Momiji Nishiya (西矢 椛, Nishiya Momiji; born 30 August 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she…
Momiji Nishiya (西矢 椛, Nishiya Momiji; born 30 August 2007) is a Japanese skateboarder. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the first ever gold medal in the women's street competition. Winning at the age of 13, she is the youngest person ever to win a gold medal for Japan, and the third youngest after Marjorie Gestring and Klaus Zerta to ever win an event at the Summer Olympics.
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Shunsuke Urata (浦田 俊輔, Urata Shunsuke; born August 30, 2002) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays…
Shunsuke Urata (浦田 俊輔, Urata Shunsuke; born August 30, 2002) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Yomiuri Giants.
🎓 Kyushu Sangyo University🏫 Kaisei High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 2002📍 From Togitsu, Nagasaki💼 Baseball
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Mai Hontama (本玉真唯) (born 30 August 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Hontama has a career-high singles ranking of…
Mai Hontama (本玉真唯) (born 30 August 1999) is a Japanese tennis player. Hontama has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 105 by the WTA, achieved on 5 August 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 109, set on 6 November 2023.
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Yukiya Itoh (伊藤 裕季也, Itoh Yukiya; born August 30, 1996 in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball…
Yukiya Itoh (伊藤 裕季也, Itoh Yukiya; born August 30, 1996 in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Midorifuji Kazunari (翠富士 一成; born Kazunari Ihara (庵原 一成, Ihara Kazunari) on August 30, 1996) is a Japanese professional…
Midorifuji Kazunari (翠富士 一成; born Kazunari Ihara (庵原 一成, Ihara Kazunari) on August 30, 1996) is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Yaizu, Shizuoka. Known for being a katasukashi specialist, he debuted in sumo wrestling in September 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in January 2021. His highest rank has been maegashira 1. He wrestles for Isegahama stable.
Shunya Nakamachi (中町 俊耶, Nakamachi Shunya; born August 30, 1994 in Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese wheelchair…
Shunya Nakamachi (中町 俊耶, Nakamachi Shunya; born August 30, 1994 in Kitamoto, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese wheelchair rugby player who currently plays for COLOPL and the Japanese national team.
🎓 Kyoei University🏫 Honjo Daiichi High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1994📍 From Kitamoto, Saitama💼 Rugby
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Kenta Nishimoto (西本 拳太, Nishimoto Kenta; born 30 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player who competes in men's…
Kenta Nishimoto (西本 拳太, Nishimoto Kenta; born 30 August 1994) is a Japanese badminton player who competes in men's singles. A member of the Japanese national team, he plays for the JTEKT Stingers team. He won a silver medal in the men's singles at the 2017 Summer Universiade and a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games. Nishimoto was part of Japan winning team at the 2012 Asian Junior Championships and at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team Championships.
Eri Tosaka (登坂 絵莉, Tōsaka Eri; born 30 August 1993) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler.
🎓 Shigakkan University🏫 Shigakukan High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1993📍 From Takaoka, Toyama💼 Wrestling
Liao Jen-lei (Chinese: 廖任磊; born August 30, 1993) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fubon Guardians…
Liao Jen-lei (Chinese: 廖任磊; born August 30, 1993) is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Marie Yanaka (谷中 麻里衣; born August 30, 1990 in Tokyo) is a Japanese news caster, commentator, journalist and the 2011…
Marie Yanaka (谷中 麻里衣; born August 30, 1990 in Tokyo) is a Japanese news caster, commentator, journalist and the 2011 winner of the Miss Nippon ("Miss Japan" in Japanese) beauty pageant. She graduated from the faculty of law at Keio University.
Shōko Kawata (川田 翔子, Kawata Shōko; born 30 August 1990) is a Japanese politician who has served as the mayor of Yawata…
Shōko Kawata (川田 翔子, Kawata Shōko; born 30 August 1990) is a Japanese politician who has served as the mayor of Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture since 2023.
Tsubasa Yokotake (横竹 翔, Yokotake Tsubasa; born August 30, 1989) is a Japanese former football player.
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Tetsuya Kanno (菅野哲也, Kanno Tetsuya; born August 30, 1989) is a Japanese football player.
Taisuke Asakawa better known by his ring name Shu Asakawa (浅川 紫悠, Asakawa Shū) is a Japanese professional wrestler…
Taisuke Asakawa better known by his ring name Shu Asakawa (浅川 紫悠, Asakawa Shū) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing in the Japanese promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling where he is a former 2AW Openweight Champion.
