List of Famous people born in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

Toshiyuki Yanuki

First Name Toshiyuki
Last Name Yanuki
Born on December 15, 1983 (age 42)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Toshiyuki Yanuki is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on December 15, 1983. He debuted in 2010. He had 59 strikeouts in 2013 for the Yomiuri Giants.

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Hiromi Kobayashi

First Name Hiromi
Born on January 8, 1963 (age 63)

Hiromi Kobayashi is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

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Junko Yaginuma

First Name Junko
Last Name Yaginuma
Born on June 2, 1978 (age 47)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Junko Yaginuma is a Japanese announcer and model.

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Nakaba Suzuki

First Name Nakaba
Born on February 8, 1977 (age 49)

Nakaba Suzuki is a Japanese manga artist. Suzuki has been published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine.

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Yuhei Tokunaga

First Name Yuhei
Born on September 25, 1983 (age 42)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Yuhei Tokunaga is a Japanese football player who plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.

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Tsutomu Nihei

First Name Tsutomu
Born on February 26, 1971 (age 55)

Tsutomu Nihei is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995 he was awarded the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his submission, Blame. After working as an assistant to veteran comic artist Tsutomu Takahashi, Nihei went on to launch his debut series Blame! in Monthly Afternoon in 1997. Following the success of Blame!, he next penned Wolverine: Snikt! and Biomega. In 2009, Nihei returned to Afternoon to launch what would become his most successful series, Knights of Sidonia. An architectural student, Nihei's early work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell their stories. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following worldwide.

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Yudai Nitta

First Name Yudai
Born on January 25, 1986 (age 40)

Yudai Nitta is a Japanese track cyclist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's team sprint for the national team. He is also active in Japan as a keirin cyclist.

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Hiro Tsunoda

角田 博民
First Name Hiro
Last Name Tsunoda
Born on August 1, 1949 (age 76)
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Hatsuhiro Kowata

First Name Hatsuhiro
Born on June 14, 1965 (age 60)
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Asami Chiba

Asahi Tanno
First Name Asami
Last Name Chiba
Born on September 25, 1985 (age 40)
Height 162 cm | 5'4

Asami Chiba , or Tanno, is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She is the Japanese record holder in the event, and has also broken the national record in the 4×400 metres relay on multiple occasions. She is a member of Natureal Athlete Club in Japan and is coached by Kazuhisa Kawamoto.

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