Famous People with Name Hiroya

Hiroya            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroya: a professional Japanese kickboxer fighting in K-1. He made his K-1 debut at the K-1 World MAX 2007 Japan Tournament in one of the opening fights as the youngest contestant at he age of 15 in February 5, 2007.[1] Hiroya achieved the final as the favourite fighter of the event. However, he lost against another starlet Yudai.

Hiroya Saito            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroya Saito: a Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1992 to 2003. He won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in the Team large hill event.Saito is a three-time FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalist with two silvers (1995: Individual normal hill and 1997: Team large hill) and one bronze (1995: Team large hill).

Hiroya Masuda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hiroya Masuda: a Japanese politician who was Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications from August 2007 to September 2008. Unlike many other members of the Cabinet, he is not a member of the Diet of Japan (parliament). A native of Tokyo, he graduated from the University of Tokyo and served as governor of Iwate Prefecture from 1995 to 2007. While serving as Iwate's governor, Masuda developed a reputation as a reformist by cutting spending through personnel cuts and took the initiative in introducing an industrial waste tax system. Masuda was reappointed as Minister of Internal Affairs when Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda reshuffled the cabinet on August 1, 2008.[1] In the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso, appointed on September 24, 2008, Masuda was replaced by Kunio Hatoyama.[2]

Nozomi Hiroyama            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Nozomi Hiroyama: is a Japanese footballer who plays for Thespa Kusatsu in the J. League Division 2. He is the first Japanese footballer to play and score in Copa Libertadores.