October 27: 58 people
Taiga Kojima (小島 大河, Kojima Taiga; born October 27, 2003) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Saitama…
Taiga Kojima (小島 大河, Kojima Taiga; born October 27, 2003) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Yu Shiotani (born 27 October 2001) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg…
Yu Shiotani (born 27 October 2001) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the 55 kg event at the 2022 World Wrestling Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. He won the gold medal in the 55 kg event at the 2021 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Yuan Matsuhashi (松橋 優安, Matsuhashi Yuan; born 27 October 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a…
Yuan Matsuhashi (松橋 優安, Matsuhashi Yuan; born 27 October 2001) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Tokyo Verdy.
Kazuto Takezawa (武沢 一翔, Takezawa Kazuto; born 27 October 1999) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…
Kazuto Takezawa (武沢 一翔, Takezawa Kazuto; born 27 October 1999) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Japan Football League club Verspah Oita.
Hidehiro Sugai (須貝 英大, Sugai Hidehiro; born 27 October 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left-back for J1…
Hidehiro Sugai (須貝 英大, Sugai Hidehiro; born 27 October 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left-back for J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse.
Kazane (風音, Kazane; born October 27, 1998) is a retired Japanese kickboxer, who fought professionally in RISE. He was…
Kazane (風音, Kazane; born October 27, 1998) is a retired Japanese kickboxer, who fought professionally in RISE. He was the 2021 RISE Dead of Alive Super Flyweight (-53 kg) Tournament winner and was a one-time RISE Super Flyweight (-53kg) title challenger. As of October 2021 he was the #2 ranked strawweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press.
Veny (stylized in all caps, born October 27, 1998) is the ring-name of a Japanese professional wrestler currently…
Veny (stylized in all caps, born October 27, 1998) is the ring-name of a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer. She is best known for being with other wrestling promotions such as Pro Wrestling Wave and Seadlinnng. She is the first known transgender wrestler from Japan, having made her debut in 2015. She was formerly known as Asuka (朱崇花).
Ishin Iihashi (飯橋 偉進, Iihashi Ishin), known mononymously as Ishin (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese professional…
Ishin Iihashi (飯橋 偉進, Iihashi Ishin), known mononymously as Ishin (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to Dragongate. He is one half of the current Open The Twin Gate Champions with Yoshiki Kato, and is a former Open the Triangle and Open the Brave Gate Champion.
Mio Yamanaka (山中 美緒, Yamanaka Mio; born October 27, 1995) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She competed at…
Mio Yamanaka (山中 美緒, Yamanaka Mio; born October 27, 1995) is a Japanese rugby union and sevens player. She competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Miyuki Kawamura (河村 美幸, Kawamura Miyuki; born October 27, 1994) is a Japanese basketball player for Chanson V-Magic and…
Miyuki Kawamura (河村 美幸, Kawamura Miyuki; born October 27, 1994) is a Japanese basketball player for Chanson V-Magic and the Japanese national team. She participated at the 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.
Saya Hiyama (Japanese: 檜山沙耶, Hepburn: Hiyama Saya; born October 27, 1993) is a Japanese freelance announcer, former…
Saya Hiyama (Japanese: 檜山沙耶, Hepburn: Hiyama Saya; born October 27, 1993) is a Japanese freelance announcer, former weather forecaster and disaster prevention specialist. She previously worked for Weathernews LiVE (WNL) from 2018 to 2024. Hiyama is signed to irodori, LLC.
Satoshi Takano (高野 智史, Takano Satoshi; born October 27, 1993) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 6-dan.
Taiko Katono (上遠野 太洸, Katōno Taikō; born October 27, 1992) is a Japanese actor and model who was affiliated with…
Taiko Katono (上遠野 太洸, Katōno Taikō; born October 27, 1992) is a Japanese actor and model who was affiliated with Evergreen Entertainment. He left the agency in March 2019 after 8 years and is now a freelancer. He is best known for his role as the character, Chase/Mashin Chaser/Kamen Rider Chaser from the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Drive.
