October 19: 66 people
Emii Tanaka (born 19 October 1999) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.
Akinori Ichikawa (市川 暉記, Ichikawa Akinori; born 19 October 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for…
Akinori Ichikawa (市川 暉記, Ichikawa Akinori; born 19 October 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J2 League club Yokohama FC.
Ryoya Yamashita (山下 諒也, Yamashita Ryoya; born 19 October 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward…
Ryoya Yamashita (山下 諒也, Yamashita Ryoya; born 19 October 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a forward for J1 League club Gamba Osaka.
Yuto Oshiro (大城 佑斗, Oshiro Yuto; born 19 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for…
Yuto Oshiro (大城 佑斗, Oshiro Yuto; born 19 October 1996) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Nagano Parceiro.
Shota Yomesaka (嫁阪 翔太, Yomesaka Shōta) is a Japanese football player. He is currently contracted to J3 League side Nara…
Shota Yomesaka (嫁阪 翔太, Yomesaka Shōta) is a Japanese football player. He is currently contracted to J3 League side Nara Club<
Sarii Ikegami (池上 紗理依, Ikegami Sarii; born 19 October 1995) is a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol who has…
Sarii Ikegami (池上 紗理依, Ikegami Sarii; born 19 October 1995) is a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol who has acted in a number of films, television series, radio and theatre productions, as well as modelling for magazines and videos. Born in Niigata Prefecture, she is represented with Anthem.
Kenta Suga (須賀 健太, Suga Kenta; born October 19, 1994, in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor who is represented…
Kenta Suga (須賀 健太, Suga Kenta; born October 19, 1994, in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, Central Group, then Horipro.
Kento Kumabara (熊原 健人, Kumabara Kento; born October 19, 1993) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He…
Kento Kumabara (熊原 健人, Kumabara Kento; born October 19, 1993) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2016 to 2020.
Shiho (志保; born October 19, 1992 in Gunma Prefecture) is an actress and model. Her agency is Stardust Promotion.
Futa Nakamura (中村風太, Nakamura Fūta; born October 10, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to…
Futa Nakamura (中村風太, Nakamura Fūta; born October 10, 1991) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragon Gate under the ring name Ben-K.
Ayasa Shimamura (Japanese: 島村絢沙, Hepburn: Shimamura Ayasa; born 19 October 1991), known professionally by the mononym…
Ayasa Shimamura (Japanese: 島村絢沙, Hepburn: Shimamura Ayasa; born 19 October 1991), known professionally by the mononym Ayasa, is a Japanese rock musician and voice actress. She is the violinist for the band Morfonica of the BanG Dream! multimedia franchise, which includes portraying the character Rui Yashio. In addition, she posts YouTube videos where she plays violin covers of anime songs while wearing cosplay and has released several albums with the record label Dreamusic.
Endō Shōta (Japanese: 遠藤 聖大; born October 19, 1990) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Anamizu…
Endō Shōta (Japanese: 遠藤 聖大; born October 19, 1990) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Anamizu, Ishikawa. After a successful amateur career, he turned professional in March 2013, making the top makuuchi division that September. His highest rank has been komusubi. He has been awarded one special prize for Fighting Spirit, one for Outstanding Performance and four for Technique, as well as seven gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He was runner-up in the September 2016 and September 2021 tournaments. He wrestled for the Oitekaze stable. He is extremely popular with sumo fans and was regarded as one of the most promising home-grown wrestlers in sumo. Endō retired in November 2025, and is now a coach at Oitekaze stable under the elder name Kitajin.
Shin Seong-hyun (Korean: 신성현; Hanja: 申成鉉; born October 19, 1990) is a South Korean infielder who played for the Doosan…
Shin Seong-hyun (Korean: 신성현; Hanja: 申成鉉; born October 19, 1990) is a South Korean infielder who played for the Doosan Bears of the KBO League. He joined the Hanwha Eagles in 2015. He played in the Hanwha Eagles from 2015 to 2017. He transferred baseball team through trade from Hanwha Eagles to Doosan Bears in 2017.
Rakuto Tochihara (栩原 楽人, Tochihara Rakuto; born October 19, 1989) is a Japanese former actor from Tokyo, a graduate of…
Rakuto Tochihara (栩原 楽人, Tochihara Rakuto; born October 19, 1989) is a Japanese former actor from Tokyo, a graduate of Horikoshi High School. His debut role was in Boogiepop Phantom where he voiced the character Poom Poom. He later had a starring role in the 2005 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Hibiki and its film Kamen Rider Hibiki & The Seven Senki as the character Asumu Adachi. His roles have also included the drama RH Plus as Ageha Seto and in the film Aquarian Age: The Movie as Naoya Itsuki. On February 28, 2018, he announced his decision to retire from the entertainment industry to take over his father's company.
