Kyō Suzuki (鈴木 叶, Suzuki Kyō; born March 21, 2006) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Tokyo Yakult…
Kyō Suzuki (鈴木 叶, Suzuki Kyō; born March 21, 2006) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Tomoki Kondo (近藤 友喜, Kondo Tomoki; born 21 March 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for…
Tomoki Kondo (近藤 友喜, Kondo Tomoki; born 21 March 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos.
Kyo Sato (佐藤 響, Sato Kyo; born 21 March 2000) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a winger for Kyoto Sanga FC.
Chiaki Saegusa (born 21 March 1997) is a Japanese rugby sevens player.
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Shiori Koike (小池 詩織, Koike Shiori; born 21 March 1993) is a Japanese ice hockey player for DK Peregrine and the…
Shiori Koike (小池 詩織, Koike Shiori; born 21 March 1993) is a Japanese ice hockey player for DK Peregrine and the Japanese national team. The Japanese team participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship coming third in their preliminary group. They also participated at the 2015 27th Winter Universiade, winning a bronze medal. Koike competed at the 2014, 2018, and 2026 Winter Olympics. She was on the gold medal winning team at the 2025 Asian Winter Games.
🎓 Komazawa University🏫 Nikko Meiho High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1993📍 From Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture💼 Ice Hockey
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Shotaro Makisumi (Japanese: Makisumi Shōtarō; commonly known as "Macky", born March 21, 1990, in Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan)…
Shotaro Makisumi (Japanese: Makisumi Shōtarō; commonly known as "Macky", born March 21, 1990, in Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan) is best known for setting several world records for speedcubing, or quickly solving the Rubik's Cube. Macky lived in Arcadia, California, and graduated in the class of 2008 from Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California. In 2012, he graduated from Princeton University, where he majored in mathematics. He completed his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 2017 and is now a Ritt Assistant Professor of mathematics at Columbia University. He has held seven world records with the World Cube Association. In addition to speedcubing, he is involved in mathematics competitions and juggling.
Takuma Ueda (上田 拓馬, Ueda Takuma; born 21 March 1989) is a male Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team. He was…
Takuma Ueda (上田 拓馬, Ueda Takuma; born 21 March 1989) is a male Japanese badminton player from the Unisys team. He was the victor of the final match against Malaysia over Liew Daren in the 2014 Thomas Cup, which saw Japan win the tournament for the first time and in their debut final. He competed at the 2014 Asian Games.
Ryo Akiyoshi (秋吉 亮, Akiyoshi Ryō; born 21 March 1989 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who…
Ryo Akiyoshi (秋吉 亮, Akiyoshi Ryō; born 21 March 1989 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Yuta Wakimoto (脇本 雄太, Wakimoto Yūta; born 21 March 1989) is a Japanese track and road cyclist, who currently rides for…
Yuta Wakimoto (脇本 雄太, Wakimoto Yūta; born 21 March 1989) is a Japanese track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Bridgestone Cycling. He competed in the keirin event at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He is also a professional keirin cyclist. He has qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
🏫 Fukui Science and Technology High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1989📍 From Fukui(city), Fukui Prefecture💼 Keirin (Bicycle Racing)💼 Cycling
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Sayo Shiota (塩田 沙代, Shiota Sayo; born 21 March 1989) is a Japanese handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese…
Sayo Shiota (塩田 沙代, Shiota Sayo; born 21 March 1989) is a Japanese handball player for Hokkoku Bank and the Japanese national team. She participated at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship.
🏫 Takamatsu Commercial High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1989📍 From Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture💼 Handball
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Ryuhei Arita (有田 隆平, Arita Ryūhei; born 21 March 1989 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a…
Ryuhei Arita (有田 隆平, Arita Ryūhei; born 21 March 1989 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. In his home country he plays for the Coca-Cola Red Sparks whom he joined in 2011. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which competes in Super Rugby from the 2016 season. Arita is a Japanese international who debuted against Kazakhstan in 2012, but did not make the squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Higashi Fukuoka High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1989📍 From Fukuoka Prefecture💼 Rugby
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Takefumi Toma (當間 建文, Toma Takefumi; born 21 March 1989 in Okinawa) is a Japanese retired football player.
Tomohisa Nemoto (根本 朋久, Nemoto Tomohisa) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on March 21, 1986, in…
Tomohisa Nemoto (根本 朋久, Nemoto Tomohisa) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on March 21, 1986, in Motomiya, Fukushima, Japan. He played two years for the Chiba Lotte Marines for three years, from 2008 to 2010, and from 2011 on, he has been playing for the Fighters.