Shohei Takahashi (高橋 祥平, Takahashi Shōhei; born 27 October 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre-back…
Shohei Takahashi (高橋 祥平, Takahashi Shōhei; born 27 October 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre-back for J3 League club Matsumoto Yamaga.
Mitsuhiro Kitamiya (北宮 光洋, Kitamiya Mitsuhiro; born November 27, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to…
Mitsuhiro Kitamiya (北宮 光洋, Kitamiya Mitsuhiro; born November 27, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah. Kitamiya's ring name Masa Kitamiya (マサ北宮, Masa Kitamiya) is a tribute to former professional wrestler Masa Saito. Kitamiya also wears a similar ring attire to Saito as tribute.
Makoto Sugimoto (杉本 真, Sugimoto Makoto; born October 27, 1987 in Nagano) is a Japanese football player who currently…
Makoto Sugimoto (杉本 真, Sugimoto Makoto; born October 27, 1987 in Nagano) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Vonds Ichihara.
Taku Harada (原田 拓, Harada Taku; born October 27, 1982) is a former Japanese football player.
Takashi Tsukamoto (塚本高史, Tsukamoto Takashi; born October 27, 1982) is a Japanese actor, singer, and model.
Satoshi Nakatani (仲谷聖史, Nakatani Satoshi; born 27 October 1981) is a Japanese international rugby union player who…
Satoshi Nakatani (仲谷聖史, Nakatani Satoshi; born 27 October 1981) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a prop. He currently plays for Yamaha Júbilo in Japan's domestic Top League.
Sayuri Osuga (Japanese: 大菅小百合, born 27 October 1980) is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few…
Sayuri Osuga (Japanese: 大菅小百合, born 27 October 1980) is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 (in the 500 m speed skating event) and in the 2004 Summer Games (in the 500 m time trial cycling event, placing 10th). Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team. She placed first and third in the Speedskating World Cup. She holds the Japanese records in the 500 m speed skating and the 500 m time trial event. From 2006 to 2011, she was sponsored by the construction company Daiwa House Industries Co. Ltd. She retired in 2011.
Hiroyuki Yamamoto (山本 寛幸, Yamamoto Hiroyuki; born October 27, 1979) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a…
Hiroyuki Yamamoto (山本 寛幸, Yamamoto Hiroyuki; born October 27, 1979) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a defender.
Ikue Teshigawara (勅使川原 郁恵, Teshigawara Ikue; born 27 October 1978) is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed…
Ikue Teshigawara (勅使川原 郁恵, Teshigawara Ikue; born 27 October 1978) is a Japanese short track speed skater. She competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Makidai (stylized as MAKIDAI; born 27 October 1975, in Sakae-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese dancer…
Makidai (stylized as MAKIDAI; born 27 October 1975, in Sakae-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese dancer, DJ, actor and television presenter. He is a former performer of Exile and member of PKCZ. He is a former member of the first generation J Soul Brothers and Rather Unique. Makidai is represented with LDH.
Manabu Satake (佐竹 学, Satake Manabu; born October 27, 1974) is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He was…
Manabu Satake (佐竹 学, Satake Manabu; born October 27, 1974) is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He was the number 4 draft pick for the Orix BlueWave in 1997.
Yasuhito Namekawa (Japanese: 滑川康仁, Namekawa Yasuhito) (born October 27, 1974) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who…
Yasuhito Namekawa (Japanese: 滑川康仁, Namekawa Yasuhito) (born October 27, 1974) is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. Namekawa made his mixed martial arts debut for Fighting Network RINGS in 1998. He fought in mainly shootfighting bouts until 1999 when RINGS introduced the King of King Rules and transitioned into a modern MMA promotion. Throughout his career, Namekawa has fought for organisations such as RINGS, Deep and Pride FC. His last fight to date was in 2008, with a professional mixed martial arts career spanning ten years. He also briefly competed in shoot style professional wrestling, exclusively for Kiyoshi Tamura's U-STYLE promotion.
Shina Matsudo (松戸 思奈, Matsudo Shina) (born October 27, 1973) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Japan, who…
Shina Matsudo (松戸 思奈, Matsudo Shina) (born October 27, 1973) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her best result in two starts in Barcelona was the 10th place (3:49.91) in the Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay event, alongside Ayako Nakano, Yoko Koikawa and Suzu Chiba.
