Takashi Ukaji (宇梶 剛士, Ukaji Takashi; born August 15, 1962 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.
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Takashi Ukaji (宇梶 剛士, Ukaji Takashi; born August 15, 1962 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor.
Shigetatsu Matsunaga (松永 成立, Shigetatsu Matsunaga; born 12 August 1962) is a Japanese football goalkeeper coach and…
Shigetatsu Matsunaga (松永 成立, Shigetatsu Matsunaga; born 12 August 1962) is a Japanese football goalkeeper coach and former football player. He is the goalkeeper coach for J1 League club Yokohama Marinos.
Toshio Kakei (筧 利夫) (born 10 August 1962 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese actor. He had major roles in several TV…
Toshio Kakei (筧 利夫) (born 10 August 1962 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese actor. He had major roles in several TV drama series such as Bayside Shakedown. Kakei graduated from Osaka University of Arts.
Kenji Watanabe (渡邊賢司, Watanabe Kenji; born August 8, 1962) is a Japanese material scientist. He is a Specially…
Kenji Watanabe (渡邊賢司, Watanabe Kenji; born August 8, 1962) is a Japanese material scientist. He is a Specially Appointed Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).
Yasumi Kobayashi (小林 泰三, 7 August 1962 – 23 November 2020) was a Japanese author of horror, science fiction and mystery.
Masaru Nagaoka (長岡 勝, Nagaoka Masaru; born 6 August 1962) is a Japanese ski jumper. He competed at the 1984 Winter…
Masaru Nagaoka (長岡 勝, Nagaoka Masaru; born 6 August 1962) is a Japanese ski jumper. He competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Yoshihiro Kitazawa (北沢 欣浩, Kitazawa Yoshihiro; born 4 August 1962) is a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1984…
Yoshihiro Kitazawa (北沢 欣浩, Kitazawa Yoshihiro; born 4 August 1962) is a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics. He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō. In 1984 he won the silver medal in the 500 metres event. In the 1000 metres competition he finished 31st.
Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, Hirose Yutaka; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese actor and voice actor, widely known to…
Yutaka Hirose (広瀬 裕, Hirose Yutaka; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese actor and voice actor, widely known to international audiences for his work in the tokusatsu genre of television series, usually portraying villainous characters. His real name is Kazuhisa Hirose (広瀬 和久, Hirose Kazuhisa), which was the name he was credited during his debut. He has also been credited as Takumi Hirose (広瀬 匠, Hirose Takumi), changing his stagename to "Yutaka" in 1999.
Kenji Momota (桃田 健史, Momota Kenji; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese racing announcer, racing commentator and former…
Kenji Momota (桃田 健史, Momota Kenji; born August 4, 1962) is a Japanese racing announcer, racing commentator and former driver. He has raced in the All Japan Touring Car Championship, American Racing Series, IndyCar and NASCAR.
Tsutomu Sakamoto (坂本 勉, Sakamoto Tsutomu) (born 3 August 1962) is a racing cyclist from Japan. He competed for Japan in…
Tsutomu Sakamoto (坂本 勉, Sakamoto Tsutomu) (born 3 August 1962) is a racing cyclist from Japan. He competed for Japan in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the individual sprint event, where he finished in third place.
Eiko Kawashima (川島 栄子, Kawashima Eiko; born 31 August 1961), better known as Anri (杏里), is a Japanese pop singer from…
Eiko Kawashima (川島 栄子, Kawashima Eiko; born 31 August 1961), better known as Anri (杏里), is a Japanese pop singer from Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture. In a career spanning more than 40 years, she achieved commercial success and popularity in the city pop music scene during the 1980s.
Yutaka Ikeuchi (池内 豊, Ikeuchi Yutaka; born 25 August 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager who is…
Yutaka Ikeuchi (池内 豊, Ikeuchi Yutaka; born 25 August 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager who is currently the head coach of the Vietnam national under-20 team. He appeared 8 times for the Japan national team between 1983 and 1985.
Nobuhiro Tanabe (田辺 信宏, Tanabe Nobuhiro; born 20 August 1961 in Shizuoka City) is a Japanese politician. He entered…
Nobuhiro Tanabe (田辺 信宏, Tanabe Nobuhiro; born 20 August 1961 in Shizuoka City) is a Japanese politician. He entered politics in 1991, and served as a member of the City Council for Shizuoka from 1995 to 2003. Tanabe became the mayor of Shizuoka City in 2011 and served for three terms until 2023.
