Hirokazu Nakaima

Hirokazu Nakaima

male, 70 years old
(born August 19, 1939) is a Japanese bureaucrat, a business leader, and a politician. He was elected governor of Okinawa Prefecture in 2006.
Masahide Ota

Masahide Ota

male, 84 years old
Masahide Ota is a Japanese academic and politician who served as governor of Okinawa prefecture in the 1990s. Ota was educated at Waseda...
Choshin Chibana

Choshin Chibana

male, deceased (1969)
Choshin Chibana was an Okinawan martial artist who created the Kobayashi-ryū style of Shorin-ryū karate, based on the teachings of his teacher, An...
Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

female, 30 years old
Yukie Nakama is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan as the youngest of five siblings.
Meisa Kuroki

Meisa Kuroki

female, 21 years old
is a Japanese actress and model, born in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. She is represented by Sweet Power. Her father is South American, and her mother...
Shinpan Gusukuma

Shinpan Gusukuma

male, deceased (1954)
Shinpan Gusukuma (1890-1954), also known as Shinpan Shiroma by the Japanese, was an Okinawan martial artist who studied Shorin-ryu karate as a...
Katsuya Miyahira

Katsuya Miyahira

male, 91 years old
Katsuya Miyahira (1918-) is an Okinawan martial artist who is the the grand master of the Shorin-ryu Shido-kan style of Okinawan Karate and the...

Shō Nei

male, deceased (1620)
Shō Nei (尚寧)(1564–1620) was king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (modern-day Okinawa Prefecture, Japan) from 1587–1620. He reigned during the 1609 invasion of...
Kurara Chibana

Kurara Chibana

female, 27 years old
was born on March 27, 1982, is a native of Naha City (the capital of Okinawa Prefecture). She competed in Miss Universe 2006 and ended up as the...
Shugoro Nakazato

Shugoro Nakazato

male, 88 years old
Shugoro Nakazato (1921-) is an Okinawan martial artist who is the the grand master of the Shorin-ryu Shorinkan style of Okinawan Karate. Nakazato...