List of Famous people born in Japan

Terunosuke Takezai

First Name Terunosuke
Born on April 7, 1980 (age 46)
Born in Japan

Terunosuke Takezai is a Japanese actor. He is sometimes referred to as a promotion video actor due to his numerous appearances in promotion videos.

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Tokihiro Nakamura

First Name Tokihiro
Born on January 25, 1960 (age 66)

Tokihiro Nakamura is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Ehime Prefecture, located in the Shikoku region of Japan. He succeeded Moriyuki Kato in the 2010 Ehime gubernatorial election. Nakamura has previously served as the mayor of Matsuyama, the largest city in Ehime and Shikoku, from 1999 to 2010. He has also represented Ehime in the national House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 and before that in the Ehime Prefectural Assembly from 1987 to 1990.

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Yohei Kagiya

First Name Yohei
Last Name Kagiya
Born on September 23, 1990 (age 35)
Born in Japan, Hokkaido
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Yohei Kagiya is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on September 9, 1990. He debuted in 2013 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He had 42 strikeouts.

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Shinichi Shinohara

First Name Shinichi
Last Name Shinohara
Born on January 23, 1973 (age 53)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Shinichi Shinohara is a retired Japanese judo and winner of the gold medal at the 1999 World Judo Championships in Birmingham. To Shinohara's disappointment, French champion David Douillet did not compete at Birmingham due to back injury; Shinohara was quoted as saying, "Even though I lifted the double crown at the worlds, it won't mean anything as long as people say it was won in Douillet's absence." Douillet had previously been declared victor at the 1997 championships in Paris after a French judge gave Shinohara a controversial penalty.

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Tsunku

Born on October 29, 1968 (age 57)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Mitsuo Terada, known by his stage name Tsunku, is a Japanese record producer, songwriter, and vocalist. He is known for being very prolific. Total sales of the singles he has written exceed 37.9 million copies, making him the fifth best-selling lyricist in Japan.

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Noriko Ohara

First Name Noriko
Last Name Ohara
Born on October 2, 1935 (age 90)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Noriko Tobe , better known by her stage name Noriko Ohara , is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo Prefecture. She was previously represented by Aoni Production, then Production Baobab, but is now freelance. Her son is Sunrise animator Atsuo Tobe .

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Yoshihito Nishioka

First Name Yoshihito
Born on September 27, 1995 (age 30)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Yoshihito Nishioka is a Japanese tennis player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 48 on 24 February 2020.

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Kohei Arihara

First Name Kohei
Last Name Arihara
Born on August 11, 1992 (age 33)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Kohei Arihara is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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Hiroko Mita

稲垣 敦子
First Name Hiroko
Last Name Mita
Born on January 27, 1966 (age 60)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Hiroko Mita is a Japanese actress and former idol singer.

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Toshihiro Sugiura

First Name Toshihiro
Born on February 25, 1992 (age 34)
Born in Japan, Hokkaido
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Toshihiro Sugiura is a professional Japanese baseball player who currently pitches for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

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