Keiki Nishiyama (西山 慶樹 Nishiyama Keiki, born 19 October 1988) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT…
Keiki Nishiyama (西山 慶樹 Nishiyama Keiki, born 19 October 1988) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.
Yuta Kubo (Japanese: 久保優太, Kubo Yuta; born October 19, 1987) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and former kickboxer…
Yuta Kubo (Japanese: 久保優太, Kubo Yuta; born October 19, 1987) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and former kickboxer, currently competing in the featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation. As a professional kickboxer, Kubo is the former Krush and K-1 welterweight (-67.5 kg) champion. Kubo was furthermore the 2011 K-1 World MAX Lightweight (-63 kg) Japan Tournament winner, 2013 Krush Welterweight (-67.5 kg) Grand Prix winner, 2013 Glory 65kg Slam Tournament Winner, and the 2017 K-1 World GP Welterweight (-67.5 kg) World Grand Prix Winner. Combat Press ranked him as a top ten featherweight kickboxer in the world between September 2014 and July 2016, as well as between April and July 2020.
Takeo "Kenro" Nakajima (中島 健郎; October 19, 1984 – July 27, 2024) was a Japanese elite alpinist and cameraman who won…
Takeo "Kenro" Nakajima (中島 健郎; October 19, 1984 – July 27, 2024) was a Japanese elite alpinist and cameraman who won three Piolet d'Or awards, considered to be the highest achievement in mountaineering. In 2018, Nakajima and his climbing partner Kazuya Hiraide received the 26th Piolet d'Or for their ascent of the unclimbed northeast face of Shispare, which they climbed in 2017. In 2020, the pair won their second Piolet d'Or for their ascent of Rakaposhi (7,788 m). They would win their final posthumous Piolet in 2024. Nakajima summited six of the Seven Summits and three eight-thousanders: Cho Oyu, Manaslu, and Mount Everest. He was known for making first ascents on other remote peaks across the Himalayas and the Karokoram.
Masafumi Togano (栂野 雅史, Togano Masafumi; born October 19, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional…
Masafumi Togano (栂野 雅史, Togano Masafumi; born October 19, 1984 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.
Hamuko Hoshi (星 ハム子, Hoshi Hamuko; born October 19, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for…
Hamuko Hoshi (星 ハム子, Hoshi Hamuko; born October 19, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Ice Ribbon promotion. She is also a former two-time ICE×∞ Champion and a four-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion. She also makes regular appearances for the World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana promotion.
Ryo Segawa (瀬川 亮, Segawa Ryō; born October 19, 1978) is a Japanese actor.
Kotaro Yamazaki (山崎 光太郎, Yamazaki Kotaro; born October 19, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.
Takamasa Suga (須賀 貴匡, Suga Takamasa; born 19 October 1977, in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor who had several…
Takamasa Suga (須賀 貴匡, Suga Takamasa; born 19 October 1977, in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo) is a Japanese actor who had several lead roles, most prominently as the protagonist Shinji Kido in Kamen Rider Ryuki.
Ken Kaneko (Japanese: 金子 賢, Kaneko Ken; born October 19, 1976 in Shinjuku) is a Japanese actor, TV personality and…
Ken Kaneko (Japanese: 金子 賢, Kaneko Ken; born October 19, 1976 in Shinjuku) is a Japanese actor, TV personality and former mixed martial artist. He is currently employed by Platinum Production. His blood type is O. Ken Kaneko is best known for his role in the Takeshi Kitano film Kids Return (1996), in which he and Masanobu Andō portrayed a couple of high school dropouts trying to find purpose and direction in life. He was also a mixed martial artist in the Welterweight division and fought Charles Bennet in Pride FC Shockwave 2005.
Nobuyuki Zaizen (財前 宣之, Zaizen Nobuyuki; born 19 October 1976) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played…
Nobuyuki Zaizen (財前 宣之, Zaizen Nobuyuki; born 19 October 1976) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Hiroshi Sakai (坂井 浩, Sakai Hiroshi; born October 19, 1976) is a former Japanese football player.
Ryuji Imada (今田 竜二, Imada Ryūji; born 19 October 1976) is a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.
