76 Notable alumni of
Aoyama Gakuin University
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Aoyama Gakuin University is 93rd in the world, 15th in Asia, and 10th in Japan by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 76 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
- tarentoannouncer
- 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
- professional wrestlermixed martial arts fighter
- Biography
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Shinsuke Nakamura is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand.
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Christel Takigawa
- Occupations
- announcernews presenter
- Biography
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Takigawa Lardux Christel Masami, commonly known as Christel Takigawa (滝川 クリステル, Takigawa Kurisuteru), is a French-Japanese television announcer and news presenter. She is the wife of politician Shinjirō Koizumi.
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Renhō
- Occupations
- politiciannews presenteractortarentojournalist
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Renhō Saitō, commonly known by her given name, Renhō (蓮舫), is a Japanese politician and former journalist who is a current member of House of Councillors. She was the leader of the now-defunct major Japanese opposition party, the Democratic Party.
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Masataka Yoshida
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Masataka Yoshida is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He started his professional career with Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Tetsuya Watari
- Occupations
- television actorsingeractorrecording artistseiyū
- 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
- actorannouncerfashion model
- 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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Shinobu Terajima
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Shinobu Terajima is a Japanese actress. Her feature films include Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003) and Vibrator (2003). For her role in Caterpillar (2010), Terajima won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin Film Festival while her performance in Oh Lucy! (2017) earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress.
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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. She married actor Toshiya Nagasawa in March 2004, and they had one child. The couple separated less than two years later, and officially divorced in 2008.
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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 player
- 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).
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Nana Tanimura
- Occupations
- tarentosinger
- Biography
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Nana Tanimura, is a Japanese pop singer.
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Masanori Ishikawa
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Masanori Ishikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently a pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Up to 2023 season, he is the oldest professional baseball player.
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Reki Kawahara
- Occupations
- novelistseiyūscience fiction writerwriter
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Reki Kawahara is a Japanese novelist. He is best known as the creator of Sword Art Online and Accel World, both of which have been adapted into anime.
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Yuko Hara
- Occupations
- singer-songwritercomposersingerlyricistkeyboardist
- 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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Muga Takewaki
- Occupations
- film actoractor
- Biography
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Muga Takewaki was a Japanese actor.
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Yutaro Sugimoto
- Years
- 1991-.. (age 33)
- 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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Shin Dong-bin
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Shin Dong-bin is a Korean-Japanese businessman. He also has a Japanese name Akio Shigemitsu (Japanese: 重光昭夫, romanized: Shigemitsu Akio). As of 2012, he was CEO of the South Korean conglomerate Lotte Corporation and the Japanese Chiba Lotte Marines baseball team. He is the second son of Shin Kyuk-ho (Takeo Shigemitsu), founder and first CEO of Lotte and his Japanese wife. He is the younger brother of Hiroyuki Shigemitsu (Korean name Shin Dong-ju), CEO of the Japanese Lotte Group. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo with a B.A. in economics in 1977 and from Columbia University with an MBA.
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Daichi Kamino
- Occupations
- athletics competitorlong-distance runner
- 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
- film actoractor
- 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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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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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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Hiroshi Nakada
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hiroshi Nakada is the former mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa in Japan. A graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he served at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management before working in the House of Councillors in the Diet.
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Tsuyoshi Takagi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Tsuyoshi Takagi is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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Tetsuya Kokubo
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Tetsuya Kokubo is a Japanese baseball player who is currently a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
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Mina Shiragawa
- Occupations
- tarentoactor
- Biography
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Mina Shirakawa is a Japanese professional wrestler and idol. She is currently signed to the World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is one of the co-leaders of Empress Nexus Venus alongside Maika.
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Arimura Haruko
- 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 Togo Heihachiro, the admiral of the Russo-Japanese War.
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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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Hiroshi Narahara
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hiroshi Narahara is a former Japanese professional baseball player and currently first squad head corch for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Seibu Lions, Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Chunichi Dragons of the NPB.