Kuniaki Takahashi (高橋邦明, Takahashi Kuniaki; born 27 October 1972, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a retired Japanese…
Kuniaki Takahashi (高橋邦明, Takahashi Kuniaki; born 27 October 1972, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a retired Japanese professional drifting driver. He competed in the D1 Grand Prix series for his own team, Team Kunny'z. Alongside D1, he also competed in Formula Drift Japan events. He currently served as a judge for D1GP.
Kazuhiro Takagi is a Japanese violinist who is currently concertmaster of the Dallas Chamber Symphony.
Yuichiro Kawa (川裕一郎, Kawa Yuichiro; born 27 October 1971) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of…
Yuichiro Kawa (川裕一郎, Kawa Yuichiro; born 27 October 1971) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2026. He was a member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly from 2011 to 2014 and from 2014 to 2025.
Koichi Sugiyama (杉山 弘一, Sugiyama Koichi; born October 27, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is…
Koichi Sugiyama (杉山 弘一, Sugiyama Koichi; born October 27, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the assistant manager of J1 League club, Kyoto Sanga.
Takanonami Sadahiro (born Sadahiro Namioka October 27, 1971 – June 20, 2015) was a Japanese sumo wrestler and coach…
Takanonami Sadahiro (born Sadahiro Namioka October 27, 1971 – June 20, 2015) was a Japanese sumo wrestler and coach from Aomori. He held sumo's second highest rank of ōzeki from 1994 until 2000. He won two tournament championships, and was a runner-up in eight others. He was a sumo coach from his retirement in 2004 until his death in 2015 at the age of 43.
Keisuke Tsumura (津村 啓介, Tsumura Keisuke; born 26 October 1971) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of…
Keisuke Tsumura (津村 啓介, Tsumura Keisuke; born 26 October 1971) is a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP).
Eisuke Mochizuki (望月衛介, Mochizuki Eisuke; born October 1970, in Tokyo, Japan), birth name Mamoru Mochizuki, is a…
Eisuke Mochizuki (望月衛介, Mochizuki Eisuke; born October 1970, in Tokyo, Japan), birth name Mamoru Mochizuki, is a Japanese pianist, composer, npo director, producer and former member of the pop group B.B.Queens.
Yoshinori Shimode (下出 善紀, Shimode Yoshinori; born 27 October 1969) is a retired Japanese judoka. Shimode is from…
Yoshinori Shimode (下出 善紀, Shimode Yoshinori; born 27 October 1969) is a retired Japanese judoka. Shimode is from Uchinada, Ishikawa and began judo at the age of 1st grader. He began working for the Asahi Kasei after graduation from Tokai University in 1992. Shimode participated All-Japan Championships 10 times and won a bronze medal in 2000. In 2001, When he was at the age of 31, was chosen to represent Japan in the Jigoro Kano Cup and got a gold medal. He retired in 2003.
Mari Tanigawa (谷川真理, Tanigawa Mari; born 27 October 1962) is a Japanese former marathon runner. Born in Fukuoka…
Mari Tanigawa (谷川真理, Tanigawa Mari; born 27 October 1962) is a Japanese former marathon runner. Born in Fukuoka Prefecture, she was a two-time winner at the Tokyo International Women's Marathon, winner of the Australia's Gold Coast Marathon in 1992 and won the Paris Marathon in 1994. Tanigawa also competed in half marathon races: she won individual and team silver medals at the 1993 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships and won the 1994 Sapporo Half Marathon and 1996 America's Finest City Half Marathon. She was a team bronze medalist at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships, where she finished tenth. She had career personal bests of 2:27:55 hours for the marathon and 1:09:37 hours for the half marathon. She is the organizer of several popular races in Japan, the Mari Tanigawa Half Marathon and the Mari Tanigawa Ekiden.
