List of Famous people born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Kei Nishikori

First Name Kei
Last Name Nishikori
Born on December 29, 1989 (age 34)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Kei Nishikori is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only male Japanese tennis player in history to be ranked inside the top 5 in singles, and first reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015. He is currently ranked world No. 35 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

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Mariya Takeuchi

First Name Mariya
Last Name Takeuchi
Born on March 20, 1955 (age 69)

Mariya Takeuchi is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Regarded as an influential figure in the city pop genre, she is one of the best-selling music artists in Japan, having sold over 16 million records, and has received several accolades.

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Wataru Takeshita

First Name Wataru
Born on November 3, 1946
Died on September 17, 2021 (aged 74)

Wataru Takeshita is a Minister for Reconstruction and a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kakeya, Shimane and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000. His brother was former prime minister Noboru Takeshita. He is a member of the Heisei Kenkyukai faction, which supported Yoshihide Suga in the 2020 Liberal Democratic Party of Japan leadership election.

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Hiroyuki Hosoda

First Name Hiroyuki
Last Name Hosoda
Born on April 5, 1944 (age 80)

Hiroyuki Hosoda is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives since 1990, as Chief Cabinet Secretary in Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet from 2004 to 2005, as Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2008 to 2009, and as head of the party's most powerful parliamentary faction since 2012.

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Tetsuo Saito

First Name Tetsuo
Last Name Saito
Born on February 5, 1952 (age 72)

Tetsuo Saito is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. Saito is currently serving his fifth term in the Lower House by Chugoku proportional election and is the Minister of the Environment.

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Misako Tanaka

First Name Misako
Born on November 11, 1959 (age 65)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Misako Tanaka , née Misako Fukazawa , is a Japanese actress. Tanaka was born in Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.

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Makiko Esumi

First Name Makiko
Born on December 18, 1966 (age 57)

Makiko Esumi is a former Japanese model, actress, writer, essayist, and lyricist. Esumi is most well known for her role as Chinatsu Tsuboi in the Japanese television drama series Shomuni.

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Manami Toyota

First Name Manami
Last Name Toyota
Born on March 2, 1971 (age 53)
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Manami Toyota is a retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. She is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, regardless of gender.

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Masataka Nashida

First Name Masataka
Last Name Nashida
Born on August 4, 1953 (age 71)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Masataka Nashida is a former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher and manager. As a player, he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1972 to 1988. After playing, he went on to manage three NPB teams. First, Nashida was the final manager of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes before they were dissolved and merged after the 2004 season. He then went on to manage the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2008 to 2011. Finally, he went on to manage the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the team created to fill the void left by the Buffaloes merger. He was able to lead the Eagles to their third-ever playoff berth in 2017, however he resigned in July the next year when the club dropped to 20 games below a .500 winning percentage. After his resignation, Eagles' coach Yosuke Hiraishi acted as team's interim manager for the remainder of the 2018 season.

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Masaji Shimizu

First Name Masaji
Born on July 7, 1964 (age 60)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Masaji Shimizu is a former Japanese professional baseball player.

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