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Jyongri (Korean: 조종리; born August 30, 1988) is a Japanese pop singer of Korean ancestry currently signed with EMI Music…
Jyongri (Korean: 조종리; born August 30, 1988) is a Japanese pop singer of Korean ancestry currently signed with EMI Music Japan.
Kenta Tanno (丹野 研太, Tanno Kenta; born August 30, 1986 in Miyagi) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
Kenta Tanno (丹野 研太, Tanno Kenta; born August 30, 1986 in Miyagi) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Japan Football League club Tochigi SC.
🏫 Tohoku Gakuin Tsutsujigaoka High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1986📍 From Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Akihiro Sato (佐藤 昭大, Satō Akihiro; born 30 August 1986 in Asahi, Mie) is a former Japanese footballer who last played…
Akihiro Sato (佐藤 昭大, Satō Akihiro; born 30 August 1986 in Asahi, Mie) is a former Japanese footballer who last played for Montedio Yamagata in the J2 League.
Ryoji Fukunaga (Japanese: 福永亮次, Fukunaga Ryoji; born 30 August 1986) is a retired Japanese professional boxer. He was a…
Ryoji Fukunaga (Japanese: 福永亮次, Fukunaga Ryoji; born 30 August 1986) is a retired Japanese professional boxer. He was a one-time WBO super-flyweight title challenger and the former OPBF and WBO Asia-Pacific super–flyweight champion.
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Manami Nakano (中野 真奈美, Nakano Manami; born August 30, 1986) is a Japanese footballer playing as a midfielder. She plays…
Manami Nakano (中野 真奈美, Nakano Manami; born August 30, 1986) is a Japanese footballer playing as a midfielder. She plays for Nojima Stella in the Nadeshiko League Division 1. She has also played for the Japan national team.
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Yohei Sugai (Japanese: 菅井 洋平, Hepburn: Sugai Yōhei; born 30 August 1985) is a retired Japanese long jumper. He competed…
Yohei Sugai (Japanese: 菅井 洋平, Hepburn: Sugai Yōhei; born 30 August 1985) is a retired Japanese long jumper. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without qualifying for the final. His personal best in the event is 8.18 metres (+1.3 m/s) set in Walnut in 2015.
Koichiro Koga (古賀 幸一郎, Koga Kōichirō; born (1984-08-30)30 August 1984) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He…
Koichiro Koga (古賀 幸一郎, Koga Kōichirō; born (1984-08-30)30 August 1984) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He was a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he played for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza and then Wolf Dogs Nagoya. His retirement was announced on March 7, 2021.
🎓 International Budo University🏫 Sasebo Kita High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1984📍 From Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture💼 Volleyball
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Naoto Kataoka (stylized as NAOTO; born 30 August 1983) is a Japanese dancer, actor, rapper and creative director. He is…
Naoto Kataoka (stylized as NAOTO; born 30 August 1983) is a Japanese dancer, actor, rapper and creative director. He is a performer (dancer) of J-Pop dance and vocal group Exile, and is a leader and performer (dancer) of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers. He was also a member of Nidaime J Soul Brothers until their migration to Exile in 2009. In 2016, he formed hip hop unit Honest Boyz with his friend Nigo and other members. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice, and received the same award third times as Exile's member. Naoto has acted in a few TV dramas and films and he has become a regular guest on TBS's popular variety show Ningen Kansatsu Variety Monitoring since April 2016. Furthermore, he launched his own fashion brand Studio Seven in 2015 and has been working as the creative director for the brand since then. In 2017, he was appointed as the director for LDH Apparel, a subsidiary of his management company LDH. On 14 February 2020, Naoto opened his own YouTube channel EXILE NAOTO HONEST TV.
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Kazuma Nakatani (born 30 August 1983) is a Japanese politician, businessman, and judo therapist. He served as a member…
Kazuma Nakatani (born 30 August 1983) is a Japanese politician, businessman, and judo therapist. He served as a member of the House of Representatives representing Kanagawa prefecture with the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and the director of its youth bureau. He was previously a member of Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly.