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Natsue Washizu
- Occupations
- seiyūsinger
- Biography
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Natsue Washizu, professionally also known as Kurumi Kobato (小鳩 くるみ), is a Japanese academic, translator, children's singer, actress, television personality and voice actress.
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Jun Senoue
- Occupations
- keyboardistcomposermusicianguitarist
- Biography
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Jun Senoue is a Japanese composer and guitarist who works for Sega, known for his various contributions in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. He is also the songwriter for the band Crush 40, which has also contributed to many Sonic games.
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Kenko Matsuki
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenko Matsuki / Shizuhiro 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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Hiromi Itō
- Occupations
- novelistwriterpoet
- Biography
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Hiromi Itō is one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan, with more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, numerous books of essays, and several major literary prizes to her name. She divides her time between the towns of Encinitas, California and Kumamoto in southern Japan. She is currently teaching at School of Culture, Media and Society in Waseda University, Tokyo.
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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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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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Yoshihiro Nishimura
- Occupations
- film directormake-up artistscreenwriterfilm editor
- 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 former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player.
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Stephanie
- Occupations
- singeractor
- Biography
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Stephanie Nonoshita Topalian, known simply as Stephanie (ステファニー, Sutefanī), is an American singer and actress of Armenian and Japanese descent who is signed with SME Records Japan, which is a part of Sony Music. She released two albums: her self-titled debut in 2008 and Colors of my Voice in 2009. She has won the Japanese Music Awards in 2007. A number of her songs have been featured in several Japanese films. She had roles in a few Japanese films, notably Pride and Tokyo Tribe. In 2015, she represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 as a member of Armenian super group project Genealogy with the song "Face the Shadow".
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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, Kermit has a net worth approximately $5 Million.
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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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Masaumi Shimizu
- Occupations
- baseball coachbaseball player
- Biography
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Masaumi Shimizu is a Japanese former professional baseball Catcher,and current the second squad battery coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Hidetaka Kawagoe
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hidetaka Kawagoe, nicknamed "Goe", is a fJapanese 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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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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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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Baek Seok
- Occupations
- shepherdwriterpoet
- Biography
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Baek Seok was a Korean poet.
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Daisuke Nakajima
- Occupations
- racing automobile driverengineer
- Biography
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Daisuke Nakajima is a retired Japanese racing driver; the son of Satoru Nakajima and the younger brother of Kazuki Nakajima, both of whom have driven in Formula One.
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Taiki Tojo
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Taiki Tojo is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League.
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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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Shunichi Yamaguchi
- Enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University
- Studied in 1974
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- 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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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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Yusuke Okada
- Occupations
- certified public accountantbasketball player
- 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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Hideki Miyauchi
- Enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University
- In 1981 studied faculty of business administration
- Occupations
- politiciansecretary
- 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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Bill Trinen
- Years
- 1972-.. (age 52)
- Enrolled in Aoyama Gakuin University
- Studied in 1993-1994
- Occupations
- engineertranslator
- Biography
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William 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 and often acts as an interpreter for various Japanese developers, most notably video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.
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Arekushisu 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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Yusuke Tasaka
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Yusuke Tasaka is a Japanese professional football midfielder.
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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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Hisao Arakane
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Hisao Arakane is a Japanese former professional baseball Outfielder, and current the fourth squad fielder supervisor and defense and base running coordinator for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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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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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 34)
- Occupations
- professional wrestler
- Biography
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Hyper Misao is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotions Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and DDT Pro-Wrestling.
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Hiroya Ebina
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hiroya Ebina is a Japanese politician. He is the incumbent mayor of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
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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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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 football player for Thai League 2 club Samut Prakan City.
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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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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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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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Megumi Sasaki
- Occupations
- film directorjournalist
- 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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Eiji Ueda
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- 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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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. He tested positive for the coronavirus on November 24, 2020.
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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 82)
- 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.
