Daisuke "Dice" Murakami (村上 大介, Murakami Daisuke; born January 15, 2001, in Kanagawa) is a Japanese figure skater. He…
Daisuke "Dice" Murakami (村上 大介, Murakami Daisuke; born January 15, 2001, in Kanagawa) is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2014 NHK Trophy champion, 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, and 2009 Japan Junior bronze medalist. Earlier in his career, he represented the United States, winning a bronze medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2006 U.S. junior national pewter medal. In 2011, Murakami became the first to land the quad salchow jump in the men's category at the Japan Championships. Murakami has appeared in variety of TV shows in Japan collaborating with Yoshiki Hayashi from X Japan and Kenta Maeda from Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Kana Ichikawa (市川 華菜, Ichikawa Kana; born 14 January 1991 in Toyota, Aichi) is a Japanese sprinter. She competed for…
Kana Ichikawa (市川 華菜, Ichikawa Kana; born 14 January 1991 in Toyota, Aichi) is a Japanese sprinter. She competed for the Japanese team in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2012 Summer Olympics; the team placed 15th with a time of 44.25 in Round 1 and did not qualify for the final.
Kodai Fujii (藤井 航大, Fujii Kōdai; born January 13, 1991 in Toyama) is a Japanese footballer. He plays for J-Lease FC…
Kodai Fujii (藤井 航大, Fujii Kōdai; born January 13, 1991 in Toyama) is a Japanese footballer. He plays for J-Lease FC from 2023.
Kayono Maeda (前田佳代乃, Maeda Kayono; born 13 January 1991) is a Japanese track cyclist, born in Kikuchi.
Ayano Yamada (山田彩乃, Yamada Ayano; born December 1, 1990) is a Japanese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss…
Ayano Yamada (山田彩乃, Yamada Ayano; born December 1, 1990) is a Japanese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth Japan 2015 that gives her the right to represent Japan at Miss Earth 2015. She was crowned by Miss Earth Japan 2014, Reina Nagata.
Ryuji Ichioka (一岡 竜司, Ichioka Ryuji; born January 11, 1991 in Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan) is a former professional…
Ryuji Ichioka (一岡 竜司, Ichioka Ryuji; born January 11, 1991 in Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan) is a former professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Tomohiro Tanaka (田中 智大, Tanaka Tomohiro; born January 10, 1991 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese former football player. He…
Tomohiro Tanaka (田中 智大, Tanaka Tomohiro; born January 10, 1991 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese former football player. He last played for Kataller Toyama.
Mutsuki Ebata (Japanese: 江幡 睦, Ebata Mutsuki; born January 10, 1991) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in…
Mutsuki Ebata (Japanese: 江幡 睦, Ebata Mutsuki; born January 10, 1991) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the bantamweight division of RISE and SNKA. As of October 2022, he is ranked as the ninth best flyweight (under 56.7 kg) kickboxer in the world by Combat Press and the fifth best super flyweight (under 55 kg) by Beyond Kick.
Rui Ebata (江幡 塁, Ebata Rui) is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. As of August 2021, he is the #6…
Rui Ebata (江幡 塁, Ebata Rui) is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. As of August 2021, he is the #6 ranked flyweight in the world according to Combat Press.
Kōji Fukutani (福谷 浩司, Fukutani Kōji; born January 9, 1991) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido…
Kōji Fukutani (福谷 浩司, Fukutani Kōji; born January 9, 1991) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He joined the Fighters as a free agent after spending 11 years with the Chunichi Dragons.
Shoki Kasahara (笠原 将生, Kasahara Shōki) (born January 9, 1991) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He…
Shoki Kasahara (笠原 将生, Kasahara Shōki) (born January 9, 1991) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants from 2012 to 2015.
Toshihiko Kuramoto (倉本 寿彦, Kuramoto Toshihiko; born January 7, 1991 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a professional…
Toshihiko Kuramoto (倉本 寿彦, Kuramoto Toshihiko; born January 7, 1991 in Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Junki Itō (伊藤 準規, born January 7, 1991) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Nippon…
Junki Itō (伊藤 準規, born January 7, 1991) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons.