Jun Matsumoto (松本 潤, Matsumoto Jun; born August 30, 1983) is a Japanese singer, actor, radio host, and model. He was a…
Jun Matsumoto (松本 潤, Matsumoto Jun; born August 30, 1983) is a Japanese singer, actor, radio host, and model. He was a member and concert producer of the boy band Arashi (started under Johnny & Associates, later under Starto Entertainment). He is also a production advisor for other groups. Matsumoto began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of 12. With the taking over of Johnny's artists by Starto Entertainment in 2023, he, as well as the other members became part of the agency as part of Arashi, with the group being under agent contract. He became independent in 2024 for individual activities, remaining with the agency until the end of activities of the group, on May 31, 2026. Best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portrayal as Tsukasa Dōmyōji in the 2005 television drama series Boys Over Flowers, for which he won GQ Japan's Man of the Year Award under the singer/actor category for his work in the drama, prior to his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, Matsumoto started an acting career when he was cast as Teddy Duchamp for the stage play Stand by Me, which was based on the film of the same name. Since then, he has gone on to appear in numerous dramas and movies, receiving a number of awards and nominations for his roles. With the end of activities of his group in May 2026, Matsumoto plans on concentrating on his acting career.
🏫 Horikoshi High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1983📍 From Toshima, Tokyo💼 Singer・Vocalist💼 Actor💼 TV Personality
Atsushi Abe (安部 篤史, Abe Atsushi; born 30 August 1982) is a Japanese synchronised swimmer. He participated at the 2019…
Atsushi Abe (安部 篤史, Abe Atsushi; born 30 August 1982) is a Japanese synchronised swimmer. He participated at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, winning a medal.
Aya Manome (馬目 綾, Manome Aya; born August 30, 1982) is a Japanese long distance track, and road running athlete. On…
Aya Manome (馬目 綾, Manome Aya; born August 30, 1982) is a Japanese long distance track, and road running athlete. On September 10, 2006, Manome finished third at the Rotterdam Half Marathon in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her time of 1:12:50 was 2:14 behind winner Mara Yamauchi. Manome also finished third in the 2007 Great Scottish Run half marathon.
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Yousuke Nakanishi (中西 洋介, Nakanishi Yōsuke; born 30 August 1979) is a former badminton player from Japan.
Minoru Tōjō (東城 穣, Tōjō Minoru; born August 30, 1976) is a Japanese association football referee who currently…
Minoru Tōjō (東城 穣, Tōjō Minoru; born August 30, 1976) is a Japanese association football referee who currently officiates in the J-League, and Div. 2. Since 2007 he has been an international referee.
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Chikako Nakayama (中山 智香子, Nakayama Chikako; born August 30, 1975, in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a female badminton player from…
Chikako Nakayama (中山 智香子, Nakayama Chikako; born August 30, 1975, in Hokkaidō, Japan) is a female badminton player from Japan. Nakayama competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Keiko Yoshimoti. They had a bye in the first round and were defeated by Saralee Thungthongkam and Sathinee Chankrachangwong of Thailand in the round of 16.
Akiko Sekine (関根 明子, Sekine Akiko; née Hirao; born August 30, 1975) is an athlete from Japan, who competes in…
Akiko Sekine (関根 明子, Sekine Akiko; née Hirao; born August 30, 1975) is an athlete from Japan, who competes in triathlon. She competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She took seventeenth place with a total time of 2:04:18.70. She also competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She took twelfth place with a total time of 2:07:34.02.
🏫 Kyushu International University Affiliated High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1975📍 From Fukuoka Prefecture💼 Triathlon
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Daisuke Naito (内藤 大助, Naitō Daisuke; born 30 August 1974) is a former professional boxer from Japan. He is the former…
Daisuke Naito (内藤 大助, Naitō Daisuke; born 30 August 1974) is a former professional boxer from Japan. He is the former WBC and lineal flyweight champion, and former Japanese and OPBF flyweight champion.
Takanori An'yōji (安用寺 孝功, An'yōji Takanori; August 30, 1974) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
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Sawaki Takeyasu (竹安 佐和記, Takeyasu Sawaki) (born August 30, 1973) is a Japanese video game artist, producer and…
Sawaki Takeyasu (竹安 佐和記, Takeyasu Sawaki) (born August 30, 1973) is a Japanese video game artist, producer and director. Currently the head of his own development studio Crim, Takeyasu previously worked at Capcom and their subsidiary Clover Studio before becoming a freelance artist following Clover's dissolution in 2007.
Isato Kunisada (国定勇人, Kunisada Isato; born 30 August 1972) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of…
Isato Kunisada (国定勇人, Kunisada Isato; born 30 August 1972) is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. From 2006 to 2020, he served as mayor of Sanjō.
