List of Famous people born in Fukui Prefecture, Japan

Masataka Yoshida

First Name Masataka
Last Name Yoshida
Born on July 15, 1993 (age 31)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Buffaloes since 2016.

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Taku Yamamoto

First Name Taku
Last Name Yamamoto
Born on July 7, 1952 (age 72)

Taku Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Sabae, Fukui and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Fukui Prefecture in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing his seat in 1996, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Fukui Prefecture in 1999. He was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 2003.

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Yuhei Nakamura

First Name Yuhei
Born on June 17, 1990 (age 34)
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Yuhei Nakamura is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

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Tomomi Inada

First Name Tomomi
Last Name Inada
Born on February 20, 1959 (age 65)

Tomomi Inada is a Japanese lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Japanese House of Representatives, representing the 1st Fukui Prefecture since September 2005. She previously served as the 14th Japanese Minister of Defense from August 2016 to July 2017, resigning in response to a cover up scandal within the Japanese Ministry of Defense. She spent time as the Chairwoman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party in her fourth term as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. She is a native of Fukui Prefecture.

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Jessica Michibata

First Name Jessica
Last Name Michibata
Born on October 21, 1984 (age 40)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Jessica Celeste González Almada, better known as Jessica Michibata , is a Japanese fashion model.

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Unshō Ishizuka

石塚運昇
First Name Unshō
Born on May 16, 1951
Died on August 13, 2018 (aged 67)

Unshō Ishizuka was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Katsuyama, Fukui. He was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death and was known for providing the voice of both the narrator and Professor Oak on the Japanese anime series Pokémon.

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Tsuyoshi Takagi

First Name Tsuyoshi
Last Name Takagi
Born on January 16, 1956 (age 68)

Tsuyoshi Takagi is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Akane Yamaguchi

First Name Akane
Last Name Yamaguchi
Born on June 6, 1997 (age 27)

Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player from the Kumamoto Saishunkan team who specializes in singles play. She was the first Japanese player to hold the number 1 position in the BWF women's singles ranking.

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Ai Takahashi

First Name Ai
Last Name Takahashi
Born on September 14, 1986 (age 38)
Height 154 cm | 5'1

Ai Takahashi is a Japanese pop singer and actress who is formerly associated with the Hello! Project and is best known as the leader of Morning Musume and Hello! Project until 2011. She is also a former member of its popular subgroup Mini Moni.

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Hiroshi Itsuki

松山 数夫
First Name Hiroshi
Last Name Itsuki
Born on March 14, 1948 (age 76)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Hiroshi Itsuki is a Japanese singer and composer. As of 1987, he had sold 20 million singles and 4 million LP albums.

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