🎓 Yokohama College of Commerce🏫 Teikyo Asaka High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1986📍 From Motomiya, Fukushima💼 Baseball
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Reiko Ōmori (大森 玲子, Ōmori Reiko; born March 21, 1984, in Hakodate) is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop idol singer…
Reiko Ōmori (大森 玲子, Ōmori Reiko; born March 21, 1984, in Hakodate) is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop idol singer who voiced the title character (Miho Shinohara A.K.A. Fancy Lala) in Fancy Lala and also sang the opening and ending themes.
Umi Ishikawa (born 21 March 1984) is a Japanese professional boxer who holds the interim WBC female strawweight World…
Umi Ishikawa (born 21 March 1984) is a Japanese professional boxer who holds the interim WBC female strawweight World title.
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Kōzō Takahashi (高橋幸造, Takahashi Kōzō; born (1982-03-21)21 March 1982) is a former Japanese male volleyball player who…
Kōzō Takahashi (高橋幸造, Takahashi Kōzō; born (1982-03-21)21 March 1982) is a former Japanese male volleyball player who played the position of setter. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he played for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza.
🎓 Kindai University🏫 Matsuyama Technical High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1982📍 From Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture💼 Volleyball
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Mai Ichii (市井 舞, Ichii Mai; born (1980-03-21)March 21, 1980) is a Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer.
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Fumikazu Kobayashi (小林 史和, Kobayashi Fumikazu; born 21 March 1978) is a Japanese athlete who competes primarily in the…
Fumikazu Kobayashi (小林 史和, Kobayashi Fumikazu; born 21 March 1978) is a Japanese athlete who competes primarily in the 1500 metres. He competed at 2005 and 2007 World Championships reaching the semifinals stage the second time. He holds national records at several distances.
🎓 Takushoku University🏫 Chukyo High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1978📍 From Takayama, Gifu💼 Track and Field
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Dejima Takeharu (出島 武春, born March 21, 1974) is a former sumo wrestler from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A former amateur…
Dejima Takeharu (出島 武春, born March 21, 1974) is a former sumo wrestler from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1996, reaching the top makuuchi division the following year. In July 1999 he won the yūshō or tournament championship and earned promotion to the second highest rank of ōzeki. He lost the rank in 2001 and, for the most part, remained a maegashira until his retirement in 2009. He won ten special prizes and six gold stars over his long career. He wrestled for Musashigawa stable. He is now an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Ōnaruto Oyakata.
Masanori Ishii (石井 正則, Ishii Masanori; born March 21, 1973 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actor, comedian and narrator. In…
Masanori Ishii (石井 正則, Ishii Masanori; born March 21, 1973 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actor, comedian and narrator. In August 1994, he teamed up with Yoshiyuki Ishizuka to form the comedy duo "Ari to kirigirisu" or "Ant to the Grasshopper" . He has had roles in such works as The Incite Mill (2010), Suite Dreams (2006), Journey to the West (2006).
Misako Ando (安藤 美佐子, Andō Misako) (born March 21, 1971) is a Japanese softball player who plays as a shortstop. She won…
Misako Ando (安藤 美佐子, Andō Misako) (born March 21, 1971) is a Japanese softball player who plays as a shortstop. She won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Kiyokazu Katsumata (勝又 清和, Katsumata Kiyokazu; born March 21, 1969) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked…
Kiyokazu Katsumata (勝又 清和, Katsumata Kiyokazu; born March 21, 1969) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
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Sean K (ショーン K, Shōn Kei; born 21 March 1968) is a former Japanese radio personality, narrator and tarento. His…
Sean K (ショーン K, Shōn Kei; born 21 March 1968) is a former Japanese radio personality, narrator and tarento. His business name is Sean McArdle Kawakami (ショーン･マクアードル川上, Shōn Makuādoru Kawakami). His real name is Shinichiro Kawakami (川上 伸一郎, Kawakami Shin'ichirō). He is represented with Sunday. Sean K's career as a Japanese news and business commentator abruptly ended in 2016 after weekly magazine Shukan Bunshun exposed his fabricated academic background including claims of an MBA from Harvard Business School.
🏫 Kuma Technical High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1968📍 From Kumamoto Prefecture💼 Radio Personality💼 Narrator💼 TV Personality
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Daria Kawashima (川島だりあ, Kawashima Daria; born 21 March 1967), known before as Miki Kawashima, is a Japanese musical…
Daria Kawashima (川島だりあ, Kawashima Daria; born 21 March 1967), known before as Miki Kawashima, is a Japanese musical composer, singer-songwriter, lyricist under Being Inc. records.