🎓 Hitotsubashi University🏫 Komaba Toho High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1972📍 From 千代田区神田神保町💼 Politician・Legislator💼 Bureaucrat
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Yasuyuki Saigo (西郷 泰之, Saigō Yasuyuki) (born August 30, 1972) is a Japanese former baseball outfielder who won a silver…
Yasuyuki Saigo (西郷 泰之, Saigō Yasuyuki) (born August 30, 1972) is a Japanese former baseball outfielder who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Susanoumi Yoshitaka (須佐の湖 善誉), born August 30, 1972, and known by his shikona Susanoumi (須佐の湖) is a Japanese retired…
Susanoumi Yoshitaka (須佐の湖 善誉), born August 30, 1972, and known by his shikona Susanoumi (須佐の湖) is a Japanese retired sumo wrestler from the city of Chita in Aichi Prefecture. His sumo stable was Kitanoumi. His real name is Zenji Kanesaku. His height is 184 cm (6 ft) and his peak weight was 240 kg. His highest rank was jūryō 2, achieved in the January 1998 wrestling tournament (basho in Japanese). One of his best results was in the November 1999 tournament in Kyushu when he defeated Hayateumi and Kotomitsuki. His hobby is sleeping. After retirement he ran a restaurant in Fukuoka near his in-laws' home, but thereafter closed it and worked as a security guard in Kyushu. At a peak weight of 240 kg (530 lb) reached in 1998, Susanoumi ranks seventh on the list of heaviest sumo wrestlers. He was the heaviest Japanese-born sumo wrestler until surpassed by Yamamotoyama, who peaked at 266 kg (586 lb) in 2010.
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Hiroki Hattori (服部 浩紀, Hattori Hiroki; born August 30, 1971) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
🎓 University of Tsukuba🏫 Maebashi Commercial High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1971📍 From 横浜フリューゲルス, Gunma Prefecture💼 Football (Soccer)
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Mikako Kotani (小谷 実可子, Kotani Mikako; born 30 August 1966) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in…
Mikako Kotani (小谷 実可子, Kotani Mikako; born 30 August 1966) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she gained a bronze medal each for the solo and duet events, and the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to be Japan's flag-bearer for the 1988 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.
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Chica Umino (羽海野 チカ, Umino Chika; born August 30, 1965) is the pen name of a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist…
Chica Umino (羽海野 チカ, Umino Chika; born August 30, 1965) is the pen name of a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist, designer and illustrator. Umino is noted for being the author and creator of the Honey and Clover series, for which she received the Kodansha Manga Award in 2003, and which has been adapted into an anime series, produced by J.C.Staff.
Kenji Ueda (上田ケンジ Ueda Kenji, nickname ウエケン UEKEN) is a Japanese rock musician and producer. He is known for his solo…
Kenji Ueda (上田ケンジ Ueda Kenji, nickname ウエケン UEKEN) is a Japanese rock musician and producer. He is known for his solo work, as well as his work with Kenzi & the Trips and the Pillows.
Anna Nakagawa (中川安奈, Nakagawa Anna), real name Anna Kuriyama (栗山安奈, Kuriyama Anna) (August 30, 1965 – October 17, 2014)…
Anna Nakagawa (中川安奈, Nakagawa Anna), real name Anna Kuriyama (栗山安奈, Kuriyama Anna) (August 30, 1965 – October 17, 2014) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days.
🎓 Toho Gakuen School of Music🏫 Toho Girls' High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1965📍 From Tokyo💼 Actress
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Toshihiro Shibutani (born August 30, 1962) is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1988 edition of…
Toshihiro Shibutani (born August 30, 1962) is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1988 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:11:04 on December 4, 1988.
🎓 University of Tsukuba🏫 Kakogawa Higashi High School📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1962📍 From Kakogawa, Hyōgo💼 Track and Field💼 Long-Distance Running・Marathon
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Junji Ogawa (小川 淳司, Ogawa Junji; born August 30, 1957) was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played…
Junji Ogawa (小川 淳司, Ogawa Junji; born August 30, 1957) was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Yakult Swallows and Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Yūki Mizuhara (水原ゆう紀) is a Japanese actress from Minoh, Osaka. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Yokohama…
Yūki Mizuhara (水原ゆう紀) is a Japanese actress from Minoh, Osaka. She won the award for best actress at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for the Nikkatsu Roman Porno film Angel Guts: Red Classroom. She also appeared in Nikkatsu's 1982 production Red Scandal: Affair, a "thinly-veiled replica of Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour."
