Yoshitake Kimata (木俣 佳丈, Kimata Yoshitake; born February 19, 1965) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic…
Yoshitake Kimata (木俣 佳丈, Kimata Yoshitake; born February 19, 1965) is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He represented the Aichi at-large district. A native of Toyohashi, Aichi and a graduate of Hitotsubashi University and the George Washington University School of Public Policy and Public Administration, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1996. In 1998 he ran for the House of Councillors and was elected for the first time.
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Toshio Wakita (脇田 寿雄, Wakita Toshio; born 19 February 1965) is a Japanese bobsledder. He competed at the 1988, 1992…
Toshio Wakita (脇田 寿雄, Wakita Toshio; born 19 February 1965) is a Japanese bobsledder. He competed at the 1988, 1992, 1994 and the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Toshihito Bandō (坂東 齢人; born February 18, 1965), known by his pen name Hase Seishū (馳 星周), is a Japanese novelist known…
Toshihito Bandō (坂東 齢人; born February 18, 1965), known by his pen name Hase Seishū (馳 星周), is a Japanese novelist known for his Yakuza crime novels. His pen name is based on the Chinese name of Hong Kong filmmaker Stephen Chow, Chow Sing-chi (周星馳), written backwards and rendered in Japanese.
Makoto Matsumoto (松本眞, born February 18, 1965) is a Japanese mathematician principally known as the inventor of the…
Makoto Matsumoto (松本眞, born February 18, 1965) is a Japanese mathematician principally known as the inventor of the Mersenne Twister, a widely used pseudorandom number generator. He is also the author of the CryptMT stream cipher.
Masaki Saito (斎藤 雅樹, Saitō Masaki; born February 18, 1965 in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese former Nippon…
Masaki Saito (斎藤 雅樹, Saitō Masaki; born February 18, 1965 in Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1984 to 2001. He won the Eiji Sawamura Award three times, 1989, 1995, and 1996, and he won the Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award in 1990.
Mitsuru Fukikoshi (吹越 満, Fukikoshi Mitsuru; born 17 February 1965) is a Japanese actor.
Keiko Lee (born February 17, 1965) is a Japanese jazz singer of Korean ethnicity. She has performed regularly outside…
Keiko Lee (born February 17, 1965) is a Japanese jazz singer of Korean ethnicity. She has performed regularly outside Japan.
Hiromi (ヒロミ; born 13 February 1965, in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, radio…
Hiromi (ヒロミ; born 13 February 1965, in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese comedian, television presenter, radio personality, actor, businessman, triathlete, and racing driver. He is the president of Be Company. His full name is Hiromi Kozono (小園 浩己, Kozono Hiromi). While Be Company is from Production Jin Riki-sha, Hiromi is represented with Tanabe Agency and later Production No Title since 2008. His wife is singer Iyo Matsumoto. Hiromi's eldest son is tarento Ryo Kozono.
Kiyotaka Nanbara (南原 清隆, Nanbara Kiyotaka) (born 13 February 1965, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese…
Kiyotaka Nanbara (南原 清隆, Nanbara Kiyotaka) (born 13 February 1965, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese television host and comedian. He is known as the boke of the manzai duo Ucchan Nanchan with Teruyoshi Uchimura.
Mayuno Yasokawa (八十川真由野, Yosokawa Mayuno; born February 11, 1965) is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated…
Mayuno Yasokawa (八十川真由野, Yosokawa Mayuno; born February 11, 1965) is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Bungakuza.
Noriyuki Nishitani (born 11 February 1965) is a Japanese sport shooter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Azumi Inoue (井上 あずみ or 井上杏美, Inoue Azumi; born February 10, 1965) is a Japanese singer. She graduated from Yugakkan…
Azumi Inoue (井上 あずみ or 井上杏美, Inoue Azumi; born February 10, 1965) is a Japanese singer. She graduated from Yugakkan High School in Kanazawa. She is best known for singing the opening and ending theme songs for the Hayao Miyazaki film My Neighbor Totoro: "Sanpo" and "My Neighbor Totoro". She is known for having a clear, light voice. Inoue is managed by the talent management firm Doremi. She is married and has one child. In 2011, she appeared in 7 out of 19 performances of "Sound Horizon Live Tour 2011 First Territorial Reconstruction Expedition". On November 11 of the same year, she performed with Kumiko and actress Chieko Baisho at the "38th Japan Singers Association Song Festival" held at Yu-Port in Gotanda, Tokyo. On November 26, she held a mini concert at Takaodai Junior High School in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, at the 30th Anniversary Ceremony Lecture.