Sayaka Aoki (あおき さやか, Aoki Sayaka; October 19, 1972) is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Bell…
Sayaka Aoki (あおき さやか, Aoki Sayaka; October 19, 1972) is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Bell Production management. She is originally from Akita Prefecture. She sometimes uses Shizuka Aoki (青木 静香, Aoki Shizuka) for stage performances.
Noritada Saneyoshi (實好 礼忠, Saneyoshi Noritada; born October 19, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager.…
Noritada Saneyoshi (實好 礼忠, Saneyoshi Noritada; born October 19, 1972) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the Manager of Ehime FC.
Risa Tachibana (立花理佐, Tachibana Risa) (born October 19, 1971) is a former Japanese idol. She is featured in the video…
Risa Tachibana (立花理佐, Tachibana Risa) (born October 19, 1971) is a former Japanese idol. She is featured in the video game Risa no Yōsei Densetsu.
Koji Sato (佐藤 恒治, Satō Kōji; born October 19, 1969) is a Japanese mechanical engineer who served as president and chief…
Koji Sato (佐藤 恒治, Satō Kōji; born October 19, 1969) is a Japanese mechanical engineer who served as president and chief executive officer of Toyota from 2023 to 2026. He became chief executive officer in April 2023 and president in June 2023. On April 1, 2026, Kenta Kon became President and CEO of Toyota, and Satō became vice chairman and assumed a new position as chief industry officer.
Jun Yamaguchi (山口 淳, Yamaguchi Jun) is a Japanese composer of contemporary music, pianist and musicologist.
Yoko Shimomura (Japanese: 下村 陽子, Hepburn: Shimomura Yōko; born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and pianist…
Yoko Shimomura (Japanese: 下村 陽子, Hepburn: Shimomura Yōko; born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese composer and pianist known for her work in video games. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1988 and began working at the video game studio Capcom the same year. Shimomura wrote music for several games there, including Final Fight, Street Fighter II, and The King of Dragons. She left Capcom and joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1993, with her first project there being Live A Live. There she would compose the music for games such as Super Mario RPG, Legend of Mana, and Parasite Eve. Shimomura received the BAFTA Fellowship award in 2025. Shimomura would later become better known for writing the music for the Kingdom Hearts series. She left Square to become a freelancer in 2002, continuing to work with them on later games such as The 3rd Birthday and Final Fantasy XV. Other well-known games she worked on include the Mario & Luigi series, Radiant Historia, and Xenoblade Chronicles. Her works have been performed in multiple video game music concerts, with her music also published as arranged albums and piano scores. Shimomura is a member of the music label Brave Wave Productions.
Yōji Matsuda (松田 洋治, Matsuda Yōji; born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan.
Tsuyohito Iwamoto (born October 19, 1964, in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a…
Tsuyohito Iwamoto (born October 19, 1964, in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2019. He represents the Hokkaido at-large district and is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is a member of the following committees (as of 2021): Committee on Land and Transport Committee on Rules and Administration Special Committee on Okinawa and Northern Problems Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election System (Director)
Mami Nomura (野村真美, Nomura Mami) (born October 19, 1964) is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture…
Mami Nomura (野村真美, Nomura Mami) (born October 19, 1964) is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is a member of the Tōhō Geinō agency. A versatile actress, she appears in contemporary and historic roles. Since 1990, she has portrayed Yōko in the TBS series Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari. Mami made her debut in 1985. She has appeared as a guest or regular in numerous television specials and series, and in four films. Television series include Mama-tachi ga Sensō o Hajimeta!! (1985) and the 1989 NHK Taiga Drama Kasuga no Tsubone, in which she played Senhime. Another jidaigeki role was in Minami Machi Bugyō Jikenchō. Her film appearances have included the 1986 production of Ōoku and Yoshiwara Enjō (1987).
Hideki Miyauchi is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
Jun Horie (堀江 淳, Horie Jun; born October 19, 1960) is a Japanese singer-songwriter.
Takeshi Koshida (越田 剛史, Koshida Takeshi; born October 19, 1960) is a Japanese football manager and former footballer.…
Takeshi Koshida (越田 剛史, Koshida Takeshi; born October 19, 1960) is a Japanese football manager and former footballer. He is the technical director of Vietnam national football team and Vietnam women's national football team.
Masamitsu Hidaka (日高 政光, Hidaka Masamitsu; 19 October 1960 – 9 March 2022) was a Japanese anime director and storyboard…
Masamitsu Hidaka (日高 政光, Hidaka Masamitsu; 19 October 1960 – 9 March 2022) was a Japanese anime director and storyboard artist of television anime. He notably served as the supervising director of the Pokémon television anime series from 1997 to 2006.