Momiji Yamamura (山村 紅葉, Yamamura Momiji; born 27 October 1960) is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Momiji Yoshikawa…
Momiji Yamamura (山村 紅葉, Yamamura Momiji; born 27 October 1960) is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Momiji Yoshikawa (吉川 紅葉, Yoshikawa Momiji; née Yamamura (山村)). Yamamura is represented by Misa Yamamura Office and Toho Entertainment. She is a graduate of Kyoto University of Education Kindergarthen, Elementary School, Junior High, and High School and Waseda University Political Science and Economics. Yamamura's mother was Misa Yamamura and her husband is a former Ministry of Finance bureaucrat. Her uncle is Hiroshi Kimura. Yamamura's hobby is ice skating. Her skills are speaking English, German, and Kyoto words and playing the piano. Yamamura is nicknamed Momi-chan (もみちゃん) and Momiji-san (紅葉さん).
Kaname Tsutsumi (堤 かなめ, Tsutsumi Kaname; born 27 October 1960) is a Japanese politician, who serves as a mayor of Ōnojō.
Hiroshi Ohashi (大橋 浩司, Ohashi Hiroshi; born October 27, 1959) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He…
Hiroshi Ohashi (大橋 浩司, Ohashi Hiroshi; born October 27, 1959) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed Japan women's national team.
Hiroshi Ohno (Japanese: 大野 博司 Hiroshi Ohno; born October 27, 1958) is a Japanese immunologist and microbiologist. He is…
Hiroshi Ohno (Japanese: 大野 博司 Hiroshi Ohno; born October 27, 1958) is a Japanese immunologist and microbiologist. He is a Deputy Director of the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences and the Team Leader of Laboratory for Intestinal Ecosystem. Also is a visiting professor at the Immunobiology Laboratory at Yokohama City University Graduate School of Educal Life Science; and a visiting professor at Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Chiba University in 1991. In 2023 he was awarded the Medals of Honor (Japan)(with purple ribbon) for his contributions to immunology and gut microbiota research.
Yoshiie Tachibana (立花 義家, Tachibana Yoshiie; born October 27, 1958) is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball…
Yoshiie Tachibana (立花 義家, Tachibana Yoshiie; born October 27, 1958) is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.
Shinichiro Takahashi (高橋 真一郎, Takahashi Shin'ichirō; born October 27, 1957) is a former Japanese football player and…
Shinichiro Takahashi (高橋 真一郎, Takahashi Shin'ichirō; born October 27, 1957) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
Junzo Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本 順三, Hepburn: Yamamoto Junzō; born October 27, 1954) is a Japanese politician of the…
Junzo Yamamoto (Japanese: 山本 順三, Hepburn: Yamamoto Junzō; born October 27, 1954) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the assembly of Ehime Prefecture for six terms since 1983. In October 2015 Yamamoto was appointed state minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, state minister of the Cabinet Office of Japan and state minister for reconstruction, he was active in these posts until August 2016.
Atsuyoshi Furuta (古田 篤良, Furuta Atsuyoshi; born October 27, 1952) is a former Japanese football player. He played for…
Atsuyoshi Furuta (古田 篤良, Furuta Atsuyoshi; born October 27, 1952) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Toshihiro Mori (Mori Toshihiro) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA's version of the world…
Toshihiro Mori (Mori Toshihiro) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA's version of the world championships for kumite. He has also won the JKA All-Japan championships for kumite on two occasions. He is currently an instructor shihan of the Japan Karate Association.
Takao Horiuchi (堀内孝雄, Horiuchi Takao; born October 27, 1949 in Abeno-ku, Osaka) is a Japanese pop and enka singer. He…
Takao Horiuchi (堀内孝雄, Horiuchi Takao; born October 27, 1949 in Abeno-ku, Osaka) is a Japanese pop and enka singer. He won a 1990 Japan Record Award for enka.
Kazuko Yagyū (柳生 加津子, Yagyū Kazuko; née Nikaido, October 27, 1938 – July 3, 2026), known professionally as Yukiko…
Kazuko Yagyū (柳生 加津子, Yagyū Kazuko; née Nikaido, October 27, 1938 – July 3, 2026), known professionally as Yukiko Nikaido (二階堂 有希子, Nikaidō Yukiko), was a Japanese actress. She also served as the first president of the Yatsugatake Club, with her second son Sōsuke Yagyū succeeding her. Nikaido was married to Japanese actor Hiroshi Yagyū from 1964 until his death in 2022 and her first son was Japanese horticulturist Shingo Yagyū, who died in 2015. She is best known for voicing Fujiko Mine in the first Lupin III anime series Lupin the 3rd Part I.