Hirofumi Sakai (Japanese: 酒井 浩文; born February 10, 1965) is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan…
Hirofumi Sakai (Japanese: 酒井 浩文; born February 10, 1965) is a retired Japanese male race walker. He competed for Japan at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Hidenohana Yukihide (born 10 February 1965 as Yukihide Kikushima) is a former sumo wrestler from Nirasaki, Yamanashi…
Hidenohana Yukihide (born 10 February 1965 as Yukihide Kikushima) is a former sumo wrestler from Nirasaki, Yamanashi, Japan. One of the few professional sumo wrestlers from Yamanashi Prefecture, he was recruited by yokozuna Wajima of the Hanakago stable. He made his professional debut in March 1980, alongside Kotofuji and future professional wrestler Hanaarashi but never reached the top division. His highest rank was jūryō 5. He reached the second division eight years after his professional debut. He won the jūryō division yūshō or championship in his debut tournament in the division (the first wrestler to achieve this since Kotochitose in 1979), but then never won another bout as a sekitori, as he suffered a left knee medial collateral ligament injury in training with members of the Nihon University sumo club (including later top division wrestler Daishoyama) and was forced to withdraw from the next tournament after ten straight losses. He had been ineligible for the kōshō seido rank protection as the injury had not taken place in a tournament, and he was demoted to makushita. He never managed to return to jūryō and retired from active competition in March 1994. He performed the yumitori-shiki bow-twirling ceremony from November 1990 to July 1991.
Toshifumi Baba (馬場 敏史, Baba Toshifumi; born February 10, 1965) is a former baseball player from Japan. He primarily…
Toshifumi Baba (馬場 敏史, Baba Toshifumi; born February 10, 1965) is a former baseball player from Japan. He primarily paid for Orix Blue Wave in the Japan Pacific League.
Takahiro Shimada (島田 貴裕, Shimada Takahiro; born February 9, 1965) is a former Japanese football player.
Iehiro Tokugawa (Shinjitai: 徳川家広, Kyūjitai: 德川家廣, Tokugawa Iehiro; born 7 February 1965) is a Japanese author and…
Iehiro Tokugawa (Shinjitai: 徳川家広, Kyūjitai: 德川家廣, Tokugawa Iehiro; born 7 February 1965) is a Japanese author and translator who is the 19th generation and current head of the main House of Tokugawa. His great-great-grandfather was the famed Matsudaira Katamori of Aizu, and his maternal great-great-grandfather was Tokugawa Iesato, the sixteenth head of the House of Tokugawa.
Minoru Okidoi (沖土居稔, Okidoi Minoru) (born 7 February 1965 in Fukuoka) is a former Japanese rugby union player who…
Minoru Okidoi (沖土居稔, Okidoi Minoru) (born 7 February 1965 in Fukuoka) is a former Japanese rugby union player who played as a winger.
Hiroyuki Mori (森浩之, Mori Hiroyuki; born February 4, 1965) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher, and…
Hiroyuki Mori (森浩之, Mori Hiroyuki; born February 4, 1965) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher, and current the battery coordinator for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Nankai / Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. His registered name during his active career was 森 広之(Mori Hiroyuki).
Shuichi Morita (森田 修一; born February 3, 1965) is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1991 edition of…
Shuichi Morita (森田 修一; born February 3, 1965) is a retired long-distance runner from Japan, who won the 1991 edition of the Fukuoka Marathon, clocking 2:10:58 on December 1, 1991. The event also served as the national championship contest.
Naoki Sano (佐野 直喜, Sano Naoki) (born February 2, 1965) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former mixed…
Naoki Sano (佐野 直喜, Sano Naoki) (born February 2, 1965) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist most notable for being the generational rival of legendary Japanese pro wrestler Jushin Liger. During the last years of his career he went by the name Takuma Sano (佐野巧真, Sano Takuma).
