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Yūsuke Nakanishi (born 12 July 1979) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.
Shinichi Terano (寺野 伸一, Terano Shin'ichi; born 10 July 1979) is a Japanese long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.20…
Shinichi Terano (寺野 伸一, Terano Shin'ichi; born 10 July 1979) is a Japanese long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.20 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Tottori. He won the bronze medal at the 2003 Asian Championships. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.
Kōji Nakata (中田 浩二, Nakata Kōji; born 9 July 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…
Kōji Nakata (中田 浩二, Nakata Kōji; born 9 July 1979) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. At international level, he represented the Japan national team at both the 2002, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Takahiro Terachi (born 8 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Japan.
Yoshio Inoue (井上 芳雄, Inoue Yoshio; born 6 July 1979), is a Japanese actor and singer, best known for his performances…
Yoshio Inoue (井上 芳雄, Inoue Yoshio; born 6 July 1979), is a Japanese actor and singer, best known for his performances in musical theatre. In 2000 while he was studying Vocal Music in the Tokyo University of the Arts, he made his musical theatre debut as Rudolf in Elisabeth at the Imperial Theatre. He continued to perform in numerous musicals and stage play, including the title role in Mozart! since 2002, as Chris in Miss Saigon in 2004 and 2009, as Bill in Me and My Girl in 2006 and 2009, and as Jervis in Daddy Long Legs since 2012. Since 2015 he played Der Tod in Elisabeth. Alongside his theatrical career, Inoue also appeared in films and television dramas and presented in live shows and television music programs. In 2013, he formed StarS, a musical unit with Kenji Urai and Ikusaburo Yamazaki.
Nobuhiro Sadatomi (貞富 信宏, Sadatomi Nobuhiro; born July 5, 1979) is a former Japanese football player.
Megumi Kobashi (小橋 めぐみ, Kobashi Megumi; born 3 July 1979) is a Japanese actress who has appeared in a number of…
Megumi Kobashi (小橋 めぐみ, Kobashi Megumi; born 3 July 1979) is a Japanese actress who has appeared in a number of television series, feature films and stage productions. She is represented by the agency FMG. She was born in Tokyo.
Sayuri Katayama (片山 さゆり, Katayama Sayuri; previously 片山 沙有里) born July 3, 1979 is a Japanese singer, stage actress and…
Sayuri Katayama (片山 さゆり, Katayama Sayuri; previously 片山 沙有里) born July 3, 1979 is a Japanese singer, stage actress and songwriter. She has played the role of Kou Seiya in the Sailor Moon musicals. As a songwriter, she is known as Sayuri.
Koji Onuma (大沼 幸二, Ōnuma Kōji; born July 3, 1979) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who most recently…
Koji Onuma (大沼 幸二, Ōnuma Kōji; born July 3, 1979) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who most recently played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's Central League.
Yuji Ishikawa (石川 裕司, Ishikawa Yūji; born July 2, 1979) is a former Japanese football player.
Hitomi Yaida 矢井田瞳 (Yaida Hitomi, born July 28, 1978) is a Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. She…
Hitomi Yaida 矢井田瞳 (Yaida Hitomi, born July 28, 1978) is a Japanese pop/folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. She often goes by the nickname Yaiko. Yaida is an established musical artist in Japan and has also had minor club hits in the United Kingdom.
Masahiko Morino (森野 将彦, Morino Masahiko; born July 28, 1978 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former Japanese…
Masahiko Morino (森野 将彦, Morino Masahiko; born July 28, 1978 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He also played for Team Japan at the 2008 Olympics. Morino retired in 2017 and served as the Dragons' second team batting coach until the end of the 2019 season.
Mitsutaka Goto (後藤 光尊, born July 27, 1978, in Hachirōgata, Akita) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder…
Mitsutaka Goto (後藤 光尊, born July 27, 1978, in Hachirōgata, Akita) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Orix BlueWave/Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Noriko Inada (稲田 法子, Inada Noriko) (born 27 July 1978 in Sōka, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese swimmer who competed in…
Noriko Inada (稲田 法子, Inada Noriko) (born 27 July 1978 in Sōka, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese swimmer who competed in the 1992, 2000, and 2004 Summer Olympics. Inada retired after the 2004 Summer Olympics, though she joined the Phoenix Swim Club in 2008 and attempted to make a professional comeback in April 2010. In April 2012, she placed 3rd in the 100m backstroke in the Japan Championship, just missing out on a top 2 spot required for attending the 2012 Summer Olympics. 2014 saw her break three world records in the 35-39 age group at the 2014 FINA World Masters Championships. In 2015, she won the Japan Championship in the 50m backstroke time with a time of 28.36s, and placed second in the 100m backstroke with a time of 1m 1.27s. In 2017, she is still with the Phoenix Swim Club, as an assistant coach.
