Naoki Inose (猪瀬 直樹, Inose Naoki; born 20 November 1946) is a Japanese politician, journalist, historian, social critic…
Naoki Inose (猪瀬 直樹, Inose Naoki; born 20 November 1946) is a Japanese politician, journalist, historian, social critic and biographer of literary figures such as Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Tokyo from June 2007 until becoming Acting Governor on 1 November 2012 following the resignation of Shintaro Ishihara. He was elected Governor in a historical landslide victory in December 2012, but announced his resignation on December 19, 2013, following a political funds-related scandal; his resignation was approved and became effective December 24, 2013.
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Emiko Komaru (香丸 恵美子, Kōmaru Emiko; born November 17, 1946) is a Japanese track and field athlete. She competed in the…
Emiko Komaru (香丸 恵美子, Kōmaru Emiko; born November 17, 1946) is a Japanese track and field athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Kai Atō (阿藤 快, Atō Kai; 14 November 1946 – 15 November 2015) was a Japanese actor and television personality. His birth…
Kai Atō (阿藤 快, Atō Kai; 14 November 1946 – 15 November 2015) was a Japanese actor and television personality. His birth name was Kōichi Atō (阿藤 公一, Atō Kōichi), and until 14 November 2001, his stage name was written with different kanji characters as (阿藤 海).
Reiko Ohara (Japanese: 大原 麗子, Hepburn: Ōhara Reiko; November 13, 1946 – August 3, 2009) was a Japanese actress. She is…
Reiko Ohara (Japanese: 大原 麗子, Hepburn: Ōhara Reiko; November 13, 1946 – August 3, 2009) was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her roles in the taiga dramas Kasuga the Court Lady (1989) and Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998), television drama Rikon Tomodachi (1980), and film Ohan (1984). Her life was adapted into the television drama Actress Reiko: Like a Flame in 2013.
Saori Yuki (由紀さおり, Yuki Saori; born November 13, 1946) is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born as Akiko Yasuda…
Saori Yuki (由紀さおり, Yuki Saori; born November 13, 1946) is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born as Akiko Yasuda (Yasuda Akiko (安田 章子) in Kiryū, Gunma, Japan and raised in Yokohama. She started her singing career with her older sister Sachiko (b. 1941) as a child singer. In 1965 she debuted with the single "Hitchhike Musume (Hitchhiking girl)" on King Records (Japan) as Akiko Yasuda.
Masato Sako (佐古正人, Sako Masato; November 9, 1946 – January 11, 2003) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Iwakuni…
Masato Sako (佐古正人, Sako Masato; November 9, 1946 – January 11, 2003) was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. He stood at 168 centimeters (5 feet, 7 inches) tall and weighed in at 62 kilograms (136 pounds). Sako dropped out of Chuo University. He then enrolled in the theater company Gekidan Kumo. He later transferred to Engekishūdan En. He has performed in Shakespeare, television dramas, dubs of western films and animation. His oldest daughter, Mayumi Sako, is enrolled in the Bungaku Company. On January 11, 2003, Masato Sako died of oral cancer in an Iwakuni hospital at the age of 56.
Tetsuro Yano (矢野 哲朗, Yano Tetsurō; born November 6, 1946) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a…
Tetsuro Yano (矢野 哲朗, Yano Tetsurō; born November 6, 1946) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Utsunomiya, Tochigi and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1992 after serving in the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for three terms from 1983.
Tsuguhiko Kozuka (小塚 嗣彦, Kozuka Tsuguhiko; born November 6, 1946 in Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater who is…
Tsuguhiko Kozuka (小塚 嗣彦, Kozuka Tsuguhiko; born November 6, 1946 in Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. He won the three-time Japan Figure Skating Championships. He placed 18th in the 1968 Winter Olympic Games. He is the father of Takahiko Kozuka. He is now an International Judge for Japan.
