List of personalities from Sendai

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This list includes people who were born in the Japanese city of Sendai or who worked there for a long time.

A.

Hitoshi Abe (* 1962), architect
Kei Akagi (* 1953), jazz musician
Hirohiko Araki (* 1960), Mangaka
Suguru Awaji (* 1989), fencer

C.

George W. Casey Jr. (born 1948), General in the US Army
Kaito Chida (* 1994), football player

D.

Date Masamune (1567-1636), daimyo
Doi Bansui (1871–1952), poet and translator
Peter Tatsuo Doi (1892–1970), Archbishop

F.

Ai Fukuhara (* 1988), table tennis player
Ryōjirō Furusawa (1945-2011), jazz musician

G

Kenji Gotō (1967-2015), journalist

H

Yuzuru Hanyū (* 1994), figure skater
Tomokazu Harimoto (* 2003), table tennis player
Takumi Hashimoto (* 1989), soccer player
Januarius Kyūnosuke Hayasaka (1883–1959), bishop
Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874–1943), astronomer
Nobuto Hosaka (* 1955), politician

I.

Gō Ikeyamada (?), Mangaka
Imamura Hitoshi (1886–1968), General
Inoue Shigeyoshi (1889–1975), Admiral
Takashi Ishii (born 1946), director

K

Kambara Tai (1898–1997), poet and painter
Yasuyuki Konno (born 1983), football player
Shun Kumagai (born 1996), soccer player
Tokyo Kumagaï (1947–1987), fashion designer

M.

Yūkō Maki (1894–1989), mountaineer
Nariyuki Masuda (* 1983), racing cyclist
Keisuke Minegishi (* 1991), football player
Shinji Mori (* 1953), jazz musician

N

Mari Nakamoto (* 1947), jazz singer
Jun'ichi Nishizawa (1926-2018), engineer
Tetsuo Nozoe (1902-1996), chemist

O

Ai Otomo-Yamamoto (* 1982), volleyball player
Tsuyoshi Ōtsuki (* 1972), football player and coach

S.

Kazumi Saeki (born 1959), writer
Mitsuru Sakurai (* 1956), politician
Ken Sasaki (1943-1991), pianist
Raymond Augustin Chihiro Satō (1926–2002), bishop
Sayaka Satō (* 1991), badminton player
Sōmei Satō (born 1947), composer
Shiga Kiyoshi (1871–1957), doctor and bacteriologist
Aiko Shimajiri (* 1965), politician
Takuya Sugai (* 1991), soccer player
Yūichi Sugita (* 1988), tennis player
Ryūga Suzuki (born 1994), football player

T

Masamichi Takesaki (* 1933), mathematician
Kenta Tanno (* 1986), soccer player
Shōji Toshishige (1890–1974), major general

U

Katsuhiko Umehara (* 1954), politician
Kazutoki Umezu (* 1949), jazz musician