List of Famous people born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

LiSA

織部里沙
Born on June 24, 1987 (age 36)

Risa Oribe , better known by her stage name LiSA, is a Japanese singer, songwriter and lyricist from Seki, Gifu, signed to Sacra Music under Sony Music Artists.

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Gō Ayano

First Name
Last Name Ayano
Born on January 26, 1982 (age 42)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Go Ayano is a Japanese actor.

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Chiune Sugihara

First Name Chiune
Died on July 31, 1986 (aged 16)

Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japanese territory, risking his job and the lives of his family. The fleeing Jews were refugees from German-occupied Western Poland and Soviet-occupied Eastern Poland, as well as residents of Lithuania. In 1985, the State of Israel honored Sugihara as one of the Righteous Among the Nations for his actions. He is the only Japanese national to have been so honored. The year 2020 was "The Year of Chiune Sugihara" in Lithuania. It has been estimated as many as 100,000 people alive today are the descendants of the recipients of Sugihara visas.

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Reina Sumi

First Name Reina
Last Name Sumi
Born on May 12, 1990 (age 33)

Reina Sumi is an announcer for TV Tokyo. She was born in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture.

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Yoko Kumada

First Name Yoko
Last Name Kumada
Born on May 13, 1982 (age 41)
Height 164 cm | 5'5

Yoko Kumada is a Japanese gravure idol and singer originally from Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

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Hideo Koike

First Name Hideo
Last Name Koike
Born on March 18, 1969 (age 55)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Hideo Koike is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

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Miona Hori

First Name Miona
Born on October 15, 1996 (age 27)

Miona Hori is a Japanese idol singer, actress and fashion model. She is a second generation member of the Japanese girl group Nogizaka46, and a regular model for the fashion magazine ar.

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Hideaki Itō

First Name Hideaki
Last Name Itō
Born on August 3, 1975 (age 48)
Height 181 cm | 5'11

Hideaki Ito is a Japanese actor.

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Goro Noguchi

佐藤 靖
First Name Goro
Last Name Noguchi
Born on February 23, 1956 (age 68)

Goro Noguchi is a Japanese singer and actor. He debuted as a singer in 1971 and earned a spot on the Kohaku Utagassen in 1972 with his second single, Aoi ringo. He got his first number one hit with Amai seikatsu in 1974, and his second one with his next single, Shitetsu ensen in 1975.

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Kunie Tanaka

田中 邦衛
First Name Kunie
Born on November 23, 1932
Died on March 24, 2021 (aged 88)

Kunie Tanaka is a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Akira Kurosawa's The Bad Sleep Well, and worked with the director again on Sanjuro. Tanaka is well known for his roles in Kinji Fukasaku's yakuza films, namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. He also appeared in Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan.

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