Takao Ochi (越智 隆雄, Ochi Takao; born 27 February 1964) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Takao Ochi (越智 隆雄, Ochi Takao; born 27 February 1964) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人, Ōshima Naoto) (born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese video game designer and artist, best known…
Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人, Ōshima Naoto) (born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese video game designer and artist, best known for designing Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Although Yuji Naka made a tech demo around which Sonic's gameplay was based, the character in his prototype was a ball that lacked any specific features and was based on Ohshima's game proposal. Sonic Team considered numerous potential animal mascots before deciding on Ohshima's design, with an armadillo or hedgehog being the top choices because their spikes worked well with the concept of rolling into enemies. After leaving Sonic Team, Ohshima formed an independent game company called Artoon in 1999. There he went on to work on such games as Pinobee (2001), Blinx: The Time Sweeper (2002), and Blinx 2: Masters of Time & Space (2004). In 2010, Artoon was absorbed into AQ Interactive, and Ohshima and other key members of Artoon left to form Arzest. Early in his career, he was credited under the nickname "Big Island" in a number of games, which is a literal translation of his family name.
Eizo Sakamoto (坂本 英三, Sakamoto Eizō; also credited as さかもと えいぞう Sakamoto Eizō, born February 23, 1964) is a Japanese…
Eizo Sakamoto (坂本 英三, Sakamoto Eizō; also credited as さかもと えいぞう Sakamoto Eizō, born February 23, 1964) is a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter who was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture. He is most famous for being the lead vocalist of heavy metal band Anthem. In the 1990s he started up the band Animetal which performed heavy metal covers of anime and tokusatsu opening and closing themes. He also was involved with the Anison band JAM Project before reuniting with Anthem. Sakamoto then began a new project called Eizo Japan which is similar to Animetal: more heavy metal covers of theme songs post-disbanding, along with original material.
Takaharu Tezuka (手塚 貴晴, Tezuka Takaharu; born 23 February 1964) is a Japanese architect. In 1994, he and his wife Yui…
Takaharu Tezuka (手塚 貴晴, Tezuka Takaharu; born 23 February 1964) is a Japanese architect. In 1994, he and his wife Yui Tezuka founded the Tokyo-based firm Tezuka Architects. Projects by Tezuka Architects include the Roof House, Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science, Fuji Kindergarten and Woods of Net. Their recent awards include Japan Institute of Architects Prize (2009), Association for Children's Environment Design Award (2011), OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (2011) and a Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2017).
Kouji Okada (岡田 耕始, Okada Kōji; born February 22, 1964) is a Japanese video game producer and director.
Satoshi Shingaki (新垣諭, Shingaki Satoshi; born February 21, 1964) is a Japanese former professional boxer. He held the…
Satoshi Shingaki (新垣諭, Shingaki Satoshi; born February 21, 1964) is a Japanese former professional boxer. He held the IBF bantamweight title from 1984 to 1985 as the inaugural champion.
Mimori Yusa (遊佐 未森, Yusa Mimori), (born February 20, 1964, in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture), is a Japanese…
Mimori Yusa (遊佐 未森, Yusa Mimori), (born February 20, 1964, in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture), is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She made her nationwide debut at the age of 6 on the TV program Chibikko Nodojiman, which she recited the Takibi nursery rhyme. Shortly after graduating college, she recorded a demo, and signed to Epic/Sony Records in 1987, which officially began her music career. Although she has since had a very prolific career, Yusa became popular for her song "Kuro", which was featured on the NHK television program Minna no Uta from December 2005 until January 2006. She was also in the mid-1990s supergroup Love, Peace & Trance, which also featured Mishio Ogawa, Miyako Koda from Dip in the Pool and Haruomi Hosono as the producer, composer and songwriter.
Kenzo Fujisue (藤末 健三, Fujisue Kenzō; born February 18, 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party…
Kenzo Fujisue (藤末 健三, Fujisue Kenzō; born February 18, 1964) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, he graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology and received master's degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the United States. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 when he left an assistant professorship at the University of Tokyo.
Masaki Yamada (山田 雅樹, Yamada Masaki; born 1964) is a Japanese singer, guitarist and bassist known for being the…
Masaki Yamada (山田 雅樹, Yamada Masaki; born 1964) is a Japanese singer, guitarist and bassist known for being the frontman of EZO from 1986 to 1991 and Loudness from 1992 to 2000. He currently plays bass and sings duet and backing vocals, with occasional guitar in the New York City-based band FiRESiGN. He was vocally trained by Donald Lawrence, and moved to New York City in 1986. He has a daughter, born in 1992.
Shinji Matsuura (松浦 進二, Matsuura Shinji; born February 15, 1964) is a retired male badminton player from Japan.