Hiroki Ito (伊藤 宏樹, Itō Hiroki; born July 27, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.
Tetsuya Yamazaki (山崎 哲也, Yamazaki Tetsuya; born July 25, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. His elder brother…
Tetsuya Yamazaki (山崎 哲也, Yamazaki Tetsuya; born July 25, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. His elder brother Takahiro is a former Japanese baseball player.
Sayo Aizawa (相沢 紗世, Aizawa Sayo; born July 24, 1978) is a Japanese model and TV personality.
Takashi Yamamoto (山本 貴司, Yamamoto Takashi; born July 23, 1978 in Osaka) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from Japan…
Takashi Yamamoto (山本 貴司, Yamamoto Takashi; born July 23, 1978 in Osaka) is an Olympic medal-winning swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was also part of Japan's bronze medal-winning 4 × 100 m medley relay team. Yamamoto also competed in the 100 m butterfly event, and qualified for the semifinals, but narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final. The 2004 Games were Yamamoto's third Olympic Games. He had previously swum in the 1996 Olympic Games and 2000 Olympic Games, but did not receive a medal at either. He married swimmer Suzu Chiba in 2002. They have four children together.
Takashi Miki (三木 隆司, Miki Takashi; born July 23, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. He is the current…
Takashi Miki (三木 隆司, Miki Takashi; born July 23, 1978) is a former Japanese football player. He is the current assistant manager of Nagoya Grampus.
Kyoko Iwasaki (岩崎 恭子, Iwasaki Kyōko; married name: Kyoko Saito (斎藤恭子), born July 21, 1978) is a Japanese swimming coach…
Kyoko Iwasaki (岩崎 恭子, Iwasaki Kyōko; married name: Kyoko Saito (斎藤恭子), born July 21, 1978) is a Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was 14 years and 6 days old, making her the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the discipline of swimming at the time. In 1998, the asteroid 35441 Kyoko was named after her.
Shinya Kawashima (川島 眞也, Kawashima Shinya; born July 20, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.
Atsushi Harada (原田 篤, Harada Atsushi; born July 19, 1978) is a Japanese actor in the Tokusatsu genre. He is best known…
Atsushi Harada (原田 篤, Harada Atsushi; born July 19, 1978) is a Japanese actor in the Tokusatsu genre. He is best known for being Kamen Rider Delta in Kamen Rider 555, and Shou Tatsumi/Go Green in the 1999 Super Sentai Series Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V, and reprised his role in the Sentai Teamup Special Timeranger vs. GoGo-V and Gokaiger. He was also involved in a band with GoGo-V co-star Masashi Taniguchi called [G]. In 2012, he worked with the Aimachi Marching Band on their 50th anniversary concert event Evolution where he served as a Story Teller.
Naohito Hirai (平井 直人, Hirai Naohito; born July 16, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.
Ryuji Kawai (河合 竜二, Kawai Ryuji; born July 14, 1978) is a Japanese former football player.
Riki Takagi (髙木 理己, Takagi Riki; born July 13, 1978) is a Japanese football manager.
Yoshihito Ishii (石井 義人, Ishii Yoshihito; born July 12, 1978 in Kawaguchi, Saitama) is a Japanese infielder for the…
Yoshihito Ishii (石井 義人, Ishii Yoshihito; born July 12, 1978 in Kawaguchi, Saitama) is a Japanese infielder for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Takahiro Yamamoto (山本 隆弘; born July 12, 1978) is a retired volleyball player from Japan, who was one of the key players…
Takahiro Yamamoto (山本 隆弘; born July 12, 1978) is a retired volleyball player from Japan, who was one of the key players in the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 2000s. On club level, he only played for Panasonic Panthers. Yamamoto plays as a wing-spiker and was named Best Scorer and Best Server at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Ohashi Trio (大橋トリオ; born 12 July 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. Throughout the early 2000s, Trio…
Ohashi Trio (大橋トリオ; born 12 July 1978) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. Throughout the early 2000s, Trio performed as a musician and producer, contributing to various albums and live shows under his birth name Yoshinori Ohashi (大橋 好規, Ohashi Yoshinori) before releasing his first self-produced album Pretaporter in 2007. His debut on Avex Group's Rhythm Zone, I Got Rhythm? (2009) topped the iTunes Store's albums chart. Throughout his career, he has released eighteen studio albums, seven singles and composed for multiple films.
