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Famous People Born on August 16

August 16: 58 people

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Shūta Kikuchi (菊地 脩太, Kikuchi Shūta; born 16 August 2003) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre back for…

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Kaili Shimbo (新保 海鈴, Shimbo Kaili; born 16 August 2002) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a winger for…

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Hiroto Yamami (山見 大登, Yamami Hiroto; born 16 August 1999) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for…

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Shōta Hiranuma

平沼翔太
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Shōta Hiranuma (平沼 翔太, Hiranuma Shōta; born August 16, 1997) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays…

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The Rampage from Exile Tribe (Japanese: ザ・ランページ・フロム・エグザイル・トライブ, stylized as THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE and also known…

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Hiroki Mawatari (馬渡 洋樹, Mawatari Hiroki; born August 16, 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for…

Airi Hatakeyama (畠山 愛理, Hatakeyama Airi; born (1994-08-16)16 August 1994) is a former group rhythmic gymnast and…

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Riho Takada (高田 里穂, Takada Riho; born August 16, 1994 in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actress and…

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Yūta Kuroki

黒木優太
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Yūta Kuroki (黒木 優太, Kuroki Yūta; born August 16, 1994 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball…

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Momona Kitō (Japanese: 鬼頭 桃菜, Hepburn: Kitō Momona; born August 16, 1993), known professionally as Yua Mikami…

Kento Hashimoto (橋本 拳人, Hashimoto Kento; born August 16, 1993) is a Japanese football player who plays as a defensive…

Naoki Sanda (三田 尚希, Sanda Naoki; born 16 August 1992) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for…

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Zawachin

ざわちん
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Kaori Ozawa (小澤 かおり, Ozawa Kaori; born August 16, 1992 in Ota, Gunma, Japan), better known by her stage name Zawachin…

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Shun Ishiwaka

石若駿
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Shun Ishiwaka (石若駿, born 1992) is a Japanese jazz drummer. He has performed alongside artists such as Hiromi Uehara, Ai…

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Vanraure Hachinohe (ヴァンラーレ八戸, Vuanrāre Hachinohe) is a professional football club based in Hachinohe, a city in the…

Junya Kuno (久野 純弥, Kuno Junya; born August 16, 1988) is a former Japanese football player. He last played for Honda FC.

Kazuhiro Kokubo (國母 和宏, Kokubo Kazuhiro; born August 16, 1988) is a Japanese snowboarder who has won multiple medals in…

Shota Kimura (木村 勝太, Kimura Shōta; born October 17, 1988) is a former Japanese football player. Kimura previously…

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Ai Takabe

高部あい
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Ai Takabe (高部 あい, Takabe Ai; born August 16, 1988) is a Japanese former actress and voice actress. She is best known…

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Kai Hirano (平野 甲斐, Hirano Kai; born August 16, 1987) is a Japanese football player.

Farid Yu Darvish Sefat (ダルビッシュ・セファット・ファリード・有, Darubisshu Sefatto Farīdo Yū; born August 16, 1986), more commonly known…

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Kiyoseumi Takayuki

市原孝行
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Kiyoseumi Takayuki (born Takayuki Ichihara, 16 August 1984) is a former sumo wrestler from Nagoya, Japan. An extremely…

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Ryota Arai

新井良太
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Ryota Arai (新井 良太, Arai Ryota; born August 16, 1983 in Hiroshima) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder…

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Katsuki Yamazaki

山崎勝己
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Katsuki Yamazaki (山崎 勝己, born August 16, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He has played in…

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Tomohiko Hashimoto

橋本友彦
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Tomohiko Hashimoto (橋本友彦, Hashimoto Tomohiko; August 16, 1977 – August 5, 2025) was a Japanese professional wrestler…

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Eiji Usatsuka (兎塚 エイジ, Usatsuka Eiji; born August 16 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese light novel illustrator.…

Osamu Umeyama (梅山 修, Umeyama Osamu; born August 16, 1973) is a former Japanese football player.

Natsuki Mizu (水夏希 Mizu Natsuki, born 1972) is the former top star (otokoyaku) for Snow Troupe of Takarazuka Revue from…

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Hikaru Nishida

西田ひかる
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Hikaru Nishida (西田 ひかる, Nishida Hikaru; born August 16, 1972) is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was born in…

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Hiroaki Ogi

小木博明
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Hiroaki Ogi (小木 博明, Ogi Hiroaki; born 16 August 1971) is a Japanese comedian who has regular appearances in a number of…

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The Pillows

佐藤シンイチロウ
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The Pillows (Japanese: ザ・ピロウズ, Hepburn: Za Pirōzu) were a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Hokkaido in 1989.…

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Souichi Moto

須本壮一
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Souichi Moto (本 そういち, Moto Sōichi) is a Japanese manga artist who turned the real-life stories of North Korean…

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Tarzan Goto

ターザン後藤
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Seiji Goto (後藤政二, Gotō Seiji; August 16, 1963 – May 29, 2022), better known by his ring name Tarzan Goto (ターザン後藤), was…

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Tomoya Ito

伊藤智也
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Tomoya Ito (伊藤 智也, Itō Tomoya) (born 16 August 1963) is a professional Japanese wheelchair Paralympic athlete from…

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Mitsutaka Fujita

藤田光孝
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Mitsutaka Fujita (藤田 光孝, Fujita Mitsutaka; August 16, 1959 – March 18, 1998) was a Japanese physicist. He proposed the…

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Takarakuni Minoru

斉須稔
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Takarakuni Minoru (born 16 August 1956 as Minoru Saisu) is a former sumo wrestler from Higashi, Fukushima, Japan. He…

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Norio Ishizawa

石澤典夫
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Norio Ishizawa (石澤 典夫 Ishizawa Norio, born August 16, 1952, in Yokohama) is a Japanese journalist and newscaster…

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Minoru Tatsukawa

達川実
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Minoru Tatsukawa (達川実, Tatsukawa Minoru; born August 16, 1952 in Osaka) is a volleyball coach from Japan. Currentry he…

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Masayo Imura (井村 雅代; born August 16, 1950, in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese synchronized swimming instructor known as the…

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Heita Kawakatsu (川勝 平太, Kawakatsu Heita; born 16 August 1948) was the governor of Shizuoka Prefecture from 2009 to 2024.

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Atsuyuki Okabe

岡部篤行
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Atsuyuki Okabe (born August 16, 1945) is a Japanese geospatial information scientist who has contributed to statistical…

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Shinichiro Sawai (澤井 信一郎, Sawai Shin'ichirō; 16 August 1938 – 3 September 2021) was a Japanese film director and…

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Bunta Sugawara (Japanese: 菅原 文太, Hepburn: Sugawara Bunta; August 16, 1933 – November 28, 2014) was a Japanese actor who…

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Riichi Arai

荒井利一
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Riichi Arai (born 16 August 1933) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956…

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Kakuichi Mimura (三村 恪一, Mimura Kakuichi; 16 August 1931 – 19 February 2022) was a Japanese football player and manager.…

Ryu Ota (Japanese: 太田 龍 / 太田 竜, Hepburn: Ōta Ryū; also Ryu Ohta; 16 August 1930 – 19 May 2009) was a Japanese political…

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Shōji Yasui

安井昌二
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Shōji Yasui (安井 昌二, Yasui Shōji; 16 August 1928 – 3 March 2014) was a Japanese actor. He was best known for playing the…

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