Notable Alumni of Hosei University [Sorted List]

1. Rena Miyaura

1995-. (aged 31)

badminton player

Rena Miyaura is a Japanese badminton player. Miyaura won her first World Tour title in 2022. She announced her retirement in June 2024.

2. Sena Suzuki

1991-. (aged 35)

ice hockey player

Sena Suzuki is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team. She has played in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) with the Seibu Princess Rabbits, in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) with the Toronto Furies, and in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey and Göteborg HC.

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3. Tang Hualong

1874-1918 (aged 44)

politician

Tang Hualong was the education minister from 1914 to 1915 and the interior minister in 1917 in the Republic of China.

4. Yukio Jitsukawa

1943-. (aged 83)

politician

Yukio Jitsukawa is a former Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Narita, Chiba and graduate of Hosei University, he had served in the Chiba Prefectural Assembly from 1991 to 1993. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first...

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5. Yasushi Sasaki

1908-1993 (aged 85)

film director

Yasushi Sasaki, also known as Kō Sasaki, was a Japanese film director. He directed films from the 1920s to the 1960s.

6. Wataru Yazawa

1991-. (aged 35)

athletics competitor

Wataru Yazawa is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the Bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Pune at the 110 m hurdles. His personal best is 13.47 seconds, set in Tottori on 5 June 2016.

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7. Kenji Yamada

1983-. (aged 43)

basketball player

Kenji Yamada is a Japanese former professional basketball player who last played for the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League in Japan. He was selected by the Yokohama B-Corsairs with the first overall pick in the 2011 bj League draft.

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8. Chen Shutong

1876-1966 (aged 90)

politician

Chen Shutong was a Chinese politician, scholar and administrator who served in the governments of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China. He belonged to a very small group of imperial Mandarins that survived and prospered under the Communist government of Mao Zedong.

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9. Shiho Tanaka

1992-. (aged 34)

badminton player

Shiho Tanaka is a Japanese retired badminton player who affiliates with Hokuto Bank team. She was the bronze medalists at the 2018 World Championships in the women's doubles, and at the 2015 Summer Universiade in the women's singles. She won the year-end tournament Superseries Finals in 2017. Tanaka was part of Japanese winning team at the 2017 Asia Mixed Team...

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10. Haruka Toko

1997-. (aged 29)

ice hockey player

Haruka Toko is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national ice hockey team.

11. Hideo Jinpu

1961-. (aged 65)

politician

Hideo Jinpu is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Koga, Ibaraki and graduate of Hosei University, he ran unsuccessfully for the assembly of Ibaraki Prefecture in 1994. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first...

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12. Nanguang Deng

1907-1971 (aged 64)

photographer artist

Deng Nan-guang, born Deng Teng-hui (鄧騰輝), was a Taiwanese photographer and a key figure in the early development of photography in Taiwan. From the Hakka community in Beipu, Hsinchu, he was born into the prominent Chiang (姜) family (also called XinChiang, 新姜). Deng is recognized as one of the pioneers of photography in Taiwan, and is often referred to as...

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13. Zhu Zhixin

1885-1920 (aged 35)

politician

Zhu Zhixin was a Chinese revolutionary author and close colleague of Sun Yatsen. He was a member of the Tongmenghui. Zhu made a name for himself for a series of written debates with reformist Liang Qichao, where he advocated a single land tax, revolution against the Qing dynasty, and the establishment of a Chinese republic. In 1905 he provided the...

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14. Atsushi Hiwasa

1987-. (aged 39)

rugby union player

Atsushi Hiwasa is a Japanese rugby union player. Hiwasa has played 28 international matches for the Japan national rugby union team.

15. Yutaka Higuchi

1949-. (aged 77)

figure skater figure skating coach sports commentator

Yutaka Higuchi is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach and figure skating commentator. He is a three-time Japanese national champion. He placed 25th in the 1968 Winter Olympic Games, and 16th in the 1972 Winter Olympic Games.

