List of Famous people born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

First Name Yoshinobu
Last Name Yamamoto
Born on August 17, 1998 (age 25)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

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Toranosuke Katayama

First Name Toranosuke
Born on August 2, 1935 (age 88)

Toranosuke Katayama is a Japanese politician who held different cabinet posts. He is a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and currently one of the presidents of Nippon Ishin no Kai.

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Hiroto Kōmoto

First Name Hiroto
Last Name Kōmoto
Born on March 17, 1963 (age 61)

Hiroto Kōmoto is a Japanese rock singer who has fronted bands such as The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows and The Cro-Magnons. The official kanji for his name are 甲本 浩人, but katakana is used when writing his name in official publications. His younger brother is Masahiro Kōmoto, an actor.

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Hōchū Ōtsuka

大塚 芳忠
First Name Hōchū
Born on May 19, 1954 (age 69)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Hōchū Ōtsuka is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box.

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Buruzon Chiemi

藤原 史織
First Name Buruzon
Born on August 3, 1990 (age 33)

Shiori Fujiwara, also known by her stage name Chiemi Blouson, is a Japanese comedian formerly represented by Watanabe Entertainment.

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Hinako Sakurai

First Name Hinako
Born on April 2, 1997 (age 26)
Height 160 cm | 5'3

Hinako Sakurai is a Japanese actress, model and tarento who has appeared in a number of feature films and television programmes. Sakurai is represented with Incent.

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Yōko Aramaki

First Name Yōko
Last Name Aramaki
Born on January 14, 1981 (age 43)

Yōko Aramaki is a Japanese singer and impressionist connected to the K-Dash-associated office Peach. She is a graduate of Shujitsu High School. While she aimed to become a singer since childhood, she is also trained in piano and enka. In November 2012, she announced she would take a break from singing to recuperate.

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Kenji Eda

First Name Kenji
Last Name Eda
Born on April 28, 1956 (age 67)

Kenji Eda is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Okayama Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1979, attending the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the government in 1998, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He ran again in 2002 as an independent, and was elected for the first time. He lost his seat in 2003, but was re-elected in 2005.

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Koshi Inaba

First Name Koshi
Last Name Inaba
Born on September 23, 1964 (age 59)

Koshi Inaba is a Japanese vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is best known as the singer and lyricist of the rock duo B'z, the best-selling music act in their native Japan. He has also had a successful solo career, with five studio albums and five singles topping the Japanese music charts. He collaborated with Slash on single "Sahara" which was released in 2009. In 2017, he released a collaborative album, Chubby Groove, with Stevie Salas under the name "Inaba/Salas".

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Hinako Shibuno

First Name Hinako
Born on November 15, 1998 (age 25)
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Hinako Shibuno is a Japanese professional golfer who won the 2019 Women's British Open.

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