January 18: 67 people
Yamato Wakatsuki (若月 大和, Wakatsuki Yamato; born 18 January 2002) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for…
Yamato Wakatsuki (若月 大和, Wakatsuki Yamato; born 18 January 2002) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Albirex Niigata.
Matsuri Arai (荒井 祭里, Arai Matsuri; born 18 January 2001) is a Japanese diver. She competed in the women's 10 metre…
Matsuri Arai (荒井 祭里, Arai Matsuri; born 18 January 2001) is a Japanese diver. She competed in the women's 10 metre platform event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. She represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's synchronized 10 metre platform and women's 10 metre platform events. In 2023, at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Arai won silver with Minami Itahashi in 10 metre synchro. Arai competed for Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she finished ninth in the women's 10 metre platform event with a total score of 314.45 points.
Shione Nakayama (born 18 January 1999) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 Rugby World…
Shione Nakayama (born 18 January 1999) is a Japanese rugby union player. She competed for Japan at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
Daisuke Sakai (坂井 大将, Sakai Daisuke; born 18 January 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger…
Daisuke Sakai (坂井 大将, Sakai Daisuke; born 18 January 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Singapore Premier League club Young Lions, on loan from Indonesian club PSM Makassar.
Wataru Noguchi (野口 航, Noguchi Wataru; born January 18, 1996 in Ōita) is a Japanese football player for FC Imabari.
Naoko Sahara (born 18 January 1996) is a Japanese female handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national…
Naoko Sahara (born 18 January 1996) is a Japanese female handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national team. She represented Japan at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain. She represented Japan again at the 2025 World Championship. At the 2022 Asian Championship, she won silver medals, losing to South Korea in the final. At this occasion she was chosen for the tournament MVP.
Reo Mochizuki (望月 嶺臣, Mochizuki Reo; born 18 January 1995) is a Japanese footballer who plays as midfielder for…
Reo Mochizuki (望月 嶺臣, Mochizuki Reo; born 18 January 1995) is a Japanese footballer who plays as midfielder for Veertien Mie.
Shinya Yajima (矢島 慎也; born 18 January 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J3 League club…
Shinya Yajima (矢島 慎也; born 18 January 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J3 League club Gainare Tottori. He has previously played for both Urawa Red Diamonds and Fagiano Okayama.
Yūka Kobayashi (小林 優香, Kobayashi Yūka; January 1, 1994) comes from Tosu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She is a…
Yūka Kobayashi (小林 優香, Kobayashi Yūka; January 1, 1994) comes from Tosu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She is a professional track cyclist.
Shūhei Takahashi (高橋 周平, Takahashi Shūhei; born January 18, 1994 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa) is a Japanese professional…
Shūhei Takahashi (高橋 周平, Takahashi Shūhei; born January 18, 1994 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Keiichirō Saitō (斎藤 圭一郎, Saitō Keiichirō; born on January 18, 1993) is a Japanese director and key animator, best known…
Keiichirō Saitō (斎藤 圭一郎, Saitō Keiichirō; born on January 18, 1993) is a Japanese director and key animator, best known for directing the first season of both Bocchi the Rock! and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
Yuka Sato (佐藤 優香, Satō Yuka; born 1992, Chiba) is a Japanese triathlete. She won a gold medal in the Girls' Triathlon…
Yuka Sato (佐藤 優香, Satō Yuka; born 1992, Chiba) is a Japanese triathlete. She won a gold medal in the Girls' Triathlon event at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
Masakatsu Hikosaka (彦坂 匡克, Hikosaka Masakatsu; born January 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at…
Masakatsu Hikosaka (彦坂 匡克, Hikosaka Masakatsu; born January 18, 1991) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Japan 7s's rugby sevens team. He also won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea as a member of the Japan 7sese squad. He plays in the Top League for Toyota Verblitz.
Hikosaka Yoshikatsu (彦坂 圭克, Yoshikatsu Hikosaka; born 18 Jan 1991) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a…
Hikosaka Yoshikatsu (彦坂 圭克, Yoshikatsu Hikosaka; born 18 Jan 1991) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Hooker. He currently plays for Toyota Verblitz in Japan's domestic Top League.
Shiho Akita (秋田 史帆, Akita Shiho; born 18 January 1990) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Akita has a…
Shiho Akita (秋田 史帆, Akita Shiho; born 18 January 1990) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Akita has a career-high WTA rankings of 221 in singles and 369 in doubles. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2012, she made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in the doubles event of Pattaya Open, partnering Nicole Rottmann. The pair reached the quarterfinals, losing to second seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Tamarine Tanasugarn. Akita announced her retirement in March 2026.
