74 Notable alumni of
Aoyama Gakuin University
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Aoyama Gakuin University is 102nd in the world, 15th in Asia, and 10th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 74 notable alumni from Aoyama Gakuin University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Minami Tanaka
- Occupations
- announcertarentogravure model
- Biography
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Minami Tanaka is a Japanese freelance announcer and tarento who is a former Tokyo Broadcasting System Television announcer.
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Shinsuke Nakamura
- Occupations
- mixed martial arts fighterprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand.
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Renhō
- Enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University
- Studied in 1986-1990
- Occupations
- actornews presentergravure idolpoliticianjournalist
- Biography
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Renhō Saitō, known mononymously as Renhō, is a Japanese politician and former journalist who has served as a member of the House of Councillors from 2004 to 2024, and again since 2025. She was the leader of the now-defunct major opposition party, the Democratic Party from 2016 to 2017. Renhō was a candidate for the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election with the support of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), but was defeated by incumbent Yuriko Koike, placing third behind Shinji Ishimaru.
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Masataka Yoshida
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Masataka Yoshida, shortened by teammates to “Masa”, nicknamed Macho Man, is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and left fielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He started his professional career with the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Tetsuya Watari
- Occupations
- singertelevision actorseiyūrecording artistactor
- Biography
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Tetsuya Watari born Michihiko Watase (渡瀬 道彦, Watase Michihiko) (December 28, 1941 – August 10, 2020) was a Japanese film, stage, and television actor.
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Akiko Kuji
- Occupations
- fashion modelgravure modelactorannouncer
- Biography
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Akiko Kuji is a Japanese actress, announcer, model, and television personality. She served as an announcer for Fuji Television from 2017 until 2022.
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Yumi Asō
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Yumi Okumura, better known by the stage name Yumi Asō (麻生 祐未, Asō Yumi), is a Japanese actress. She is a niece of singer Chiyo Okumura.
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Tadahito Iguchi
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tadahito Iguchi, nicknamed "Gucci", is a Japanese served professional baseball second baseman and former manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Hiroki Kokubo
- Occupations
- baseball managerbaseball playerbaseball commentator
- Biography
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Hiroki Kokubo is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder, and current manager for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Hawks and Yomiuri Giants, and had 2,000 hits.
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Nana Tanimura
- Occupations
- tarentosingergravure model
- Biography
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Nana Tanimura, is a Japanese pop singer.
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Yūko Hara
- Occupations
- singercomposersinger-songwriterpianistkeyboardist
- Biography
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Yuko Hara is the keyboardist for Southern All Stars. She is also a vocalist and writes many of her own songs.
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Masanori Ishikawa
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Masanori Ishikawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). As of the 2025 season, he is the oldest active NPB player.
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Muga Takewaki
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Muga Takewaki was a Japanese actor.
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Yutaro Sugimoto
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 35)
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Yutaro Sugimoto, nicknamed "Raoh", is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes.
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Daichi Kamino
- Occupations
- long-distance runnerathletics competitor
- Biography
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Daichi Kamino is a Japanese long-distance runner. In 2019, he won the Asian Marathon Championships held in Dongguan, China.
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Bokuzō Masana
- Occupations
- actorfilm actor
- Biography
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Bokuzō Masana is a Japanese actor.
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Tomochika Tsuboi
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tomochika Tsuboi is a Japanese baseball outfielder. He previously played in the NPB for 13 seasons, starting in 1998. His professional career started with the Hanshin Tigers, but he was traded to the Nippon-Ham Fighters for Toshihiro Noguchi after the 2002 season. His stint with Nippon Ham was his longest with the same team, lasting through 2010. He then played briefly for the Orix Buffaloes, his final season in Japanese pro ball. He declined a coaching position with the Fighters and since 2012 has played in various American independent leagues.
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Shin Dong-bin
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Shin Dong-bin is a South Korean business executive, and the chairman of Lotte Corporation since 2011.
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Makoto Hiejima
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Makoto Hiejima is a Japanese professional basketball player for Utsunomiya Brex of the Japanese B.League.
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Mina Shiragawa
- Occupations
- tarentoactorprofessional wrestler
- Biography
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Mina Shirakawa is a Japanese professional wrestler and tarento. As of May 2025, she is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). She also makes appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), where she is a former one-time interim ROH Women's World Television Champion.