Faustin Luanga (born 15 February 1964) is a Congolese politician and career diplomat who has been Ambassador-at-large…
Faustin Luanga (born 15 February 1964) is a Congolese politician and career diplomat who has been Ambassador-at-large for the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 4 June 2021.
Hideyuki Matsui (松井英幸, Matsui Hideyuki; 14 February 1964) is a Japanese former track cyclist who won silver medals in…
Hideyuki Matsui (松井英幸, Matsui Hideyuki; 14 February 1964) is a Japanese former track cyclist who won silver medals in the sprint competition at the 1986 and 1987 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, in addition to a bronze medal in the same event in 1989. He was also a professional keirin cyclist with over 400 wins.
Tetsurō Degawa (出川 哲朗, Degawa Tetsurō; born February 13, 1964, in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a Japanese…
Tetsurō Degawa (出川 哲朗, Degawa Tetsurō; born February 13, 1964, in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a Japanese comedian.
Aiso Haruhi (相曽 晴日, Aiso Haruhi; born February 13, 1964 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a female Japanese…
Aiso Haruhi (相曽 晴日, Aiso Haruhi; born February 13, 1964 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a female Japanese popular music artist. She has also written songs for Iwao Junko and Iwasaki Hiromi.
Yukiharu Yoshitaka (吉鷹 幸春, Yoshitaka Yukiharu; born 1964) is a Japanese judoka. He was born in Ōkawa, Kagawa. He won a…
Yukiharu Yoshitaka (吉鷹 幸春, Yoshitaka Yukiharu; born 1964) is a Japanese judoka. He was born in Ōkawa, Kagawa. He won a gold medal at the -71 kg category of the Universiade in 1985 and Paris Super World Cup in 1986. After graduating from Tsukuba University in 1991, he belonged to Tsukuba-Keikaku. In 1995, he took office as the coach of the judo club at Toin University of Yokohama.
Keiichiro Asao (浅尾 慶一郎, Asao Keiichirō; born 11 February 1964) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of…
Keiichiro Asao (浅尾 慶一郎, Asao Keiichirō; born 11 February 1964) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He has been a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), then of Your Party, then an independent. In September 2017, he applied to join the LDP. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the law faculty of the University of Tokyo, he joined Industrial Bank of Japan in 1987, receiving MBA in 1992 from Stanford University while working at the bank. Leaving the bank in 1995, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 to represent Kanagawa Prefecture. He was re-elected in 2004, and was appointed the Shadow Foreign Minister by the DPJ leader Seiji Maehara. He was later expelled from the DPJ after announcing he would run for a district seat in Kanagawa during the 2009 General election, joining Your Party as a founding member one month later. Taking helm of the party in April 2014 after a financial scandal touching its founder, he voted in favor of disbanding it in November 2014 over dissension against plans to support the LDP. In October 2016 however, Asao began voting with the LDP lower house fraction, and then joined the LDP in September 2017 after the announcement of anticipated elections by prime minister Abe.
Yoshihiko Hara (born 11 February 1964) is a Japanese wrestler. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992…
Yoshihiko Hara (born 11 February 1964) is a Japanese wrestler. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Kyoko Nozaki (野崎 京子, Nozaki Kyōko; born 9 February 1964) is a Japanese chemist and Professor of Chemistry at University…
Kyoko Nozaki (野崎 京子, Nozaki Kyōko; born 9 February 1964) is a Japanese chemist and Professor of Chemistry at University of Tokyo in Japan.
Mamiko Aso (麻生 真宮子, Asō Mamiko; born February 5, 1964), whose real name is Miwa Tajima (田島 みわ, Tajima Miwa), is a…
Mamiko Aso (麻生 真宮子, Asō Mamiko; born February 5, 1964), whose real name is Miwa Tajima (田島 みわ, Tajima Miwa), is a former Japanese idol, singer and actress of the 1980s, who is currently a businesswoman.
