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Famous People from Yamagata Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture: 190 people

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Chizuru Soneta

曽根田千鶴
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Chizuru Soneta (曽根田 千鶴, Soneta Chizuru; born 15 February 1978) is a Japanese cross-country skier, who competed in two…

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Kazunobu Mineta

峯田和伸
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Kazunobu Mineta (峯田和伸, Mineta Kazunobu; born 10 December 1977) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He is the…

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Tomoaki Honma

本間朋晃
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Tomoaki Honma (本間 朋晃, Honma Tomoaki; born November 18, 1976) is a Japanese professional wrestler primarily working for…

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Ryo Chonan (Japanese: 長南亮, Chōnan Ryō; born October 8, 1976) is a Japanese retired professional mixed martial artist. A…

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Takahiro Satō

佐藤タカヒロ
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Takahiro Satō (佐藤 タカヒロ, Satō Takahiro; 24 July 1976 – 3 July 2018) was a Japanese manga artist from Yamagata…

Yukio Sakano (坂野 幸夫, Sakano Yukio; born 3 February 1976) is a Japanese ski jumper. In the World Cup his highest place…

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Takashi Nishida

西田崇
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Takashi Nishida (born 24 January 1976) is a Japanese snowboarder. He competed in the men's halfpipe event at the 1998…

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Toshimasa Toba (鳥羽 俊正, Toba Toshimasa; born July 16, 1975) is a former Japanese football player.

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Kentaro Tsuruoka

鶴岡剣太郎
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Kentaro Tsuruoka (born 26 August 1974) is a Japanese snowboarder. He competed in the men's parallel giant slalom event…

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Hiroomi Takizawa (瀧澤 宏臣, Takizawa Hiroomi; born 13 September 1973) is a Japanese freestyle skier who specializes in the…

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Ito Ogawa (小川 糸, Ogawa Ito) is a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator. She was born in 1973 in Yamagata…

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Shoko Fujibayashi

藤林聖子
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Shoko Fujibayashi (藤林 聖子, Fujibayashi Shōko; born February 18, 1972) is a Japanese lyricist who has written the lyrics…

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Harumi Yoshida (吉田 晴美, Yoshida Harumi; born 1 January 1972) is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the…

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Kenji Takahashi

高橋健二 (サッカー選手)
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Kenji Takahashi (高橋 健二, Takahashi Kenji; born June 5, 1970) is a former Japanese football player.

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Udo Suzuki

ウド鈴木
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Udo Suzuki (ウド鈴木; real name: Hideki Suzuki (鈴木 任紀), born January 19, 1970), also known as Udo, is a Japanese musician…

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Katsumi Suzuki

鈴木克美 (サッカー選手)
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Katsumi Suzuki (鈴木 克美, Suzuki Katsumi; born April 21, 1969) is a former Japanese football player.

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Hirohito Gotō

後藤ひろひと
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Hirohito Gotō (後藤 ひろひと, Gotō Hirohito; born February 23, 1969) is a Japanese director, playwright, and actor. Born in…

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Kazushige Abe (阿部 和重, Abe Kazushige; born September 23, 1968 in Higashine, Yamagata) is a contemporary Japanese writer.

Kotonowaka Terumasa (Japanese: 琴ノ若 晴將; born May 15, 1968, as Konno Mitsuya (鎌谷 今野, Mitsuya Konno)) is a Japanese former…

Takeshi Koike (小池健, Koike Takeshi) (born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director.…

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Susumu Sakurai

桜井進
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Susumu Sakurai (born 1968) is a Japanese scientist and science navigator. He was born in Yamagata Prefecture. He is the…

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Atsushi Kaneko (カネコアツシ, Kaneko Atsushi) (born 26 December 1966) is a Japanese manga artist from Sakata, Yamagata…

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Fumiko Aoki

青木富美子
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Fumiko Aoki (青木 富美子, Aoki Fumiko; born November 22, 1966) is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1991 to…

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Yoshiharu Abe

ABEDON
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Yoshiharu Abe (阿部 義晴, Abe Yoshiharu; born 30 July 1966 in Yamagata) is a Japanese popular music artist and producer.…