Yukari Satō (佐藤 ゆかり, Satō Yukari; born 19 August 1961) is a Japanese economist and former politician of the Liberal…
Yukari Satō (佐藤 ゆかり, Satō Yukari; born 19 August 1961) is a Japanese economist and former politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Takashi Aoyagi (青柳 隆志, Aoyagi Takashi; born August 17, 1961 in Chiba) is a Japanese scholar of Japanese literature and…
Takashi Aoyagi (青柳 隆志, Aoyagi Takashi; born August 17, 1961 in Chiba) is a Japanese scholar of Japanese literature and college professor from Chiba, Chiba. He was the Japanese voice actor for the Disney character Mickey Mouse from 1991 until 2018.
Jun Suzuki (鈴木 淳, Suzuki Jun; born August 17, 1961) is a former Japanese football player and managed the dissolved JFL…
Jun Suzuki (鈴木 淳, Suzuki Jun; born August 17, 1961) is a former Japanese football player and managed the dissolved JFL club Sony Sendai FC in their last two seasons.
Atsushi Oyagi (大八木淳史, Ōyagi Atsushi) (born August 15, 1961, in Ukyō) is a former rugby union player who played as lock…
Atsushi Oyagi (大八木淳史, Ōyagi Atsushi) (born August 15, 1961, in Ukyō) is a former rugby union player who played as lock, rugby commentator, tarento, educator and school corporate president. He is 190 cm tall. He is affiliated to Shochiku Geino.
Satoshi Tsunami (都並 敏史, Tsunami Satoshi; born 14 August 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is…
Satoshi Tsunami (都並 敏史, Tsunami Satoshi; born 14 August 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player. He is currently manager of Japan Football League club, Briobecca Urayasu. He last played for Japan national team until 1995.
Mikio Shimoji (下地 幹郎, Shimoji Mikio; born 14 August 1961) is a former Japanese politician, who served as a member of…
Mikio Shimoji (下地 幹郎, Shimoji Mikio; born 14 August 1961) is a former Japanese politician, who served as a member of the Initiatives from Osaka party in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hirara, Okinawa, and graduate of Chuo Gakuin University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He previously joined People's New Party in 2008. Shimoji was Minister of State for Disaster Management for the final 2.5 months of the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Shimoji has contested Okinawa's 1st district in almost every election since 1996. He was first elected as the district's representative in 2005. He was re-elected in 2009, but lost his seat in the 2012 election. Shimoji recontested the seat in the 2014 election. While unable to win the seat outright, he obtained a seat through his spot in Japan Restoration Party's PR list.
Yoshimasa Kondo (近藤 芳正, Kondō Yoshimasa) (born August 13, 1961 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese theatre and film actor.
Koji Kondo (Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji; born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and senior executive at…
Koji Kondo (Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji; born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and senior executive at the video game company Nintendo. He is best known for his contributions for the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, with his Super Mario Bros. theme being the first piece of music from a video game included in the American National Recording Registry. Kondo was hired by Nintendo in 1984 as its first dedicated composer and is currently a Senior Officer at its Entertainment Planning & Development division.
Rumi Matsui (松井るみ, born in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese set designer and scenographer based in Tokyo. She is the…
Rumi Matsui (松井るみ, born in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese set designer and scenographer based in Tokyo. She is the president of Centreline Associates.
Makoto Tezuka (手塚 眞, Tezuka Makoto; born 11 August 1961), officially romanized as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and…
Makoto Tezuka (手塚 眞, Tezuka Makoto; born 11 August 1961), officially romanized as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and anime director, born in Tokyo. He fashions himself as a visualist and is involved in the creation of moving images beyond film and animation. He partially owns Tezuka Productions and helped in releasing the posthumous works of his father, Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka runs his own company, Neontetra. He is a representative of board of directors for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Foundation, a producer and director of Memorial Hall for Tezuka Osamu, a city ambassador to the city of Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture, a member of the examination board for the Proficiency in Intellectual Property Management, and a board member of Japan Image Council. Tezuka teaches filmmaking at Tokyo University of Technology and the Image Forum in Tokyo. He is married to manga artist Reiko Okano. Tezuka is a descendant of Hattori Hanzō, a ninja and samurai who served Tokugawa Ieyasu during the Sengoku period in Japan. He supervised Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Pluto manga series, as it adapts a story arc of his father's own Astro Boy.
