Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi is a prefecture in Japan's Chugoku region, on the southwest side of Honshu Island. The capital city, also called Yamaguchi, dates to the 14th century, when a lord designed it to look like "The Kyoto of the West. " The pagoda-topped Rurikō-ji Temple is in Kozan Park, nearby the burial site of the Mori family, who ruled during the Edo Period.

People born in Yamaguchi Prefecture (First 30 people) - Page 2

Julee Karan

Julee Karan

Singer

Katsuaki Fujiwara

Katsuaki Fujiwara

Motorcycle racer

Kyōko Kumagai

Kyōko Kumagai


Masaaki Mizunaka

Masaaki Mizunaka


Akio Nakamura

Akio Nakamura

Actor

Eri Gōda

Eri Gōda


Hajime Kawakami

Hajime Kawakami

Japanese economist

Hiromi Yoshida

Hiromi Yoshida

Japanese Politician

Jun Mizusawa

Jun Mizusawa


Kasumi Fujii

Kasumi Fujii

Japanese professional golfer

Haruka Inui

Haruka Inui

Japanese cartoonist

Satoshi Yokoyama

Satoshi Yokoyama

Former football player

Shōta Hayama

Shōta Hayama

Actor

Nobumasa Suetsugu

Nobumasa Suetsugu


Oka Ichinosuke

Oka Ichinosuke


Satoko Hara

Satoko Hara

Newscaster

Takao Misonoo

Takao Misonoo

Japanese baseball player

Tsutomu Hanahara

Tsutomu Hanahara

Olympic athlete

Yasuchika Hasegawa

Yasuchika Hasegawa

Businessman

Yoshimasa Nakahara

Yoshimasa Nakahara

Japanese military personnel

Asuka Ōzora

Asuka Ōzora


Iida Toshisuke

Iida Toshisuke

Military personnel

Naosuke Matsuki

Naosuke Matsuki

Japanese military personnel

Nobuko Fujii

Nobuko Fujii

Japanese tarento

Hiroyoshi Takano

Hiroyoshi Takano

Baseball player

Eiichiro Yamada

Eiichiro Yamada

Japanese football player

Chimaki Kawano

Chimaki Kawano


Yamagata Isaburō

Yamagata Isaburō

Japanese Politician

Katsuya Morinaga

Katsuya Morinaga

Japanese baseball player

Takanori Okamura

Takanori Okamura

Japanese baseball player