Isamu Sonoda (園田 勇, Sonoda Isamu; 4 November 1946 – 16 July 2026) was a Japanese Olympic champion judoka who competed…
Isamu Sonoda (園田 勇, Sonoda Isamu; 4 November 1946 – 16 July 2026) was a Japanese Olympic champion judoka who competed in the middleweight division (–80 kg) at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Wataru Takeshita (竹下 亘, Takeshita Wataru; 3 November 1946 – 17 September 2021) was a Japanese politician who served in…
Wataru Takeshita (竹下 亘, Takeshita Wataru; 3 November 1946 – 17 September 2021) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kakeya, Shimane and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000. His elder brother was former prime minister Noboru Takeshita. Before entering politics in 2000, Takeshita was a reporter with NHK, then began working for his brother as an aide in 1985. He was the leader of the Heisei Kenkyukai faction from 2018 until his death 3 years later, which supported Yoshihide Suga in the 2020 Liberal Democratic Party of Japan leadership election. Takeshita was affiliated to the openly revisionist organization Nippon Kaigi. He held an anti-homosexual stance. In July 2021, Takeshita announced that he would be retiring from politics at the next general election for health reasons, having been diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2019. He died in office on 17 September 2021.
Gochō Shigeo (牛腸茂雄, November 2, 1946 – June 2, 1983) was a Japanese photographer. gnarly
Yutaka Yano (矢野 裕, Yano Yutaka; born 1 November 1946) is a Japanese former politician who served as the mayor of Komae…
Yutaka Yano (矢野 裕, Yano Yutaka; born 1 November 1946) is a Japanese former politician who served as the mayor of Komae, Tokyo in Japan. A member of the Japanese Communist Party, he was first elected in 1996.
Yuko Shimizu (清水 侑子, Shimizu Yūko; born 1 November 1946) is a Japanese designer who created Hello Kitty.
Masahiro Ishii (石井 正弘, Ishii Masahiro; born November 29, 1945) is a former Japanese politician who served as the…
Masahiro Ishii (石井 正弘, Ishii Masahiro; born November 29, 1945) is a former Japanese politician who served as the governor of Okayama Prefecture in Japan from November 1996 until November 2012. He then was elected as a member of the House of Councillors representing Okayama at-large district from 2013 until his retirement in 2025. A native of Okayama, Okayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Construction since 1969 before being elected governor. Ishii was affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.
Hirofumi Nakasone (中曽根 弘文, Nakasone Hirofumi; born 28 November 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a Minister…
Hirofumi Nakasone (中曽根 弘文, Nakasone Hirofumi; born 28 November 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a Minister for Foreign Affairs from September 2008 to September 2009. A member of Liberal Democratic Party, he also served as a Minister of Education under Prime Ministers Keizō Obuchi and Yoshirō Mori. He is the son of former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone.
Akira Haraguchi (原口 證, Haraguchi Akira; born 1946, Miyagi Prefecture) is a retired Japanese engineer known for…
Akira Haraguchi (原口 證, Haraguchi Akira; born 1946, Miyagi Prefecture) is a retired Japanese engineer known for memorizing and reciting digits of pi. He is known to have recited more than 80,000 decimal places of pi in 12 hours.
Masao Akamatsu (赤松 正雄, Akamatsu Masao; born 26 November 1945) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a…
Masao Akamatsu (赤松 正雄, Akamatsu Masao; born 26 November 1945) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Himeji, Hyōgo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1990.
Nobutada Saji (佐治 信忠, Saji Nobutada; born November 25, 1945) is a Japanese businessman. He is the chairman and…
Nobutada Saji (佐治 信忠, Saji Nobutada; born November 25, 1945) is a Japanese businessman. He is the chairman and Representative Director of Suntory Ltd, and Chairman of Ad Council Japan. He is also a trustee and director of Keio University. He was ranked 4th on Forbes 2026 list of Japan's richest people, with a net worth of US $9.3 billion (¥1.02 trillion).