Miyako Endō (遠藤 みやこ, Endō Miyako; born March 21, 1965) is a Japanese voice actress. She works for Aoni Production. She…
Miyako Endō (遠藤 みやこ, Endō Miyako; born March 21, 1965) is a Japanese voice actress. She works for Aoni Production. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University.
Kaori Ekuni (江國 香織 Ekuni Kaori, born 21 March 1964) is a Japanese author.
🎓 Mejiro Junior College🏫 Hiroo Gakuen High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1964📍 From Tokyo💼 Writer・Novelist💼 Translator💼 Poet
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Hitoshi Murayama (村山 斉, Murayama Hitoshi; 21 March 1964 -) is a Japanese-born physicist with notable contributions in…
Hitoshi Murayama (村山 斉, Murayama Hitoshi; 21 March 1964 -) is a Japanese-born physicist with notable contributions in the fields of particle physics and cosmology. He is currently a professor at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and was the Director of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo.
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 International Christian University High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1964💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Kimihiro Hamaya (浜谷 公宏, Hamaya Kimihiro; born 21 March 1963) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1984 Winter…
Kimihiro Hamaya (浜谷 公宏, Hamaya Kimihiro; born 21 March 1963) is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Yuzo Takada (高田裕三, Takada Yūzō; born March 21, 1963 in Edogawa, Tokyo) is the pseudonym of Yūji Takada (高田裕次, Takada…
Yuzo Takada (高田裕三, Takada Yūzō; born March 21, 1963 in Edogawa, Tokyo) is the pseudonym of Yūji Takada (高田裕次, Takada Yūji), a popular Japanese manga artist. He worked as an assistant for manga artist Fujihiko Hosono before starting his career as an original author. His first work appeared in November 1983 in Young Magazine, and his first series Tokonatsu Bank started in that publication in January 1984 and ran until February 1985. Takada is better known for his supernatural manga 3×3 Eyes and Blue Seed, and for the comedy-action manga All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku. The anime versions of these series all star voice-actress Megumi Hayashibara. In 1993, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for 3×3 Eyes. Takada has also worked on character design and illustration for video games, including Enix's Just Breed.
🎓 Meiji University🏫 Meiji University Affiliated Meiji High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1963💼 Manga Artist
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Gen Fukunaga (福永 元, Fukunaga Gen; born March 22, 1962) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. He established…
Gen Fukunaga (福永 元, Fukunaga Gen; born March 22, 1962) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. He established Funimation (now Crunchyroll, LLC), a company that distributes anime in Canada and the United States. He was its president and chairman until he stepped down in 2019. As of October 2011, Fukunaga was chairman of online video game publisher GameSamba.
Hiroshi Jofuku (城福 浩, Jofuku Hiroshi; born March 21, 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player, who was…
Hiroshi Jofuku (城福 浩, Jofuku Hiroshi; born March 21, 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player, who was most recently manager of J1 League club Tokyo Verdy.
🎓 Waseda University🏫 Johoku High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1961📍 From Tokushima(city), Tokushima Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo; born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his…
Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo; born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve. Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The two later worked together on many games at the company, most notably in the Final Fantasy series. After nearly two decades with Square, Uematsu left in 2004 to create his own production company and music label, Dog Ear Records. He has since composed music as a freelancer for other games, including ones developed by Square Enix and Sakaguchi's studio Mistwalker. Many soundtracks and arranged albums of Uematsu's game scores have been released. Pieces from his video game works have been performed in various Final Fantasy concerts, where he has worked with conductor Arnie Roth and Game Concerts producer Thomas Böcker on several of these performances. Uematsu was also the keyboardist in The Black Mages in the 2000s, which played various hard rock versions of his Final Fantasy compositions. He has since performed with the Earthbound Papas, which he formed as the successor to The Black Mages in 2011. Uematsu has made several listings in Britain's Classic FM Hall of Fame, with the station referring to him as the Beethoven of game music.
🎓 Kanagawa University🏫 Kochi Gakugei High School📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1959📍 From Kōchi, Kōchi💼 Composer
Katsuhiko Murooka (室岡 克彦, Murooka Katsuhiko; born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who…
Katsuhiko Murooka (室岡 克彦, Murooka Katsuhiko; born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese retired professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 8-dan.
