Sportspeople from Kyoto

The list Sportspeople from Kyoto includes Satoko Miyahara, Yukina Ota, Kimiko Date Krumm, Ken Yasuda and Fumiaki Tanaka. The list consists of 133 members and 4 sublists.

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Kyoto

City in Kansai, Japan

Association football people from Kyoto
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Baseball people from Kyoto
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Figure skaters from Kyoto
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Rugby union players from Kyoto
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Satoko Miyahara

Japanese figure skater

Overview: Satoko Miyahara (宮原知子, Miyahara Satoko, born March 26, 1998) is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2015 World silver medalist, the 2018 World bronze medalist, the 2016 Four Continents champion ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1998

Age: 27

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Skating

Gender: Female

Height: 4' 8" (142 cm)

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Season-end world number one figure skaters 56T

Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics 153T

Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists 177T
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Kimiko Date Krumm

Tennis player

Overview: Kimiko Date (伊達公子, Date Kimiko, born 28 September 1970) is a Japanese former top-five professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 ...

Date of birth: 28 September 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Tennis

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games 1,037T

Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games 1,847T

Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 902T
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Ken Yasuda

Japanese, Bodybuilder

Overview: Ken Yasuda (also known as Japan's Arnold Schwarzenegger) (born May 2, 1971 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional bodybuilder. He was formerly a mixed martial arts head coach for the Tokyo Sabres ...

Date of birth: 2 May 1971

Date of death: 6 August 2023

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Bodybuilder

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Japanese male bodybuilders 9T

2023 deaths 10,578T

Baseball people from Kyoto 18T
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Kotoe Inoue

Japanese volleyball player

Overview: Kotoe Inoue (井上琴絵 Inoue Kotoe, born February 15, 1990) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

Date of birth: 15 February 1990

Age: 35

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Volleyball

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Romania 8T

Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games 141T

Japanese women's volleyball players 237T
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Yukina Ota

Figure skater

Overview: Yukina Ōta (太田由希奈, Ōta Yukina, born November 26, 1986 in Kyoto) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2003 World Junior champion and the 2004 Four Continents champion. She announced her retirement from ...

Date of birth: 26 November 1986

Age: 38

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Skating

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships medalists 177T

World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists 499T

People from Kyoto 303T
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An Chang-rim

South Korean judoka

Overview: An Chang-rim (Hangul: 안창림; Japanese: 安昌林 (An Chanrimu); born 2 March 1994 in Kyoto) is a South Korean judoka.

Date of birth: 2 March 1994

Age: 31

Nationality: South Korean

Occupation: Martial Arts

Gender: Male

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Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade 492T

Universiade gold medalists for South Korea 187T

Judoka at the 2018 Asian Games 89T
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Akiko Omae

Japanese tennis player

Overview: Akiko Omae (大前綾希子, Ōmae Akiko, born 29 January 1993) is a Japanese tennis player.

Date of birth: 29 January 1993

Age: 32

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Tennis

Gender: Female

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People from Kyoto 303T

Sportspeople from Shiga Prefecture 34T

Japanese female tennis players 107T
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Akari Oumi

Japanese volleyball player

Overview: Akari Oumi (近江あかり, Oumi Akari, born 10 November 1989) is a Japanese volleyball player who retired from the NEC Red Rockets after the 2016-2017 season. She also played for Japan women's national volleyball ...

Date of birth: 10 November 1989

Age: 35

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Volleyball

Gender: Female

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Japanese women's volleyball players 237T

Tokai University alumni 147T

Women's volleyball players 2,087T
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Fumiaki Tanaka

Rugby player

Overview: Fumiaki Tanaka (田中史朗, born 3 January 1985 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union footballer. He plays as a scrum-half for Japan on international level and for the Panasonic Wild Knights and the ...

