Shizuoka Prefecture: 14 people
Yuki Nakamura (中村 祐輝, Nakamura Yūki; born 4 June 1987) is a former Japanese football forward.
Keita Suzuki (鈴木 啓太, Suzuki Keita; born 8 July 1981) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan…
Keita Suzuki (鈴木 啓太, Suzuki Keita; born 8 July 1981) is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. He is a cousin of Koki Mizuno. His wife is Japanese actress Hiroko Hatano.
Soichiro Minami (born 1975/1976) is a Japanese businessman and billionaire who founded job search and human resources…
Soichiro Minami (born 1975/1976) is a Japanese businessman and billionaire who founded job search and human resources software firm Visional. He is a graduate of Tufts University with a double major in economics and international relations. Minami lives in Tokyo, Japan. Forbes lists his net worth as of April 2022 at $1.1 billion USD.
Yoshika Matsubara (松原 良香, Matsubara Yoshika; born 19 August 1974) is a Japanese football manager and former player who…
Yoshika Matsubara (松原 良香, Matsubara Yoshika; born 19 August 1974) is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the current manager of J3 League club Iwate Grulla Morioka.
Kenji Ogusu Japanese: 小楠健志 is a Japanese retired mixed martial artist.
Takuya Kurosawa (Shinjitai: 黒澤琢弥, Kurosawa Takuya; born in Ibaraki, June 7, 1962) is a Japanese race car driver.…
Takuya Kurosawa (Shinjitai: 黒澤琢弥, Kurosawa Takuya; born in Ibaraki, June 7, 1962) is a Japanese race car driver. Kurosawa raced in All-Japan Formula Three from 1988 to 1989, Japanese Formula 3000 from 1990 to 1995 and the JGTC series from 1994 to 1999, also driving in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing tenth. Kurosawa then obtained sponsorship to drive in the American CART series for Dale Coyne Racing in 2000. He made eight starts with a best finish of 12th at the Detroit Grand Prix. He became the first Japanese driver to lead a Champ Car race when he led seven laps at the Long Beach Grand Prix. Kurosawa then returned to JGTC for the next three seasons, drove in the Super Taikyu series in 2004. He currently competes in the Super GT series, driving a Porsche Boxster for Arktech Motorsports. Kurosawa is the son of Best Motoring presenter Motoharu Kurosawa, and elder brother of Haruki and Tsubasa Kurosawa, all of whom are racing drivers.
Satoru Mizushima (水島 総, Mizushima Satoru; born June 18, 1949 in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese filmmaker.
Isao Matsushita is the president of JX Holdings, a Japanese petroleum and metals conglomerate, and a Fortune Global 500…
Isao Matsushita is the president of JX Holdings, a Japanese petroleum and metals conglomerate, and a Fortune Global 500 company. Matsushita has been president of JX since June 2012.
Shunsaku Tamiya (Japanese: 田宮俊作; December 19, 1934 – July 18, 2025) was a Japanese business executive. He was the…
Shunsaku Tamiya (Japanese: 田宮俊作; December 19, 1934 – July 18, 2025) was a Japanese business executive. He was the former president, chairman of the board, and representative director of the Tamiya Corporation, a major Japanese plastic model producer.
Norio Ohga (大賀 典雄, Ōga Norio; January 29, 1930 – April 23, 2011), also spelled Norio Oga, was a Japanese businessperson…
Norio Ohga (大賀 典雄, Ōga Norio; January 29, 1930 – April 23, 2011), also spelled Norio Oga, was a Japanese businessperson who was the president and chairman of Sony Corporation. He is credited with spurring the development of the compact disc (CD) as a commercially viable audio format.
Ryoei Saito (齊藤 了英, Saitō Ryōei; April 17, 1916 – March 30, 1996) was the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper…
Ryoei Saito (齊藤 了英, Saitō Ryōei; April 17, 1916 – March 30, 1996) was the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing in Japan. He was noted for his purchase of expensive art. Specifically, at consecutive auctions by Christie's and Sotheby's in New York in mid May 1990, Saito bought Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet and a second, smaller version of Renoir's Bal du moulin de la Galette for $82.5 and $78.1 million, respectively. At the time, these were the two most expensive paintings sold, either at auction or through private sales. Taking inflation in account, they remained the two most expensive paintings until the private sale of Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I in June 2006. It took 25 years before Saito's public auction price was broken, through the sale of Picasso's Les Femmes d'Alger ("Version O") at Christie's, New York, in May 2015. Saito died of a stroke six years after his acquisitions. Three years later, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, after failing to locate the Van Gogh for an exhibition, expressed concern that both paintings may have been cremated with the owner, since Saito had mentioned in the early 1990s, after having to pay $24 million in taxes for them, that it would be better to do so, in order to avoid colossal death duties for his children. Only in 2007 did it became publicly known that the painting had been sold in 1997 or 1998 to the Austrian-born investment fund manager Wolfgang Flöttl.
Motojirō Ozaki (尾崎 元次郎, Ozaki Motojirō; 5 October 1870 – 9 January 1945) was a Japanese politician and businessman…
Motojirō Ozaki (尾崎 元次郎, Ozaki Motojirō; 5 October 1870 – 9 January 1945) was a Japanese politician and businessman, member of the House of Representatives and of the House of Peers.
Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉, Toyoda Sakichi; 19 March 1867 – 30 October 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who…
Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉, Toyoda Sakichi; 19 March 1867 – 30 October 1930) was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who founded Toyoda Automatic Loom Works (later Toyota Industries). The son of a farmer and sought-after carpenter, he started the Toyoda family companies. His son, Kiichiro Toyoda, would later establish Japan's largest automaker, Toyota. Toyoda is referred to as the "King of Japanese Inventors".
Haruka Shimada (島田 晴香, Shimada Haruka; born 16 December 1992) is a Japanese businessperson and former singer and…
Haruka Shimada (島田 晴香, Shimada Haruka; born 16 December 1992) is a Japanese businessperson and former singer and actress. She is a former member of AKB48, and has founded two companies aiming to provide second career options for aspiring and active entertainers.