Takumi Tsukamoto (塚本拓海, Tsukamoto Takumi) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Japanese…
Takumi Tsukamoto (塚本拓海, Tsukamoto Takumi) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Japanese professional wrestling promotion Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).
Rana Okada (岡田 良菜, Okada Rana; born 5 January 1991) is a Japanese snowboarder. She has represented Japan at the 2010…
Rana Okada (岡田 良菜, Okada Rana; born 5 January 1991) is a Japanese snowboarder. She has represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Yuki Honda (本多 勇喜, Honda Yūki; born 2 January 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club…
Yuki Honda (本多 勇喜, Honda Yūki; born 2 January 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse.
Riko Koike (Japanese: 小池 理子, Hepburn: Koike Riko; born 1 January 1991) is a Japanese voice actress from Fukui, Fukui…
Riko Koike (Japanese: 小池 理子, Hepburn: Koike Riko; born 1 January 1991) is a Japanese voice actress from Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, affiliated with Millennium Pro. Inspired by the 1994 film Mobile Fighter G Gundam, her voice acting career began in 2015 when she voiced Paru in Chain Chronicle, and she has also starred as Caracal in Kemono Friends 2 and Myamu in Waccha PriMagi!.
Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is a seven-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Starto Entertainment…
Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is a seven-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Starto Entertainment (formerly from Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more than 10 million physical copies. Hey! Say! JUMP originally debuted with ten members, the largest group in Johnny's history. In 2011, Ryutaro Morimoto was indefinitely suspended from the group following an underage smoking scandal. On April 11, 2021, Keito Okamoto announced that he would be leaving the group in order to pursue an acting career but would be remaining under Johnny & Associates. On August 28, 2025 Yuto Nakajima announced he would graduate from the group.
Tatsuro Inui (乾 達朗, Inui Tatsuro; born 30 January 1990) is a retired Japanese football player. He plays as a winger…
Tatsuro Inui (乾 達朗, Inui Tatsuro; born 30 January 1990) is a retired Japanese football player. He plays as a winger, comfortable on both flanks. Apart from his speed and dribbling skills, the ability to take set pieces is also part of his key attributes.
Yuki Kitai (北井 佑季, Kitai Yūki; born January 27, 1990) was a Japanese former football player belonged to SC Sagamihara.…
Yuki Kitai (北井 佑季, Kitai Yūki; born January 27, 1990) was a Japanese former football player belonged to SC Sagamihara. Now, he is a professional track cyclist.
Tsukasa Masuyama (益山 司, Masuyama Tsukasa; born January 25, 1990) is a former Japanese football player.
Ryosuke Irie (入江 陵介, Irie Ryōsuke; born 24 January 1990) is a Japanese retired competitive swimmer who competes in…
Ryosuke Irie (入江 陵介, Irie Ryōsuke; born 24 January 1990) is a Japanese retired competitive swimmer who competes in backstroke events. He is a Kindai University student in Osaka. He won a silver medal in the 200 metre backstroke and a bronze in the 100 metre backstroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics, along with a silver in the men's 4 × 100 m medley with the Japanese team. His backstroke technique has often been compared to Roland Matthes, who was described as the Rolls-Royce of swimming.
Yusuke Hayashi (林 勇介, Hayashi Yūsuke; born 23 January 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…
Yusuke Hayashi (林 勇介, Hayashi Yūsuke; born 23 January 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Philippines Football League side Stallion Laguna.
Misaki Yamaguchi (山口 美咲, Yamaguchi Misaki; born January 20, 1990) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle…
Misaki Yamaguchi (山口 美咲, Yamaguchi Misaki; born January 20, 1990) is a Japanese swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events. She represented her nation Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of two medals (one silver and one bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the Summer Universiade and the Pan Pacific Championships. She set a Japanese record of 54.43 in the 100 m freestyle at the 2009 Japan National Sports Festival in Nagaoka, Niigata. Yamaguchi is a student at Kinki University in Fukuoka. Yamaguchi competed as an eighteen-year-old and a member of the Japanese team in two freestyle relay events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Despite missing out the individual spot in the 200 m freestyle, she managed to place fourth at the Olympic trials in Tokyo (2:01.64) to earn an outright selection on the relay squad. Teaming with Haruka Ueda, Maki Mita, and Emi Takanabe in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay final, Yamaguchi swam the second leg with a split of 1:58.51, but the Japanese team had to settle for seventh place in 7:57.56. Yamaguchi also participated in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, along with Ueda, Mita, and Asami Kitagawa, but missed out the top 8 final by 0.08 of a second in a prelims time of 3:39.25. In 2009, Yamaguchi earned a silver medal for the Japanese team in the 400 m freestyle relay at the Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia with a final time of 3:42.60.