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Haruko Arimura
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Haruko Arimura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan. She is a descendant of Arimura Tsugizaemon, the ringleader of the Sakuradamon Incident, and Tōgō Heihachirō, the admiral of the Russo-Japanese War.
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Tsuyoshi Takagi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tsuyoshi Takagi is a former Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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Kō Shimozuru
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ko Shimozuru is a former professional Japanese baseball player. He was an outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Tetsuya Kokubo
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tetsuya Kokubo is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Chiba Lotte Marines.
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Takuma Kato
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Takuma Katō is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Chunichi Dragons, and formerly played for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
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Yuta Izuguchi
- Occupations
- professional baseball player
- Biography
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Yūta Izuguchi is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Natsue Washizu
- Occupations
- singerseiyū
- Biography
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Natsue Washizu, professionally also known as Kurumi Kobato (小鳩 くるみ), is a Japanese academic, translator, singer, actress, television personality and voice actress.
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Hiroshi Narahara
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hiroshi Narahara is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current first squad head coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Seibu Lions, Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and Chunichi Dragons.
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Jun Senoue
- Occupations
- composerkeyboardistguitaristmusician
- Biography
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Jun Senoue is a Japanese composer and guitarist. He is a sound director for the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series by Sega and serves as the songwriter of the Japanese-American rock duo Crush 40, which he formed with Johnny Gioeli in 2000. The duo contributed songs to each of the series' major titles until 2010, after which Senoue remained involved in musical production for further Sonic games.
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Kenko Matsuki
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenko Matsuki is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.
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Seiji Tōgō
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Seiji Togo was a Japanese painter and artist known for his depiction of the female form. Born in Kagoshima Prefecture Japan, he graduated from middle school at Aoyama Gakuin University and displayed his first one-man show at Hibiya Art Museum at the age of 18. He later participated in the Futurist movement while studying in France. In 1928, he returned to Japan and was awarded the 1st Showa Western Art Promotion Award.
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Hideaki Matsuyama
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hideaki Matsuyama is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder, and current the second squad manager for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Hiromi Itō
- Occupations
- novelistpoetwriter
- Biography
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Hiromi Itō is a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist. Having won two Akutagawa Prizes and a Mishima Yukio Prize, she is considered one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan. She is currently teaching at School of Culture, Media and Society in Waseda University.
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Tenketsu Harimoto
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Tenketsu Harimoto, birth name Zhang Tianjie (simplified Chinese: 张天杰; traditional Chinese: 張天傑), is a Chinese-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins club of the B.League in Japan.
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Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directormake-up artistfilm editorspecial effects artist
- Biography
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Yoshihiro Nishimura is a Japanese film director, special effects and makeup effects artist, and a screenwriter who has worked predominantly in the horror genre. Nishimura has been described as "a legendary director and effects artist" and "the Tom Savini of Japan" with "talent to burn".
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Yōsuke Takasu
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Yōsuke Takasu is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current coach for the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Kintetsu/Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
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Naoto Tsuji
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Naoto Tsuji is a Japanese professional basketball player. As of 2018 he plays for the Kawasaki Brave Thunders of the B.League.
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Baek Seok
- Occupations
- translatorshepherdpoetwriter
- Biography
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Paek Ki-haeng, known by his art name Paek Sŏk (백석) was a North Korean poet.
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Masaumi Shimizu
- Occupations
- baseball playerbaseball coach
- Biography
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Masaumi Shimizu is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher, and current second squad battery coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Chiba Lotte Marines, Chunichi Dragons, and Hawks.
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Hidetaka Kawagoe
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hidetaka Kawagoe, nicknamed "Goe", is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, and current the fourth squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Taiki Tojo
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Taiki Tojo is a Nippon Professional Baseball player.free agent.
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Kentaro Kyuko
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Kentaro Kyuko is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. As of June 1, 2023, he has a net worth of approximately $5 million.
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Shunichi Yamaguchi
- Enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University
- Studied in 1974
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shunichi Yamaguchi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature).
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Yūya Nagayoshi
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Yuya Nagayoshi is a Japanese professional basketball player for Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the B.League in Japan. The Japanese Olympic Committee penalized Nagayoshi and three players for buying sex in Jakarta and sent them back home on August 20, 2018. They have been suspended from official competition for one year.
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Yuto Nakamura
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Yuto Nakamura is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Japan, he represented Hong Kong internationally.
