Hideo Hagiwara (萩原 英雄, Hagiwara Hideo; 1913 – November 4, 2007) was a Japanese artist who worked mainly with woodblock…
Hideo Hagiwara (萩原 英雄, Hagiwara Hideo; 1913 – November 4, 2007) was a Japanese artist who worked mainly with woodblock prints. He was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. Between 1921 and 1929 he lived in Korea and Manchuria. He studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, where he graduated at the Oil Painting Section in 1938. While still there he attended Un'ichi Hiratsuka's extracurricular woodblock printing course, and in the same year he became quality controller at the Takamizawa Woodblock Print Company. He was conscripted into the army in 1943. In 1945 he had lost his house, his atelier and nearly all his early works. Around 1950 he had sufficiently recovered to start painting again. At the same time he started making Sōsaku Hanga, both figurative and abstract prints. He was known as a constant innovator and he was generally considered one of the best post-World War II Sōsaku Hanga artists.
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Teru Hasegawa (長谷川テル, Hasegawa Teru) (7 March 1912 – 10 January 1947 or 14 January 1947) was a Japanese Esperantist…
Teru Hasegawa (長谷川テル, Hasegawa Teru) (7 March 1912 – 10 January 1947 or 14 January 1947) was a Japanese Esperantist, also known by her Esperanto pen name Verda Majo (green May).
Kazuo Dan (檀 一雄, Dan Kazuo; February 3, 1912 – January 2, 1976) was a Japanese novelist and poet.
Ichiko Teiji (市古 貞次, 1934–2004) was a Japanese literary medievalist and University of Tokyo professor. He is best known…
Ichiko Teiji (市古 貞次, 1934–2004) was a Japanese literary medievalist and University of Tokyo professor. He is best known for his research on otogi-zoshi. He was the first director of the National Institute of Japanese Literature and received an Order of Culture in 1990.
Koji Kobayashi (February 17, 1907 – November 30, 1996) was a Japanese engineer and businessman known for his…
Koji Kobayashi (February 17, 1907 – November 30, 1996) was a Japanese engineer and businessman known for his contributions to the electronics industry. He served as the president of NEC from 1964 until 1976 and then as chairman until 1988.
Seiei Toyama (遠山正瑛, Toyama Seiei) (April 21, 1906 – February 25, 2004) is a Japanese environmentalist. He received the…
Seiei Toyama (遠山正瑛, Toyama Seiei) (April 21, 1906 – February 25, 2004) is a Japanese environmentalist. He received the 2003 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding for his two-decade-long effort to combat desertification in China, promoting solidarity and peace.
Hisahito Yonekura (米倉壽仁, Yonekura Hisahito) (19 February 1905 – 18 March 1994) was a Japanese Surrealist painter and…
Hisahito Yonekura (米倉壽仁, Yonekura Hisahito) (19 February 1905 – 18 March 1994) was a Japanese Surrealist painter and poet. He was a founding member of the Sōki Bijutsu Kyōkai in 1938 and the Bijutsu Bunka Kyōkai in 1939. The Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art regards his 1936 painting The Crisis of Europe as a representative work of both his prewar career and Japanese Surrealist painting.
Ōmori Sōgen (大森 曹玄; 1904–1994) was a Japanese Rinzai Rōshi, a successor in the Tenryū-ji line of Rinzai Zen, and former…
Ōmori Sōgen (大森 曹玄; 1904–1994) was a Japanese Rinzai Rōshi, a successor in the Tenryū-ji line of Rinzai Zen, and former president of Hanazono University, the Rinzai university in Kyoto, Japan. He became a priest in 1945.
Shinji Maejima (前嶋 信次, Maejima Shinji; July 20, 1903 – June 3, 1983) was a Japanese orientalist.
Masako Ogawa (小川 正子, Ogawa Masako; March 26, 1902 – April 29, 1943) was a Japanese medical doctor who worked at the…
Masako Ogawa (小川 正子, Ogawa Masako; March 26, 1902 – April 29, 1943) was a Japanese medical doctor who worked at the Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. She wrote a book, "Spring in a small island" in 1938, about her experiences in persuading leprosy patients in remote areas of Japan into hospitalization. It created a sensation in Japan, and was made into a film. She was criticized for accelerating the "No leprosy patients in prefecture" movement and giving an impression that leprosy is to be feared.