Date of birth: 15 January 1985

Age: 40

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Rugby Union

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Japanese expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand 7T

Super Rugby players 928T

Panasonic Wild Knights players 57T
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Hisanori Takada

Footballer

Overview: Hisanori Takada (高田寿典, Takada Hisanori, 30 May 1981 – 17 March 2022) was a former Japanese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Date of birth: 30 May 1981

Date of death: 17 March 2022

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Football

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Ireland 3T

Japanese expatriate sportspeople in England 24T

Japanese expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom 3T
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Ai Ueda

Japanese triathlete

Overview: Ai Ueda (Japanese: 上田藍, born 26 October 1983 in Kyoto) is a Japanese triathlete. She is the winner of the 2005 and 2008 Asian Triathlon Championship and the winner of the 2013 ITU Duathlon World Champ ...

Date of birth: 26 October 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Triathlete

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 1" (155 cm)

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Competitors at the 2013 World Games 199T

Japanese female triathletes 10T

Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics 109T
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Kanako Omura

Japanese volleyball player

Overview: Kanako Omura (大村加奈子, Ōmura Kanako, born December 15, 1976, in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto) is a volleyball player from Japan.

Date of birth: 15 December 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Volleyball

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Japanese women's volleyball players 237T

People from Kyoto 303T

Olympic volleyball players of Japan 180T
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Ryoko Kizaki

Japanese marathon runner

Overview: Ryoko Kizaki (Japanese: 木崎良子; born 21 June 1985) is a Japanese long-distance runner who competes in marathon and half marathon races. She won the 2011 Yokohama Women's Marathon in a personal best time ...

Date of birth: 21 June 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Track and Field

Gender: Female

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Bukkyo University alumni 6T

Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 354T

Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade 346T
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Manabu Nakanishi

Japanese professional wrestler

Overview: Manabu Nakanishi (中西学, Nakanishi Manabu, born January 22, 1967) is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler, who was primarily associated with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) ...

Date of birth: 22 January 1967

Age: 58

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Wrestling

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Asian Wrestling Championships medalists 218T

IWGP Heavyweight champions 30T

The Stud Stable members 13T
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Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Japanese professional wrestler

Overview: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (山本広吉, Yamamoto Hiroyoshi, born March 23, 1971) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and is better known by his ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan ...

Date of birth: 23 March 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Wrestling

Gender: Male

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IWGP Heavyweight champions 30T

NWA World Heavyweight Champions 55T

The New World Order (professional wrestling) members 46T
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Hideki Okajima

Japanese professional baseball pitcher

Overview: Hideki Okajima (岡島秀樹, Okajima Hideki, born December 25, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. Okajima pitched for the Yomiuri Giants, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Fukuoka SoftBank ...

Date of birth: 25 December 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Baseball

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Baseball people from Kyoto 18T

Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States 111T

Yokohama DeNA BayStars players 151T
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Tomo Ohka

Baseball player

Overview: Tomokazu Ohka (大家友和, Ōka Tomokazu, ) (born March 18, 1976) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Boston Red Sox (1999–2001), Montreal Expos (2001–2004), Wa ...

Date of birth: 18 March 1976

Age: 49

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Baseball

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Baseball people from Kyoto 18T

Japanese expatriate baseball players in Canada 11T

Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States 111T
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Koichi Nishimura

Japanese volleyball player

Overview: Koichi "Nishi" Nishimura (born 30 June 1973 in Kyoto, Japan) is a beach volleyball player from Japan. Nishimura began his career as an indoor volleyball player and played Libero for the Japanese National ...

Date of birth: 30 June 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Beach Volleyball

Gender: Male

Partner: Kaoru Sugayama (Married)

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Japanese men's volleyball players 111T

Asian Games competitors for Japan 665T

Beach volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games 20T
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Takuya Kitade

Japanese rugby union player

Overview: Takuya Kitade (北出拓也, Kitade Takuya, born 14 September 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Hooker. He currently plays for Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Suntory Sungoliath in Japan's domestic ...

Date of birth: 14 September 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Rugby Union

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Miyuki Matsuhisa

Japanese artistic gymnast

Overview: Miyuki Matsuhisa-Hironaka (松久-広中ミユキ, born August 15, 1945) is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. She had her best results in 1968, when her team ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Gymnastics

Gender: Female

Height: 4' 11" (150 cm)

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Japanese female artistic gymnasts 69T

Gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics 219T

Olympic gymnasts of Japan 164T