Francis King

Francis King

male, 86 years old
Francis Henry King (born 1923) is a British novelist and short story writer, and a poet. He was born in Adelboden, Switzerland and brought up in...
Tatsuo Yoshida

Tatsuo Yoshida

male
Tatsuo Yoshida was an anime pioneer who founded anime studio Tatsunoko Productions. Born in 1932, Yoshida grew up in the hardship of war-torn...
Kuki Shūzō

Kuki Shūzō

male, deceased (1941)
(b. Tōkyō, February 15 1888 – d. Kyōto, May 6 1941) was a Japanese philosopher. He was the fourth child of Baron Kuki Ryūichi (九鬼隆一) a high bureauc...
Minamoto No Noriyori

Minamoto No Noriyori

male, deceased (1193)
(1156-1193) was a late Heian period general, who fought alongside his brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of...
Takanobu Hayashi

Takanobu Hayashi

male, 63 years old
is a Japanese photographer. Hayashi was born in Dalian, China, in 1946, but his family then quickly moved to Japan, first to Beppu (Ōita, Japan) a...

Langdon Warner

male
Langdon Warner (1881-1955) was an art historian and Harvard Professor. He is one of the models for Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones. Explorer-agent...
Kimiko Ikegami

Kimiko Ikegami

female, 50 years old
(born January 16, 1959) is a Japanese actress. Born in Manhattan, New York City, she moved to Kyoto at age 3. Kimiko graduated from Horikoshi High...

Hosokawa Masamoto

male, deceased (1507)
Hosokawa Masamoto (1466-1507) a notable Deputy-Shogun of the Hosokawa clan of Japan, and son of Hosokawa Katsumoto. Masamoto was appointed to this...
Jien

Jien

male, deceased (1225)
Jien (17 May 1155 in Kyoto - 28 October 1225 in Omi (now Shiga)) was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk. Jien was born into the Fujiwara...
Gota Yashiki

Gota Yashiki

male, 47 years old
is both an independent smooth jazz artist and drum player, as well as a member of the band Simply Red. He was born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1962, where...