Taishi Sunagawa (砂川 太志, Sunagawa Taishi; born January 20, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Matsue City…
Taishi Sunagawa (砂川 太志, Sunagawa Taishi; born January 20, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Matsue City FC.
Dai Suzuki (鈴木大, Suzuki Dai) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He gained prominence in DDT Pro Wrestling and…
Dai Suzuki (鈴木大, Suzuki Dai) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He gained prominence in DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Freedoms.
Shiho Akita (秋田 史帆, Akita Shiho; born 18 January 1990) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Akita has a…
Shiho Akita (秋田 史帆, Akita Shiho; born 18 January 1990) is a Japanese former professional tennis player. Akita has a career-high WTA rankings of 221 in singles and 369 in doubles. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2012, she made her main-draw debut on the WTA Tour in the doubles event of Pattaya Open, partnering Nicole Rottmann. The pair reached the quarterfinals, losing to second seeds Eleni Daniilidou and Tamarine Tanasugarn. Akita announced her retirement in March 2026.
Kaori Matsumura (松村 香織, Matsumura Kaori; born 17 January 1990 in Wakō, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento who is…
Kaori Matsumura (松村 香織, Matsumura Kaori; born 17 January 1990 in Wakō, Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese tarento who is a former member of SKE48's Team KII.
Jin Watanabe (渡部 仁, Watanabe Jin; born 17 January 1990) is a Japanese handball player for Toyota Auto Body and the…
Jin Watanabe (渡部 仁, Watanabe Jin; born 17 January 1990) is a Japanese handball player for Toyota Auto Body and the Japanese national team. He participated at the 2017 and 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.
Ryūma Tonari (都成 竜馬, Tonari Ryūma; born January 17, 1990) is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.
Daisuke Ishizu (石津 大介, Ishizu Daisuke; born January 15, 1990) is a Japanese former football player.
Asuka Terada (寺田 明日香, Terada Asuka; born 14 January 1990, in Sapporo) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint…
Asuka Terada (寺田 明日香, Terada Asuka; born 14 January 1990, in Sapporo) is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She twice represented her country at the World Championships, first at the 2009 edition in Berlin and then over a decade later at the 2019 edition in Doha. Her personal best in the event is 12.86 seconds (+0.7 m/s) set in Osaka in 2023. This is the current national record. She retired in 2013 because of injuries. After marriage and childbirth, she decided to return to sport in 2017, first giving rugby a try and a year later coming back to athletics.
Kazuki Amagai (雨谷 一樹, Amagai Kazuki; born 14 January 1990) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist. He rode at the…
Kazuki Amagai (雨谷 一樹, Amagai Kazuki; born 14 January 1990) is a Japanese professional racing cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In Japan he is mostly known as a professional keirin cyclist.
Kosei Ishigami (石神 幸征, Ishigami Kōsei; born 11 January 1990) is a Japanese former footballer.
Amanaki Lelei Mafi (born 11 January 1990) is a Tongan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who currently…
Amanaki Lelei Mafi (born 11 January 1990) is a Tongan-born, Japanese international rugby union player who currently plays as a number 8 for the Newcastle Red Bulls.