🏫 聖母被昇天学院高等学校📅 Born August 30🎂 Born 1953📍 From Minoh, Osaka Prefecture💼 Actress💼 Singer・Vocalist💼 Fortune Teller
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Yōsui Inoue (井上 陽水, Inoue Yōsui; born August 30, 1948) is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, guitarist and record…
Yōsui Inoue (井上 陽水, Inoue Yōsui; born August 30, 1948) is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, guitarist and record producer, who is an important figure in Japanese music. He is renowned for his unique tone, eccentric lyrics, and dark sunglasses which he always wears. Under the stage name Andre Candre, Inoue debuted in 1969 and released a single "Candre Mandre" by CBS Sony Records. After he changed his stage name and signed onto Polydor, he recorded his first studio album Danzetsu in 1971, and the album was acclaimed by critics. Inoue gained recognition as a folk-rock singer-songwriter through his 1973 Kōri no Sekai album, which became the first long-playing record that sold more than a million copies in Japan alone. His early work has been compared with the music of Paul McCartney and Roy Orbison. Mark Anderson writes in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture, "His music was smart, melancholy and melodic. [...] Inoue's work of the early 1970s [...] is widely thought to have been a significant influence on the development of Japanese pop rock". Inoue has released 22 solo studio albums, and also produced two albums with Tamio Okuda. He has been one of the most commercially successful Japanese male solo recording artists of the last 40 years, selling in excess of 10.9 million copies on the country's Oricon albums chart up to May 2009 and has had seven number-one albums; Kori no Sekai, Nishoku no Koma, Good Pages, Shoutaijou no Nai Show, 9.5 Carats, Under the Sun, and the compilation Golden Best which was released in 1999 and has shipped over two million units.
Yukio Kamimura (born 30 August 1947) is a Japanese field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968…
Yukio Kamimura (born 30 August 1947) is a Japanese field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Yumiko Nogawa (野川由美子, Nogawa Yumiko; born August 30, 1944) is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred…
Yumiko Nogawa (野川由美子, Nogawa Yumiko; born August 30, 1944) is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably Gate of Flesh (1964), part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including Story of a Prostitute (1965) and Carmen from Kawachi (1966), these films are known as Nogawa's "Flesh Trilogy". Nogawa has appeared in numerous films in Japan, including director Nagisa Oshima's The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965) and Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968), the eighteenth film in the Zatoichi series. She has also appeared in television series on Nippon Television, TV Tokyo, Fuji TV, and NHK.
Bhadant Nagarjun Arya Surai Sasai (佐々井 秀嶺, Sasai Shūrei; born Minoru Sasai (佐々井 実, Sasai Minoru)), popularly known as…
Bhadant Nagarjun Arya Surai Sasai (佐々井 秀嶺, Sasai Shūrei; born Minoru Sasai (佐々井 実, Sasai Minoru)), popularly known as Sasai, is an Indian Buddhist monk from Japan who later chose India as his home. He is the president of the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial committee Deekshabhoomi.
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Jōji Yanami (八奈見 乗児, Yanami Jōji; born Shigemitsu Shirato (白土 繁満, Shirato Shigemitsu), August 30, 1931 – December 3…
Jōji Yanami (八奈見 乗児, Yanami Jōji; born Shigemitsu Shirato (白土 繁満, Shirato Shigemitsu), August 30, 1931 – December 3, 2021) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was affiliated with Aoni Production. Some of his most prominent voice roles included the narrator, Dr. Briefs, Kaiō-sama (a.k.a. King Kai or North Kaio), and Bobbidi in the Dragon Ball anime series. Other major roles included Dr. Isaac Gilmore in Cyborg 009, Gennai in Digimon, Ittan Momen in GeGeGe no Kitarō, Dr. Yumi in Mazinger Z, and numerous characters in the Time Bokan series. On September 25, 2015, Toei Animation announced that Yanami would be taking medical leave from working on the Dragon Ball Super television anime series for an indefinite amount of time, with his roles as the narrator and Kaiō-sama being taken over by Naoki Tatsuta.
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Kihachiro Ueda (上田毅八郎) was a Japanese painter. His primary subject matter is Japanese ships. During the Second World…
Kihachiro Ueda (上田毅八郎) was a Japanese painter. His primary subject matter is Japanese ships. During the Second World War, Ueda was an anti-aircraft gunner assigned to several merchant ships. He served on about 28 merchant ships, and 6 of those were attacked and destroyed while he was aboard. During his spare time, he would draw ships. On 13 November 1944, while assigned to Kinka Maru, he was severely injured during a U.S. air raid on Manila Bay. He lost the use of his right hand, but subsequently was able to draw and paint with his left hand. His painting of the Ōryoku Maru (sunk 15 December 1944) is part of the Hell Ship Memorial Project's display at the Subic Bay Historical Center, Philippines. Ueda started working with the model company Tamiya Corporation in the early 1960s. Ueda illustrated most of the package artwork for Tamiya's Waterline Series (which consists of about 150 models). Ueda died on 26 June 2016.