1. Kōhei Uchimura (1989)

Gymnast

Japanese artistic gymnast who has earned a reputation as one of the finest male gymnasts of all time, winning five gold medals in the all-around at the World Artistic Gymnastics...

2. Yuka Kinoshita (1985)

YouTube Star

Competitive eater with an enormously successful YouTube channel to match her appetite that has earned more than 5 million subscribers. She can eat enormous quantities of food with little health...

3. Ryosuke Tone (1991)

Footballer

Ryosuke Tone is a Japanese football player currently playing for Nagoya Grampus.

4. Taichi Saotome (1991)

Japanese Actor

Taichi Saotome b. 24 September 1991 is a Japanese film and stage actor best known for playing beautiful young men and onnagata roles of women. He is known as Nagashime...

5. Kenji Tominaga (1970)

Actor

6. Tsubasa Kitatsuru (1985)

Olympic Cyclist

Tsubasa Kitatsuru is a Japanese professional track cyclist. He has collected five Asian Championships and two Asian Games medals to his career hardware in men's sprint and later represented Japan...

7. Takuro Miuchi (1975)

Japanese Rugby Union Player

Takuro Miuchi is a Japanese rugby union player who plays number eight. He was captain of the Japan national rugby union team until relieved of that responsibility by Japan national...

8. Yuki Tanada (1975)

Filmmaker

Yuki Tanada is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

9. Tomoki Ikemoto (1985)

Footballer

Tomoki Ikemoto is a Japanese footballer who plays for Giravanz Kitakyushu.

10. Rina Satō (1981)

Japanese Voice Actress

Rina Satō is a Japanese voice actress and singer who works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. She won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 8th Seiyu Awards.

11. George Takano (1958)

Japanese Professional Wrestler

George Takano is a Japanese professional wrestler who was billed from Uganda under the alias The Cobra a masked wrestler persona. He worked for various Japanese and American wrestling promotions...

12. Jiro Yamagishi (1912)

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Jiro Yamagishi was an amateur tennis player from Japan who competed primarily in the 1930s. Yamagishi won the singles title at the grass court Kent Championships in 1935 and 1937...

13. Keigo Higashi (1990)

Footballer

Keigo Higashi is a Japanese football player currently playing for F. C. Tokyo.

14. Toshiya Sueyoshi (1987)

Footballer

Toshiya Sueyoshi is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu. Signed after playing as a student at Fukuoka University he was declared J2 Rookie of the Year in...

15. Seiya Kishikawa (1987)

Japanese Table Tennis Player

Seiya Kishikawa is a male Japanese table tennis player. He paired with Jun Mizutani in men's doubles competitions the duo won four consecutive national titles from 2007 to 2010. They...

16. Hideo Otake (1942)

Japanese Go Player

Hideo Otake is a Japanese Go player.

17. Kazuo Hirotomo (1944)

Japanese Politician

Kazuo Hirotomo is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kitakyūshū Fukuoka and graduate of Chuo...

18. Junpei Morita (1954)

Japanese Actor

Junpei Morita is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is attached to Mausu Promotion.

19. Hideyuki Hirayama (1950)

Film Director

Hideyuki Hirayama is a Japanese film director. His theatrical debut was the film Maria's Stomach in 1990. He won the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award for The Games...

20. Shigeru Umebayashi (1951)

Japanese Composer

Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer. Once the leader of Japan's new-wave rock band EX composer Shigeru Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He...

21. Linda Yamamoto (Unknow)

Japanese Idol

Linda Yamamoto is a Japanese singer and actress whose greatest hit song was Nerai uchi in 1973.

22. Suzuki Matsuo (1962)

Actor Director

Suzuki Matsuo is a Japanese theatre director actor novelist and screenwriter.

23. Michiyo Takagi (1952)

Japanese Politician

Michiyo Takagi is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the New Komeito Party. A native of Kitakyushu Fukuoka and graduate...

24. Shunji Takano (1964)

Japanese Professional Wrestler

Shunji Takano is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is the younger brother of George Takano.

25. Shinji Aoyama (1964)

Japanese Film Director

Shinji Aoyama is a Japanese film director screenwriter composer film critic and novelist. He graduated from Rikkyo University. He won two awards at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival for his...