Kaori Aoba (青葉 かおり, Aoba Kaori; born July 11, 1978) is a female professional 5 dan Go player. She is currently an…
Kaori Aoba (青葉 かおり, Aoba Kaori; born July 11, 1978) is a female professional 5 dan Go player. She is currently an affiliate of the Nihon Ki-in, the largest Go association of Japan, and was a student of Yasumasa Hane. On 4 September 2008, Aoba was defeated by Crazy Stone, a Monte-Carlo Tree Search Go playing engine, in an 8-stone handicap game in Tokyo, Japan. The exhibition match marks the earliest official defeat of a professional by a computer with a conventional handicap.
Yoshinori Kaneta (金田詳徳, Kaneta Yoshinori) is the assistant coach of the Chiba Jets Funabashi in the Japanese B.League.
Masaru Takeda (武田 勝, born July 10, 1978, in Nagoya) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and coach. He…
Masaru Takeda (武田 勝, born July 10, 1978, in Nagoya) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and coach. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2006 to 2016.
Kotaro Koizumi (小泉 孝太郎, Koizumi Kōtarō; born July 10, 1978) is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the 56th Japanese…
Kotaro Koizumi (小泉 孝太郎, Koizumi Kōtarō; born July 10, 1978) is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the 56th Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto, he is the older brother of Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirou Koizumi. Born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, he studied economics at night classes of Nihon University, but dropped out.
Osamu Hamanaka (濱中 治, born July 9, 1978, in Tanabe, Wakayama) is a former Japanese professional baseball player.…
Osamu Hamanaka (濱中 治, born July 9, 1978, in Tanabe, Wakayama) is a former Japanese professional baseball player. Drafted by the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 1996, Hamanaka spent 11 years with the club from 1997 to 2007. Following his time with Hanshin, Hamanaka spent three seasons with the Orix Buffaloes from 2008 to 2010 and one season with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2011. In November 2014 it was announced that Hamanaka had signed a contract to return to Hanshin as a batting coach for the farm team.
Kazutaka Kodaka (Japanese: 小高 和剛, Hepburn: Kodaka Kazutaka; born July 8, 1978) is a Japanese video game designer…
Kazutaka Kodaka (Japanese: 小高 和剛, Hepburn: Kodaka Kazutaka; born July 8, 1978) is a Japanese video game designer, writer, and manga artist. His work is known for recurring themes of contrasting hope and despair, luck and talent, truth and lies, and mixing tragedy with dark humor, as well as using numerous plot twists. He was an employee of Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike) and is widely known as the creator and writer of the Danganronpa franchise. He left the company in 2017 and founded Too Kyo Games with other ex-employees.
Ken Yoshizawa (吉澤 賢, Yoshizawa Ken; born July 7, 1978 in Shisui, Chiba) is a Japanese former hurdler and currently a…
Ken Yoshizawa (吉澤 賢, Yoshizawa Ken; born July 7, 1978 in Shisui, Chiba) is a Japanese former hurdler and currently a professional keirin cyclist. He represented Japan at the 2004 Olympics in the 400 metres hurdles. He also ran in the 2001 and 2003 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. By virtue of his competing in a rare 300 metres hurdles race in Sheffield in 2002, he is ranked in the all-time top 25 of the event.
Kayo Kitada (北田 佳世, Kitada Kayo; born 7 July 1978) is a retired Japanese judoka.
Ayaka Shiomura (塩村 文夏, Shiomura Ayaka) (born July 6, 1978) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the Senate of…
Ayaka Shiomura (塩村 文夏, Shiomura Ayaka) (born July 6, 1978) is a Japanese politician who is a member of the Senate of Japan.
Aiko Miyake (三宅 愛子, Miyake Aiko) (born 6 July 1978) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her…
Aiko Miyake (三宅 愛子, Miyake Aiko) (born 6 July 1978) is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There, she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Eri Yamanoi, Naoko Imoto, and Suzu Chiba. On her sole individual start, in the 800m freestyle, she ended up in 21st place, clocking 8:55.77 in the preliminary heats.
Yushi Soda (曽田 雄志, Soda Yushi; born July 5, 1978) is a former Japanese football player.
Takatsugu Muramatsu (村松 崇継, Muramatsu Takatsugu; born July 2, 1978) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music…
Takatsugu Muramatsu (村松 崇継, Muramatsu Takatsugu; born July 2, 1978) is a Japanese composer, arranger and music producer. He is best known for his collaborations in Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There. He won Best Music thrice at the Japan Academy Film Prize. In 1996, he released his first solo work, Mado, while in high school. In 2001, he debuted as a movie music composer with Inugami. The same year, he graduated from the Kunitachi College of Music. In 2009, he held his first solo piano concert tour in five places across Japan. In 2014, his music on the movie When Marnie Was There received praise from critics. During that year, his works were featured in Natsumi Abe's cover album Hikari He. He was also included in Mariya Takeuchi's studio album, Trad, which won an award at the 56th Japan Record Awards. In 2018, Empire listed his music from Mary and the Witch's Flower among the best movie soundtrack songs of the year.
