List of Famous people born in Iwate Prefecture, Japan

Shohei Ohtani

First Name Shohei
Born on July 5, 1994 (age 30)
Height 193 cm | 6'4

Shohei Ohtani , nicknamed "Sho Time", is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Pacific League.

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Junki Tozuka

First Name Junki
Born on July 22, 1992 (age 32)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Junki Tozuka is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Box Corporation. He is best known for his role as the character, Shunpei Nara, from the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Wizard.

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Yusei Kikuchi

First Name Yusei
Born on June 17, 1991 (age 33)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Yusei Kikuchi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Kikuchi formerly played for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League.

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Erika Yamakawa

First Name Erika
Last Name Yamakawa
Born on March 7, 1982 (age 42)
Height 158 cm | 5'2

Erika Yamakawa is a female fashion model from Japan. She is from Iwate. She appeared in the show-business production Avant-gardes. She was a gravure idol.

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Ryōyū Kobayashi

First Name Ryōyū
Born on November 8, 1996 (age 28)

Ryōyū Kobayashi is a Japanese ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary athletes in ski jumping, having won during the 2018–19 season thirteen World Cup events and all six possible titles in the World Cup season: overall title, ski flying title, Four Hills Tournament, Raw Air, Planica7, and Willingen Five. He is the third ski jumper in the history to win all four competitions in the Four Hills Tournament. He won a gold medal at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing on the normal hill and the silver medal on the large hill.

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Hiromasa Ōgikubo

First Name Hiromasa
Last Name Ōgikubo
Born on April 1, 1987 (age 37)

Hiromasa Ougikubo is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing as a flyweight in the Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional since 2006, he has also competed for Shooto, Vale Tudo Japan, and The Ultimate Fighter.

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Takeshi Shina

First Name Takeshi
Last Name Shina
Born on October 7, 1966 (age 58)

Takeshi Shina is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party for the People, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A 1991 graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2007.

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Shintarō Asanuma

First Name Shintarō
Last Name Asanuma
Born on January 5, 1976 (age 48)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Shintarō Asanuma is a Japanese scriptwriter, director, actor, voice actor, narrator, copywriter and designer. He was affiliated with Office Osawa and currently attached under DANDELION.

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Taka Michinoku

First Name Taka
Last Name Michinoku
Born on October 26, 1973 (age 51)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Takao Yoshida , better known by his ring name Taka Michinoku , is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where he had the first ever WWF Light Heavyweight Championship reign recognized by the North American promotion. Michinoku is the founder and former promoter of Kaientai Dojo, where he also primarily wrestled until 2019. In 2019, Michinoku started another promotion, Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out (JTO). Michinoku has also appeared for New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 2011 where he is a member of Suzuki-gun.

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Ren Kazahari

First Name Ren
Last Name Kazahari
Born on February 26, 1993 (age 31)

Ren Kazahari is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in NPB for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

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