Yukio Okamoto (Japanese: 岡本 行夫, Okamoto Yukio; 23 November 1945 – 24 April 2020) was a Japanese diplomat, diplomatic…
Yukio Okamoto (Japanese: 岡本 行夫, Okamoto Yukio; 23 November 1945 – 24 April 2020) was a Japanese diplomat, diplomatic analyst, and proponent of strong economic and political Japan–United States relations. Okamoto guided Japanese and American diplomatic relations throughout the 1980s, during an era when both countries simultaneously competed for economic influence on the global stage. He served as a diplomatic advisor and analyst for several Japanese prime ministers, including Ryutaro Hashimoto from 1996 to 1998 and Junichiro Koizumi from 2003 until 2004.
Masaru Hashimoto (橋本 昌, Hashimoto Masaru; born 19 November 1945) is a Japanese politician who was the governor of…
Masaru Hashimoto (橋本 昌, Hashimoto Masaru; born 19 November 1945) is a Japanese politician who was the governor of Ibaraki Prefecture from 1993 to 2017.
Haruko Okamoto (née Ishida) (岡本 治子, Okamoto Haruko; born November 16, 1945 in Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese figure…
Haruko Okamoto (née Ishida) (岡本 治子, Okamoto Haruko; born November 16, 1945 in Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese figure skating coach and former competitor. She retired from skating shortly after placing 26th in the 1968 Winter Olympic Games. Her sister is Ayumi Ishida, who is a singer and actress.
Masahiro Hasemi (Shinjitai: 長谷見 昌弘, Hasemi Masahiro; born 13 November 1945) is a former racing driver and team owner…
Masahiro Hasemi (Shinjitai: 長谷見 昌弘, Hasemi Masahiro; born 13 November 1945) is a former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started racing motocross when he was 15 years old. In 1964 he signed to drive for Nissan. After establishing himself in saloon car and GT races in Japan, he notably entered two rounds of the 1973 British Saloon Car Championship. He took part in his only Formula One race at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix for Kojima on 24 October 1976. He qualified tenth after an error which cost him his chance of a pole position and finished 11th, seven laps behind the winner. Contrary to a widely propagated but mistaken result, however, he never set a fastest lap in a Formula One championship race.1 Along with compatriots Noritake Takahara and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he was the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix. Hasemi became the Japanese Formula 2 champion in 1980, and got two titles in the Fuji Grand Champion Series in 1974 and 1980. After that he reverted to racing Skylines, which he became heavily synonymous with in Group 5, touring cars and JGTC. He won the Japanese Touring Car Championship in 1989, 1991 and 1992. He also won the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in 1990, with the controversial win at the Guia Touring Car race at the Macau Grand Prix in 1990 and Daytona 24 hour in 1992. Hasemi retired from driving in 2001 and now runs NDDP Racing, a Super GT team that currently competes in the GT500 class. Hasemi also owns Hasemi Sport, a former Super GT racing team that ran under the Hasemi Motorsport banner and Nissan aftermarket parts company. Hasemi is the most recent Japanese driver to win his home Grand Prix, winning it in 1975, when it was a non-championship race.
Jun'ya Yokota (横田順彌, Yokota Jun'ya; 11 November 1945 - 4 January 2019) was a Japanese science fiction writer and a…
Jun'ya Yokota (横田順彌, Yokota Jun'ya; 11 November 1945 - 4 January 2019) was a Japanese science fiction writer and a researcher of Meiji era cultural history. He is the winner of multiple Taisho Awards, the Ozaki Memorial Prize, and the Mystery Writers of Japan Award. He also used the pseudonyms 横田順弥 (same pronunciation) and Jun Masaki (真木じゅん, Masaki Jun).
Kensho Sasaki (佐々木 憲昭, Sasaki Kenshō; born 11 November 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the…
Kensho Sasaki (佐々木 憲昭, Sasaki Kenshō; born 11 November 1945) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party from 1996 to 2014. He retired from his House of Representatives seat at the 2014 general election.