Masaki Minami (南 昌輝, Minami Masaki) (born January 18, 1989) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and…
Masaki Minami (南 昌輝, Minami Masaki) (born January 18, 1989) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and current coach for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Tatsuhiko Toshino (born January 18, 1988) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Ehime Orange…
Tatsuhiko Toshino (born January 18, 1988) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Ehime Orange Vikings of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Osaka University of Commerce. He was selected by the Gunma Crane Thunders with the 11th overall pick in the 2012 bj League draft. He is a new captain of the Happinets in 2018. He torn his right knee ACL on February 23, 2019.
Akihito Hirose (広瀬 章人, Hirose Akihito; born January 18, 1987) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He…
Akihito Hirose (広瀬 章人, Hirose Akihito; born January 18, 1987) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ryūō and Ōi title holder, and is also the first shogi professional to win a major title while attending university.
Mayuko Ishitate (石立 真悠子, Ishitate Mayuko; born 18 January 1987) is a Japanese handballer for MIE violet' IRIS and the…
Mayuko Ishitate (石立 真悠子, Ishitate Mayuko; born 18 January 1987) is a Japanese handballer for MIE violet' IRIS and the Japanese national team. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.
Ikusaburo Yamazaki (山崎 育三郎, Yamazaki Ikusaburō; born January 18, 1986, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor and singer…
Ikusaburo Yamazaki (山崎 育三郎, Yamazaki Ikusaburō; born January 18, 1986, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by Ken-On.
Takoyakida (タコヤキーダー, Takoyakīdā) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best…
Takoyakida (タコヤキーダー, Takoyakīdā) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for his time in the Japanese promotion Osaka Pro Wrestling. A masked wrestler, Takoyakida is greatly influenced by lucha libre, and because of this, he has followed Mexican tradition for masked wrestlers, so his real name is not a matter of public record.
Makoto Hasebe (長谷部 誠, Hasebe Makoto; born 18 January 1984) is a Japanese professional football coach and former player…
Makoto Hasebe (長谷部 誠, Hasebe Makoto; born 18 January 1984) is a Japanese professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach of Japan national team. Hasebe started his professional playing career with Urawa Red Diamonds in 2002, joining the club from his hometown Fujieda Higashi high school team. In January 2008, he moved to the German Bundesliga, where he remained for the rest of his playing career; he first joined VfL Wolfsburg, winning a league title during the 2008–09 season, before moving to 1. FC Nürnberg late into the 2013 summer transfer window. Following Nürnberg's relegation at the end of the 2013–14 season, Hasebe joined Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2014, where he played over 300 matches across ten seasons and won a DFB-Pokal and UEFA Europa League title. Hasebe made his senior debut with the Japan national team in 2006. He earned 114 international caps and scored twice, making him one of ten most capped players in the history of the team. He additionally served as captain from 2010 to his retirement from international football in 2018. He was part of the Japanese squads at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 editions of the FIFA World Cups, as well as 2011 and 2015 editions of the AFC Asian Cups. He captained the starting line-up that won the 2011 Asian Cup final.
Masanao Takahashi (高橋 正直, Takahashi Masanao; born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese Olympic dressage rider. Representing…
Masanao Takahashi (高橋 正直, Takahashi Masanao; born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese Olympic dressage rider. Representing Japan, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where he finished 58th in the individual and 11th in the team competitions. Takahashi also competed at the 2006 Asian Games, where he won a bronze medal in team dressage.
Hayato Chiba (千葉 逸人, born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese mathematician and professor at the Advanced Institute for…
Hayato Chiba (千葉 逸人, born 18 January 1982) is a Japanese mathematician and professor at the Advanced Institute for Materials Research of Tōhoku University. He mainly concerns himself with the theory of dynamical systems, especially bifurcation theory, and proved the Kuramoto conjecture about infinite-dimensional differential equations with chaotic behavior. He obtained his doctorate degree in information sciences at the University of Kyoto.
Hōchiyama Kōkan (born January 18, 1982, as Yukimi Munakata) is a former sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture…
Hōchiyama Kōkan (born January 18, 1982, as Yukimi Munakata) is a former sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. He joined professional sumo in 2000. His highest rank was maegashira 14, achieved in 2006. After illness saw him demoted to the third makushita division in 2008, he returned to the second highest jūryō division in 2010 and the top makuuchi division in September 2011. After winning the sandanme division he had just been demoted to in November 2013, he chose to retire. He is now a coach at Sakaigawa stable under the name of Tatsutagawa (立田川).