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Shinya Tasaki (Japanese name: 田崎真也 born: 21 March 1958) is a Japanese sommelier who was named best sommelier in the…
Shinya Tasaki (Japanese name: 田崎真也 born: 21 March 1958) is a Japanese sommelier who was named best sommelier in the world in 1995 by the Association de la Sommellerie Internationale. Tasaki is the only Asian national ever to win the title of the Best Sommelier of the World, and he was awarded the Yellow Ribbon Medal of Honor by the Emperor of Japan.
Itai Keisuke (板井圭介, Itai Keisuke; 21 March 1956 – 14 August 2018) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Usuki, Oita, Japan.…
Itai Keisuke (板井圭介, Itai Keisuke; 21 March 1956 – 14 August 2018) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Usuki, Oita, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He held the record for most consecutive victories from entry into sumo for several years before it was broken by Jōkōryū in 2012. After his retirement, Itai caused controversy by claiming that the outcomes of many of his matches were set by match-fixing.
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Hiroshi Nishihara (西原寛, Nishihara Hiroshi), born 21 March 1955, is a Japanese chemist and Professor of Chemistry at The…
Hiroshi Nishihara (西原寛, Nishihara Hiroshi), born 21 March 1955, is a Japanese chemist and Professor of Chemistry at The University of Tokyo in Japan. Currently heading the department of Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory in The University of Tokyo, he is a distinguished professor, researcher and pioneer in the field of synthesis and electrochemistry of conductive metal complex polymers. His research is focused on creation of new electro- and photo-functional materials comprising both transition metals and π-conjugated chains, and invention of unidirectional electron transfer systems utilizing molecular layer interfaces. He is presently a Vice President of The Electrochemical Society of Japan, and the regional representative of Japan for International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE).
🎓 University of Tokyo🏫 Japanese La Salle Academy📅 Born March 21🎂 Born 1955💼 Scholar・Professor・Associate Professor
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Yoshihiro Yonezawa (米澤 嘉博, Yonezawa Yoshihiro; March 21, 1953 – October 1, 2006) was a Japanese manga critic and…
Yoshihiro Yonezawa (米澤 嘉博, Yonezawa Yoshihiro; March 21, 1953 – October 1, 2006) was a Japanese manga critic and author. He is also known for being Comiket's co-founder and president. He died of lung cancer at 53. He won the 2007 Seiun Award in the special category and 2010 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Special Award.
Kōichi Iwaki (岩城滉一, Iwaki Kōichi) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 8th Yokohama Film…
Kōichi Iwaki (岩城滉一, Iwaki Kōichi) is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for the 1986 film Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o. He was a Zainichi Korean until April 5, 2017, when he naturalized. Iwaki is also a racing car driver.
Kazuhiko Katō (加藤 和彦, Katō Kazuhiko; March 21, 1947 – October 17, 2009), nicknamed "Tonovan" (トノヴァン), was a Japanese…
Kazuhiko Katō (加藤 和彦, Katō Kazuhiko; March 21, 1947 – October 17, 2009), nicknamed "Tonovan" (トノヴァン), was a Japanese record producer, songwriter and singer. He sometimes used the spelling of "Kazuhiko Katoh".
Remi Hirano (平野 レミ, Hirano Remi; born March 21, 1947, in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese chef, TV personality, and…
Remi Hirano (平野 レミ, Hirano Remi; born March 21, 1947, in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese chef, TV personality, and chanson singer. Her father is French-American-Japanese writer Imao Hirano. Her husband is illustrator Makoto Wada. Her eldest son is Sho Wada, member of the band Triceratops, and whose wife is the actress Juri Ueno. The wife of her second son is chef and model Asuka Wada. Her grandfather is Japanese art historian and jurist Henry Pike Bowie.
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Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (born 21 March 1946) is a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of…
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (born 21 March 1946) is a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Nagasaki from 2003 to 2021.
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Hideki Ishima (Japanese: 石間 秀機, Hepburn: Ishima Hideki; born March 21, 1944 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese…
Hideki Ishima (Japanese: 石間 秀機, Hepburn: Ishima Hideki; born March 21, 1944 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese musician, known primarily for his work with Flower Travellin' Band and for creating the sitarla instrument. A guitarist and sitar player for nearly forty years, he now exclusively plays the sitarla, an instrument he invented in 2000 that combines aspects of a sitar with an electric guitar. Guitarists Kazuo Takeda, Akira Takasaki, Rolly, and Mikael Åkerfeldt have cited him as an influence.