Satoshi Miki (三木 聡, Miki Satoshi; born 9 August 1961) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed and…
Satoshi Miki (三木 聡, Miki Satoshi; born 9 August 1961) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He has directed and written many films from 1981 to present day.
Naomichi Matsumoto (松本 直通, Matsumoto Naomichi; born August 3, 1961) is a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who…
Naomichi Matsumoto (松本 直通, Matsumoto Naomichi; born August 3, 1961) is a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who identified several causative genes for human diseases, including Sotos syndrome (2002), Marfan syndrome type II (2004), Ohtahara syndrome (2008), West syndrome (2010), Microphthalmia with limb anomalies (2011), Autosomal-recessive cerebellar ataxias (2011), Hypomyelination with cerebellar atrophy and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum (HCAHC) (2011), Porencephaly (2012), and Coffin–Siris syndrome (2012). Matsumoto has been the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Journal of Human Genetics since 2014.
Natsuko Fujimori (藤森 奈津子, Fujimori Natsuko; born August 2, 1961) is a retired Japanese women's professional shogi…
Natsuko Fujimori (藤森 奈津子, Fujimori Natsuko; born August 2, 1961) is a retired Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 4-dan.
Sugao Kambe (神戸 清雄, Kambe Sugao; born August 2, 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player who was recently…
Sugao Kambe (神戸 清雄, Kambe Sugao; born August 2, 1961) is a Japanese football manager and former player who was recently the head coach of Thai League 1 club Sukhothai. He formerly managed The Philippines, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands national teams.
Taeko Watanabe (渡辺 多恵子, Watanabe Taeko; born August 29, 1960, in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist. She made…
Taeko Watanabe (渡辺 多恵子, Watanabe Taeko; born August 29, 1960, in Shinagawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1979 with the short story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai (和佳ちゃんの熱愛時代; "Love Struck Days of Waka"). In 1987, she won the Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards for her comedy series St. 14 Graffiti. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category: in 1991 for Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! and in 2003 for Kaze Hikaru.
Takashi Yano (矢野 隆司, Yano Takashi; born 29 August 1960) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a…
Takashi Yano (矢野 隆司, Yano Takashi; born 29 August 1960) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Kwansei Gakuin University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.
Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, Miike Takashi; born 24 August 1960) is a Japanese filmmaker and actor. He has directed over 100…
Takashi Miike (三池 崇史, Miike Takashi; born 24 August 1960) is a Japanese filmmaker and actor. He has directed over 100 films and television productions, in a variety of genres such as action, children's films, comedy, drama, horror, musicals, and jidaigeki period dramas. He is best known internationally for the horror films Audition (1999), Ichi the Killer (2001), Visitor Q (2001), Gozu (2003), and One Missed Call (2003). He is also known for samurai and yakuza films such as Dead or Alive (1999), Graveyard of Honor (2002), 13 Assassins (2010), earning a Japan Academy Film Prize nomination for Director of the Year, and Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011). He has also acted in more than 20 films. Miike spent much of his career as a controversial figure who had several of his films criticized for their extreme graphic violence and other transgressive content, especially Ichi the Killer, which was banned in several countries. However, in his later career, he shifted towards work more acceptable to the mainstream; his films Hara-Kiri and Straw Shield (2013) were both nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, while both Sukiyaki Western Django (2007) and 13 Assassins were nominated for the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion. Several of his films have developed cult followings.
Shinji Kobayashi (小林 伸二, Kobayashi Shinji; born August 24, 1960) is a Japanese football manager and a former player…
Shinji Kobayashi (小林 伸二, Kobayashi Shinji; born August 24, 1960) is a Japanese football manager and a former player, who is the manager of J3 League club Tochigi SC.