Ryō Hanmura (Japanese: 半村 良, Hepburn: Hanmura Ryō; October 27, 1933 – March 4, 2002) was a Japanese science fiction…
Ryō Hanmura (Japanese: 半村 良, Hepburn: Hanmura Ryō; October 27, 1933 – March 4, 2002) was a Japanese science fiction, fantasy, and horror author. His name is alternatively transliterated as Ryō Hammura. While he wrote books as Ryō Hanmura his real name was Heitarō Kiyono (清野 平太郎, Kiyono Heitarō). He won the first Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature for his novel Musubi no Yama Hiroku (産霊山秘録) in 1973. He won the Naoki Prize for his 1975 novel Amayadori (雨やどり). He won also the 1988 Nihon SF Taisho Award. One of his novels was the basis of the 1979 film G.I. Samurai (戦国自衛隊, Sengoku Jieitai). A series of role-playing video games called The Legend of Heroes (英雄伝説, Eiyū Densetsu) is loosely based on his novel by the same name.
Takumi Shibano (柴野 拓美, Shibano Takumi; October 27, 1926 – January 16, 2010) was a Japanese science-fiction translator…
Takumi Shibano (柴野 拓美, Shibano Takumi; October 27, 1926 – January 16, 2010) was a Japanese science-fiction translator and author. He was a major figure in fandom in Japan and contributed to establishing the Japanese science fiction genre. A native of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, in 1957 Takumi started Japan's first successful science fiction fanzine Uchūjin initially published monthly; many contributors to the fanzine later became pro, including Shin'ichi Hoshi, Sakyo Komatsu, Ryu Mitsuse and Yasutaka Tsutsui, and formed the first generation of modern Japanese science fiction authors. Shibano was the chair of Japan's first science fiction convention in 1962, as well as the second (1963), fourth (1965) and sixth (1967). He worked on the formation of the Federation of SF Fan Groups of Japan, founded in 1965, and served as its chair from 1966 through 1970. After leaving his job as a high-school mathematics teacher in 1977, he became a full-time writer and translator. Under the pen-name Rei Kozumi (小隅 黎, Kozumi Rei), a play on "cosmic ray," he translated as many as sixty science fiction novels from English into Japanese, including E. E. Smith's Lensman series and Larry Niven's Known Space series. Also as Rei Kozumi, he wrote three children's books, Superhuman ‘Plus X’ (1969), Operation Moonjet (1969), and Revolt in North Pole City (1977), and was also principal author of The World of Popular Literature (1978). In 1968 a fan fund paid for him to attend Worldcon for the first time, and after 1979 he attended most of the Worldcons and served as the presenter of the Seiun Award. He received the E. E. Evans Big Heart Award in 1986 and a Worldcon Special Award at the 51st World Science Fiction Convention in 1993. He was the Fan Guest of Honor of the 54th World Science Fiction Convention in 1996 and the 65th World Science Fiction Convention in 2007. Nihon SF Taisho Award Special Prize, Seiun Award Special Prize, Tokyo Anime Award Award of Merit were awarded posthumously for his lifetime achievement.
Kenjiro Ezaki (Japanese: 江崎健次郎, Hepburn: Ezaki Kenjiro; born 27 October 1926) is a Japanese composer of contemporary…
Kenjiro Ezaki (Japanese: 江崎健次郎, Hepburn: Ezaki Kenjiro; born 27 October 1926) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music, especially famous for his electronic music and computer music.
Jiro Ono (小野 二郎, Ono Jirō; born 27 October 1925) is a Japanese sushi chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a sushi…
Jiro Ono (小野 二郎, Ono Jirō; born 27 October 1925) is a Japanese sushi chef and owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a sushi restaurant in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. Ono is regarded by his contemporaries as one of the greatest living sushi craftsmen and is credited with innovating methods used in modern sushi preparation.