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16. Yoshio Yatsu

1934-2021 (aged 87)

politician

Yoshio Yatsu was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tatebayashi, Gunma and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Gunma Prefecture in 1975 and to the House of Representatives...

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17. Koken Nosaka

1924-2004 (aged 80)

politician

Koken Nosaka was a Japanese politician. He was first elected to the Diet of Japan in 1972, representing the Tottori at-large district. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served as construction minister and chief cabinet secretary in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama. Liberal Democratic Party politician Yōhei Kōno described Nosaka as "the main player" in...

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18. Takuma Asahara

1987-. (aged 39)

rugby union player

Takuma Asahara is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the prop position. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League.

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19. Takashi Esaki

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Takashi Esaki is a Japanese politician from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. He serves as member of the House of Councillors as a national proportional representative.

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20. Yoshihiko Fukuda

1970-. (aged 56)

politician

Yoshihiko Fukuda is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, who is a former member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture and graduate of Hosei University, he was elected to the city assembly of Iwakuni in 1999, to the Yamaguchi Prefectural Assembly in 2003, and to the House of Representatives...

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21. Hiroh Kikai

1945-2020 (aged 75)

photographer

Hiroh Kikai was a Japanese photographer best known within Japan for four series of monochrome photographs: scenes of buildings in and close to Tokyo, portraits of people in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and rural and town life in India and Turkey. He pursued each of these for over two decades, and each led to one or more book-length collections.

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22. Wang Yitang

1877-1948 (aged 71)

politician

Wang Yitang was a politician and military leader in the Qing Dynasty and Republic of China. He belonged to the Anhui clique and formed the Anfu Club (安福俱樂部). Later he became an important politician in the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China (Wang Jingwei regime). His former name was...

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23. Hideto Kawasaki

1981-. (aged 45)

member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Hideto Kawasaki is a Japanese politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2021. He is the son of Jirō Kawasaki.

24. Tomomi Aoki

1994-. (aged 32)

swimmer

Tomomi Aoki is a Japanese swimmer. She competed in the women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

25. Kimikazu Suzuki

1959-. (aged 67)

basketball player

Kimikazu Suzuki is a Japanese basketball coach and former player. Suzuki is the current head coach of SeaHorses Mikawa. He served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team two times. Suzuki's first term was from 2006 to 2007 while his second one was from May 2012 until 2014.

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26. Shen Junru

1875-1963 (aged 88)

lawyer judge politician

Shen Junru was a Chinese lawyer and politician who was the president of the Supreme People's Court of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. He was also the chairman of the China Democratic League.

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27. Rikako Kobayashi

1997-. (aged 29)

association football player

Rikako Kobayashi is a Japanese professional football player who plays as a midfielder for Tokyo Verdy Beleza the Japan national team. She is the sister of footballer Seigo Kobayashi.

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28. Ryoma Aoki

1997-. (aged 29)

athletics competitor long-distance runner steeplechase runner

Ryoma Aoki is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

29. Hiroshi Takamura

1969-. (aged 57)

baseball player

Hiroshi Takamura is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher, pitching coach.

30. Yukihiro Doi

1983-. (aged 43)

sport cyclist

Yukihiro Doi is a Japanese former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2018.

31. Noriaki Yuasa

1933-2004 (aged 71)

film director impresario

Noriaki Yuasa was a Japanese director. Yuasa was the main director of the Japanese film series Gamera; he directed seven of the first eight films in the series while also providing special effects for one of them, and became known as the "Father of Gamera" (Japanese: ガメラの父, Hepburn: Gamera no Chichi). The series was created by Daiei Film Studios after...

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32. Kosuke Ito

1941-. (aged 85)

politician

Kosuke Ito is a retired Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Takatō, Nagano and graduate of Hosei University, he studied abroad in Berlin and then at Ohio State University. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1976...

