May 25: 55 people
Rei Takedomi (武富 礼衣, Takedomi Rei; born May 25, 1999) is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.
Shirokuma Yūta (Japanese: 白熊 優太; born 25 May 1999 as Yūta Takahashi (高橋 優太, Takahashi Yūta)) is a Japanese professional…
Shirokuma Yūta (Japanese: 白熊 優太; born 25 May 1999 as Yūta Takahashi (高橋 優太, Takahashi Yūta)) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture. After a successful amateur career, he joined Nishonoseki stable and began his professional career in May 2022. His highest rank has been maegashira 16.
Ryota Ichihara (市原 亮太, Ichihara Ryota; born 25 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for…
Ryota Ichihara (市原 亮太, Ichihara Ryota; born 25 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for J2 League club FC Imabari.
Go Hatano (波多野 豪, Hatano Gō; born May 25, 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1…
Go Hatano (波多野 豪, Hatano Gō; born May 25, 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club V-Varen Nagasaki.
Maral-Erdene Gansukh (Mongolian: Гансүхийн Марал-Эрдэнэ; born 25 May, 1996) is a Mongolian figure skater who competes…
Maral-Erdene Gansukh (Mongolian: Гансүхийн Марал-Эрдэнэ; born 25 May, 1996) is a Mongolian figure skater who competes in women's singles. She is the first Mongolian figure skater to compete at an International Skating Union championship.
Tori Koana (小穴 桃里, Koana Tōri) is a Japanese curler. She was the skip of Team Fujikyu, and now focuses on mixed doubles…
Tori Koana (小穴 桃里, Koana Tōri) is a Japanese curler. She was the skip of Team Fujikyu, and now focuses on mixed doubles with curling partner Go Aoki
Keisuke Monguchi (門口佳佑, born 25 May 1995) is a Japanese kickboxer who was the 2022 RISE featherweight champion. As of…
Keisuke Monguchi (門口佳佑, born 25 May 1995) is a Japanese kickboxer who was the 2022 RISE featherweight champion. As of August 2021, he is the #10 ranked Super Flyweight in the world, according to Combat Press.
Hiroki Otsu (大津弘樹, Ōtsu Hiroki; born 25 May 1994) is a Japanese racing driver who is currently competing in Super GT…
Hiroki Otsu (大津弘樹, Ōtsu Hiroki; born 25 May 1994) is a Japanese racing driver who is currently competing in Super GT with ARTA, and in Super Formula for TCS Nakajima Racing as a substitute driver for Naoki Yamamoto.
Rei Tachibana (born 25 May 1993) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club…
Rei Tachibana (born 25 May 1993) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WE League club Chifure AS Elfen Saitama.
Ryota Ishioka (石岡 諒太, Ishioka Ryōta; born May 25, 1992 in Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) is a Japanese former…
Ryota Ishioka (石岡 諒太, Ishioka Ryōta; born May 25, 1992 in Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder.
Yuta Fujii (藤井 悠太, Fujii Yuta; born May 25, 1991 in Saitama) is a Japanese football player for Thespakusatsu Gunma.
Hiroki Tanaka (田中 寛己, Tanaka Hiroki; born May 25, 1991) is a Japanese football player.
Toshiyuki Takagi (高木 俊幸, Takagi Toshiyuki; born 25 May 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Tokyo…
Toshiyuki Takagi (高木 俊幸, Takagi Toshiyuki; born 25 May 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Tokyo United FC.
Sayuri Hori (保里 小百合, Hori Sayuri; born May 25, 1990) is a Japanese announcer, television reporter, television…
Sayuri Hori (保里 小百合, Hori Sayuri; born May 25, 1990) is a Japanese announcer, television reporter, television personality, and news anchor for NHK. She is a former correspondent for NHK's morning infotainment program Asaichi, as well as a former newsreader for morning news show NHK News Ohayō Nippon.
Kazuki Hashimoto (橋本 和樹, Hashimoto Kazuki; born May 25, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to…
Kazuki Hashimoto (橋本 和樹, Hashimoto Kazuki; born May 25, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), competing in the Strong J division, where he is a former BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Takafumi Suzuki (鈴木 崇文, Suzuki Takafumi; born 25 May 1987 in Fuji, Shizuoka) is a Japanese pole vaulter. He competed at…
Takafumi Suzuki (鈴木 崇文, Suzuki Takafumi; born 25 May 1987 in Fuji, Shizuoka) is a Japanese pole vaulter. He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. He is the 2010 Japanese Championships champion. His personal best jump is 5.55 metres, achieved in April 2008 and May 2009. The former was the Japanese university record at the time.