Shigeo Kitamura (北村 茂男, Kitamura Shigeo; born 8 November 1945) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal…
Shigeo Kitamura (北村 茂男, Kitamura Shigeo; born 8 November 1945) is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Akiko Yamanaka (山中 あき子, Yamanaka Akiko; born 6 November 1945) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…
Akiko Yamanaka (山中 あき子, Yamanaka Akiko; born 6 November 1945) is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Otaru, Hokkaido and graduate of Tsuda College, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 and later became a Special Ambassador for Peacebuilding of Japan. She was originally a member of the New Frontier Party but later joined the LDP.
Shozaburo Jimi (自見 庄三郎, Jimi Shōzaburō; born 5 November 1945) is a former Japanese politician of the now defunct…
Shozaburo Jimi (自見 庄三郎, Jimi Shōzaburō; born 5 November 1945) is a former Japanese politician of the now defunct People's New Party, and was a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Pater Sato (ペーター 佐藤, Pētā Satō; 1945–1994) was a Japanese artist who created airbrush art for magazines. His birth name…
Pater Sato (ペーター 佐藤, Pētā Satō; 1945–1994) was a Japanese artist who created airbrush art for magazines. His birth name was Yoshinori Sato. A selection of Sato's work is on display and for sale at the Pater Sato shop in Harajuku.
Mitsuo Yanagimachi (柳町光男, Yanagimachi Mitsuo; born November 2, 1945) is a Japanese screenwriter and film director.
Takeo Fukui (福井 威夫, Fukui Takeo; born November 28, 1944) is the former president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. He is…
Takeo Fukui (福井 威夫, Fukui Takeo; born November 28, 1944) is the former president and CEO of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. He is from Tokyo, Japan, though his mother gave birth to him in Hiroshima to escape intensifying air raids during World War II. He graduated from Waseda University with a bachelor's degree in Applied Chemistry. He began working at Honda in April 1969.
Takeshi Ono (大野 毅, Ono Takeshi; born November 22, 1944) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan…
Takeshi Ono (大野 毅, Ono Takeshi; born November 22, 1944) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.
Takashi Inoue (井之上 喬, Inoue Takashi; born 20 November 1944) is a public relations practitioner, scholar, and theorist.…
Takashi Inoue (井之上 喬, Inoue Takashi; born 20 November 1944) is a public relations practitioner, scholar, and theorist. His theories include the "three forces of hyper-globalization", the "Self-Correction Model of Public Relations", and the "Japan model". He was the first to teach public relations courses at a major university in post-war Japan and is the Chairman and CEO of Inoue Public Relations, which he founded in 1970. He is a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University and at Kobe Institute of Computing. He was quoted in foreign press reports on the East Japan Earthquake and the 2018 arrest in Japan of Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn. He has written about modern Japan's lack of PR skills and has described the resulting "Deficiency of Japanese diplomacy", and in 2010 he wrote that corporate Japan's scandals have created "A culture of apologies: Communicating crises in Japan"
Koko Tanimoto (Née Koko Kondo (近藤紘子, Kondō Kōko), born November 20, 1944) is a prominent atomic bomb survivor, peace…
Koko Tanimoto (Née Koko Kondo (近藤紘子, Kondō Kōko), born November 20, 1944) is a prominent atomic bomb survivor, peace activist, and the eldest of at least four children of Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Methodist minister famous for his work for the Hiroshima Maidens. Both appear in John Hersey's 1946 book Hiroshima. On May 11, 1955, her immediate family, including 10-year-old Koko and her father, Kiyoshi, unwittingly appeared on a television program popular in the United States at that time, This Is Your Life, where they were placed in the uncomfortable position of meeting with Captain Robert A. Lewis, copilot of the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Kondo later recounted that as a child she had come to hate Lewis and thought of him as a monster for what he had done. But when Lewis shook her father's hand on the stage in 1955 she saw a tear on Lewis's face and came to forgive him. "I never heard [of] a monster that had tears. That means he's not a monster. That means he's the same as me. We're human beings." She lived and studied in Washington, D.C. for five-and-a-half years, graduating from American University in 1969. Kondo has espoused global peace in such places as Iraq, and speaks frequently at American University. Kondo regularly accompanies both Japanese and international students, mostly Americans, from her alma mater, on a peace study tour throughout Japan focusing on the atomic bomb. When she was living in the United States, she lived with Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck, who greatly influenced her personal work with Japanese orphans. Kondo received an honorary degree from Webster University in 2014. In 2025, she said she was collaborating with Cannon Hersey, the grandson of John Hersey, on a film about Hiroshima.
