Kamakura, Kanagawa
1. Io Shirai (1990)
Japanese Female Professional Wre
Japanese professional wrestler Masami Odate known by her ring name Io Shirai. She is signed to the WWE.
2. Kiyoshi Ijichi (1977)
Japanese Musician
Best known as the drummer for the Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. In 2015, he participated on his 8th Asian Kung-Fu Generation album, called Wonder Future, alongside his bandmates.
3. Mika Arisaka (1974)
Japanese Musician
Mika Arisaka is a Japanese-American singer and vocalist. Due to her upbringing she is bilingual and has performed in both English and Japanese. She attended Berklee College of Music...
4. Yasuko Tajima (1981)
Japanese Olympic Swimmer
Yasuko Tajima is a former medley swimmer from Japan. She won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia.
5. Mio Shirai (1988)
Japanese Female Professional Wre
Mio Shirai is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to contracts with the Ice Ribbon Oz Academy Pro Wrestling Wave and Union Pro promotions. She started her career in March 2007...
6. Kisho Kagami (1988)
Baseball Player
Kisho Kagami is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
7. Kuriko Namino (1945)
Japanese Actor
Kuriko Namino is an actress. Her brother Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII is an actor in kabuki theatre television and commercials.
8. Koji Nakazato (1982)
Footballer
Koji Nakazato is a former Japanese football player.
9. Haruyo Shimamura (1992)
Japanese Volleyball Player
Haruyo Shimamura is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for NEC Red Rockets. She also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. Shimamura played for the All-Japan team for the...
10. Gengoroh Tagame (1964)
Japanese Writer
Gengoroh Tagame is a Japanese manga artist who specializes in gay BDSM erotic manga many of which depict graphic violence. The men he depicts are hypermasculine and tend to be...
11. Akiyuki Nosaka (1930)
Japanese Politician
Akiyuki Nosaka is a Japanese novelist singer lyricist and former member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he uses the name Yukio Aki and his alias as...
12. Toshimitsu Izawa (1968)
Professional Golfer
Toshimitsu Izawa is a Japanese professional golfer. He is sometimes known outside of Japan as Toshi Izawa. Izawa was born in Kanagawa attended Nihon Taiiku University and turned professional in...
13. Hōjō Tokimune (1251)
Japanese Shikken
Hōjō Tokimune of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of...
14. Kenichi Wakatabe (1969)
Baseball Player
Kenichi Wakatabe is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. Haruka Wakatabe his daughter is one of the members of female idol group HKT48.
15. Mayu Tsuruta (1970)
Actress
Mayu Tsuruta is an actress. In 1996 she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike wadatsumi no koe Last Friends....
16. Kentaro Sawada (1970)
Footballer
Kentaro Sawada is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sawada finished his playing career with Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J. League.
17. Yoshiki Fukuyama (1963)
Japanese Voice Actor
Yoshiki Fukuyama born September 14 1963 is a Japanese guitarist singer and songwriter. He originally became known on an international level for his work in the anime Macross 7 where...
