List of Famous people born in Japan

Junichi Kato

加藤 純一
First Name Junichi
Last Name Kato
Born on August 17, 1985 (age 41)
Born in Japan
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Junichi Kato , also known as Unko-chan (うんこちゃん) is a Japanese streamer, YouTuber and tarento. He is mainly active in Niconico, YouTube, Twitch and Abema. His talent agency is MURASH.

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Ririka Sutō

First Name Ririka
Born on November 23, 1996 (age 29)
Born in Japan
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Shōji Koganezawa

First Name Shōji
Last Name Koganezawa
Born on August 31, 1958 (age 68)
Height 175 cm | 5'9
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Ayako Kobayashi

First Name Ayako
Born on August 11, 1972 (age 54)
Born in Japan
Height 158 cm | 5'2
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Daigo Nishihata

First Name Daigo
Last Name Nishihata
Born on January 9, 1997 (age 29)
Born in Japan
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Hiroki Kosai

First Name Hiroki
Last Name Kosai

Hiroki Kosai is a Japanese astronomer with the Kiso Observatory. He is best known for helping to popularize astronomy in Japan and for his observations of comets and asteroids, most notably with his co-discovery the comet 1976 XVI. He is credited by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) with the discovery of nearly 100 asteroids.

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Noriko Nakayama

First Name Noriko
Last Name Nakayama
Born on May 30, 1943 (age 83)

Noriko Nakayama is a Japanese former badminton player, the first true international badminton star from that nation, who won numerous Japanese national and major international titles from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. She claimed seven of these at the Danish Open, two in singles and five in women's doubles. At the prestigious All-England Championships she shared the women's doubles title with her compatriot and singles rival Hiroe Yuki in 1971, and won the singles title over Yuki in 1972, having previously lost twice in the finals. She also won the women's singles event at the Olympic Games Demonstration in 1972. In four successive Uber Cup competitions, between 1965 and 1975 she was unbeaten in singles, thus leading the way to three world team titles for Japan. With the birth of her eldest daughter, she hung her racket in 1975. As of 2017, she is still actively associated with the sport, coaching at the local level.

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Kita Yasuaki

First Name Kita
Last Name Yasuaki
Born on June 19, 1969 (age 57)
Born in Japan
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Naoko Kikuchi

First Name Naoko
Born on December 9, 1971 (age 54)
Born in Japan
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Kenji Terada

First Name Kenji
Last Name Terada
Born on July 11, 1952 (age 74)
Born in Japan

Kenji Terada is a Japanese scenario writer, anime director, series organizer and novelist. His more notable works include writing the first three games of the Final Fantasy series. He also worked on Batman: Dark Tomorrow, created the concept for the Sega CD game Dark Wizard, and was the series organizer and main script writer for the Kimagure Orange Road series among other things.

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