Madoka Natsumi (夏見 円, Natsumi Madoka; born July 2, 1978) is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1995.…
Madoka Natsumi (夏見 円, Natsumi Madoka; born July 2, 1978) is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth-place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Natsumi's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 12th in the individual sprint at Salt Lake City in 2002. Her best individual World Cup finish was third at a sprint event in Sweden in 2008.
Yoshio Akeboshi (明星嘉男, Akeboshi Yoshio), mononymously known as Akeboshi (アケボシ), is a Japanese folk singer. He is mainly…
Yoshio Akeboshi (明星嘉男, Akeboshi Yoshio), mononymously known as Akeboshi (アケボシ), is a Japanese folk singer. He is mainly known for the song "Wind", used as an ending theme for the first season of the anime Naruto. Akeboshi was born on July 1, 1978, in Yokohama. He learned to play the piano when he was three years old, later learning to play the guitar. He studied music in Liverpool, and his time there has heavily influenced his music. Before his major debut, he produced two of the songs on Matsu Takako's fourth album, A piece of life.
Miyo Okamoto (岡本三代, Okamoto Miyo; born 1 July 1978) is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a…
Miyo Okamoto (岡本三代, Okamoto Miyo; born 1 July 1978) is a Japanese football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. She was most recently the head coach of the Thailand senior and under-20 women's national teams.
Yukiko Sedlmajer, formerly Yukiko Kawasaki (川崎 由紀子, Kawasaki Yukiko; born July 31, 1977) is a Japanese former…
Yukiko Sedlmajer, formerly Yukiko Kawasaki (川崎 由紀子, Kawasaki Yukiko; born July 31, 1977) is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who competed in both singles and pair skating. As a pair skater, she competed with Alexei Tikhonov for Japan. They are two-time Japanese national champions and won the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK Trophy. As a single skater, she competed internationally on the junior and senior levels. Kawasaki turned professional in 2000. She performed in shows as a single skater and in an adagio team with her husband, Czech pair skater Marek Sedlmajer. After coaching at SKK Ostrov, Sporting Ghiaccio Artistico Pinzolo (Italy), Cristal Sapporo (Japan) and ASK Lovosice, she joined the coaching staff at Stadion Brno, in 2019.
Katsushi Kurihara (栗原 克志, Kurihara Katsushi; born July 29, 1977) is a Japanese former football player.
Koji Komuro (Japanese: 小室 宏二, Komuro Kōji; born 29 July 1977) is a Japanese judoka and amateur mixed martial arts…
Koji Komuro (Japanese: 小室 宏二, Komuro Kōji; born 29 July 1977) is a Japanese judoka and amateur mixed martial arts fighter. Taught by kosen judo master Kanae Hirata, Komuro is a ne waza (ground techniques) expert known for its use of sutemi (sacrifice throws) such as variations of tomoe nage, and submission techniques like jujigatame (armlock) and sode guruma jime (circular choke with the sleeves). He is the author of a book dedicated to ground techniques, Judo Newaza of Koji Komuro Komlock!.
Tomoki Hoshino (星野 智樹, Hoshino Tomoki; born in Mie, Japan) is a professional Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball…
Tomoki Hoshino (星野 智樹, Hoshino Tomoki; born in Mie, Japan) is a professional Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.
Miyabiyama Tetsushi (born July 28, 1977 as Masato Takeuchi) is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. A…
Miyabiyama Tetsushi (born July 28, 1977 as Masato Takeuchi) is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1998. With the exception of two tournaments, he was ranked in the top division of professional sumo from 1999 until the end of his career in 2013, holding the second highest rank of ōzeki from 2000 to 2001. He won eight special prizes and was runner-up in four top division tournaments. He wrestled for Fujishima stable (formerly Musashigawa stable), where he worked as a coach until opening his own Futagoyama stable.
Daisuke Kimori (樹森 大介, Kimori Daisuke; born July 28, 1977) is a Japanese professional football manager and former…
Daisuke Kimori (樹森 大介, Kimori Daisuke; born July 28, 1977) is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who was currently a manager of Mito Hollyhock.
Naoki Chiba (千葉 直樹, Chiba Naoki; born July 24, 1977) is a former Japanese football player.