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Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA for 25 weeks starting in January 2019, the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka has won seven career singles titles, including four majors: two each at the Australian Open and the US Open. She is the first Japanese player to win a major singles title.
Shigeru Mizuki
Japanese manga artist (1922-2015)
Takeshi Kaikō
Japanese writer and activist (1930–1989)
Makoto Oda
Japanese author, progressive intellectual, and civic activist (1932-2007)
Naoki Hyakuta
Japanese novelist and television producer
Ryōichi Sasakawa
Japanese businessman, politician and philanthropist (1899–1995)
Tsuneo Mori
Japanese radical leftist and terrorist (1944–1973)