- male, 41 years old
- Akira Yamaoka (山岡 晃 "Yamaoka Akira", born February 6 1968 in Niigata, Japan) is a musician and video game composer, having scored dozens of titles...
- male, deceased (1956)
- Aizu Yaichi was a Japanese poet, calligrapher and historian. He was born in the Furumachi area of Niigata, Niigata, and was a professor emeritus of...
- male
- Ango Sakaguchi was a Japanese novelist and essayist. His real name was Heigo Sakaguchi (坂口 炳五 "Sakaguchi Heigo"). From Niigata, Sakaguchi was one...
- female, 43 years old
- Megumi Sato (born 13 September 1966 in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture) is a retired Japanese high jumper. At the Olympic Games she finished eleventh...
- male, 84 years old
- is a noted Japanese author, and penname of Nemura Saiichi. Maruya was mobilized into the Japanese Army in 1945 when still a high-school student....
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