Sayaka Sasaki (born 18 January 1981) is a Japanese politician who was a member of the House of Councillors of Japan…
Sayaka Sasaki (born 18 January 1981) is a Japanese politician who was a member of the House of Councillors of Japan from 2013 to 2025.
Naoyuki Daigo (醍醐 直幸, Daigo Naoyuki; born 18 January 1981 in Tokyo) is a retired male high jumper from Japan. His…
Naoyuki Daigo (醍醐 直幸, Daigo Naoyuki; born 18 January 1981 in Tokyo) is a retired male high jumper from Japan. His personal best jump is 2.33 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Kobe. This was the Japanese record until February 2019, when Naoto Tobe broke it by two centimetres.
Kazunari Sanematsu (實松 一成, Sanematsu Kazunari; born January 18, 1981) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player…
Kazunari Sanematsu (實松 一成, Sanematsu Kazunari; born January 18, 1981) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League. Before playing for the Fighters he was a member of the Yomiuri Giants.
Ryosuke Shimizu (Shimizu Ryosuke; born 18 January 1980) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA…
Ryosuke Shimizu (Shimizu Ryosuke; born 18 January 1980) is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA All-Japan championships for kumite on 2 occasions. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.
Park Kyung-bae (born January 18, 1979), professionally known by his Japanese alias Hirofumi Arai (新井 浩文, Arai Hirofumi)…
Park Kyung-bae (born January 18, 1979), professionally known by his Japanese alias Hirofumi Arai (新井 浩文, Arai Hirofumi) is a Zainichi South Korean former actor.
Ryota Aikawa (相川 良太, Aikawa Ryōta; born January 18, 1977 in Fukuoka City, Japan) is a professional Nippon Professional…
Ryota Aikawa (相川 良太, Aikawa Ryōta; born January 18, 1977 in Fukuoka City, Japan) is a professional Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Orix Buffaloes.
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa (荒川 良々, Arakawa Yoshiyoshi; born January 18, 1974, in Ogi, Saga) is a Japanese actor. His real name…
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa (荒川 良々, Arakawa Yoshiyoshi; born January 18, 1974, in Ogi, Saga) is a Japanese actor. His real name is Yoshitomo Arakawa (荒川 良友, Arakawa Yoshitomo). He is represented with Otona Keikaku. He graduated from Ryukoku High School.
Nobuyuki Yashiki (屋敷 伸之, Yashiki Nobuyuki; January 18, 1972) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He…
Nobuyuki Yashiki (屋敷 伸之, Yashiki Nobuyuki; January 18, 1972) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Kisei title holder and also holds the professional shogi record for being the fastest to win a major title since turning professional.
Naoto Nakamura (中村直人, Nakamura Naoto) (born 18 January 1969) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played as…
Naoto Nakamura (中村直人, Nakamura Naoto) (born 18 January 1969) is a Japanese former rugby union player who played as prop. He played 20 tests for the Japan national rugby union team including two matches in 1999 Rugby World Cup. Currently he is the scrum coach for Canon Eagles.
Kazufumi Miyazawa (宮沢和史, Miyazawa Kazufumi; born January 18, 1966) is the founder of the Japanese bands The Boom and…
Kazufumi Miyazawa (宮沢和史, Miyazawa Kazufumi; born January 18, 1966) is the founder of the Japanese bands The Boom and Ganga Zumba. The former was noted in the 1990s for a fusion of rock, pop, and local Okinawan folk music. Miyazawa is responsible for virtually all lyrics and music for The Boom, who are best known for their 1993 hit song "Shima Uta". In 2006, he founded the band Ganga Zumba which includes Marcos Suzano and incorporates Brazilian and other Latin American and Caribbean influences in its music.
Yumi Katagiri (片桐 由美, Katagiri Yumi; born January 18, 1963, in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan), better known as Hairi Katagiri (片桐…
Yumi Katagiri (片桐 由美, Katagiri Yumi; born January 18, 1963, in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan), better known as Hairi Katagiri (片桐 はいり, Katagiri Hairi), is a Japanese actress represented by Stardust Promotion.
