List of Famous people born in Japan

Maya Kino

First Name Maya

Last Name Kino

Born on November 7, 1992 (age 33)

Born in Japan

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Kenta Kawai

First Name Kenta

Last Name Kawai

Born on June 7, 1981 (age 45)

Born in Japan, Ehime Prefecture

Footballer

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Football Manager

Kenta Kawai is a former Japanese football player and manager. His brother Koichi Kawai is also a footballer.

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Kudo Naoki

First Name Kudo

Last Name Naoki

Born on September 5, 1995 (age 31)

Born in Japan, Hiroshima Prefecture

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Akemi Ishii

First Name Akemi

Last Name Ishii

Born on August 26, 1965 (age 61)

Born in Japan, Chiba Prefecture

Height 156 cm | 5'1

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Eriko Ishihara

First Name Eriko

Born on May 16, 1983 (age 43)

Born in Japan

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Hideo Minaba

First Name Hideo

Last Name Minaba

Born on August 2, 1971 (age 55)

Born in Japan, Tokyo

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Ayaka Murakami

First Name Ayaka

Born on June 2, 1993 (age 33)

Born in Japan

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Hana Tojima

First Name Hana

Last Name Tojima

Born on July 11, 1988 (age 38)

Born in Japan

Height 159 cm | 5'3

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Hidemaro Fujibayashi

First Name Hidemaro

Born on October 1, 1972 (age 53)

Born in Japan, Kyoto Prefecture

Hidemaro Fujibayashi is a Japanese video game designer and director working for Nintendo. He is best known for his contributions to the action-adventure game series The Legend of Zelda, for which he has served as planner, writer and director.

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Eiichi Yamamoto

First Name Eiichi

Last Name Yamamoto

Born on November 22, 1940

Died on September 7, 2021 (aged 80)

Born in Japan

Filmmaker

Eiichi Yamamoto is a Japanese film director and screenwriter of anime. He is known for directing the Animerama film series conceived by Osamu Tezuka. Yamamoto directed ten films between 1962 and 1986. His 1973 film Kanashimi no Belladonna was entered into the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival. Besides film work, Yamamoto also served as screenwriter on the anime television series Space Battleship Yamato and wrote the screenplay for its 1977 film adaptation.

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