List of Famous people born in Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Takeru Kobayashi

First Name Takeru
Last Name Kobayashi
Born on March 15, 1978 (age 46)

Takeru Kobayashi is a Japanese competitive eater.

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Yayoi Kusama

First Name Yayoi
Last Name Kusama
Born on March 22, 1929 (age 95)

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.

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Makoto Shinkai

新津 誠
First Name Makoto
Last Name Shinkai
Born on February 9, 1973 (age 51)

Makoto Niitsu , also known as Makoto Shinkai , is a Japanese animator, filmmaker and manga artist best known for directing Your Name, the third highest-grossing anime film of all time and 2019's Weathering With You, among other works such as The Garden of Words, Children Who Chase Lost Voices and 5 Centimeters per Second. He was listed by Variety as one of 10 animators to watch in 2016.

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Nozomi Okuhara

First Name Nozomi
Last Name Okuhara
Born on March 13, 1995 (age 29)

Nozomi Okuhara is a Japanese badminton player and the former World's No. 1 in BWF rankings for the women's singles, well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and gold medal at the 2017 World Championships.

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Terunobu Fujimori

First Name Terunobu
Born on November 21, 1946 (age 77)

Terunobu Fujimori is a Japanese architect and architectural historian.

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Hiroyuki Yoshiie

First Name Hiroyuki
Last Name Yoshiie
Born on March 31, 1971 (age 52)

Hiroyuki Yoshiie is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He has also held a professorship at Shoin University. A native of Nagano Prefecture and graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, he was elected to his first term in 2012.

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Emi Nitta

First Name Emi
Last Name Nitta
Born on December 10, 1985 (age 38)

Emi Nitta is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture affiliated with the talent agency Difference. She became a voice actress after passing an audition organized by talent agency S-inc. She officially transferred to Difference on 1 September 2017. Some of her major roles are Honoka Kōsaka in Love Live! and Tokoha Anjō in Cardfight!! Vanguard G. She made her anime voice acting debut as Ricca Morizono in Da Capo III. She made an appearance at the Bangkok Comic Con in July 2014.

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Akira Ikegami

First Name Akira
Last Name Ikegami
Born on August 9, 1950 (age 73)

Akira Ikegami is a Japanese journalist and author.

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Rie Tomosaka

友坂 理恵
First Name Rie
Last Name Tomosaka
Born on October 12, 1979 (age 44)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Rie Tomosaka is a Japanese actress and pop star from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, born on October 12, 1979 in Nagano-shi, Nagano. She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name Eri Sakatomo .

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Mitakeumi Hisashi

大道久司
First Name Mitakeumi
Born on December 25, 1992 (age 31)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Mitakeumi Hisashi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Agematsu, Nagano. He is in the Dewanoumi stable. He is a pusher thruster-type wrestler. A former amateur champion at Toyo University, he made his professional debut in March 2015, reaching the top makuuchi division in November of the same year. He has nine special prizes for Fighting Spirit, Technique and Outstanding Performance, as well two gold stars for defeating a yokozuna. His highest rank has been sekiwake. He won his first top division championship (yūshō) in July 2018 and his second in September 2019.

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