Gengoroh Tagame (田亀 源五郎, Tagame Gengorō; born February 3, 1964) is a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist. He is regarded…
Gengoroh Tagame (田亀 源五郎, Tagame Gengorō; born February 3, 1964) is a pseudonymous Japanese manga artist. He is regarded as the most prolific and influential creator in the gay manga genre. Tagame began contributing manga and prose fiction to Japanese gay men's magazines in the 1980s, after making his debut as a manga artist in the yaoi (male-male romance) manga magazine June while in high school. As a student he studied graphic design at Tama Art University, and worked as a commercial graphic designer and art director to support his career as a manga artist. His manga series The Toyed Man (嬲り者, Naburi-Mono), originally serialized in the gay men's magazine Badi from 1992 to 1993, enjoyed breakout success after it was published as a book in 1994. After co-founding the gay men's magazine G-men in 1995, Tagame began working as a gay manga artist full-time. For much of his career Tagame exclusively created erotic and pornographic manga, works that are distinguished by their graphic depictions of sadomasochism, sexual violence, and hypermasculinity. Beginning in the 2010s, Tagame gained mainstream recognition after he began to concurrently produce non-pornographic manga depicting LGBT themes and subject material; his 2014 manga series My Brother's Husband, his first series aimed at a general audience, received widespread critical acclaim and was awarded a Japan Media Arts Festival Prize, a Japan Cartoonists Association Award, and an Eisner Award. Tagame is further noted for his contributions as an art historian, through his multi-volume art anthology series Gay Erotic Art in Japan.
Kiriko Isono (磯野 貴理子, Isono Kiriko; born February 1, 1964, in Nansei, Mie (now Minamiise), Japan) is a Japanese…
Kiriko Isono (磯野 貴理子, Isono Kiriko; born February 1, 1964, in Nansei, Mie (now Minamiise), Japan) is a Japanese comedian, entertainer, and actress represented by Ishii-Mitsuzo Office.
Izumi Yokokawa (横川 泉, Yokokawa Izumi; born February 25, 1963) is a former Japanese football player.
Hiroaki Suga (菅 裕明, born February 21, 1963) is a Japanese biochemist and businessman. He is best known for his work on…
Hiroaki Suga (菅 裕明, born February 21, 1963) is a Japanese biochemist and businessman. He is best known for his work on artificial ribozymes (flexizymes) and their application in mRNA display (RaPID, random nonstandard peptide integrated discovery). Suga was awarded the 2023 Wolf Prize in Chemistry, jointly with Chuan He and Jeffery W. Kelly, "for pioneering discoveries that illuminate the functions and pathological dysfunctions of RNA and proteins and for creating strategies to harness the capabilities of these biopolymers in new ways to ameliorate human diseases."
Emi Matsui (松井 江美, Matsui Emi) (born 20 February 1963) is a former female track and field athlete who competed at two…
Emi Matsui (松井 江美, Matsui Emi) (born 20 February 1963) is a former female track and field athlete who competed at two Olympic Games.
Sega AM Research & Development No. 1 is a development department within Japanese video game company Sega Corporation…
Sega AM Research & Development No. 1 is a development department within Japanese video game company Sega Corporation that also previously existed as Wow Entertainment and Sega Wow Inc. AM1 spent most of its early existence under the leadership of Rikiya Nakagawa and developed a number of arcade games for Sega. In 2000, Sega split its development studios into nine semi-autonomous companies, with AM1 becoming Wow Entertainment. Wow developed games for the Dreamcast and later other consoles as well as arcade games. In 2003, as part of studio consolidations within Sega, Wow was merged with Overworks Ltd. (originally titled Sega CS Research & Development No. 2 and later AM7) and renamed to Sega Wow. Nakagawa resigned a few weeks later after Sammy Corporation acquired a significant amount of shares in Sega. Sega Wow was re-integrated back into the company the next year. Since then, the AM1 division has continued within Sega.
Akira Shima (島 朗, Shima Akira; February 19, 1963) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He was the…
Akira Shima (島 朗, Shima Akira; February 19, 1963) is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He was the first Ryūō title holder and is also a former managing director of the Japan Shogi Association.
Yoshitaka Saitō (born February 18, 1963, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a…
Yoshitaka Saitō (born February 18, 1963, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Councillors of Japan since 2010. He represents the Aichi at-large district and is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.
Yuzuru Inoue (井上 謙, Inoue Yuzuru; born 15 February 1963) is a Japanese former volleyball player. Inoue competed in the…
Yuzuru Inoue (井上 謙, Inoue Yuzuru; born 15 February 1963) is a Japanese former volleyball player. Inoue competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he finished in tenth place. He also competed at the 1986 Goodwill Games in Moscow and won a bronze medal.
Kawachiya Kikusuimaru (河内家 菊水丸) (born 14 February 1963) is a Japanese musician and singer. He is a singer of Kawachi…
Kawachiya Kikusuimaru (河内家 菊水丸) (born 14 February 1963) is a Japanese musician and singer. He is a singer of Kawachi ondo folk music from Yao, Osaka.