Yamagata, Japan

1. Ishirō Honda (1911)

Japanese Film Director

Japanese director of tokusatsu and kaiju films whose most famous credits included Godzilla from 1977 and Matango from 1963.

2. Yuko Aoki (1977)

Japanese Model

Yuko Aoki is a Japanese bikini model. She first started modeling in 1995 and became a Visual Queen of the Year at Fuji TV for 1996. She was a...

3. Taketora Ogata (1888)

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4. Mitsuhiro Abiko (1988)

Japaense Relay Sprinter

Mitsuhiro Abiko is a Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Abiko competed for the men's 4×400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing along with his...

5. Yuko Oga (1982)

Basketball Player

Yuko Oga is a Japanese professional basketball player. She is a point guard currently playing for JX Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League. She formerly played for Phoenix Mercury...

6. Shoma Doi (1992)

Footballer

Shoma Doi is a Japanese football player.

7. Eri Watanabe (1955)

Actress

Eri Watanabe, born Eriko Tsuchiya, is a Japanese actress.   Her previous professional name was Eriko Watanabe.  

8. Eriko Watanabe (1955)

Japanese Actor

Eriko Watanabe is a Japanese actress. In 2007 she changed her stage name to Eri Watanabe. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Hochi Film Awards...

9. Hirohito Gotō (1969)

Japanese Writer

Hirohito Gotō is a Japanese director playwright and actor. Born in Yamagata prefecture he graduated from Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata East High School and dropped out of Hindi studies from Osaka...

10. Yukihiro Doi (1983)

Cyclist

Yukihiro Doi is a Japanese professional racing cyclist currently riding for Team Ukyo. After graduating from Hosei University he joined the Shimano Racing team in 2004. Since then he has...

11. Miyuki Takahashi (1978)

Japanese Volleyball Player

Miyuki Takahashi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for the NEC Red Rockets. Miyuki Takahashi also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and...

12. Naoki Sugai (1984)

Footballer

Naoki Sugai is a Japanese football player currently playing for Vegalta Sendai.

13. Manami Hashimoto (1984)

Actress

14. Joji Kato (1985)

Japanese Speed Skater

Joji Kato is a Japanese speedskater whose specialty is in the sprinting distance event of 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became the first junior speedskater to...

15. Yoshiharu Abe (1966)

Japanese Record Producer

Yoshiharu Abe is a Japanese popular music artist and producer. His 1992 single + OR - hit the Billboard charts in Japan at number 5 in October 1992. After Unicorn...

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