Masayoshi Yamamoto (山本 雅賢, Yamamoto Masayoshi) is a Japanese artistic gymnast, representing his nation at international…
Masayoshi Yamamoto (山本 雅賢, Yamamoto Masayoshi) is a Japanese artistic gymnast, representing his nation at international competitions. He won the gold medal in the pommel horse event at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
Ishiura Shikanosuke (Japanese: 石浦 鹿介; born January 10, 1990 as Masakatsu Ishiura (石浦 将勝, Ishiura Masakatsu)) is a…
Ishiura Shikanosuke (Japanese: 石浦 鹿介; born January 10, 1990 as Masakatsu Ishiura (石浦 将勝, Ishiura Masakatsu)) is a retired Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tottori Prefecture. Wrestling for Miyagino stable, he debuted in sumo wrestling in January 2013 and made his makuuchi debut in November 2016. His highest rank was maegashira 5, and he has one special prize for Fighting Spirit. He retired from sumo on 1 June 2023.
Saori Suzuki (鈴木 沙織, Suzuki Saori; born 9 January 1990) is a Japanese freestyle skier. She competed in the 2018 Winter…
Saori Suzuki (鈴木 沙織, Suzuki Saori; born 9 January 1990) is a Japanese freestyle skier. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's halfpipe.
Ryotaro Hironaga (廣永 遼太郎, born 9 January 1990) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Kazuma Inoue (井上 和馬, Inoue Kazuma; born January 9, 1990) is a former Japanese football player.
Kohei Hattanda (八反田 康平, Hattanda Kōhei; born 8 January 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…
Kohei Hattanda (八反田 康平, Hattanda Kōhei; born 8 January 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J-Lease FC.
Rikako Morita (森田 理香子, Morita Rikako; born 8 January 1990) is a Japanese professional golfer. Morita plays on the LPGA…
Rikako Morita (森田 理香子, Morita Rikako; born 8 January 1990) is a Japanese professional golfer. Morita plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has won seven times. She won topped the tour's money list in 2013.
Kenji Sekido (関戸 健二, born January 7, 1990) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played all of…
Kenji Sekido (関戸 健二, born January 7, 1990) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played all of his professional career for Fagiano Okayama, making almost 250 appearances and scoring 9 goals for the club over 11 seasons.
Risa Takenaka (Japanese: 竹中 理沙; born January 6, 1990) is a Japanese long-distance runner who competes in marathon…
Risa Takenaka (Japanese: 竹中 理沙; born January 6, 1990) is a Japanese long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Takenaka was part of the winning team at the 2010 International Chiba Ekiden. Takenaka won the 2015 Gold Coast Marathon, defeating Keiko Nogami and Manami Kamitanida.
Shotaro Ashino (芦野 祥太郎, Ashino Shōtarō; born January 4, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is signed to All…
Shotaro Ashino (芦野 祥太郎, Ashino Shōtarō; born January 4, 1990) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). He was trained by and best known for his time in Wrestle-1, where he was a former two time Wrestle-1 Champion.
Yoichiro Kakitani (柿谷 曜一朗, Kakitani Yōichirō) (born 3 January 1990) is a Japanese former professional footballer who…
Yoichiro Kakitani (柿谷 曜一朗, Kakitani Yōichirō) (born 3 January 1990) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or an attacking midfielder.
Tomohiro Fukaya (深谷知広, Fukaya Tomohiro; born 1 March 1990) is a Japanese born racing cyclist. He rode in the men's…
Tomohiro Fukaya (深谷知広, Fukaya Tomohiro; born 1 March 1990) is a Japanese born racing cyclist. He rode in the men's sprint event at the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Hyper Misao (ハイパーミサヲ, Haipā Misao) is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese promotions Tokyo Joshi…
Hyper Misao (ハイパーミサヲ, Haipā Misao) is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese promotions Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling.
Teppei Chikaishi (近石 哲平, Chikaishi Teppei; born 31 January 1989) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a…
Teppei Chikaishi (近石 哲平, Chikaishi Teppei; born 31 January 1989) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender for Vanraure Hachinohe.
Daisuke Nakajima (中嶋 大祐, Nakajima Daisuke; born January 29, 1989) is a Japanese airline pilot and retired racing…
Daisuke Nakajima (中嶋 大祐, Nakajima Daisuke; born January 29, 1989) is a Japanese airline pilot and retired racing driver. He is the son of Satoru Nakajima and the younger brother of Kazuki Nakajima, both of whom have driven in Formula One.