugaki the position of Prime Minister in January 1937, and install General Senjūrō Hayashi as Prime Minister. He helped Hayashi form his cabinet. Later that year his patron Ishiwara was forced out of power, and Sogō also lost his influence. After World War II, he served as Chairman of the Railway Welfare Association until he was appointed JNR president in 1955.
Viscount Kodama Gentarō (兒玉 源太郎; 16 March 1852 – 23 July 1906) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and…
Viscount Kodama Gentarō (兒玉 源太郎; 16 March 1852 – 23 July 1906) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a government minister during the Meiji period. He was instrumental in establishing the modern Imperial Japanese military.
Baron Arichi Shinanojō (有地 品之允; 15 March 1843 – 17 January 1919) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy…
Baron Arichi Shinanojō (有地 品之允; 15 March 1843 – 17 January 1919) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff in the late 19th century.
Kusumoto Masataka (楠本 正隆) (14 April 1838 – 7 February 1902) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official. He was a…
Kusumoto Masataka (楠本 正隆) (14 April 1838 – 7 February 1902) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan and its third speaker. Previously, he was governor of Niigata Prefecture (1872–1875) and Governor of Tokyo (1875–1879). He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, and in 1896, he was granted the title of baron (男爵, danshaku) under Meiji Japan's European-derived kazoku peerage system.