Sumio Mabuchi (馬淵 澄夫, Mabuchi Sumio; born 23 August 1960) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of…
Sumio Mabuchi (馬淵 澄夫, Mabuchi Sumio; born 23 August 1960) is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Hattori Yūji (born Yūji Hattori; 20 August 1960 – 6 June 2025) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Obu, Aichi. While an…
Hattori Yūji (born Yūji Hattori; 20 August 1960 – 6 June 2025) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Obu, Aichi. While an amateur at Doshisha University he won a then–record seventeen collegiate sumo titles. He joined Isenoumi stable and for a time used the prestigious shikona Fujinokawa, the fighting name of Isenoumi Oyakata, formerly sekiwake Fujinokawa Takeo. He made his professional debut in March 1983 and reached the top division in March 1985. However, he was very injury-prone and never made the san'yaku ranks, his highest rank being maegashira 3. He left the sumo world upon retirement from active competition in July 1987 at the age of just 26. Yūji later became a sumo commentator. He died from liver cancer on 6 June 2025, at the age of 64.
Yoshihiro Murai (村井 嘉浩, Murai Yoshihiro; born 20 August 1960) is a Japanese politician who has served as governor of…
Yoshihiro Murai (村井 嘉浩, Murai Yoshihiro; born 20 August 1960) is a Japanese politician who has served as governor of Miyagi Prefecture since 2005. A native of Toyonaka, Osaka and a former officer in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, he was first elected governor in 2005 after serving in the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly since 1995. In July 2017 Murai approved the online publication of a tourism promotion video that was created using 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami reconstruction funds and starred actress and gravure idol Mitsu Dan. Female members of the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly, along with members of the public, claimed that the video was sexually suggestive and demanded that it be taken down. Murai initially defended the video on the grounds that it successfully brought attention to the prefecture, but hundreds of complaints were filed in the month after publication, and he ordered the video withdrawn in August 2017.
Asa Nonami (乃南アサ, Nonami Asa; born 19 August 1960) is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of…
Asa Nonami (乃南アサ, Nonami Asa; born 19 August 1960) is a Japanese crime fiction and horror writer. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. Nonami attended Waseda University where she studied Sociology but dropped out to take a job at an advertising agency. She became a published author in 1988.
Yuki Ninagawa (蜷川 有紀, Ninagawa Yuki; born 1960 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actress, daughter of the poet Mizuno…
Yuki Ninagawa (蜷川 有紀, Ninagawa Yuki; born 1960 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actress, daughter of the poet Mizuno Akiyoshi. Her first role was in the rock opera Salome in 1978. In films, she appeared in Kurutta Kajitsu in 1981, winning a best new actress award at the Yokohama Film Festival. She had leading roles in Himeyuri Monument (1982), Modori Gawa (1983), and Hitodenashi No Koi (1992), as well as appearing on TV program "Kiryuin Hanako No Shogai". In theatre, Ninagawa appeared in Yukio Ninagawa's modern adaptation of the Kabuki masterpiece Kanadehon Chūshingura. In 2004, she wrote, directed, and starred in the film Barameraba, based on a short story by Seijun Suzuki. Her graphic exhibition Baramekutoki won an Art of The Year Award from the Japan Information Culturology Society and was hosted by the Tokyu Bunkamura gallery in 2008. In 2010, her exhibition on the theme "Strange & Enchanting" was hosted as Yuki Ninagawa Drawing Exhibition: Baramandara at Ueno and Daimaru Shinsaibashi. Her work was used as the title visual for the TV-TOKYO 45th anniversary special drama Nene—Onna Taikouki and appeared on the cover of Wacoal PR magazine. Her works were seen at Shibuya Tokyu Bunkamura art gallery in June 2012. Ninagawa is a member of the Japan Inter Design Forum as well as an art council board member of the Regional Culture Tax Accountants Fund.
Masayo Yamamoto (山本昌代; born August 18, 1960) is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her 1983 Ooi Tantan Roku…
Masayo Yamamoto (山本昌代; born August 18, 1960) is a Japanese novelist. She is best known for her 1983 Ooi Tantan Roku (応為坦坦録), which won the Bungei Prize.
Masatoshi Kawahara (川原 正敏, Kawahara Masatoshi; born 17 August 1960 in Mihara, Hiroshima) is a Japanese manga artist. He…
Masatoshi Kawahara (川原 正敏, Kawahara Masatoshi; born 17 August 1960 in Mihara, Hiroshima) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the author of the long-running series Shura no Mon and its prequel Shura no Toki, for which he won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 1989.