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33. Chu Cheng

1876-1951 (aged 75)

politician

Ju Zheng né Ju Zhijun (居之骏), also romanized as Chu Cheng, was a Chinese politician who was a leader in the Chinese Nationalist Party, or KMT, in the 1930s and 1940s. As president of the Judicial Yuan, he administered China's court system from 1932 to 1948. He ran in the presidential election of 1948 as the token opponent of Chiang...

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34. Jun Kamiwazumi

1947-. (aged 79)

tennis player

Jun Kamiwazumi is a former Japan Davis Cup team player and tour tennis player.

35. Kazuyasu Minobe

1987-. (aged 39)

fencer

Kazuyasu Minobe is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion.

36. Cao Rulin

1877-1966 (aged 89)

politician

Cao Rulin was Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Beiyang Government, and an important member of the pro-Japanese movement in the early 20th century. He was a Shanghai lawyer working in Beijing when he was appointed by the provisional president, Yuan Shikai, to a vacant seat in the National Assembly's senate in 1913. He represented Outer Mongolia because Mongolia boycotted...

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37. Tomoya Ochiai

1987-. (aged 39)

basketball player

Tomoya Ochiai, nicknamed Worm, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Koshigaya Alphas of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Hosei University. He also plays for Japan men's national 3x3 team.

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38. Takuma Abe

1987-. (aged 39)

association football player

Takuma Abe is a Japanese former footballer who played as a forward.

39. Masahiro Abe

1978-. (aged 48)

baseball player

Masahiro Abe is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player.

40. Run Sasaki

1956-. (aged 70)

seiyū

Run Sasaki, is a veteran Japanese voice actress. Born in Japan, she now lives in Seattle in the United States.

41. Ryō Asai

1979-. (aged 47)

baseball player

Ryo Asai is a former baseball player in Japan. Asai primarily played with the Hanshin Tigers in the Central League. He also played baseball for the Waikiki BeachBoys.

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42. Kisho Kagami

1988-. (aged 38)

baseball player

Kisho Kagami is a professional Japanese baseball player.

43. Kōki Ugusa

1997-. (aged 29)

baseball player

Koki Ugusa is a Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball.

44. Shinpei Matsushita

1966-. (aged 60)

politician

Shinpei Matsushita is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

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45. Yang Du

1875-1931 (aged 56)

politician political scientist

Yang Du was a Chinese politician.

46. Kazunori Tanaka

1949-. (aged 77)

politician

Kazunori Tanaka is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and Minister of Reconstruction. A native of Toyoura District, Yamaguchi and graduate of Hosei University he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in local assemblies.

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47. Masahiro Hara

1957-. (aged 69)

engineer

Masahiro Hara is a Japanese engineer and Hosei University graduate who is best known for inventing the QR code in 1994.

48. Shota Suzuki

1998-. (aged 28)

baseball player

Shōta Suzuki is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

49. Tadashi Wakabayashi

1908-1965 (aged 57)

baseball player

Tadashi Henry Wakabayashi was a professional baseball player from Oahu, Hawaii. He was a second generation Japanese American.

50. Yoshinobu Miyake

1958-. (aged 68)

kannushi

Yoshinobu Miyake is a retired Japanese weightlifter and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lieutenant. He won one silver and two gold medals at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished fourth in 1972. He also won world titles in 1962, 1963 and 1965–66. Between 1959 and 1969 Miyake set 25 official world records, including 10 consecutive records in the snatch...

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51. Yoshiyuki Miyake

1945-. (aged 81)

weightlifter

Yoshiyuki Miyake is a Japanese former weightlifter who won a bronze medal in 1968 Summer Olympics, bronze medals in the 1965, 1966, and 1968 World Championships, gold medals in the 1969 and 1971 World Championships, and the 1970 Asian Games. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, his daughter Hiromi Miyake won a silver medal in Weightlifting in the 48kg category.

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52. Aya Kamikawa

1968-. (aged 58)

politician

Aya Kamikawa is a Tokyo municipal official. With her election in April 2003, she became the first openly transgender person to seek or win elected office in Japan.