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Yoshihiro Togashi (Japanese: 冨樫 義博, Hepburn: Togashi Yoshihiro; born April 27, 1966) is a Japanese manga artist. He…

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Ken'ichirō Nagumo

南雲憲一郎
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General Ken'ichirō Nagumo (南雲憲一郎, Kenichiro Nagumo) (2 October 1965) is a retired Japanese military general who served…

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Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu

若瀬川剛充
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Wakasegawa Yoshimitsu (born Wataru Sato; July 28, 1962 - October 8, 2011) was a sumo wrestler from Sakata, Yamagata…

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Takeshi Kobayashi (小林 武史, Kobayashi Takeshi; born June 7, 1959), is a Japanese keyboardist, lyricist, composer…

Ken Kiyoyuki Okuyama (奥山 清行, Okuyama Kiyoyuki; born 1959) is a Japanese industrial designer. He is the owner of the Ken…

Norio Sasaki (佐々木 則夫, Sasaki Norio; born 24 May 1958) is a Japanese football coach and former player. He is best known…

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Hiroshi Saitō

齋藤弘
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Hiroshi Saitō (斎藤 弘, Saitō Hiroshi; born 18 October 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as the governor of…

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Tokihiro Satō (佐藤 時啓, Satō Tokihiro; born 1957) is a Japanese photographer and educator. Sato is best known for his…

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Hikaru Okuizumi (奥泉 光, Okuizumi Hikaru), born Yasuhiro Okuizumi (奥泉康弘) 6 February 1956, is a Japanese novelist. His…

Ryōji Arai (荒井 良二) (born 1956) is a Japanese illustrator. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult…

Toshihiro Kaiwa (海和俊宏, Kaiwa Toshihiro; born 24 April 1955) is a Japanese former alpine skier who competed in the 1980…

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Eri Watanabe

渡辺えり
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Eri Watanabe (渡辺 えり, Watanabe Eri), who was previously known as Eriko Watanabe (渡辺 えり子, Eriko Watanabe), is a Japanese…

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Kazunori Itō (伊藤 和典, Itō Kazunori; born December 24, 1954) is a Japanese anime screenwriter and artist who is well…

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Toshi Yoshida

吉田敏明
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Toshi Yoshida is a Japanese volleyball coach. He was the head coach of the United States women's national team from…

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Hitoshi Ishigaki (石垣 仁, Ishigaki Hitoshi) (born September 25, 1953 in Yamagata) is a retired amateur boxer from Japan…

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Takashi Ishikawa

石川孝志
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Takashi Ishikawa (石川 孝志, Ishikawa Takashi; ring names: 石川 敬士 and 石川 泰士, born February 5, 1953) is a Japanese former…

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Takashi Saito

齋藤隆 (重量挙げ選手)
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Takashi Saito (斎藤 隆, Saitō Takashi; born 28 January 1953) is a Japanese weightlifter. He competed in the men's…

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Hiroshi Masumura

ますむらひろし
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Hiroshi Masumura (Japanese: ますむらひろし, Hepburn: Masumura Hiroshi; born October 23, 1952) is a Japanese manga artist. He…

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Zaōnishiki Toshimasa (3 September 1952 – 9 August 2020), birth name Toshimasa Adachi, was a sumo wrestler from…

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Mieko Yoshimura (吉村 美栄子, Yoshimura Mieko; born 18 May 1951) is governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. She was elected…

Choei Sato (佐藤 長栄, Satō Chōei; born April 15, 1951) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for…

Toshiaki Endo (遠藤 利明, Endō Toshiaki; born 1950) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of…

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Taro Ichihara

市原多朗
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Taro Ichihara (市原 多朗, Ichihara Tarō) (born 1950) is a Japanese opera singer, who sings as a tenor, primarily in Verdi…

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Toshio Mashima (真島 俊夫, Mashima Toshio) (21 February 1949 – 21 April 2016) was a Japanese composer born in Yamagata…

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Seiko Shimakage (島影 せい子, Shimakage Seiko; born February 16, 1949) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed…

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