Yōko Akino (秋野 暢子 Akino Yōko, born Yōko Tashiro, 田代 暢子 Tashiro Yōko, born 18 January 1957 in Osaka, Japan) is a…
Yōko Akino (秋野 暢子 Akino Yōko, born Yōko Tashiro, 田代 暢子 Tashiro Yōko, born 18 January 1957 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actress.
Toshio Nobe (野部 利雄, Nobe Toshio; born January 18, 1957 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga…
Toshio Nobe (野部 利雄, Nobe Toshio; born January 18, 1957 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Wako University in Machida, Tokyo. In 1979, Nobe won an honorable mention in the 18th Tezuka Award for his story Hana to Arashi ga Iku. Naoki Urasawa worked as an assistant for Toshio when he was starting out.
Shigeo Nakajima (中島 成雄, Nakajima Shigeo; born January 16, 1954) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior…
Shigeo Nakajima (中島 成雄, Nakajima Shigeo; born January 16, 1954) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior flyweight champion. He is an alumnus of the Komazawa University. Nakajima began boxing at Yonekura Boxing Gym at the age of a high school student. He compiled an amateur record of 80–15 (48 KOs) before turning professional.
Haruki Ihara (伊原 春樹, Ihara Haruki; born January 18, 1949) was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played…
Haruki Ihara (伊原 春樹, Ihara Haruki; born January 18, 1949) was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Nishitetsu Lions, and continued his entire career with them. From 2002 to 2003, he was the manager of the Seibu Lions, as well as the Orix BlueWave in 2004. His daughter, Natsuna Ihara, is a model and actress.
Ryoko Moriyama (森山 良子, Moriyama Ryōko) (born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese folk singer and actress. Her father is…
Ryoko Moriyama (森山 良子, Moriyama Ryōko) (born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese folk singer and actress. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotarō Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician. She is known as the Japanese Joan Baez, or the Queen of college folk. Her songs tend not to become best sellers but her most famous song is "Satokibi Batake". This song is about a tragedy during the Battle of Okinawa. The song's full version is 10 minutes. When this song was first released, it was thought to be too long to air on the radio, but now the song is popular in Japan. Every summer, NHK air a shorter version as a symbol of the 'No War Campaign'. In the song, an imitative word 'Zawawa' is repeated 66 times, because of this, it is often called 'Zawawa'. Moriyama often called "Satokibi Batake" 'Zawawa' as a joke. Her 1969 recording of "Kinjirareta koi" ("Unpermitted Love") sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. A more recent hit song is "Nada Sōsō," a poem set to music by Begin, and sung by Rimi Natsukawa. Some of her songs, such as "Kono hiroi nohara ippai" and "Dona dona", now appear in school textbooks. She sang a theme song at Nagano Olympics opening ceremony in 1998. Inspired by "Satokibi Batake", a TV drama called Satokibi Batake no uta (Song of the Sugarcane field) was made. Akashiya Sanma takes the lead role as a soldier who refused to kill. Nada Sōsō' also features in a TV program. Nada Sōsō means teardrops in Okinawan. The song describes the experience of being unable to meet the person you love most. The song may refer to the death of Moriyama's brother.
Toshiki Tajima (Japanese: 田島俊樹, Hepburn: Tajima Toshiki; born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese theoretical plasma…
Toshiki Tajima (Japanese: 田島俊樹, Hepburn: Tajima Toshiki; born January 18, 1948) is a Japanese theoretical plasma physicist known for pioneering the laser wakefield acceleration technique with John M. Dawson in 1979. The technique is used to accelerate particles in a plasma and was experimentally realized in 1994, for which Tajima received several awards such as the Nishina Memorial Prize (2006), the Enrico Fermi Prize (2015), the Robert R. Wilson Prize (2019), the Hannes Alfvén Prize (2019) and the Charles Hard Townes Award (2020). Tajima is currently a professor of the University of California, Irvine, and is the Chief Science Officer of TAE Technologies. His works involve plasma physics, laser physics, nuclear fusion, plasma astrophysics, accelerator physics and medical applications of physics.
