Naoko Takahashi

Naoko Takahashi

female, 37 years old
Naoko Takahashi (born May 6, 1972 in Gifu) is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. Best known for her victory in the...
Chiune Sugihara

Chiune Sugihara

male, deceased (1986)
Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to...
Yoko Kumada

Yoko Kumada

female, 27 years old
Yoko Kumada is a Japanese gravure idol and singer originally from Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Tsubouchi Shoyo

Tsubouchi Shoyo

male, deceased (1935)
Tsubouchi Shoyo (May 22, 1859 - February 28, 1935) was a Japanese author, critic, playwright, translator, and editor. He was born Tsubouchi Yuzo,...
Hideki Shirakawa

Hideki Shirakawa

male, 73 years old
Professor Hideki Shirakawa 白川 英樹 "Shirakawa Hideki", born in Tokyo on August 20, 1936) is a Japanese chemist and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in...
Hiroshi Ōshima

Hiroshi Ōshima

male, deceased (1975)
"'"' (19 April 1886 – 6 June 1975) was the Japanese ambassador to Nazi Germany during World War II — and unknowingly a major source of comm...

Shimazaki Tōson

male, deceased (1943)
was the pen-name of a Japanese author, active in the Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japan. He began his career as a poet, but went on to...

Tōichi Katō

male, deceased (1996)
was a Japanese painter in the nihongo style and board chairman of the Nitten, a significant Japanese art conference. He and his older brother,...
Junji Ito

Junji Ito

male, 46 years old
Junji Ito is an author of Japanese horror manga. Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing...
Aki Shimazaki

Aki Shimazaki

female, 55 years old
Aki Shimazaki (born 1954 in Gifu, Japan) is a Canadian novelist and translator. She moved to Canada in 1981, living in Vancouver and Toronto. She...