1. Taizō Sugimura (1979)

Japanese Politician

Taizō Sugimura is a Japanese politician and a member of the Diet of Japan representing the Liberal Democratic Party until 2009. He ran in House of Councillors election in 2010...

2. Shigeo Nakata (1945)

Olympic Wrestler

Shigeo Nakata is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

3. Satomi Kubokura (1982)

Japanese Sprinter

Satomi Kubokura is a Japanese track and field athlete. She competes in the 200 metres the 400 metres and the 400 m hurdles.

4. Ikumi Narita (1976)

Japanese Volleyball Player

Ikumi Narita is a former Japanese volleyball player. Her maiden name was Ikumi Ogake. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. There she ended up in fifth...

5. Yumiko Igarashi (1950)

Manga Artist

Yumiko Igarashi is a female Japanese manga artist. She is a resident of Sapporo Hokkaido. She is also the cousin of fellow manga artist Satsuki Igarashi; a member of Clamp....

6. Katsunari Takahashi (1950)

Professional Golfer

Katsunari Takahashi 5 August 1950) is a Japanese professional golfer of Korean ancestry. Takahashi was born in Asahikawa Hokkaidō. He won 10 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour.

7. Koichi Kobayashi (1952)

Japanese Go Player

Koichi Kobayashi is a Go player.

8. Kazuhiro Fujita (1964)

Japanese Manga Artist

Kazuhiro Fujita is a Japanese manga artist. He graduated from Nihon University. He made his professional manga debut in Shōnen Sunday in 1989. He is most famous for the manga...

9. Buichi Terasawa (1955)

Manga Artist

Buichi Terasawa is a Japanese manga artist. His most famous works include Goku Midnight Eye and Cobra.

10. Gaku Ishizaki (1955)

Japanese Politician

Gaku Ishizaki is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Asahikawa Hokkaido and graduate of Kyoto...

11. Tomohiro Nishimura (1961)

Japanese Singer And Actor

Tomohiro Nishimura professionally using the Kanji 西村 朋紘 is a Japanese voice actor actor and singer-songwriter. He used to be employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce but today...

12. Tomoka Takeuchi (1983)

Snowboarder

Tomoka Takeuchi is a Japanese competitive snowboarder from Asahikawa Hokkaido. She won the silver medal in the Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom in 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia.

13. Yoshie Ueno (1983)

Japanese Judoka

Yoshie Ueno is a female Japanese judoka. She won the gold medal in the Half-middleweight division at the 2009 World Judo Championships and in 2010 in 2011 she lost the...

14. Tsutomu Kitade (1978)

Footballer

Tsutomu Kitade is a former Japanese football player. He was born in Asahikawa Hokkaido but grew up in Sapporo.

15. Keigo Yamashita (1978)

Japanese Go Player

Dowa Yamashita Honinbo is a professional Go player. Yamashita adopted the name Honinbo Dowa after winning his first Honinbo title in 2010.

16. Toshinori Asanuma (1989)

Baseball Player

Toshinori Asanuma is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He was drafted in 2007 by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters but did not make his professional debut until 2013. He had...

17. Hisashi Okuyama (Unknow)

Japanese Writer

Hisashi Okuyama is a Japanese poet who has lived in France since the 1970s.

18. Kenji Akashi (1986)

Baseball Player

Kenji Akashi is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

19. Nobuyuki Hoshino (1966)

Baseball Player

Nobuyuki Hoshino is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

20. Yuko Emoto (1972)

Olympic Judoka

Yuko Emoto is a Japanese female judoka and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She received a...

21. Megumi Yabushita (1972)

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Megumi Yabushita March 2 1972) is a Japanese female mixed martial artist kickboxer professional wrestler and judoka. She has participated in several Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promotions....

22. Kazuya Shiraishi (1974)

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23. Shingo Kumabayashi (1981)

Footballer

Shingo Kumabayashi is a Japanese football player.

24. Tomoka Nakagawa (1981)

Japanese Female Professional Wre

Tomoka Nakagawa is a Japanese professional wrestler who is currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit for promotions such as Oz Academy where she is in her...

25. Masae Ueno (1979)

Judoka

Masae Ueno is a Japanese female judoka who competed in the Athens 2004 Olympics and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Ueno was born January 17 1979 in Asahikawa Hokkaidō. In 2004...