Hiromi Hara (原 博実, Hara Hiromi; born October 19, 1958) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for…
Hiromi Hara (原 博実, Hara Hiromi; born October 19, 1958) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also managed Japan national team as caretaker.
Akio Ishii (Japanese: 石井朗夫, Hepburn: Ishii Akio; born October 19, 1955), known professionally as LaSalle Ishii (ラサール石井…
Akio Ishii (Japanese: 石井朗夫, Hepburn: Ishii Akio; born October 19, 1955), known professionally as LaSalle Ishii (ラサール石井, Rasāru Ishii), is a Japanese TV personality, actor, director, writer, columnist, and politician. He named himself after his high school Japanese La Salle Academy. His best-known anime role is Kankichi Ryotsu the lead character in Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo which ran from 1999 to 2004 for 373 episodes. In 2025, he ran in the House of Councillors election in the proportional representation district as a member of the Social Democratic Party, winning a seat. On September 24 the same year, the managerial committee of SDP announced it approved his inauguration as its Vice-Chairman.
Akira Isogai (磯貝 明, Isogai Akira; born October 19, 1954) is a Japanese academician, wood scientist and senior…
Akira Isogai (磯貝 明, Isogai Akira; born October 19, 1954) is a Japanese academician, wood scientist and senior biomaterials researcher, who is an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science and also an elected fellow of the Japan Academy. He has been a chaired professor at the University of Tokyo, making several contributions to sustainable material science through his research work on plant cellulose and bio-nanofibers.
Yasunori Imamura (今村 泰典, Imamura Yasunori; born 19 October 1953 in Sakai, Osaka) is a Japanese lutenist. Imamura has…
Yasunori Imamura (今村 泰典, Imamura Yasunori; born 19 October 1953 in Sakai, Osaka) is a Japanese lutenist. Imamura has appeared on more than 150 CDs, both as a soloist and as a member of ensembles. His solo recordings include the complete lute works by Johann Sebastian Bach (two versions : for Naxos in 2018 and for Etcetera in 1991), three volumes of lute sonatas by Silvius Leopold Weiss (for Claves and Capriccio), pièces pour théorbe by Robert de Visée, Spanish music for vihuela from the time of Charles V (Querstand) and the complete lute fantasies by Simone Molinario (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi). His teachers included lute with Eugen Müller-Dombois and Hopkinson Smith at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where, in 1981, he received his soloist's diploma. In addition, he studied interpretation and basso continuo with Ton Koopman and Johann Sonnleitner and composition with Wolfgang Neininger. Imamura has collaborated with such artists as Cecilia Bartoli, Teresa Berganza, Gérard Lesne, Marc Minkowski, Michael Schneider, Martin Gester, Maurice Steger, Masaaki Suzuki, Alan Curtis and Paul Goodwin. Mr. Imamura is a member of La Stagione Frankfurt, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Camerata Köln, Le Parlement de Musique and Il Complesso Barocco. Imamura created the ensemble "Fons Musicae" in 1997. They have released five recordings - "Airs de cour" (Michel Lambert), and recording dedicated exclusively to works by Giovanni Bononcini, Agostino Steffani, Antonio Caldara, Francesco Gasparini and Barbara Strozzi. These recordings have received awards including "Classica" (France) and "Star of the Month" (Germany). Imamura teaches lute at the Conservatoire National de Région, Strasbourg since 1984. In 1989, he began teaching at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. He gives master-classes in Europe and throughout the Far East.
Kazuhiko Torishima (Japanese: 鳥嶋 和彦, Hepburn: Torishima Kazuhiko; born October 19, 1952) is a Japanese publishing…
Kazuhiko Torishima (Japanese: 鳥嶋 和彦, Hepburn: Torishima Kazuhiko; born October 19, 1952) is a Japanese publishing executive and former manga magazine editor, who is currently serving as an outside director at Bushiroad. He formerly worked at Shueisha, where he began as an editor in 1976, before becoming a senior managing director (CEO), and later a Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions director. When he moved to Hakusensha in 2015, he first served as president, then representative director, before taking on the role of advisor. He began working for Bushiroad at the end of 2022. Torishima has been called one of the most important figures in the history of manga, and has been credited with pioneering the media mix business strategy. He is often associated with works from the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump, for which he was editor-in-chief from 1996 to 2001. Torishima discovered Akira Toriyama and was his editor throughout the run of Dr. Slump (1980–1984) and during the first half of Dragon Ball (1984–1995). He received a Special Achievement Award at the 2022 Japan Media Arts Festival for his work in manga.