26. Yoshinori Sembiki (1964)

Footballer

Yoshinori Sembiki is a former Japanese football player.

27. Jun'ichi Haruta (1955)

Actor

Junichi Haruta , nascido Misao Haruta   é um consagrado ator, dublê ecoreógrafo japonês, tendo participado de várias séries do gênero tokusatsu nos anos 80, 90 e 2000. Entrou para o JAC com apenas 16 anos e começou...

28. Juri Yokoyama (1955)

Japanese Volleyball Player

Juri Yokoyama is a former volleyball player from Japan who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

29. Yoshinori Suematsu (1956)

Japanese Politician

Yoshinori Suematsu is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kitakyūshū and graduate of Hitotsubashi...

30. Yoshika Yuhnagi (1983)

Japanese Model

Yoshika Yuhnagi better known simply as Yoshika or Yuhnagi was a Japanese fashion model. Born in Yahatahigashi-ku Kitakyūshū to parents from Kumamoto and Okinawa Yuhnagi grew up in the city...

31. Hajime Sugiyama (1880)

Japanese General

Hajime Sugiyama was a field marshal who served as successively as chief of the Army General Staff and minister of war in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II...

32. Yōichi Masuzoe (1948)

Japanese Politician

Yōichi Masuzoe is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Councillors and as Minister of Health Labour and Welfare. He was elected Governor of Tokyo...

33. Takaki Shigemitsu (1983)

Footballer

Takaki Shigemitsu is a Japanese football player currently playing for Giravanz Kitakyushu.

34. Aki Nagatomi (1969)

Japanese Volleyball Player

Aki Nagatomi is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she was eliminated with the Japanese team in the preliminary round of...

35. Megumi Kawamura (1983)

Japanese Volleyball Player

Megumi Kawamura is a former Japanese volleyball player and occasional model. She is the tallest fashion model in Japan. Nicknamed Megu she was a member of the national volleyball team...

36. Yasuto Honda (1969)

Footballer

Yasuto Honda is a retired Japanese football player who was capped 27 times and scored 1 goal for the Japan national football team. Honda played most of his career with...

37. Tomoyasu Mimura (1969)

Japanese Go Player

Tomoyasu Mimura is a professional Go player.

38. Cocoa Fujiwara (1983)

Manga Artist

Cocoa Fujiwara is a Japanese manga author and illustrator born on April 28 1983 in the Fukuoka Prefecture. She currently resides in Japan. Her debut was with a work called...

39. Yuji Miyahara (1980)

Footballer

Yuji Miyahara is a Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka.

40. Yasuhiro Tominaga (1980)

Footballer

Yasuhiro Tominaga is a Japanese former football player who has recently played for the J. League Division 2 team Consadole Sapporo. He is a goalkeeper.

41. Katsuya Onizuka (1970)

Japanese Boxer

Katsuya Onizuka is a former WBA Super Flyweight champion from Kitakyushu Japan. Onizuka was an extremely popular boxer in Japan creating a boxing boom in Japan during the early 1990s...

42. Takuji Miyoshi (1978)

Footballer

Takuji Miyoshi is a former Japanese football player.

43. Yoshie Takeshita (1978)

Japanese Volleyball Player

Yoshie Takeshita is a Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous. She plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a participant at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her...

44. Kyohei Oyama (1989)

Footballer

Kyohei Oyama is a Japanese football player who plays for Renofa Yamaguchi. He had experience for Japan at U18 U19 and U20 levels but was released by Avispa Fukuoka at...

45. Mai Fujii (1989)

Japanese Volleyball Player

Mai Fujii is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

46. Ayaka Umeda (1989)

Japanese Idol

Ayaka Umeda is a Japanese idol and singer from the girl group NMB48 in which she is the co-captain of Team BII. She is also a member of the AKB48...

47. Kazuomi Ota (1986)

Japanese Weightlifter

Kazuomi Ota is a Japanese weightlifter. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +105 kg event.

48. Naoya Wada (1986)

Composer

Naoya Wada is a Japanese composer and arranger.

49. Takahiro Fujimoto (1970)

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50. Kaori Mori (1979)

Female Badminton Player From Jap

Kaori Mori is a female badminton player from Japan. Mori played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics defeating Anu Weckström of Finland in the first round but losing to Zhou...