Katsuya Kakunaka (角中 勝也, born May 25, 1987) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines…
Katsuya Kakunaka (角中 勝也, born May 25, 1987) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Kōta Kanai (金井 恒太, Kanai Kōta; born May 25, 1986) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Juri Ueno (上野 樹里, Ueno Juri; born 25 May 1986) is a Japanese actress. She first gained recognition in the 2004 film…
Juri Ueno (上野 樹里, Ueno Juri; born 25 May 1986) is a Japanese actress. She first gained recognition in the 2004 film Swing Girls where she was a recipient of Newcomer of the Year prize at the Japanese Academy Awards. Ueno achieved mainstream success for playing the title role in the live-action adaptations of manga Nodame Cantabile for which she won Best Lead Actress at the 51st Television Drama Academy Awards in 2007. She further gained acclaim with her role in the television series Last Friends for which she won Best Supporting Actress at the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and the 57th Television Drama Academy Awards in 2008.
Yuya Iwadate (岩舘 侑哉, Iwadate Yuya; born May 25, 1985) is a former Japanese football player.
Maiko Fujino (藤野 舞子, Fujino Maiko; born May 25, 1983) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle…
Maiko Fujino (藤野 舞子, Fujino Maiko; born May 25, 1983) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle and individual medley events. She represented her nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of six medals (one silver and five bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the Pan Pacific Championships and three editions of the Asian Games (2002 to 2010). Fujino was also a student at Takushoku University in Tokyo. Fujino made her own swimming history at the 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Yokohama, quickly claiming the bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley with a time of 4:45.79. The following year, Fujino picked up two more medals in the same stroke (silver in the 400, and bronze in the 200) at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Daegu, South Korea, posting respective marks of 2:17.41 and 4:48.44. Five years later, Fujino competed in two swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she cleared FINA A-standard entry times of 8:34.17 (800 m freestyle) and 4:40.14 (400 m individual medley) at the Olympic trials in Tokyo to earn an outright selection on the Japanese team. On the first day of the Games, Fujino posted her personal best of 4:37.35 in the preliminary heats of the 400 m individual medley, but missed out the final by less than 0.21 of a second in eleventh place. In her second event, 800 m freestyle, Fujino challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including former Olympic champion Camelia Potec of Romania, 14-year-old Li Xuanxu of China, and top medal favorite Katie Hoff of the United States. She raced to sixth place by five seconds behind Venezuela's Andreina Pinto in 8:35.60. For the second time, Fujino failed to advance to the top 8 final, placing herself in twenty-first overall on the evening prelims. Fujino also became the first female Japanese swimmer to dip under 4:30 barrier in the 400 m individual medley, smashing a Japanese record and her own tech suit best of 4:29.77 at the 2009 Japan Open in Tokyo.
Yuko Miyamoto (宮本 裕向, Miyamoto Yūkō; born May 25, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his…
Yuko Miyamoto (宮本 裕向, Miyamoto Yūkō; born May 25, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career in Wrestling Marvelous Future in August 2003, but later left the promotion and in 2004, signed with Wrestling of Darkness 666 (Triple Six). Miyamoto has since appeared in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Miyamoto is a former one-time DDT Extreme Champion, two-time BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight and a two-time Dove Pro Heavyweight Champion and a one-time CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion. He is also known as one half of the tag team Yankee Nichokenju (ヤンキー二丁拳銃, Yankī Nichōkenjū; "Yankee Pistols Akimbo") with Isami Kodaka, where they are one-time KO-D Tag Team Champions, three-time BJW Tag Team Champions, one-time Wave Tag Team Champions, two-time All Asia Tag Team Champions and have also won the Dai Nihon Saikyo Tag League three times. In 2016, Miyamto formed a tag team with Harashima, named Smile Yankees (スマイル・ヤンキース, Sumairu yankīsu), where they were one-time KO-D Tag Team Champions.
Kenichi Sakai (坂井 謙一, Sakai Kenichi), (born May 25, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to…
Kenichi Sakai (坂井 謙一, Sakai Kenichi), (born May 25, 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Michinoku Pro Wrestling where he competes under the ring name Ken45° and is one half of the reigning Tohoku Tag Team Champions and UWA World Tag Team Champions with Kengo.