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Hiroaki Sato (佐藤 紘彰, Satō Hiroaki; born 1942) is a Japanese poet and prolific translator who writes frequently for The…
Hiroaki Sato (佐藤 紘彰, Satō Hiroaki; born 1942) is a Japanese poet and prolific translator who writes frequently for The Japan Times. He has been called (by Gary Snyder) "perhaps the finest translator of contemporary Japanese poetry into American English". Sato received the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature in 1999 for his translation of Breeze Through Bamboo by Ema Saikō (Columbia University Press, 1997) and in 2017 for The Silver Spoon: Memoir of a Boyhood in Japan by Kansuke Naka (Stone Bridge Press, 2015).
Kōtarō Kodama (Japanese: 児玉更太郎; 21 March 1934 – 11 January 2026) was a Japanese politician.
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Suehiro Tanemura (種村 季弘, Tanemura Suehiro; 21 March 1933 – 29 August 2004) was a translator (from German into Japanese)…
Suehiro Tanemura (種村 季弘, Tanemura Suehiro; 21 March 1933 – 29 August 2004) was a translator (from German into Japanese) and critic. Tanemura was born in Toshima, Tokyo in 1933. His mother died in 1946. He became interested in German while still a teenager, and entered the University of Tokyo in 1951. He first majored in aesthetics but switched to German literature, graduating in 1957 and for a short time thereafter working in Kōbunsha in editing the women's magazine Josei Jishin. From 1963 until 1968, Tanemura taught as an adjunct lecturer at Komazawa University. In 1968 he obtained a tenured post at Tokyo Metropolitan University, but he resigned in 1971 and went to Europe, where he spent much time until 1978, when he took another tenured post at Kokugakuin University, where he would teach until December 2002. At around this time he was diagnosed with cancer, from which he died in 2004. Tanemura was a prolific translator from German, writer and anthologizer of others' writings, with a certain tendency toward subjects like vampires and Sacher-Masoch. His own writings were first collected in a ten-volume set in 1979; two decades later this was supplemented by an eight-volume set.
Masaru Imada (今田勝, Imada Masaru; 21 March 1932 – 30 May 2025) was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer.
Hiroichi Sakai (Japanese: 坂井弘一; Sakai Hiroichi; 21 March 1929 – 22 November 2021) was a Japanese politician. A member…
Hiroichi Sakai (Japanese: 坂井弘一; Sakai Hiroichi; 21 March 1929 – 22 November 2021) was a Japanese politician. A member of the Komeito party, he served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1993.
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Soichiro Ito (伊藤宗一郎, Itō Sōichirō; 21 March 1924 – 4 September 2001) was a Japanese politician who served in the House…
Soichiro Ito (伊藤宗一郎, Itō Sōichirō; 21 March 1924 – 4 September 2001) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1967 until his death in 2001. From 1981 to 1982, Ito was the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. Born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1924, he studied law at Tohoku University and served briefly as a second lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Iwao Akiyama (秋山 巌, Akiyama Iwao; March 21, 1921 – September 15, 2014) was a Japanese woodblock printmaker and artist…
Iwao Akiyama (秋山 巌, Akiyama Iwao; March 21, 1921 – September 15, 2014) was a Japanese woodblock printmaker and artist known for distinctive prints of owls, cats, and other animals in the style of naive or folk art. Akiyama was born in 1921 in Takeda, Ōita Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu. He studied drawing under the direction of a Buddhist monk during his childhood, then at the Taiheiyo Bijutsu Gakkō, graduating 1956. He originally pursued suiboku-ga, a type of ink painting. However, Akiyama changed his focus to woodblock printing after meeting Shikō Munakata, under whom he studied from 1959 until 1965. Akiyama's prints are primarily made in black ink, and early ones contained a single red dot within the image, although later works sometimes feature more colors. In his prints, Akiyama limited himself to few subjects: animals, nude female figures, Buddhist deities and Buddhist monks. Akiyama's work often incorporated verses of haiku and other text by Japanese poets like Ryōkan Taigu, Kobayashi Issa, and Zen monk Santōka Taneda, as well as from his own original poetry. Iwao Akiyama died in Matsudo, Chiba, on September 15, 2014, at the age of 93.
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Momoko Hirotsu (広津 桃子, Hirotsu Momoko; 21 March 1918 – 24 November 1988) was a Japanese novelist. She was the daughter…
Momoko Hirotsu (広津 桃子, Hirotsu Momoko; 21 March 1918 – 24 November 1988) was a Japanese novelist. She was the daughter of Kazuo Hirotsu.
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