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53. Nobuhiro Takashiro

1954-2025 (aged 71)

baseball player

Nobuhiro Takashiro was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball infielder. H

54. Yuka Sato

1992-. (aged 34)

athletics competitor javelin thrower

Yuka Sato is a Japanese former competitive figure skater and choreographer. She is the 1994 World champion, the 1990 World Junior champion and the 1993 & 1994 Japanese national champion. She placed 7th at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 5th at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

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55. Hu Han-min

1879-1936 (aged 57)

party leader politician artist

Hu Hanmin was a Chinese philosopher and politician who was one of the early conservative right-wing faction leaders in the Kuomintang (KMT) during revolutionary China.

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56. Jirō Noguchi

1920-2007 (aged 87)

baseball player

Jirō Noguchi was a Japanese baseball pitcher and outfielder/infielder who played 13 seasons in the Japanese Baseball League and then Nippon Professional Baseball, from 1939 to 1952. A two-way player who really excelled at pitching, Noguchi was a six-time 20-game winner, a three-time 30-game winner, and once won 40 games in a season. His 1.96 career earned run average is...

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57. Emi Kaneko

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

Emi Kaneko is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party, who serves as a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Fukushima Prefecture, she did her undergraduate study at Hosei University and later earned master's degrees from California State University, Fresno and Fukushima University. After serving in the town assembly of Hobara, Fukushima for...

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58. Keiko Ihara

1973-. (aged 53)

race queen racing driver racing automobile driver

Keiko Ihara is a Japanese race car driver and businesswoman. She was a former race queen, a model who appears in a swimsuit or other fashionable apparel at race circuits, before deciding to become a racing driver. She is one of the few Japanese women nationals to race internationally at a high level. Her best finishes in the British Formula...

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59. Masao Maruyama

1941-. (aged 85)

film producer television producer animator

Masao Maruyama is a Japanese anime producer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Madhouse, as well as the founder of MAPPA and Studio M2 animation studios. He is the current Chairman of MAPPA and President of Studio M2 and Board member of N LITE Japan.

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60. Tomoya Mikami

1989-. (aged 37)

baseball player

Tomoya Mikami is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Oisix Niigata Albirex.

61. Jun Hirose

1979-. (aged 47)

baseball player

Jun Hirose is a former professional Japanese baseball player. He played as an outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

62. Takuya Kinoshita

1991-. (aged 35)

baseball player

Takuya Kinoshita is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

63. Yūya Andō

1977-. (aged 49)

baseball player

Yūya Andō is a professional baseball player from Ōita City, Japan. He is part of the starting rotation for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.

64. Eri Tokunaga

1962-. (aged 64)

tarento politician

Eri Tokunaga is a Japanese politician and former television reporter from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan. She currently serves as member of the House of Councillors for the Hokkaido At-large district. Tokunaga is part of the CDP's shadow cabinet 'Next Cabinet' as the shadow Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.

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65. Kazuki Mishima

1990-. (aged 36)

baseball player

Kazuki Mishima is a former professional Japanese baseball player. He has pitched for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

66. Kiyoshi Ueda

1948-. (aged 78)

politician

Kiyoshi Ueda is a Japanese politician currently serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Saitama at-large district after winning a by-election in 2019. He has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, signaling his opposition to any and all tax increases. He previously served as governor of Saitama Prefecture from 2003 to 2019, when he subsequently retired.

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67. Kentaro Asahi

1975-. (aged 51)

volleyball player beach volleyball player politician

Kentaro Asahi is a Japanese professional beach volleyball player and politician. He was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

68. Masatoshi Akimoto

1975-. (aged 51)

politician

Masatoshi Akimoto is an independent politician who served in the House of Representatives of Japan.

69. Mitsutaka Gotoh

1978-. (aged 48)

baseball player

Mitsutaka Goto is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Orix BlueWave/Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

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70. Hiromi Miyake

1985-. (aged 41)

weightlifter

Hiromi Miyake, born 18 November 1985) is a Japanese retired weightlifter. In the 48kg category, she won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and won bronze at the 2016 Olympics. Her father and coach is Yoshiyuki Miyake, who was a bronze medallist in weightlifting at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Her uncle Yoshinobu Miyake was a gold medalist in...