Mochizuki Yuriko (Japanese: 望月百合子; 1900–2001) was a Japanese anarchist-feminist writer and activist. A leading figure…
Mochizuki Yuriko (Japanese: 望月百合子; 1900–2001) was a Japanese anarchist-feminist writer and activist. A leading figure in the early Japanese feminist movement, she cut her hair short and advocated for women's suffrage, but eventually split from others in the feminist movement over her political views. She joined up with other anarchist-feminists, including Takamure Itsue, in criticising both Marxist feminism and the antifeminism of male anarchists. Following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, she and other revolutionary feminists moved to Manchukuo, fleeing political repression in Japan. There she established women's schools and criticised the chauvinism displayed by Japanese settler colonists, although she herself played her own role in the expansionism of the Empire of Japan.
Yoshiaki Ozawa (小沢 儀明, Ozawa Yoshiaki) was a paleontologist and geologist. After graduating from the University of…
Yoshiaki Ozawa (小沢 儀明, Ozawa Yoshiaki) was a paleontologist and geologist. After graduating from the University of Tokyo (when Tokyo Imperial University in 1923, Ozawa was hired by faculty as an assistant and become a full-time lecturer next year. His early work earned him a fellowship in the Geological Society of Japan and proved that Akiyoshi plateau had a reverse stratigraphy. He became an associate professor in 1925 and got the Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy in 1926. The foraminifera genus "Staffella Ozawa" is named after him. Ozawa with his wife received a grant to travel to Europe (England, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France) and United States in 1927, collaborating with the Massachusetts researcher Joseph Augustine Cushman. During that period and after return to Japan Ozawa performed mostly foraminifera research, both gathering his own samples and analyzing samples of other researchers. Five months after his return in Japan, Ozawa contracted typhoid fever and died 29 December 1929. Afterward, the Geological Society of Japan established "The Geological Society of Japan Ozawa Yoshiaki Award" which is granted to young (under 37 years old) scientists for exceptional contribution to the field of geology.
Mikine Kuwahara (桑原幹根, Kuwahara Mikune; 29 August 1895 – 11 April 1991) was a Japanese Home Ministry government…
Mikine Kuwahara (桑原幹根, Kuwahara Mikune; 29 August 1895 – 11 April 1991) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official. He was born in Yamanashi Prefecture. He was a graduate of Tokyo Imperial University. He was twice governor of Aichi Prefecture. He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun.
Yasushi Imamura (born 30 January 1890, date of death unknown) was a Japanese equestrian. He competed in the individual…
Yasushi Imamura (born 30 January 1890, date of death unknown) was a Japanese equestrian. He competed in the individual jumping event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki (Japanese: 山崎保代; often spelled as Yamazaki; October 17, 1891 – May 29, 1943) was a Japanese…
Colonel Yasuyo Yamasaki (Japanese: 山崎保代; often spelled as Yamazaki; October 17, 1891 – May 29, 1943) was a Japanese Army officer who commanded the Japanese forces on Attu during the Battle of Attu in World War II. Yamasaki was a native of what is now part of Tsuru, Yamanashi, where his father was a Buddhist priest. He graduated from the 25th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1913 and served in the Siberian Intervention from April 1918 to December 1920. In May 1928, he was part of the Japanese expeditionary force to mainland China during the Jinan Incident. Yamasaki was promoted to colonel in March 1940. Later that year, he assumed command of the 130th Infantry Regiment. In February 1943, Yamasaki became commanding officer of the 2nd District Force of the North Sea Defense Force, a position in which he went to the Aleutians. He arrived on Attu in April 1943 by submarine. His orders were to hold the island without outside help. The 2,650 defenders under Yamasaki did not contest the American landings on Attu, but rather dug in on high ground away from the shore. The battle produced some of the bloodiest fighting in the American Theater and the Pacific Theater, similar to the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. On May 29, the last of the Japanese forces suddenly attacked near Chichagof Harbor in the first and only instance of a banzai charge on American soil. The charge was led by Yamasaki himself, who was killed later that day, sword in hand, and assaulting Engineer Hill. His attack penetrated American lines far enough to encounter shocked rear-echelon units of the American force. After furious, brutal, close-quarter, and often hand-to-hand combat, the entire Japanese force was killed almost to the last man: only 29 prisoners were taken, with none of them officers. American burial teams counted 2,351 Japanese dead, but it was presumed that hundreds more had been buried by bombardments over the course of the battle.