Tomohisa Yuge (弓削智久, Yuge Tomohisa; born 25 May 1980) is a Japanese actor who has had roles in numerous TV Asahi…
Tomohisa Yuge (弓削智久, Yuge Tomohisa; born 25 May 1980) is a Japanese actor who has had roles in numerous TV Asahi Tokusatsu shows, including Kamen Rider Ryuki and Kamen Rider Kabuto, as well as a number of films.
Takaya Mutō is a Japanese politician and a former member of the National Diet where he sat in the House of…
Takaya Mutō is a Japanese politician and a former member of the National Diet where he sat in the House of Representatives. Previously a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he resigned his party membership in 2015.
Kazuya Hiraide (平出和也, Hiraide Kazuya; May 25, 1979 – July 27, 2024) was a Japanese ski mountaineer, Alpine climber, and…
Kazuya Hiraide (平出和也, Hiraide Kazuya; May 25, 1979 – July 27, 2024) was a Japanese ski mountaineer, Alpine climber, and professional mountain cameraman. Hiraide won the Piolet d'Or mountaineering award on four occasions.
Hideaki Sorachi (空知 英秋, Sorachi Hideaki; born May 25, 1979) is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist, most well known…
Hideaki Sorachi (空知 英秋, Sorachi Hideaki; born May 25, 1979) is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist, most well known for his manga Gintama, which began serialization in 2003 and ended in 2019. He has also written numerous one-shots, including Dandelion, for which he won the Tenkaichi Honourable Mention Manga Award in 2002. Sorachi's distinctive sense of humour and writing style has been the subject of academic research papers. As of February 2018, the Gintama manga has sold 55 million units in Japan.
Kyosuke Usuta (うすた 京介, Usuta Kyōsuke; born May 25, 1974 in Aichi Prefecture but raised in Kōshi, Kumamoto) is a…
Kyosuke Usuta (うすた 京介, Usuta Kyōsuke; born May 25, 1974 in Aichi Prefecture but raised in Kōshi, Kumamoto) is a Japanese manga artist. His best known works are Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san which was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1995 to 1997 and which was adapted into a 48-episode anime series produced by Magic Bus; and Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar which was also serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump between 2000 and 2010, adapted into an anime film and a live action film in 2008.
Ai Kobayashi (小林 愛, Kobayashi Ai; born May 25, 1973) is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She is known for her work…
Ai Kobayashi (小林 愛, Kobayashi Ai; born May 25, 1973) is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She is known for her work in anime, animated films, video games, and dubbing of foreign media. Kobayashi has been active since the early 1990s and is affiliated with Office Osawa.
Hikari Ishida (Japanese: 石田ひかり, Hepburn: Ishida Hikari) (born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese actress. She starred along…
Hikari Ishida (Japanese: 石田ひかり, Hepburn: Ishida Hikari) (born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series Hana no Asuka-gumi!. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several photobooks and videos. Ishida has had at least one song appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta. She is the younger sister of Yuriko Ishida, who is also an actress.
Shigeo Okumura (奥村 茂雄, Okumura Shigeo; born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to Mexican…
Shigeo Okumura (奥村 茂雄, Okumura Shigeo; born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). He also performs for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a member of Contra Unit and a former two-time MLW World Tag Team Champion with Satoshi Kojima as CozyMAX. Okumura originally worked in his native Japan for Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW), Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) before moving to Mexico in 2004 to work for CMLL full-time. He was the leader of the stable La Ola Amarilla (Spanish for "The Yellow Wave"), often teaming with Japanese wrestlers who visited Mexico on excursion. Okumura is a former CMLL World Trios Champion, CMLL Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champion and Occidente Light Heavyweight Champion. Through CMLL's partnerships, he has also wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) in the United States.
Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂 幸太郎, Isaka Kōtarō; born 25 May 1971) is a Japanese author of mystery fiction, best known for his…
Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂 幸太郎, Isaka Kōtarō; born 25 May 1971) is a Japanese author of mystery fiction, best known for his Hitman novel/manga series, including Maoh: Juvenile Remix (2007–2009), the first of which, 3 Assassins (2004, Japanese; 2022, English), was adapted as a Japanese feature film, Grasshopper (2015), and the second of which, Maria Beetle (2010, Japanese; 2021, English), was adapted as an American feature film, Bullet Train (2022).
Toshio Haru (波留 敏夫, born May 25, 1970, in Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.