Satomi Koike (小池 里美, Koike Satomi; born 19 October 1950) is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in two events at the…
Satomi Koike (小池 里美, Koike Satomi; born 19 October 1950) is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in two events at the 1972 Winter Olympics.
Yukihiro Ozaki (尾崎 幸洋, Ozaki Yukihiro; born October 19, 1949) is a Japanese scientist. Kwansei Gakuin University…
Yukihiro Ozaki (尾崎 幸洋, Ozaki Yukihiro; born October 19, 1949) is a Japanese scientist. Kwansei Gakuin University, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, professor emeritus, Fellow. He was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. In 1973, he had B.Sc. in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Osaka University. In 1978, he had PhD in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Osaka University. He worked as a research associate (Fixed-term) in Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada. In 1981, he became an instructor in Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Science, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan and became an assistant professor there. From 1989 he started working as an associate professor in Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan. And he became a professor there in 1993. Because of the government reorganization, he became a professor in Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University from 2001. He was a dean of the School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University from 2006 to 2010 and he was a vice president from 2013 to 2018. He was also the president of The Spectroscopical Society of Japan (SPSJ) from 2014 to 2016. He is a researcher in molecular spectroscopy in condensed phase, physical chemistry and analytical chemistry. He investigates basic studies and application of various spectroscopies, IR, Raman, NIR, FUV, and FIR/terahertz spectroscopy. He has made many achievements in spectroscopy which would be a bridge between the basis and the application. Recently, he is very active in application of quantum chemistry to molecular spectroscopy, developing a strong bridge between them. From 1999 to 2017, for 19 years in a row, he published more than 30 papers in a year. As of December 2025, his h-index is 89, and he has published more than 1140 papers and has been cited more than 39,000 times in total.
Kawai Okada (岡田可愛, Okada Kawai; born October 19, 1948 in Ikuno-ku, Osaka) is a Japanese former actress.
Shūdō Higashinakano (東中野 修道, Higashinakano Shūdō; born October 19, 1947) is a Japanese historian and conspiracy…
Shūdō Higashinakano (東中野 修道, Higashinakano Shūdō; born October 19, 1947) is a Japanese historian and conspiracy therorist. He is an emeritus professor of intellectual history at Asia University.
Taira Fujita (藤田 平, Fujita Taira; born October 19, 1947 in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan) is a Japanese former Nippon…
Taira Fujita (藤田 平, Fujita Taira; born October 19, 1947 in Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan) is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.
Susumu Koshimizu (小清水 漸, Koshimizu Susumu; born 1944) is a Japanese sculptor and an installation artist. He is one of…
Susumu Koshimizu (小清水 漸, Koshimizu Susumu; born 1944) is a Japanese sculptor and an installation artist. He is one of the key members of Mono-ha, a group of artists who became prominent in the late 1960s and 1970s. Mono-ha was the name given to a loosely associated group of artists whose work was stridently anti-modernist—consisting primarily of sculptures and installations that incorporated basic materials such as rocks, sand, wood, cotton, glass and metal, often in simple arrangements with minimal artistic intervention. From early on, Susumu Koshimizu's investigation of material and space resulted in some of Mono-ha's most definitive artworks. Koshimizu's installations and sculptures during the 1960s and 1970s focused on the qualities inherent to but not visible in an object. Yet, he shows concern for the materiality of objects—a desire to expose the fundamentals of sculpture, often revealed through juxtaposition. In Paper (formerly Paper 2) (1969), he placed a large stone inside an even larger envelope of Japanese paper, open on one side. Viewers were able to look inside and—in the sculptural context of relating interior structure to exterior form—were confronted with the sheer size and solidity of the stone in contrast to the thin membrane of paper that covers it. Crack the Stone in August '70 consisted of an immense block of granite split in two at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. At that time, Koshimizu was exploring the fundamentals of sculpture without the need for juxtaposition: splitting open the stone and exposing its inside was a means to show the materiality and presence of the rock itself. At the beginning of the 1970s, Koshimizu started to explore specifically the structure of surfaces. A single installation, "From Surface to Surface (Wooden Logs Placed in a Radial Pattern on the Ground)" (1972/2004) is a good example. The work is composed of thirty, thirteen-foot-long square beams of wood, the surfaces of which have been sliced at varying intervals and angles to create undulating expanses of geometric form. Koshimizu's work since the 1980s has explored a variety of Japanese woods though the concept of "working tables.”