Hamamatsu, Japan

1. Fumiya Sankai (1995)

YouTube Star

Japanese content creator on YouTube with a channel titled FumiShun BASE who vlogs about Japanese and Filipino culture. 

2. Ami Suzuki (1988)

Pop Singer

First known as a teen idol during the 1990s, she would go on to become a successful DJ. She has released more than half a dozen albums throughout her career...

3. Keisuke Kinoshita (1912)

Film Director

Japanese film director known directing the 1951 film Carmen Comes Home, the first full color feature made in Japan. He directed 49 films during his lifetime.

4. Yuri Chinen (1993)

Japanese Idol

Stage and screen actor and pop singer known for his roles in such Japanese television shows as Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi Saisei, Sprout, and Yukan Club. He also appeared in a...

5. Hiromi Uehara (1979)

Japanese Musician

Virtuoso jazz artist known for her energetic melding of the post-bop, progressive rock, classical, and fusion genres. Her trio Sonicbloom added famed guitarist David Fiuczynski in 2006.

6. Aya Suzuki (1988)

Pop Singer

Japanese pop singer who is most well known for her many albums and singles. She also has a popular Instagram page and has 280,000 total followers.

7. Sakai Mitsuki (1982)

Guitarist

Rock and roll musician who is best known for having assumed guitar duties in the glam rock outfit Kiryu. As a member of Kiryu, he is recognized for performing in...

8. Yoko Kando (1974)

Swimmer

Yoko Kando is a retired female butterfly swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain.

9. Hideto Suzuki (1974)

Footballer

Hideto Suzuki is a Japanese former football player who played for Júbilo Iwata. He has been a regular first-team player since his debut for the team in 1995. He represented...

10. Kenji Tsuruta (1961)

Manga Artist

Kenji Tsuruta is a Japanese manga artist. Among his most famous works is the science fiction series Spirit of Wonder which has been adapted into an anime series and brought...

11. Nobuhiro Takeda (1967)

Footballer

Nobuhiro Takeda is a former Japanese football player. He was a forward and known as a superb opportunistic goal-scorer making most of his quick thinking and canny positioning. He currently...

12. Isamu Matsuura (1991)

Footballer

Isamu Matsuura is a football player for Shonan Bellmare in Japan's J. League.

13. Kousuke Yamashita (1974)

Anime Composer

Kousuke Yamashita is a Japanese composer from Hamamatsu Shizuoka. Yamashita is perhaps best known for his work on Digimon Xros Wars Xenosaga: The Animation and the tokusatsu television series Mahou...

14. Yoshika Matsubara (1974)

Japanese Olympic Footballer

Yoshika Matsubara is a retired Japanese football player licensed coach from Hamamatsu City Shizuoka Prefecture.

15. Ryo Takeuchi (1991)

Footballer

Ryo Takeuchi is a Japanese football player.

16. Takumi Wada (1981)

Footballer

Takumi Wada is a Japanese footballer who last played for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League Division 2. He has the dubious distinction of having been relegated with 4 different...

17. Shotaro Ihata (1987)

Footballer

Shotaro Ihata is a Japanese football player who currently plays as a Striker for Geylang International.

18. Yuki Toma (1987)

Footballer

Yuki Toma is a Japanese football player.

19. Tomoko Yoshida (1934)

Writer

20. Shinichiro Sawai (1938)

Japanese Film Director

Shinichirō Sawai is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

21. Takuya Matsuura (1988)

Footballer

Takuya Matsuura is a Japanese football player currently playing for Júbilo Iwata. He plays primarily as a left winger but likes to cut inside and is capable of playing in...

22. Hiroki Yamada (footballer) (1988)

Japanese Footballer

Hiroki Yamada is a Japanese football player playing for Júbilo Iwata. He is known for having a very powerful and accurate shot from outside of the box. On the 17th...

23. Ryu Shionoya (1950)

Japanese Politician

Ryu Shionoya is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet and the current Minister of Education Science and Technology....

24. Akari Hibino (1959)

Voice Actress

Akari Hibino July 5 1959 in Hamamatsu Shizuoka Japan) is a Japanese voice actress. She married Yōichi Takahashi creator of popular soccer anime Captain Tsubasa.

25. Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1962)

Footballer

Shigetatsu Matsunaga is a retired Japanese football goalkeeper and a goalkeeping coach.

26. Toshio Kakei (1962)

Japanese Actor

Toshio Kakei is a Japanese actor. He had major roles in several TV drama series such as Bayside Shakedown. Kakei graduated from Osaka University of Arts.

27. Yuji Fujimoto (Unknow)

Japanese Politician

Yuji Fujimoto is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Hamamatsu Shizuoka he graduated from...

28. Katsumi Suzuki (1956)

Japanese Voice Actor

Katsumi Suzuki is a Japanese voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Kagome's grandfather in InuYasha after Ginzo Matsuo's death and as the voice of Diddy Kong...

29. Masaaki Yanagishita (1960)

Japanese Footballer-manager

Masaaki Yanagishita nicknamed Yantsū is a former Japanese football player who is currently manager of J. League Division 1 side Albirex Niigata. Born in Hamamatsu Yanagishita played as a central...

30. Kazuhiro Furuhashi (1960)

Japanese Anime Director

Kazuhiro Furuhashi is a Japanese anime director and supervisor born in Hamamatsu Shizuoka Prefecture. He is amongst anime's most foremost directors having directed and helmed the entire Rurouni Kenshin series...

31. Yasuhide Ito (1960)

Japanese Conductor

Yasuhide Ito is a contemporary Japanese composer.

32. Tokugawa Hidetada (1579)

Japanese Shogun

Tokugawa Hidetada was the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu the first shogun...

33. Yusuke Inuzuka (1983)

Footballer

Yusuke Inuzuka is a Japanese footballer who plays for Licata.

34. Ken Namba (1983)

Japanese Composer

Ken Namba is a Japanese composer performer and researcher. Namba was born in Hamamatsu Japan. He studied at Toho College of Music. He studied with Kazuaki Ogikubo Jun Nagao Tomiko...

35. Yoshiaki Ota (1983)

Footballer

Yoshiaki Ota is a Japanese footballer currently playing for Vegalta Sendai.

36. Takayoshi Amma (1969)

Japanese Football Manager

Takayoshi Amma is a Japanese football manager for Kataller Toyama in J. League Division 2.

37. Tatsuya Furuhashi (1980)

Footballer

Tatsuya Furuhashi is a Japanese footballer. He currently without a club after being released by Shonan Bellmare at the end of the 2013 season.

38. Barasui (1980)

Japanese Manga Artist

Barasui is the pseudonym of a Japanese manga artist. He is most known for the manga series Strawberry Marshmallow which has been made into an anime series and OVA. He...

39. Sanae Kobayashi (1980)

Japanese Voice Actor

Sanae Kobayashi is a voice actress who was born in Hamamatsu Shizuoka Japan. She is affiliated with Production Baobab.

40. Takumi Morikawa (1977)

Footballer

Takumi Morikawa is a former Japanese football player.

41. Kyohei Sugiura (1989)

Footballer

Kyohei Sugiura is a Japanese football player currently playing for Vissel Kobe.

42. Kosuke Yamamoto (1989)

Japanese Footballer

Kosuke Yamamoto is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Júbilo Iwata.

43. Yuki Oshitani (1989)

Footballer

Yuki Oshitani is a Japanese football player currently playing for Fagiano Okayama.

44. Torashi Shimazu (1978)

Footballer

Torashi Shimazu is a Japanese football player currently playing for Grulla Morioka.

45. Daiki Yamashita (1989)

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46. Tomonori Hirayama (1978)

Footballer

Tomonori Hirayama is a former Japanese football player.

47. Azumi Uehara (1984)

Japanese Singer

Azumi Uehara is a Japanese adult video actress and a former Japanese pop singer.

48. Kisho Yano (1984)

Footbller

Kisho Yano is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for Nagoya Grampus.

49. Tsugi Takano (1890)

Japanese Writer

Tsugi Takano was a female novelist from Hamamatsu in Shizuoka prefecture Japan. She was born in 1890 as the second daughter of a local merchant. In 1904 she entered Hamamatsu...

50. Ayuko Ito (1986)

Japanese Speed Skater

Ayuko Ito September 29 1986 in Hamamatsu) is a Japanese short-track speed-skater. Ito competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics for Japan. She finished third in her opening round race of...

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