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71. Dai Tamesue

1978-. (aged 48)

hurdler athletics competitor sprinter

Dai Tamesue is the first Japanese sprinter to win a medal in a track event at a World Competition. Current Japanese record holder for Men's 400 meter hurdle (as of July 2021). Bronze medalist of the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.

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72. Kazuto Tsuruoka

1916-2000 (aged 84)

baseball player

Kazuto Tsuruoka, also known as Kazuto Yamamoto, was a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and manager in the Japan Baseball League (JBL) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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73. Akihiro Wakabayashi

1993-. (aged 33)

baseball player

Akihiro Wakabayashi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

74. Kenta Ishida

1993-. (aged 33)

baseball player

Kenta Ishida is a professional Japanese baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball.

75. Taketoshi Gotoh

1980-. (aged 46)

baseball player

Taketoshi "Gomez" Goto is a former Japanese baseball player. He played infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

76. Takeshi Onaga

1950-2018 (aged 68)

politician

Takeshi Onaga was a Japanese politician and the seventh Governor of Okinawa Prefecture from 2014 to 2018.

77. Hiromasa Arai

1952-. (aged 74)

baseball player

Hiromasa Arai is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

78. Akemi Masuda

1964-. (aged 62)

athletics competitor sports commentator marathon runner professor long-distance runner

Akemi Masuda is a retired Japanese female long-distance runner. She competed for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, although she failed to finish the race. Masuda set her personal best in the classic distance (2:30:30) in 1983.

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79. Yasuhiro Nightow

1967-. (aged 59)

mangaka

Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese manga artist. His major work Trigun was adapted into an anime series and film. He also designed the characters for the video game and anime series Gungrave, and has been working on the manga Blood Blockade Battlefront.

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80. Junzo Sekine

1927-2020 (aged 93)

baseball player

Junzo Sekine was a Japanese professional baseball player who played as two ways as a pitcher and outfielder. He spent the majority of this career with the Kintetsu Pearls/Kintetsu Buffalo/Kintetsu Buffaloes.

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81. G.G. Sato

1978-. (aged 48)

baseball player YouTuber baseball commentator

Takahiko Sato, also known as G. G. Sato, is a former professional player for the Philadelphia Phillies organization, Saitama Seibu Lions, Chiba Lotte Marines, and Fortitudo Baseball Bologna.

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82. Atsunori Inaba

1972-. (aged 54)

baseball player

Atsunori Inaba is a Japanese professional baseball manager, coach and former player. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Japan Series. He is currently the general manager for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League.

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83. Hiromi Uehara

1979-. (aged 47)

pianist composer jazz musician

Hiromi Uehara, often known mononymously as Hiromi, is a Japanese jazz composer and pianist. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blending of musical genres such as stride, post-bop, progressive rock, classical, nu jazz and fusion in her compositions. In 2021, she performed at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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84. Kōichi Tabuchi

1946-. (aged 80)

baseball player

Kōichi Tabuchi is a Japanese former professional baseball player, manager, and commentator. During his career, Tabuchi played for the Hanshin Tigers and the Seibu Lions. Tabuchi played catcher for the Hanshin Tigers from 1969 and 1978, where his combination with pitcher Yutaka Enatsu was called the "Golden Battery".

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85. Koji Yamamoto

1946-. (aged 80)

baseball player singer

Kōji Yamamoto is a Japanese former baseball player and manager of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League. A four-time home run king having played for Hiroshima Carp throughout his career, Yamamoto contributed to the team winning five league championships including its first-ever in 1975, and three titles of Japan Series in 1979, 1980 and 1984. He recorded over...

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86. Takenori Emoto

1947-. (aged 79)

tarento actor baseball player politician

Takenori Emoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Toei Flyers in 1971, the Nankai Hawks from 1972 to 1975, and the Hanshin Tigers from 1976 to 1981.

