Born in Niigata Prefecture

Niigata Prefecture

Prefecture of Japan

Niigata Prefecture as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Japanese singer, Japanese actress, Japanese association football player): Rina Sawayama, Reika Kirishima, Takumi Hasegawa and some more.

Celebrities from Niigata Prefecture

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Rina Sawayama

Japanese singer

*August 16th, 1990

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Reika Kirishima

Japanese actress

*August 5th, 1972

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Takumi Hasegawa

Japanese association football player

*October 6th, 1998

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Yoshitomo Watanabe

Japanese mangaka

*June 25th, 1976

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Masahito Ono

Japanese professional footballer

*August 9th, 1996

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Kazuto Nakazawa

Japanese anime director

*March 4th, 1968

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Muneji Munemura

Japanese wrestler

*October 1st, 1943

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Goson Sakai

Japanese association football player

*March 20th, 1996

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Junzaburō Nishiwaki

Japanese writer

*January 20th, 1894 †June 5th, 1982, Niigata Prefecture

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Eita Nagayama

Japanese actor

*December 13th, 1982

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Ishizuka Tomoji

Japanese writer

*September 20th, 1906 †February 8th, 1984, Kamakura

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Yōko Sōmi

Japanese actress and voice actress

*October 31st, 1958

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Haguroyama Masaji

Sumo wrestler (1914-1969)

*November 18th, 1914 †October 14th, 1969

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Rumi Kasahara

Japanese voice actress

*March 3rd, 1970

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Atsushi Kazama

Japanese biathlete

*March 3rd, 1964

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Tomoko Namba

Businessperson in Japan

*April 21st, 1962

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Yasuhiro Tanaka

Japanese association football player (born 1984)

*August 2nd, 1984

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Shunsuke Komamura

Japanese cross-country skier

*May 20th, 1979

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Yūtarō Watanabe

Japanese actor

*March 14th, 1994

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Shōko Nakajima

Japanese professional wrestler

*July 19th, 1991

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Seiichi Kanai

Professional golfer

*July 24th, 1940 †November 30th, 2022, Kawasaki

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