| Description | Athlete | Sex |
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| A Nordic combined skier. He won gold medals in the Nordic combined team events at the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics. Four-time world champion. | |
| A ski jumper. In 1998 in Nagano he won two golds - one individual and one in a team. In the same year he won Four Hills Tournament as first Japanese. | |
| A rally driver. His most notable achievement was his wins in the Dakar Rally in 2002 and 2003, only the fourth driver in the event's history to win in consecutive years. | |
| A hammer thrower. He has been in world elite since 2001 World Championships, where he won silver medal. He was 2004 Olympic champion. In 2011, he was crowned world champion. | |
| A ski jumper. He holds a record for most performances in World Cup. In 1992 he won his only world championship (in ski flying). He also had numerous medals in world championships. | |
| A swimmer, multiple Olympic gold medalist breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals for 100m and 200m breaststroke at Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics. | |
| A football midfielder with 120 caps in national team. She is also a member of the Japan's national team that won the 2011 World Cup. In 2012 she grabbed silver medal at Olympics. | |
| A baseball player. Since 2001 he's been playing in MLB. He is a ten-time All-Star and won the 2007 All-Star Game MVP Award. | |
| A former ski jumper. He was one of the most successful ski jumpers of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. He won gold medal at Olympics 1972 in Sapporo. | |
| A retired footballer, midfielder. He played for Japan in 3 FIFA World Cups (1998, 2002, 2006) and twice in Olympics. In 2001 he grabbed Serie A championship with AS Roma. | |
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