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Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Omiya Ardija in the J. League.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Omiya Ardija in the J. League.

A retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Ol

A retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Consadole Sapporo.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Consadole Sapporo.

Shunsuke Maeda (?? ??, Maeda Shunsuke?, born June 9, 1986 in Sakurai, Nara) is a Japanese football p

Shunsuke Maeda (?? ??, Maeda Shunsuke?, born June 9, 1986 in Sakurai, Nara) is a Japanese football player.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. He is one

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. He is one of the most prominent and successful Asian players to have played in Europe and on 13 September 2006 became the first Japanese player to score in the Champions League and the second Asian player to do so.He has won the Asian Cup in 2000 and 2004 with the Japanese national football team, and was named Most Valuable Player in the 2004 competition. He has also appeared in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and the 2000 Summer Olympics as a member of the Japanese Under-23 team.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Ehime F.C.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Ehime F.C.

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a defender and currently plays for J. League side Urawa R

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a defender and currently plays for J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds.

A professional baseball player from Tsuga, Tochigi, Japan. He currently plays for the Chiba Lotte Ma

A professional baseball player from Tsuga, Tochigi, Japan. He currently plays for the Chiba Lotte Marines in the Japanese Pacific League.Watanabe began baseball at age 6, and began throwing underhanded during middle school at the suggestion of his father. Watanabe attracted little attention through high school and college, and joined the Kazusa Magic amateur baseball team in 1999 after graduating from college. He was finally noticed by professional scouts when he was chosen as a member of the 2000 Sydney Olympics Japanese national team, where he marked a win in a game against Italy.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Japanese club Ehime F.C.. His father Yoshikazu w

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Japanese club Ehime F.C.. His father Yoshikazu was also a footballer.

A former Japanese football player. He was a centre back.He was educated at and played for Narashino

A former Japanese football player. He was a centre back.He was educated at and played for Narashino High School. After graduating in 1983, he joined Japan Soccer League side Sumitomo Metal F.C. When Japan's first-ever professional league J. League started in 1993, Sumitomo Metal F.C. was transformed to Kashima Antlers for whom he continued to play. After the end of the inaugural season, he was chosen as a member of the 1993 J-League Team of the Year.

Is a retired football defender from Trinidad and Tobago.

Is a retired football defender from Trinidad and Tobago.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

A Japanese football player, currently playing for Oita Trinita. He is a goalkeeper.Nishikawa is a pr

A Japanese football player, currently playing for Oita Trinita. He is a goalkeeper.Nishikawa is a product of Oita's youth system and was promoted to the top team in 2005. Nishikawa made his J-League debut on July 2, 2005 in a match against Yokohama F. Marinos. He became a regular in the 2006 season.Nishikawa was a member of the Japan team for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship finals. He is also a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals.

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angele

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1980s. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he finished eighth in the C-2 500 m event while being eliminated in the semfinals of the C-2 1000 m event.

A professional Go player.Shuzo Awaji became a professional Go player when he was 19 years old. He wa

A professional Go player.Shuzo Awaji became a professional Go player when he was 19 years old. He was promoted to 9 dan after he challenged for the 1984 Honinbo title. Despite challenging for all of the big seven titles in Japan (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Oza and Gosei), he has never won any of them.

Is a former professional tennis player from Japan.Matsuoka's best performance at a Grand Slam event

Is a former professional tennis player from Japan.Matsuoka's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1995, where he reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Pete Sampras in four sets 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 2–6. Matsuoka's serve gave Sampras fits in the first set and looked to be on his way to the semifinals until Pete solved the puzzle that was Matsuoka's serve. Matsuoka was unable to subdue the defending champion in the next 3 sets.

Was a professional Go player.Ohira was born in Gifu, Japan. Taken under the wing of the prolific Kit

Was a professional Go player.Ohira was born in Gifu, Japan. Taken under the wing of the prolific Kitani Minoru in 1941, Ohira quickly rose above in rank. By 1947, he had obtained professional 1 dan, being promoted to 2 dan in the same year. By 1955 he was 6 dan, and by 1963 he reached the peak of 9 dan. His first big break came in 1966 when he won the Nihon Ki-in Championship, and defended it for 3 years. Along with Takagawa Kaku, Sakata Eio, and Ishida Yoshio, Ohira was the only player to win this title. In 1977, he won his first major title by winning the Hayago Championship. Tens years later her set a new record of successive wins, with 17. During his time, he was an active player in the Meijin and Honinbo leagues. He lived in Yokohama,

Is an Iraqi-English football goalkeeper who plays for Bournemouth.He grew up in Hastings, England, w

Is an Iraqi-English football goalkeeper who plays for Bournemouth.He grew up in Hastings, England, while attending William Parker School. He began his professional career at Tottenham Hotspur before joing Woking in May 2004.

Is at this time the highest ranking Alpine skier from Nepal. He participated in the Alpine World Ski

Is at this time the highest ranking Alpine skier from Nepal. He participated in the Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val-d'Isère. In the Men's Slalom his time was 2:15.93 making him 68th place. He also participated in the 2010 Vancouver games as one

An archer from India. The Government of India honoured him with an Arjuna award in 1989. He represen

An archer from India. The Government of India honoured him with an Arjuna award in 1989. He represented India at 1988 Summer Olympics. He belongs to the Meenas community of the Rajasthan.

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-hand batsm

Is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-hand batsman and bowls left-arm medium pace. She has played three Tests and five ODIs for India.

Is an Indian footballer who is currently playing for Chirag United in the I-League as a Midfielder.

Is an Indian footballer who is currently playing for Chirag United in the I-League as a Midfielder.

Is a male Chinese freestyle wrestler who will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a male Chinese freestyle wrestler who will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese race walker.

Is a Chinese race walker.

Is a football player from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is famous with his excellent physical

Is a football player from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is famous with his excellent physical attributes and temperate character. He was born in Kinshasa. Manda began playing football in Europe by joining a Belgian club at the age of 22. In 1995, h