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87. Naoki Kobayashi

1984-. (aged 42)

dancer actor

Naoki Kobayashi is a Japanese actor, dancer, choreographer, and model. He is a performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Exile, and is a leader and performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers. He was also a member of Nidaime J Soul Brothers until their migration to Exile in 2009. As a member of Sandaime J...

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88. Harumafuji Kōhei

1984-. (aged 42)

rikishi

Harumafuji Kōhei, previously known as Ama Kōhei (安馬公平), is a Mongolian former professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 70th yokozuna from 2012 to 2017, making him the third Mongolian and fifth overall non-Japanese wrestler to attain sumo's highest rank.

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89. Motohiro Hata

1980-. (aged 46)

singer-songwriter singer

Motohiro Hata is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He debuted under the major label BMG Japan in 2006 with the single "Synchro" (シンクロ, Shinkuro).

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90. Kairi Sane

1988-. (aged 38)

actor professional wrestler

Kaori Housako is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. As of November 2023, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Kairi Sane (カイリ・セイン, Kairi Sein) and is one-half of The Kabuki Warriors with Asuka. She is a former 3-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Asuka.

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91. Ayase Ueda

1998-. (aged 28)

association football player

Ayase Ueda is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Japan national team.

92. Yukihiko Tsutsumi

1955-. (aged 71)

screenwriter film director television director impresario

Yukihiko Tsutsumi is a Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nippon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Office Crescendo, from which he works independently. His first television drama on Nippon Television was called Kora! Tonneruzu and ran from 1985 to 1989. He...

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93. Mitsuki Takahata

1991-. (aged 35)

stage actor seiyū singer actor

Mitsuki Takahata is a Japanese actor and singer who is represented by the talent agency Horipro. She attended Hosei University as an undergraduate student.

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94. Sion Sono

1961-. (aged 65)

actor poet screenwriter composer novelist

Sion Sono is a Japanese filmmaker, author, and poet. Best known on the festival circuit for the film Love Exposure (2008), he has been called "the most subversive filmmaker working in Japanese cinema today", a "stakhanovist filmmaker" with an "idiosyncratic" career.

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95. Momoko Kikuchi

1968-. (aged 58)

actor radio personality visiting professor essayist tarento

Momoko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress, entertainer, singer, and scholar who was formerly represented by the talent agency, Parfit Production. On June 22, 2020, Kikuchi announced that she has left Parfit Production and gone independent.

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96. Suguru Egawa

1955-. (aged 71)

baseball player tarento

Suguru Egawa is a Japanese former pitcher and current baseball analyst. Despite being one of the best pitchers of his generation, Egawa's perceived arrogance and non-conformist ways earned him the media nicknames "Dirty Egawa," "The Giant Devil," and "The Enemy of the People." Most famously, Egawa expressed interest in playing in the Central League over the Pacific League, even when...

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97. Yoshihide Suga

1948-. (aged 78)

politician

Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2020 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he was the party's president from 2020 to 2021 and also represented Kanagawa 2nd in the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2026. Before his premiership, he was the Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications...

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98. Zhou Zuoren

1885-1967 (aged 82)

Esperantist writer translator

Zhou Zuoren was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren, 周树人), the second of three brothers.

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99. Song Jiaoren

1882-1913 (aged 31)

politician

Song Jiaoren was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT). Song Jiaoren led the KMT to electoral victories in China's first democratic election. He based his appeal on the upper class gentry, landowners, and merchants. Historians have concluded that provisional president Yuan Shikai was responsible for his assassination on 22 March 1913.

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100. Zhang Shizhao

1881-1973 (aged 92)

journalist politician

Zhang Shizhao, courtesy name Xingyan, pen name Huangzhonghuang, Qingtong or Qiutong, was a Chinese journalist, educator, politician of the early 20th century known for his advocacy first of revolutionary cultural values in the period leading up to the 1911 Revolution and then of traditional Confucian culture in following years.

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