List of Famous people born in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Shinobu Terajima

First Name Shinobu
Last Name Terajima
Born on December 28, 1972 (age 53)

Shinobu Terajima is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) and Vibrator (2003). For her role in Caterpillar (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performance in Oh Lucy! (2017) earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.

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Ittoku Kishibe

First Name Ittoku
Born on January 9, 1947 (age 79)

Ittoku Kishibe , born Shūzō Kishibe , is a Japanese actor and musician.

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Tomoko Kawase

First Name Tomoko
Last Name Kawase
Born on February 6, 1975 (age 51)

Tomoko Kawase is a Japanese singer, songwriter, producer, actress, and model from Kyoto. She is the lead singer of the alternative rock band The Brilliant Green. She also has a solo career under the alter-ego pseudonyms Tommy february6 and Tommy heavenly6.

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Kumi Koda

神田 來未子
First Name Kumi
Last Name Koda
Born on November 13, 1982 (age 43)
Height 154 cm | 5'1

Kumiko Kōda , known professionally as Koda Kumi , is a Japanese singer from Kyoto, known for her urban and R&B songs.

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Yoshio Itoi

First Name Yoshio
Last Name Itoi
Born on July 31, 1981 (age 44)

Yoshio Itoi is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. Itoi bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He played for team Japan in WBC 2013, and hit for Japan in games against Brazil and China.

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Yoshihisa Hirano

First Name Yoshihisa
Last Name Hirano
Born on March 8, 1984 (age 42)
Height 186 cm | 6'1

Yoshihisa Hirano is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He previously played for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Rikiya Koyama

First Name Rikiya
Born on December 18, 1963 (age 62)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Rikiya Koyama is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is a member of Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono and Kamen no Maid Guy. He is also known by the nicknames "Rikki" and "Riki-chan". Koyama become well known for voicing Yamato in Naruto Shippuden, Kogoro Mouri in Case Closed. He is also known for voicing rather tall or massive inhuman villains like Coyote Starrk in Bleach, Fukuro in Fairy Tail and Deep Sea King in One Punch Man. He is also the official dub-over artist of George Clooney and Kiefer Sutherland, also for Ma Dong-seok.

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Atsushi Kataoka

First Name Atsushi
Last Name Kataoka
Born on June 27, 1969 (age 56)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Atsushi Kataoka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

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Yui Yokoyama

First Name Yui
Last Name Yokoyama
Born on December 8, 1992 (age 33)
Height 158 cm | 5'2

Yui Yokoyama is a singer, actress and member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was the second General Manager of the AKB48 Group. She has served as the captain of AKB48 Team A, and was a former member of AKB48 sister group NMB48. Since 2011, Yokoyama has also been also a member of the group Not Yet.

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André Onana

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First Name André
Last Name Onana
Born on April 2, 1996 (age 30)
Born in Cameroon
Height 190 cm | 6'3

André Onana is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club Ajax and the Cameroon national team, as a goalkeeper.

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