Yoshio Urushibara (漆原 良夫, Urushibara Yoshio; born 18 November 1944) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party…
Yoshio Urushibara (漆原 良夫, Urushibara Yoshio; born 18 November 1944) is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
Takuji Yanagimoto (柳本 卓治, Yanagimoto Takuji; born 11 November 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…
Takuji Yanagimoto (柳本 卓治, Yanagimoto Takuji; born 11 November 1944) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Nobutaka Tsutsui (筒井 信隆, Tsutsui Nobutaka; 10 November 1944 – 1 October 2026) was a Japanese politician who served in…
Nobutaka Tsutsui (筒井 信隆, Tsutsui Nobutaka; 10 November 1944 – 1 October 2026) was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.
Nobuyuki Hatta (Japanese: 八田 信之, born 6 November 1944) is a Japanese weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight…
Nobuyuki Hatta (Japanese: 八田 信之, born 6 November 1944) is a Japanese weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史 Koizumi Takashi) (born November 6, 1944, in Mito) is a Japanese film director. After graduating…
Takashi Koizumi (小泉堯史 Koizumi Takashi) (born November 6, 1944, in Mito) is a Japanese film director. After graduating from Waseda University, he served as an assistant director for Akira Kurosawa for many years.
Goji Sakamoto (坂本 剛二, Sakamoto Gōji; 2 November 1944 – 4 November 2018) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal…
Goji Sakamoto (坂本 剛二, Sakamoto Gōji; 2 November 1944 – 4 November 2018) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the city assembly of Iwaki since 1972 and in the assembly of Fukushima Prefecture for three terms since 1975. In 1986, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives. He ran again four years later and was elected for the first time. He died on 4 November 2018 at the age of 74 from heart failure.
Fumiko Saiga (齋賀 富美子, Saiga Fumiko; November 30, 1943 – April 24, 2009) was a Japanese diplomat and was the first…
Fumiko Saiga (齋賀 富美子, Saiga Fumiko; November 30, 1943 – April 24, 2009) was a Japanese diplomat and was the first Japanese person and Asian woman to serve as a judge on the International Criminal Court. Her work focused on human rights and gender equality. As a politician, she was the Lieutenant Governor of Saitama Prefecture from 1998-2000.
Kiyoshi Suzuki (鈴木 清, Suzuki Kiyoshi; 1943–2000) was a Japanese photographer. He began photographing in the late 1960s…
Kiyoshi Suzuki (鈴木 清, Suzuki Kiyoshi; 1943–2000) was a Japanese photographer. He began photographing in the late 1960s in Iwaki, where he was born on 30 November 1943. He worked for thirty years in relative isolation. Suzuki's way of designing his photography books, layer upon layer upon layer, became central to his art.
Masatoshi Takeichi (竹市 雅俊, Takeichi Masatoshi, born November 27, 1943) is a Japanese cell biologist known for his…
Masatoshi Takeichi (竹市 雅俊, Takeichi Masatoshi, born November 27, 1943) is a Japanese cell biologist known for his identification of the cadherin class of adhesion molecules, which plays important roles in the construction of tissues. He shared the 2005 Japan Prize with Erkki Ruoslahti for "fundamental contribution in elucidating the molecular mechanisms of cell adhesion". He was selected as a Member of the Japan Academy (MJA) in 2000 and as a Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
Akira Kasai (1943) is a Japanese butoh dancer and choreographer, who despite being significantly younger than mentors…
Akira Kasai (1943) is a Japanese butoh dancer and choreographer, who despite being significantly younger than mentors Kazuo Ohno and Tatsumi Hijikata, is considered to be pioneers of the art form along with them. Kasai trained in other forms of dance, but turned to butoh in the 1960s when he met and began to work with these two men. He started his own studio in 1971 but closed it in 1979 to move and study Eurythmy in Germany. He did not dance professionally at the time and for years after his return to Japan in 1986 he stayed off the stage stating that he felt too disconnected from Japanese society to perform. He returned to professional dance in 1994, with the work Saraphita and revived his studio Tenshi kan, now influenced by Eurythmy and other dance principles. He has since performed, choreographed and taught in Asia, the Americas and Europe, but his choreography is sufficiently different from most other butoh that its authenticity has been questioned.