Fusaki Tsutsumi (堤 不夾貴, Tsutsumi Fusaki; March 3, 1890 – July 21, 1959) was a career military officer and a…
Fusaki Tsutsumi (堤 不夾貴, Tsutsumi Fusaki; March 3, 1890 – July 21, 1959) was a career military officer and a lieutenant-general of the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Nishizō Tsukahara (塚原 二四三, Tsukahara Nishizō; April 3, 1887 – January 10, 1966), was an admiral in the Imperial…
Nishizō Tsukahara (塚原 二四三, Tsukahara Nishizō; April 3, 1887 – January 10, 1966), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
Tachū Naitō (内藤 多仲, Naitō Tachū; 12 June 1886 – 25 August 1970) was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor. He…
Tachū Naitō (内藤 多仲, Naitō Tachū; 12 June 1886 – 25 August 1970) was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor. He was a father of earthquake-proof design and built many broadcasting and observation towers, including the Tokyo Tower.
Shunsen Natori (名取春仙, Natori Shunsen; February 7, 1886 – March 30, 1960) was a Japanese woodblock printer, considered…
Shunsen Natori (名取春仙, Natori Shunsen; February 7, 1886 – March 30, 1960) was a Japanese woodblock printer, considered by many to be the last master in the art of kabuki yakusha-e "actor pictures".
Dakotsu Iida (飯田 蛇笏, Iida Dakotsu; 26 April 1885 – 3 October 1962) was a Japanese haiku poet from what is now part of…
Dakotsu Iida (飯田 蛇笏, Iida Dakotsu; 26 April 1885 – 3 October 1962) was a Japanese haiku poet from what is now part of the city of Fuefuki, Yamanashi, Japan. Commonly referred to as Dakotsu, his real name was Takeji Iida (飯田 武治, Iida Takeji). He trained under Kyoshi Takahama, and was a frequent contributor to such haiku journals as Hototogisu (magazine) and Unmo . He was chief editor of Unmo until his death, upon which his son, the prominent haiku poet Ryuta Iida, took over as the editor of Unmo.
Masanao Hanihara (埴原 正直, Hanihara Masanao; August 25, 1876 – December 20, 1934) was a Japanese diplomat.
Ichizō Kobayashi (小林 一三, Kobayashi Ichizō; January 3, 1873 – January 25, 1957), occasionally referred to by his…
Ichizō Kobayashi (小林 一三, Kobayashi Ichizō; January 3, 1873 – January 25, 1957), occasionally referred to by his pseudonym Itsuō (逸翁), was a Japanese industrialist and politician. He is best known as the founder of Hankyu Railway, the Takarazuka Revue, and Toho. He served as Minister of Commerce and Industry between 1940 and 1941.
Makoto Hagiwara (萩原 眞, Hagiwara Makoto) (15 August 1854 – 12 September 1925) was a Japanese-born American landscape…
Makoto Hagiwara (萩原 眞, Hagiwara Makoto) (15 August 1854 – 12 September 1925) was a Japanese-born American landscape designer responsible for the maintenance and expansion of the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, from 1895 until his death in 1925. Hagiwara is often credited with the invention of the fortune cookie in California.
Amemiya Keijiro (Japanese 雨宮 敬次郎 Amemiya Keijiro:, October 24, 1846 – January 20, 1911) was a Japanese entrepreneur…
Amemiya Keijiro (Japanese 雨宮 敬次郎 Amemiya Keijiro:, October 24, 1846 – January 20, 1911) was a Japanese entrepreneur, financier, and investor. One of the leaders of the regional Koshu Zaibatsu, a group of Koshu merchants who banded together to engage in business. His nickname was "king of speculators" (Japanese: 投機界の魔王) and "the railroad king of the Meiji era" (Japanese: 明治の鉄道王).