Sachio Kinugasa (衣笠 祥雄; January 18, 1947 – April 23, 2018) was a Japanese professional baseball third baseman for the…
Sachio Kinugasa (衣笠 祥雄; January 18, 1947 – April 23, 2018) was a Japanese professional baseball third baseman for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1965 to 1987. He was nicknamed Tetsujin, meaning "Iron Man". He played in a record-breaking 2,215 consecutive games, having surpassed Lou Gehrig's record by 1987. Kinugasa is mostly remembered for his consecutive-game streak, but he ranks seventh in Nippon Professional Baseball in career home runs (504), 5th in career hits (2543) and 10th in career RBIs (1448), showing that he was one of the most consistent hitters in Japanese baseball. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
Peeco (ピーコ, Pīko; born Katsuaki Sugiura (杉浦 克昭, Sugiura Katsuaki), 18 January 1945 - 3 September 2024) was a Japanese…
Peeco (ピーコ, Pīko; born Katsuaki Sugiura (杉浦 克昭, Sugiura Katsuaki), 18 January 1945 - 3 September 2024) was a Japanese tarento, fashion critic, journalist, and chanson singer. His younger identical twin brother is film critic Osugi, they both came out gay during their debut and took his advantage as a tarento and commentator. On 20 October 2024, it was announced that Peeco had died on 3 September of that year due to sepsis as a result of multiple organ failure.
Shōgo Arai (荒井 正吾, Arai Shōgo; born 18 January 1945 in Yao, Osaka) is a Japanese politician and a former governor of…
Shōgo Arai (荒井 正吾, Arai Shōgo; born 18 January 1945 in Yao, Osaka) is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Nara Prefecture in Japan.
Kei Ogura (Ogura Kei, 小椋佳, born January 18, 1944, in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and…
Kei Ogura (Ogura Kei, 小椋佳, born January 18, 1944, in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and composer. He was also a bank clerk of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, after graduating from the University of Tokyo. His musical career was in parallel with banking activity. His major works include Saraba seishun (さらば青春) and Oretachi-no-tabi (俺たちの旅). He is known for offering his work to other singers.
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山中 毅, Yamanaka Tsuyoshi; 18 January 1939 – 10 February 2017) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He…
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (山中 毅, Yamanaka Tsuyoshi; 18 January 1939 – 10 February 2017) was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won four silver medals; he also helped Japan win a bronze relay medal in 1964 by swimming in the heat, and placed fourth in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1956 and in the 1500m in 1960. At the 1960 Olympics, he swam the fastest leg in the 4 × 200 m relay, yet his team lost to the United States. Yamanaka won the 400 m and 1500 m events at the 1958 Asian Games. Yamanaka studied in college at the University of Southern California, where he broke the 200 m world record three times within two months in 1961. He set two more records over 200 m earlier in 1958–59, but this distance was not an Olympic event in those years. Yamanaka also set a world record over 400 m in 1959 and three world records in the 4 × 200 m relay in 1959 and 1963. Yamanaka graduated from Waseda University and later headed the Itoman Swimming School in Osaka. In 1983 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. In 1995, he unsuccessfully ran for the House of Councillors. Yamanaka's coach used pebbles to communicate with him during the training sessions – whenever Yamanaka would relax the coach would throw a pebble in his back. After the training Yamanaka had to collect the pebbles from the pool bottom. Yamanaka died from pneumonia on 10 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 78.
Takaharu Kyōgoku (京極 高晴, Kyōgoku Takaharu; January 18, 1938 – May 6, 2024) was a Japanese businessman and Shinto…
Takaharu Kyōgoku (京極 高晴, Kyōgoku Takaharu; January 18, 1938 – May 6, 2024) was a Japanese businessman and Shinto priest. Kyōgoku was the 15th head of the Kyōgoku clan (the former Tajima Toyooka clan) which held power in Toyooka before and during the Edo period. He was among descendants of the Meiji period kazoku (peerage) which was abolished in 1947. Kyōgoku died from a epidural hematoma on May 6, 2024, at the age of 86.
Yukio Endō (遠藤 幸雄, Endō Yukio; January 18, 1937 – March 25, 2009) was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and…
Yukio Endō (遠藤 幸雄, Endō Yukio; January 18, 1937 – March 25, 2009) was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion. He was part of the first Japanese team that succeeded to win gold medals in the team event at the Summer Olympics (1960) and World Championships (1962). In 1964 he won the first individual all-around Olympic gold medal for Japan. He was the flag bearer at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Toshiharu Ueda (上田 利治, Ueda Toshiharu; January 18, 1937 – July 1, 2017) was a professional Japanese baseball player…
Toshiharu Ueda (上田 利治, Ueda Toshiharu; January 18, 1937 – July 1, 2017) was a professional Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager. In 20 seasons as a manager, he won 1,322 games and led the Hankyu Braves to three Japan Series titles (which included their first championship in 1975) to go along with five Pacific League pennants. He is one of six managers to win the Japan Series three times in NPB history. He was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.