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Takatoshi Furukawa is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for Akita Northern Happinets in the B.League.

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Hozumi Hasegawa is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He is the first Japanese boxer to win world titles in three weight classes, having held the WBC bantamweight title from 2005 to 2010; the WBC featherweight title from 2010 to 2011; and the WBC super bantamweight title in 2016. Hasegawa received MVP awards from the Japan Boxing Commission in 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 for his title defenses, and is the first Japanese boxer to have defended a bantamweight world title more four times. He is Matsuzaka Generation.

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Junko Hiramatsu, née: Ueno is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who is now a coach and International Skating Union (ISU) official. She is a five-time Japanese national champion and represented Japan twice at the Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. She was the flag bearer for Japan at the 1960 Winter Olympics.

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Eriko Hirose is a badminton player from Japan.

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Yoshimi Katayama was a Japanese professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and auto racer.

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Honami Maeda is a Japanese long-distance runner. She is the holder of the Japanese national record for 30 km (1:38:35), and the winner of the 2017 Hokkaido Marathon and the 2019 Marathon Grand Championship. She has been selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Kana Muramoto is a Japanese ice dancer. With her skating partner, Daisuke Takahashi, she is the 2022 Four Continents silver medalist and a two-time Japanese national silver medalist.

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Satsuki Muramoto is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Triglav Trophy champion and 2009 Merano Cup silver medalist. Muramoto was coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura. After retiring from competition, she became a coach.

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Kurumi Nara is a Japanese professional tennis player.

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Rin Nitaya is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2015 Gardena Spring Trophy champion, and 2016 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist.

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Kengo Nomoto , nicknamed Nomoken, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League in Japan. The small forward also represented the Japan national basketball team in 2014 and 2016. He tested positive for the coronavirus on November 24, 2020.

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Ryosuke Nunoi was a tennis player from Japan.

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Risa Ozaki is a Japanese tennis player.

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Akira Kawabata is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working under the ring name Sushi . He is a two-time holder of the Gaora TV Championship. He is best known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) under the ring name Akira Raijin and is also known for working in North America for the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion under the ring names Kiyoshi and Suicide.

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Kensuke Takezawa is a Japanese professional long-distance runner. He attended Waseda University in Tokyo.