Takao Inoue (井上 孝夫, Inoue Takao; Inoue Makio) November 30, 1938 – November 29, 2019, known professionally by his stage…
Takao Inoue (井上 孝夫, Inoue Takao; Inoue Makio) November 30, 1938 – November 29, 2019, known professionally by his stage name Makio Inoue (井上 真樹夫), was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is most well known for his longstanding roles as Captain Harlock in Captain Harlock from 1978 through the 1980s and 1990s and Goemon Ishikawa XIII in Lupin III from 1977 to 2011.
Keiichi Koshimizu is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
Katsuhito Nakajima is a Japanese former politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
Sachika Misawa (三澤 紗千香, Misawa Sachika; born January 13, 1993) is a freelance Japanese voice actress and singer from…
Sachika Misawa (三澤 紗千香, Misawa Sachika; born January 13, 1993) is a freelance Japanese voice actress and singer from Yamanashi Prefecture. As a voice actress, she was previously affiliated with numerous agencies, with the recent being Stardust Promotion, departing from the agency in March 2023. As a singer, she is signed to Universal Music Japan. Some of her main roles include Kuroyukihime in Accel World, Sakura Bakushin O in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, Minami Azuma in Tokyo ESP, Rin in the music video for "Shelter", Yukari Kohinata in Locodol, Sakura "Cosmos" Akino in Oresuki, and Moca Aoba in BanG Dream!.
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (金丸 淳一, Kanemaru Jun'ichi; Kōfu, born October 27, 1963) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He…
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (金丸 淳一, Kanemaru Jun'ichi; Kōfu, born October 27, 1963) is a Japanese voice actor and singer. He joined 81 Produce in 2003. He voiced Hayato Kazami in Future GPX Cyber Formula, Ryo Akiyama in Digimon Tamers and has been the Japanese voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the eponymous series since 1998. He came in eighth in the Seiyū Grand Prix in 1994.
Takashi Kashiwabara (Japanese: 柏原 崇, Hepburn: Kashiwabara Takashi; born March 16, 1977) is a former Japanese actor.…
Takashi Kashiwabara (Japanese: 柏原 崇, Hepburn: Kashiwabara Takashi; born March 16, 1977) is a former Japanese actor. After retiring from acting, he became a behind-the-scenes worker and is currently the manager of actress Yuki Uchida.
Izuru Narushima (成島 出, Narushima Izuru; 1961 – 24 August 2026) was a Japanese scriptwriter and film director from…
Izuru Narushima (成島 出, Narushima Izuru; 1961 – 24 August 2026) was a Japanese scriptwriter and film director from Yamanashi Prefecture. In 2011, his film Rebirth was awarded the Japanese Academy Prize for best picture. Born in 1961, Narushima died from lung cancer on 24 August 2026, at the age of 65.
Noriko Horiuchi (堀内 詔子, Horiuchi Noriko, born 28 October 1965) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of…
Noriko Horiuchi (堀内 詔子, Horiuchi Noriko, born 28 October 1965) is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives, since 2012, representing Yamanashi Prefecture. She served as Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and Minister in Charge of Promoting Vaccinations. She had been in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet since 4 October 2021 until 31 March 2022. Noriko Horiuchi was preceded by Tamayo Marukawa as Minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and by Taro Kono as Minister in Charge of Vaccination. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Noriko Horiuchi already performed the following roles: Director of Fujiyama Museum; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare; Director, Committee on Health, Labour and Welfare; Director, Special Committee on Consumer Affairs; Member, Special Committee on Reconstruction after Great East Japan Earthquake; Deputy Director, Women's Affairs Division of Policy Research Council; Deputy Director, Health, Labour and Welfare Division; Director, Women's Affairs Division, Federation of Yamanashi Prefecture Liberal Democratic Party Branches.
Naoko Takeuchi (Japanese: 武内 直子, Hepburn: Takeuchi Naoko; born March 15, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best…
Naoko Takeuchi (Japanese: 武内 直子, Hepburn: Takeuchi Naoko; born March 15, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as the author of Sailor Moon, one of the most popular manga series of all time. She has won several awards, including the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for Sailor Moon. Takeuchi is married to Yoshihiro Togashi, the author of YuYu Hakusho and Hunter × Hunter.
Soma Saito (斉藤 壮馬, Saitō Sōma; born April 22, 1991) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce and…
Soma Saito (斉藤 壮馬, Saitō Sōma; born April 22, 1991) is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with 81 Produce and Sacra Music.
Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈, Ginga Banjō), sometimes credited as his real name Takashi Tanaka (田中 崇, Tanaka Takashi), is a…
Banjō Ginga (銀河 万丈, Ginga Banjō), sometimes credited as his real name Takashi Tanaka (田中 崇, Tanaka Takashi), is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born in Kofu, Yamanashi. Ginga is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to voice actress Gara Takashima. Known for his deep baritone voice, his most well-known roles include Gihren Zabi (Mobile Suit Gundam), Crocodine (Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibōken), Jean Paul Rocchina (Armored Trooper Votoms), Shōhei Harada (Touch), Souther (Fist of the North Star, original 1980s series), Babbo (MÄR), Bayman in the Dead or Alive series, Heihachi Mishima and the various models of Jack in the Tekken series, and Liquid Snake and Zero in the Metal Gear series. On November 5, 2020, it was announced Ginga had tested positive for COVID-19. On November 16, 2020, it was announced that he had recovered.
Kamen Rider 555 (仮面ライダー555, Kamen Raidā Faizu) is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in…
Kamen Rider 555 (仮面ライダー555, Kamen Raidā Faizu) is a Japanese tokusatsu television drama. It is the 13th installment in the Kamen Rider Series. It is a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei, and was broadcast on TV Asahi from January 26, 2003, to January 18, 2004. This series was the first to use TV Asahi's current logo. It aired as a part of TV Asahi's 2003 Super Hero Time block, alongside Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger. It is the first series marking the debut of technology, cybernetics, and greek letter motif.
Natsumi Takamori (高森 奈津美, Takamori Natsumi; born February 14, 1987) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Raccoon…
Natsumi Takamori (高森 奈津美, Takamori Natsumi; born February 14, 1987) is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Raccoon Dog. Some of her major roles are Mei Misaki in Another, Miku Maekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Akari Sakura in Jewelpet Twinkle, Nikka Edvardine Katajainen in Brave Witches, Reina Miyama in Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future, Ellery Himeyuri in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, Konatsu Toro in Gokujyo, Kome-Kome in Delicious Party Pretty Cure, Hiotan in Denkigai no Honya-san, Misaki Kamiigusa in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, and Kokoro Shigure/Cure Kyun-Kyun in You and Idol Pretty Cure. She also goes by the name of Yūka Kotorii (小鳥居 夕花, Kotorii Yūka) on adult video games.
Kanako Naito (内藤 香菜子, Naitō Kanako; (1980-11-04)4 November 1980 – 13 October 2019) was a Japanese female volleyball…
Kanako Naito (内藤 香菜子, Naitō Kanako; (1980-11-04)4 November 1980 – 13 October 2019) was a Japanese female volleyball player, who played as a middle blocker. She was part of the Japan women's national volleyball team at the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Germany. On club level she played with Takefuji Bamboo and later for NEC Red Rockets.
Mizuki Tsujimura (辻村深月, Tsujimura Mizuki) (born February 29, 1980) is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi.…
Mizuki Tsujimura (辻村深月, Tsujimura Mizuki) (born February 29, 1980) is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi. Tsujimura specializes in mystery novels. She writes both for adults and children. She has been writing mystery novels since she was a high school student. She decided to go to Chiba University because there was a mystery research group in this university. She made her debut in 2004 with her novel A School Frozen in Time. She professes herself to be a fan of Doraemon and wrote the screenplay for the Doraemon movie, Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration and its novel version in 2018.
Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部 金兵衛; 1841–1934) was a Japanese photographer. He usually went by his given name, Kimbei, because…
Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部 金兵衛; 1841–1934) was a Japanese photographer. He usually went by his given name, Kimbei, because his clientele, mostly non-Japanese-speaking foreign residents and visitors, found it easier to pronounce than his family name.
Miu Hirano (平野 美宇, Hirano Miu) (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. In 2016, she won the Women's…
Miu Hirano (平野 美宇, Hirano Miu) (born 14 April 2000) is a Japanese table tennis player. In 2016, she won the Women's World Cup, becoming the youngest winner in the tournament's history and the first non-Chinese woman to win this tournament. She also won the women's singles title at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships after defeating three top-ranked Chinese players. Hirano competed in the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, earning silver medals in the women's team event at both games.