Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
1. Yuyuko Takemiya (1978)
Japanese Writer
Light novel author who rose to fame with her debut series Watashitachi no Tamura-kun. She has since become known for series like Toradora!, Golden Time, and Evergreen.
2. Fumika Suzuki (1974)
Japanese Gravure Idol
umika Suzuki is a Japanese voice actress gravure idol and a former race queen in the 1990s. Suzuki's race queen career started already in 1994 when she joined the sugo...
3. Hideaki Kaetsu (1974)
Footballer
Hideaki Kaetsu is a former Japanese football player.
4. Shingo Nakagawa (1983)
Japanese Actor
Shingo Nakagawa is a Japanese stage and screen actor from Tochigi Prefecture. Nakagawa is affiliated with the acting group D-BOYS produced by Watanabe Entertainment. He joined D-BOYS on the group's...
5. Hisahito Inaba (1985)
Footballer
Hisahito Inaba is a Japanese football player.
6. Tatsuki Kobayashi (1985)
Footballer
Tatsuki Kobayashi is a Japanese football player currently playing for Thespa Kusatsu.
7. Kyotaro Yamakoshi (1991)
Footballer
Kyotaro Yamakoshi is a Japanese football player.
8. Taeko Ishikawa (1975)
Olympic Softball Player
Taeko Ishikawa is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
9. Hurricane Ryu (1958)
Japanese Actor
Hurricane Ryu is a Japanese actor.
10. Satoshi Tezuka (1958)
Footballer
Satoshi Tezuka is a former Japanese football player.
11. Koji Hachisuka (1990)
Japanese Footballer
Koji Hachisuka is an Japanese football Defender who currently plays for Vegalta Sendai in the J. League.
12. Akane Shibata (1988)
Japanese Field Hockey Player
Akane Shibata is a Japanese field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Japan women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament.
13. Nanase Hoshii (1988)
Actor
14. Mitsuo Watanabe (1953)
Footballer
Mitsuo Watanabe is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.
15. Akira Yabe (1946)
Professional Golfer
Akira Yabe is a Japanese professional golfer. Yabe played on the Japan Golf Tour winning five times.
16. Naoko Saito (1976)
Olympic Field Hockey Player
Naoko Saito is a Japanese former field hockey player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
17. Guts Ishimatsu (1949)
Japanese Boxer
Guts Ishimatsu on June 5 1949) is a former boxing world champion from Kanumashi Japan. After retiring from boxing he has gained popularity as an actor and comedian. As a...
18. Hisato Igarashi (Unknow)
Gymnast
Hisato Igarashi is Japanese former gymnast. He was a member of the Japanese team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He is presently a...
19. Kenji Yamaoka (1943)
Japanese Politician
Kenji Yamaoka is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Oyama Tochigi and graduate of...
20. Kozu Akutsu (1960)
Japanese Long-distance Runner
Kozu Akutsu is a retired long-distance runner from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His personal bests were 13:46. 29 in the 5000 metres and...
21. Junji Koizumi (1968)
Footballer
Junji Koizumi is a former Japanese football player.
22. Mitsuo Fukuda (1960)
Japanese Anime Director
Mitsuo Fukuda is the director of Future GPX Cyber Formula Gear Fighter Dendoh Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Anime directed by Fukuda that have...
23. Yutaka Hagawa (1957)
Professional Golfer
Yutaka Hagawa is a Japanese professional golfer. Hagawa is left-handed golfer. Hagawa played on the Japan Golf Tour winning five times.
24. Yoshinori Koguchi (1969)
Japanese Racing Driver
Yoshinori Koguchi is a Japanese professional drifting driver who competes in the D1 Grand Prix series for Dunlop Tyres and Koguchi Power. Like many of the other D1 drivers he...
25. Takahiro Kimura (footballer) (1957)
Footballer
Takahiro Kimura is a former Japanese football player. He is the former manager of FC Gifu.
26. Seiichi Negishi (1969)
Footballer
Seiichi Negishi is a former Japanese football player. He was a member of the Japan national futsal team for the 1989 Futsal World Championship in Netherlands.
27. Mariko Masubuchi (1980)
Olympic Softball Player
Mariko Masubuchi is a Japanese softball player who played as a pitcher. She won the silver medal for Japan in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
28. Yusuke Inokoshi (1980)
Martial Artist
Yusuke Inokoshi is a Japanese instructor of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA All-Japan championships for kumite. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.
29. Eiji Hanayama (1977)
Footballer
Eiji Hanayama is a former Japanese footballer.
30. Shinji Kawada (1971)
Japanese Voice Actor
Shinji Kawada is a Japanese voice actor. He also has done voice work especially in eroge under the name Wassyoi Tarou.
31. Asami Kodera (1978)
unknow
Asami Kodera occasionally nicknamed Asami is a Japanese female mixed martial artist. She currently fights in the Jewels promotion where she won the 2009 Jewels Rough Stone Grand Prix.
32. Masamitsu Kobayashi (1978)
Footballer
Masamitsu Kobayashi is a former Japanese football player.
33. Lisa Komine (1978)
Japanese Singer-songwriter
Lisa Komine Komine Risa) stylized lisa is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is known for her songs that were featured in several publicly broadcast anime shows. She is signed under the...
34. Syuri (1989)
Japanese Female Professional Wre
Syuri Kondo is a Japanese professional wrestler shoot boxer and kickboxer better known simply as Syuri. She is currently wrestling for the Wrestling New Classic promotion where she is in...
35. Koudai Tsukakoshi (1986)
Japanese Racing Driver
Koudai Tsukakoshi is a Japanese racing driver.
36. Yuya Yoshizawa (1986)
Japanese Footballer
Yuya Yoshizawa is a Japanese football player. He plays for Kamatamare Sanuki.
37. Yasuhiro Sato (1967)
Baseball Player
Yasuhiro Sato is a Japanese baseball player. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
38. Shunsuke Watanabe (1976)
Baseball Player
Shunsuke Watanabe is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. His submarine pitching form was noted during the 2006 World Baseball Classic.
39. Yusaku Ueno (1973)
Footballer
Yusaku Ueno is a former Japanese football player.
40. Yukiko Akaba (1979)
Japanese Marathon Runner
Yukiko Akaba is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10000 metres half marathon and marathon events. She won the silver medal in half marathon at the 1999 Summer...
41. Yoko Shibui (1979)
Japanese Long-distance Runner
Yoko Shibui is a long-distance runner from Japan who is competing in the 5000 and 10000 metres as well as the marathon race. She holds the Japanese record over 10000...
42. Masato Nakamura (baseball) (1982)
Baseball Player
Masato Nakamura is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
43. Ayumi Kida (1966)
Japanese Voice Actor
Ayumi Kida is a Japanese-born actress. Her voice-over credits include the Japanese dub voices of Dexter from Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory and Dib from Nickelodeon's Invader Zim.