Famous People of Japan
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Famous People Born on May 23

May 23: 56 people

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Mao Arai (Japanese: 新井 万央, Hepburn: Arai Mao; born 23 May 2003) is a Japanese judoka. She won a gold medal in the mixed…

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Seiya Yoshida

吉田聖弥
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Seiya Yoshida (吉田 聖弥, Yoshida Seiya; born May 23, 2002 in Karatsu, Saga, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball…

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Riku Ochiai (落合 陸, Ochiai Riku; born 23 May 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer currently playing as a…

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Yuya Takagi (高木 友也, Takagi Yuya; born 23 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a left-back for J2…

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Mei Miyamoto

宮本芽依
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Mei Miyamoto (Japanese: 宮本芽依, Miyamoto Mei; born May 23, 1998) is a Japanese professional kickboxer. She is the current…

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Takumi Kanaya

金谷拓実
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Takumi Kanaya (Japanese: 金谷拓実, born 23 May 1998) is a Japanese professional golfer. He had an exceptionally successful…

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Daichi Hayashi (林 大地, Hayashi Daichi; born 23 May 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward…

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Shohei Urakawa

浦川翔平
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Shohei Urakawa (浦川 翔平, Urakawa Shohei; born May 23, 1997) is a Japanese dancer and DJ. He is one of the performers of…

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Meg Hemphill

ヘンプヒル恵
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Megumi Hemphill known as Megu Hemphill and Meg Hemphill (born 23 May 1996, in Kyotanabe, Kyoto) is a Japanese track and…

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Hidetoshi Miyuki (三幸 秀稔, Miyuki Hidetoshi; born May 23, 1993) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…

Hiroyuki Furuta (古田 寛幸, Furuta Hiroyuki; born 23 May 1991) is a Japanese former football player.

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Karen Nun-Ira

ヌンイラ華蓮
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Karen Nun Ira (ヌンイラ 華蓮, Nun'ira Karen; born 23 May 1991 in Funabashi, Chiba) is a Japanese judoka. Her mother is…

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Suguru Osako (大迫傑, Ōsako Suguru; born 23 May 1991) is a Japanese long-distance runner. He won the 10,000 metres gold…

Ryo Nagai (永井 龍, Nagai Ryo; born 23 May 1991) is a Japanese football player who can play as a forward, currently…

Natsuna Watanabe (渡辺 夏菜, Watanabe Natsuna; born May 23, 1989), better known as just Natsuna (夏菜, Natsuna), is a…

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Hiroki Fujishima

藤嶋大規
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Hiroki Fujishima (藤嶋 大規, born 23 May 1988) is a Japanese canoeist. He competed in the men's K-4 500 metres event at the…

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Noriko Higuchi

樋口紀子
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Noriko Higuchi (Japanese: 樋口 紀子; born 23 May 1985) is a female Japanese long-distance runner who specialised in…

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Seiko Kawamura

河村聖子
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Seiko Kawamura (河村 聖子 Kawamura Seiko, born 23 May 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toyota Auto Body…

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Ryūnosuke Kawai (河合 龍之介, Kawai Ryūnosuke; born 23 May 1983, in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor. He was…

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Takahiro Shibasaki (柴崎 貴広, Shibasaki Takahiro; born May 23, 1982) is a Japanese football player who plays for Kataller…

Tadamichi Machida (町田 忠道, Machida Tadamichi; born May 23, 1981) is a former Japanese football player.

Hideaki Kitajima (北嶋 秀朗, Kitajima Hideaki; born May 23, 1978) is a former Japanese football player and last play for…

Koichi Sekimoto (関本 恒一, Sekimoto Koichi; May 23, 1978 – January 23, 2016) was a Japanese football player.

Tomoyuki Hirase (平瀬 智行, Hirase Tomoyuki; born 23 May 1977) is a former Japanese football player. He played twice for…

Noriko Anno (阿武 教子, born 23 May 1976, in Fukue, Yamaguchi) is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women's…

Fumihiro Suzuki (鈴木 郁洋, born May 23, 1975) is a retired Japanese professional baseball catcher and current coach for…

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Hiroshi Shibahara (柴原 洋, Shibahara Hiroshi; born May 23, 1974) is a Japanese professional baseball player. An…

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Yoshiyuki Fuchiwaki

渕脇芳行
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Yoshiyuki Fuchiwaki (渕脇 芳行) is a Japanese retired professional baseball player. He spent seven seasons with the Osaka…

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Makoto Kakegawa (掛川 誠, Kakegawa Makoto; born May 23, 1973) is a former Japanese football player.

Takayoshi Amma (安間 貴義, Amma Takayoshi; born May 23, 1969) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player…

Masanori Sugiura (杉浦 正則, born May 23, 1968) is a retired Japanese Olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama…

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Masanaga Kageyama (影山 雅永, Kageyama Masanaga; born May 23, 1967) is a Japanese former footballer and manager.

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Hirobumi Niki

仁木博文
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Hirobumi Niki (仁木博文, Niki Hirobumi; born 23 May 1966) is a Japanese politician serving as deputy minister of health…

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Mitsuo Yamaguchi (山口 光雄, Yamaguchi Mitsuo; born May 23, 1965), known professionally as Kappei Yamaguchi (山口 勝平…

Hideo Tarumi (垂秀夫) (born May 23, 1961) is a Japanese diplomat who served as the Ambassador to China, from November 2020…

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Ryuta Kawashima (川島 隆太, Kawashima Ryūta; [kaɰaɕima ɾʲɨᵝːta]; born May 23, 1959) is a Japanese neuroscientist known for…

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Shinsuke Kayama

香山進介
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Shinsuke Kayama (香山 進介, Kayama Shinsuke; born 23 May 1959) is a Japanese former swimmer. He competed in two events at…

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Mineko Nishikawa

仁支川峰子
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Mineko Nishikawa (仁支川 峰子, Nishikawa Mineko; born May 23, 1958 in Aka, Fukuoka; real name Fukuda Mineko, 福田 峰子) is a…

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Junko Mitsuhashi (三橋 順子, Mitsuhashi Junko; born May 23, 1955) is a Japanese social and cultural historian. She…

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Hakubun Shimomura (下村 博文, Shimomura Hakubun; born 23 May 1954) is a Japanese political activist of the Liberal…

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Asahiko Mihara

三原朝彦
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Asahiko Mihara (三原 朝彦, Mihara Asahiko; born 23 May 1947) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…

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Minoru Nojima

野島稔
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Minoru Nojima (野島 稔, Nojima Minoru; May 23, 1945 – May 9, 2022) was a Japanese classical pianist. At the time of his…

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Nobuyuki Katsube (勝部 演之, Katsube Nobuyuki; born May 23, 1938) is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He graduated from…

Takeo Sugawara (菅原 武男, Sugawara Takeo; born 23 May 1938) is a Japanese former hammer thrower who competed in the 1960…

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Kaoru Nakamaru

中丸薫
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Kaoru Nakamaru (中丸 薫, Nakamaru Kaoru; born 23 May 1937) is a Japanese journalist, television interviewer, and author…

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Toyozo Ueda

上田豊三
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Toyozo Ueda (上田 豊三, Ueda Toyozō; born May 23, 1937) was a former justice on the Supreme Court of Japan. In spring 2009…

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