Tomoko Ninomiya (Japanese: 二ノ宮 知子, Hepburn: Ninomiya Tomoko; born May 25, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist, based in…
Tomoko Ninomiya (Japanese: 二ノ宮 知子, Hepburn: Ninomiya Tomoko; born May 25, 1969) is a Japanese manga artist, based in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, Japanese: 辻 一弘 Tsuji Kazuhiro; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese and American special…
Kazu Hiro (born Kazuhiro Tsuji, Japanese: 辻 一弘 Tsuji Kazuhiro; born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese and American special make-up effects artist and visual artist. He won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for the biographical films Darkest Hour (2017) and Bombshell (2019) after earning nominations for the comedies Click (2006) and Norbit (2007). He was additionally nominated for Maestro (2023) and The Smashing Machine (2025).
Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉 洋史, Koizumi Hiroshi; born 25 May 1969 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed…
Hiroshi Koizumi (小泉 洋史, Koizumi Hiroshi; born 25 May 1969 in Kanagawa) is a Japanese racing driver who last competed for TF Sport in the LMGT3 class of the European Le Mans Series.
Hiroyuki Jo (徐裕行, Jo Hiroyuki; Korean: 서유행; Seo Yoo-hyeng; born May 25, 1965) is a Zainichi Korean member of…
Hiroyuki Jo (徐裕行, Jo Hiroyuki; Korean: 서유행; Seo Yoo-hyeng; born May 25, 1965) is a Zainichi Korean member of Shinshushieikan (神洲士衛館), an uyoku organization, and the Mie Prefecture-based Hane-gumi branch of Yamaguchi-gumi, a yakuza organization. Jo assassinated Hideo Murai, a member of Aum Shinrikyo, on April 23, 1995. Charges that Kenji Kamimine (上峯 憲司), a former leader of Hane-gumi, ordered Jo to kill Murai were dismissed by the Tokyo High Court. Jo had claimed Kenji had ordered him to kill any Aum Shinrikyo leaders that he could. It is believed that this was done out of fear of the yakuza's connections to the cult being made public. Jo was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder.
Masashi Yanagisawa (柳沢 正史, Yanagisawa Masashi; born May 25, 1960) is a Japanese-American molecular biologist and…
Masashi Yanagisawa (柳沢 正史, Yanagisawa Masashi; born May 25, 1960) is a Japanese-American molecular biologist and physician, famous for his discovery of the hormone endothelin and the neuropeptide orexin, the absence of which is the cause of narcolepsy. He is currently the Director of the International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba, and an adjunct professor at the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Satoshi Kadokura (門倉 聡, Kadokura Satoshi; born May 25, 1959), is a Japanese composer, arranger, producer and…
Satoshi Kadokura (門倉 聡, Kadokura Satoshi; born May 25, 1959), is a Japanese composer, arranger, producer and keyboardist. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts. He was a producer of Wink, Noriyuki Makihara, Southern All Stars and many other artists. He also composes scores for video game series Metal Max.
Tatsutoshi Goto (後藤 達俊, Gotō Tatsutoshi; born May 25, 1956) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily…
Tatsutoshi Goto (後藤 達俊, Gotō Tatsutoshi; born May 25, 1956) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He competed primarily in WAR and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and briefly used the name "T2000 Machine". He also briefly competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as part of the nWo Japan.
Katsura Funakoshi (舟越 桂, Funakoshi Katsura; 25 May 1951 – 29 March 2024) was a Japanese sculptor. Funakoshi was…
Katsura Funakoshi (舟越 桂, Funakoshi Katsura; 25 May 1951 – 29 March 2024) was a Japanese sculptor. Funakoshi was well-known in the field of visual arts in Japan. His father, Yasutake Funakoshi, was also a sculptor and soon he felt the same vocation. He studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts, from 1971 to 1975, and at the University of Fine Arts and Music, from 1975 to 1977. He started carving in camphor wood in 1980. His works, usually depicting human figures from the waist up, have a great poetical effect, and are striking and distinctive. Funakoshi worked this material in a personal way and left visible both the grain of the wood and the marks of carving. The artist carefully utilised the grain for modelling and left part of the head unpainted, normally the crown. Funakoshi exhibited his work at the Venice Biennale, the São Paulo Biennale, the Documenta IX, and the Shanghai Biennale, and his work is represented in several art museums in Japan and other countries. Funakoshi died from lung cancer on 29 March 2024, at the age of 72.
