Uwajima, Ehime
1. Akinori Iwamura (1979)
Baseball Player
Second baseman who won six Gold Gloves in a span of seven seasons with the NPB's Yakult Swallows; made his MLB debut in 2007 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
2. Hozumi Nobushige (Unknow)
Japanese Politician
Baron Hozumi Nobushige was a Japanese statesman and legal expert in Meiji period. Hozumi was born in Uwajima Domain Iyo Province as the second son to a family of kokugaku...
3. Haruhiro Yamashita (1938)
Japanese Gymnast
Haruhiro Yamashita is a Japanese gymnast who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals for his country in the vault and team combined exercises. After marriage...
4. Nobushige Hozumi (1856)
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5. Kyoichi Katayama (1959)
Japanese Writer
Kyoichi Katayama is a Japanese author.
6. Koichi Yamamoto (1947)
Japanese Politician
Koichi Yamamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Uwajima Ehime and graduate of Keio...
7. Shingo Matsumoto (1978)
Olympic Wrestler
Shingo Matsumoto is an amateur Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler who played for the men's light heavyweight category.
8. Mutsumi Tamabayashi (1984)
Footballer
Mutsumi Tamabayashi is a Japanese football player.
9. Masafumi Hirai (1975)
Baseball Player
Masafumi Hirai is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. Hirai has played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball since 2003. He played with the Orix BlueWave from 1994...
10. Koichi Kawai (1979)
Footballer
Koichi Kawai is a former Japanese football player.
11. Kenta Kawai (1981)
Footballer
Kenta Kawai is a former Japanese football player.