Takaji Mori (森 孝慈, Mori Takaji; November 24, 1943 – July 17, 2011) was a Japanese football player and manager. He…
Takaji Mori (森 孝慈, Mori Takaji; November 24, 1943 – July 17, 2011) was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Tetsuro Nomura (野村 哲郎, Nomura Tetsuro; born November 20, 1943) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…
Tetsuro Nomura (野村 哲郎, Nomura Tetsuro; born November 20, 1943) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hayato, Kagoshima and high school graduate, he was elected for the first time in 2004.
Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統, Dezaki Osamu; November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011), also known as Makura Saki (崎枕, Saki Makura), Kan…
Osamu Dezaki (出﨑 統, Dezaki Osamu; November 18, 1943 – April 17, 2011), also known as Makura Saki (崎枕, Saki Makura), Kan Matsudo (松戸完, Matsudo Kan), Toru Yabuki (矢吹徹, Yabuki Toru) or Kuyou Sai (斉九洋, Sai Kuyou), was a Japanese anime director and screenwriter.
Futagodake Takeshi (Japanese: 二子岳 武; born Takeshi Yamanaka (山中 武), November 15, 1943 – September 10, 2026) was a…
Futagodake Takeshi (Japanese: 二子岳 武; born Takeshi Yamanaka (山中 武), November 15, 1943 – September 10, 2026) was a Japanese sumo wrestler from Kanagi, Aomori. He made his professional debut in January 1961, and reached the top division in January 1967. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in September 1976 and became an elder in the Japan Sumo Association. In 1993 he branched out from Futagoyama stable and opened up Araiso stable. Araiso stable folded when Futagodake reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in November 2008. In September 1974, his 11th day match with yokozuna Mienoumi was declared a draw (hikiwake) after multiple water breaks (mizu-iri) and a rematch (torinaoshi) failed to yield any progress. This was the first draw to be called in makuuchi since September 1963, and to date stands as the last such occurrence. Futagodake died from hepatocellular carcinoma on September 10, 2026, at the age of 82. The Japan Sumo Association announced his death on September 13.
Katsumasa Suzuki (鈴木 克昌, Suzuki Katsumasa; born 14 November 1943) is a former Japanese politician who served as a…
Katsumasa Suzuki (鈴木 克昌, Suzuki Katsumasa; born 14 November 1943) is a former Japanese politician who served as a member of House of Representatives for the Tomorrow Party of Japan. He was previously a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. Born in Gamagōri, Aichi he graduated from Nihon University with a degree in economics. He was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.
Yamato Inaba (稲葉 大和, Inaba Yamato; born 12 November 1943) is a former Japanese politician, who was a member of House of…
Yamato Inaba (稲葉 大和, Inaba Yamato; born 12 November 1943) is a former Japanese politician, who was a member of House of Representatives and the Liberal Democratic Party. Born in Chiyoda, Tokyo he graduated from Chuo University in 1966. He was elected for the first time in 1993 after an unsuccessful run in 1990. He represented the 3rd District of Niigata Prefecture until 2009.
Yoshimasa "Yoshi" Wada (11 November 1943 – 18 May 2021) was a Fluxus-related Japanese sound art installation artist and…
Yoshimasa "Yoshi" Wada (11 November 1943 – 18 May 2021) was a Fluxus-related Japanese sound art installation artist and new music musician who lived in New York City before moving to San Francisco, California.