Shun Nakahara (中原 俊, Nakahara Shun; born May 25, 1951 as Toshihiro Nakahara (中原 俊弘, Nakahara Toshihiro)) is a Japanese…
Shun Nakahara (中原 俊, Nakahara Shun; born May 25, 1951 as Toshihiro Nakahara (中原 俊弘, Nakahara Toshihiro)) is a Japanese film director and a professor at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He began his career directing Roman Porno films, and since then he has dealt with a wide range of subjects regardless of genre. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Yokohama Film Festival for Sakura no Sono.
Kenji Otsubo (Japanese: 大坪 賢次, Hepburn: Kenji Otsubo; born May 25, 1944) is a Japanese businessman.
Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木 経惟, Araki Nobuyoshi; born May 25, 1940), professionally known by the mononym Arākii (アラーキー), is a…
Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木 経惟, Araki Nobuyoshi; born May 25, 1940), professionally known by the mononym Arākii (アラーキー), is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism and bondage in a fine art context, he has published over 500 books.
Kenji Yonekura (Japanese: 米倉 健司, Hepburn: Yonekura Kenji; 25 May 1934 – 20 April 2023) was a Japanese boxer who…
Kenji Yonekura (Japanese: 米倉 健司, Hepburn: Yonekura Kenji; 25 May 1934 – 20 April 2023) was a Japanese boxer who competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games in the flyweight division, and was a two-time world title challenger in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions. He later served as the president of Yonekura Boxing Gym.
Ryoichi Fujisawa (藤沢 良一, Fujisawa Ryōichi) (born 25 May 1927) was a Japanese Nordic skier who competed in the early…
Ryoichi Fujisawa (藤沢 良一, Fujisawa Ryōichi) (born 25 May 1927) was a Japanese Nordic skier who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he finished 14th in the Nordic combined event, 34th in the ski jumping individual large hill event, and tied for 61st in the 18 km cross-country skiing event. He was born in Otaru.
Yoshimoto Ishin (吉本伊信, May 25, 1916 – August 1, 1988) was a Japanese businessman and Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest who…
Yoshimoto Ishin (吉本伊信, May 25, 1916 – August 1, 1988) was a Japanese businessman and Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest who was the founder of the Naikan (内観 looking inside) meditation method in the 1940s, which later was utilised as a psychotherapy treatment. He later acted as prison chaplain to spread Naikan to prisoners.
Princess Deokhye of Korea (Korean: 덕혜옹주; Japanese: 徳恵姫, Tokue-hime; 25 May 1912 – 21 April 1989) was the last princess…
Princess Deokhye of Korea (Korean: 덕혜옹주; Japanese: 徳恵姫, Tokue-hime; 25 May 1912 – 21 April 1989) was the last princess of the Korean royal family. She was born on 25 May 1912, at Changdeok Palace, in Seoul, as the youngest daughter of Emperor Gojong from his concubine, then known as Yang Gwi-in. After her birth, Gojong bestowed the royal title Boknyeong on Lady Yang. Deokhye was not formally recognized as a princess by Japan because she was not the daughter of a Queen. In 1917, she was officially recognized as a princess by the Japanese government and her name was also formally entered into the imperial family's registry. Her father loved her greatly and established the Deoksugung Kindergarten for her in Junmyungdang (준명당), Hamnyeong Hall. Girls her age from noble families attended the kindergarten. In South Korea, she is called Deokhye Ongju, not Gongju. Gongju refers to the daughters of the Queen, and Ongju refers to the daughters of concubines.
Tomokazu Murakami (Japanese: 村上朝一; May 25, 1906 – February 13, 1987) was the 6th Chief Justice of Japan (1973–1976). He…
Tomokazu Murakami (Japanese: 村上朝一; May 25, 1906 – February 13, 1987) was the 6th Chief Justice of Japan (1973–1976). He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Kōzō Sasaki (佐々木 更三, Sasaki Kōzō; 25 May 1900 – 24 December 1985) was a Japanese socialist agitator and politician. The…
Kōzō Sasaki (佐々木 更三, Sasaki Kōzō; 25 May 1900 – 24 December 1985) was a Japanese socialist agitator and politician. The longtime leader of the left wing of the Japan Socialist Party in the postwar period, he served as chairman of party from 1965 to 1967. Small in stature and possessed of a fiery temper and a thick rural Tōhoku accent, he was a loud-mouthed and charismatic figure nicknamed "Kōzō the Ogre."