Masaaki Kanno (菅野 将晃, Kanno Masaaki; born August 15, 1960) is a former Japanese football player and manager. His son…
Masaaki Kanno (菅野 将晃, Kanno Masaaki; born August 15, 1960) is a former Japanese football player and manager. His son Shota Kanno in also former footballer and who is the current head coach WE League club of Nojima Stella Kanagawa.
Toshiki Kadomatsu (角松 敏生, Kadomatsu Toshiki; born 12 August 1960) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and…
Toshiki Kadomatsu (角松 敏生, Kadomatsu Toshiki; born 12 August 1960) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and producer best known as one of the pioneers of the city pop genre. He has released many studio albums, as well as several instrumental and live albums. He has been active since 1981.
Dai Shimamura (August 11, 1960 – August 30, 2023) was a Japanese politician who was a member of the House of…
Dai Shimamura (August 11, 1960 – August 30, 2023) was a Japanese politician who was a member of the House of Councillors.
Ikuzo Saito (斎藤 育造, Saitō Ikuzō; born 11 August 1960 in Matsusaka, Mie) is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in…
Ikuzo Saito (斎藤 育造, Saitō Ikuzō; born 11 August 1960 in Matsusaka, Mie) is a Japanese former wrestler who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Sunao Katabuchi (片渕 須直, Katabuchi Sunao; born 1960) is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard…
Sunao Katabuchi (片渕 須直, Katabuchi Sunao; born 1960) is a Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist. He is director of Contrail Co. Ltd. He has been a part-time lecturer at Nihon University College of Art since 2006, and a Project Professor at the college of Art of at the same university since 2018. He has also served as a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Tokyo University of the Arts since 2013. He is married to a fellow director of anime Chie Uratani.
Yasushi Yoshida (吉田 靖, Yoshida Yasushi; born August 9, 1960) is a former Japanese football player and manager.
Motoko Arai (新井素子; born August 8, 1960) is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. Her writing is characterized…
Motoko Arai (新井素子; born August 8, 1960) is a Japanese science fiction and fantasy writer. Her writing is characterized by her use of a light conversational tone geared towards a young adult audience. She has published three series of novels and several short stories. Her works, Green Requiem and Neptune, received the Seiun Award for short story in 1981 and 1982.
Hokuten'yū Katsuhiko (北天佑 勝彦) (August 8, 1960 – June 23, 2006) was a sumo wrestler, from Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. The…
Hokuten'yū Katsuhiko (北天佑 勝彦) (August 8, 1960 – June 23, 2006) was a sumo wrestler, from Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. The highest rank he achieved was ōzeki which he held for seven years from 1983 until 1990. He won two top division yūshō or tournament championships. After his retirement as an active wrestler he worked as a sumo coach until his death in 2006 from cancer.
Hiroaki Takami (高見 公明, Takami Hiroaki; born 7 August 1960) is a Japanese boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight…
Hiroaki Takami (高見 公明, Takami Hiroaki; born 7 August 1960) is a Japanese boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the Olympics, Takami got a bye in the first round and defeated Egypt's Gamal El-Din El-Koumy in the next round, before losing to Canada's Dale Walters.
Masato Ishioka (石岡正人, Ishioka Masato) is a Japanese director, screenwriter and business executive who had an early…
Masato Ishioka (石岡正人, Ishioka Masato) is a Japanese director, screenwriter and business executive who had an early career as an adult video (AV) director.
Fukio Mitsuji (三辻 富貴朗, Mitsuji Fukio; 1960–2008), also known as "MTJ", was a Japanese game designer and artist. Mitsuji…
Fukio Mitsuji (三辻 富貴朗, Mitsuji Fukio; 1960–2008), also known as "MTJ", was a Japanese game designer and artist. Mitsuji is best known for his work at Taito, where he created popular arcade platform game Bubble Bobble and its follow-up Rainbow Islands. He later ran a game design school, and worked freelance creating games such as Magical Puzzle Popils for Game Gear. According to reports from Japanese Bubble Bobble forums, Mitsuji died on December 11, 2008, at the age of 48. The cause was attributed to cardiopulmonary arrest caused by kidney problems.
Hiroshi Moriwaki (森脇 浩司, Moriwaki Hiroshi; born August 6, 1960) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball…
Hiroshi Moriwaki (森脇 浩司, Moriwaki Hiroshi; born August 6, 1960) is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player and current coach.