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Fuminori Yokogawa
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Fuminori Yokogawa is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
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Daisuke Nakajima
- Occupations
- engineerracing automobile driver
- Biography
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Daisuke Nakajima is a Japanese airline pilot and retired racing driver. He is the son of Satoru Nakajima and the younger brother of Kazuki Nakajima, both of whom have driven in Formula One.
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Yusuke Okada
- Occupations
- basketball playercertified public accountant
- Biography
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Yusuke Okada is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Altiri Chiba of the B.League. Okada also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, debuting for the team in the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.
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Mika Hoshino
- Occupations
- table tennis player
- Biography
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Mika Hoshino is a former international table tennis player from Japan.
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Hideki Miyauchi
- Enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University
- In 1981 studied faculty of business administration
- Occupations
- secretarypolitician
- Biography
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Hideki Miyauchi is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
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Chen Yu-mei
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chen Yu-mei was a Taiwanese politician. She served as Deputy Minister of the Overseas Community Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan from 18 September 2013 to 8 August 2014.
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Bill Trinen
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 54)
- Enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University
- Studied in 1993-1994
- Occupations
- translatorengineer
- Biography
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Bill Trinen is the Vice President, Player & Product Experience of Nintendo of America. He is also a professional Japanese-to-English translator who has worked on the localization of numerous Nintendo-published video games. He often acts as an interpreter for various Japanese developers, most notably video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
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Alexis Minatoya
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Alexis Minatoya is a retired Japanese professional basketball player who last played for the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the B.League. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he played as point guard.
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Rika Hiraki
- Occupations
- tennis player
- Biography
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Rika Hiraki is a former professional Japanese tennis player.
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Ryoma Hashimoto
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Ryoma Hashimoto is a Japanese professional basketball player, currently playing for the Levanga Hokkaido club of the B.League in Japan. He represented Japan's national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha, China.
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Yusuke Tasaka
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Yusuke Tasaka is a Japanese professional football midfielder.
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Hisao Arakane
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hisao Arakane is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder, and current fourth squad fielder supervisor and defense and base running coordinator for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Yoshihiro Kawakami
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Yoshihiro Kawakami is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
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Hyper Misao
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Hyper Misao is a Japanese professional wrestler working for the Japanese promotions Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling.
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Toshikazu Sawazaki
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Toshikazu Sawazaki is a professional Japanese baseball player.
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Shota Koike
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Shota Koike is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He was born on June 24, 1988. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB.
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Hiroya Ebina
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hiroya Ebina was a Japanese politician. He was the mayor of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, from 2008 to 2024 and a member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly from 1999 until 2008.
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Koshiro Yamamuro
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Koshiro Yamamuro is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 2010.
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Sho Shimoji
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Sho Shimoji is a Japanese professional football player.
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Takashi Itō
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Takashi Ito is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Toyama Grouses of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Aoyama Gakuin University.
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Kenji Hasegawa
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Kenji Hasegawa is a Japanese basketball coach. He was the head coach of the Japan national basketball team from 2014 until his resignation in late 2016.
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Yutaro Ohsaki
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Yutaro Ohsaki is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
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Keiichi Koshimizu
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Keiichi Koshimizu is a Japanese politician who is a member of the House of Representatives of Japan.
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Kengo Nomoto
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kengo Nomoto, nicknamed Nomoken, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League in Japan. The small forward also represented the Japan national basketball team in 2014 and 2016.
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Eiji Ueda
- Occupations
- association football playerassociation football coach
- Biography
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Eiji Ueda is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed the Japan women's national team.
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Megumi Sasaki
- Occupations
- journalistfilm director
- Biography
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Megumi Sasaki is a Japanese filmmaker and writer. Her films include Herb and Dorothy, Herb & Dorothy 50x50, and A Whale of a Tale.
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Kenji Satō
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Kenji Sato is the Head coach of the Kawasaki Brave Thunders in the Japanese B.League.
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Yuko Nii
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 84)
- Occupations
- artist
- Biography
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Yuko Nii is a Japanese artist and philanthropist. Her work has included painting, printmaking, graphic design, stage set, costume and fashion design. She has written journalism, poetry, fiction, essays and philosophy, and published two books. She also runs the non-profit organization Yuko Nii Foundation.
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Hirofumi Kojima
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Hirofumi Kojima is a Japanese basketball coach. He was the assistant coach of the Japan women's national basketball team from 1998 to 2000 and 2012.
