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One goes to Atsugi to see the American war machine at work or see where one of Japan's leading pop singers was born. Born in Kanagawa just south of Tokyo in 1966, Koizumi Kyoko participated in and won the Staa Tanjo! ('A Star Is Born') television talent program in 1981 and subsequently released her first single in March of 1982. She shaved her hair at age 17 in 1984 in order to portray a different image than the other pop idols and defy her agent at Burning Production. She landed a number 1 hit in the Japanese charts in 1984 and quickly became a Japanese idol at age eighteen. She appeared on the annual New Year's Eve variety show Kohaku Uta Gassen in 1984. She ruled the Japanese charts for the next ten years. She introduced the JD Salinger novel Catcher In The Rye on the radio, which made the novel better-known in Japan. Ironically, she later admitted to having not read the book at the time. She also had her own radio show. She married character actor Nagase Masatoshi in 1995 and divorced in 2004. They had met at the magazine AnAn where she was a staff photographer. Kyoko shifted her focus to acting and was in films like Onmyoji in 2001, Tokyo Tower and the superlative Tenten both in 2007 and Tokyo Sonata in 2008 among others. She returned to the small screen to work with Kurosawa Kiyoshi of Tokyo Sonata on the Penance serial in 2012. She participated in the Yell From Nippon charity group to buy soccer balls for Eritrean children in 2006. She was romantically connected to Kazuya Kamenashi of the group KAT-TUN, who was half her age, in 2006. Koizumi and her two-decade long friends of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra performed a cover version of Makana Tayou ('Red Sun') by Misora Hibari in 2011. She won the award for Best Actress at the 66th Mainichi Film Awards for Mainichi Kaasan. She was back in the top ten of the Japanese charts when Shiosai No Memori ('Memories By The Waterside') from the NHK serial Amachan, in which she also acted, in 2013. She was dating actor Toyohara Kosuke, who was still married but separated, as of 2015. Like all celebrities she has pushed products like Shiseido, Lotte, JR, Suzuki and Kirin beer. She is self-managed.- Azusa Nakao was born on 7 July 1972 in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is an actress, known for Now and Then, Here and There (1999), Kodocha (1996) and Rurouni Kenshin (1996).
- Kanagawa Prefecture in Central Japan on the Pacific Ocean coast is known for neighbouring the said ocean, Tokyo and Mount Fuji and being the base for several US military occupation bases. Kumai Yurina was born here in Atsugi on August 3rd, 1993. She became active in the entertainment business at the young age of nine and joined Hello! Project in 2002 after passing the Hello! Project Kids' audition. Hello! Project is an omnibus name for a collection of mainstream pop music acts. She moved to Berryz Kobo Idol band in 2004 and remained with them until dissolution in 2015. While there she also performed for the Anime-related Guardians 4 and Morning Musume sub-group Tanpopo#. She became the latter's leader in 2010, which was a year after joining. She intermittently acted on the small and big screens starting with Koinu Dan No Monogatari in 2002. She moved into modelling in 2015 aided by her leggy frame as she is 180cms tall. Yurina has two younger brothers, several photo books and loves dogs.
- Nami Ichinohe was born on 13 October 1981 in Atsugi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), Dollhouse (2004) and Love Complex (2000).
- Fujimaru Suzuki was born on 28 March 1988 in Atsugi, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000), Manatsu no Merry Christmas (2000) and Hôjô Tokimune (2001).
- Junya Ishigami was born on 10 April 1974 in Atsugi, Japan.
- Hotaka Yamashita was born on 27 August 1982 in Atsugi, Japan.
- Japanese snowboarder Takeru Otsuka has been putting in some big performances in slopestyle & big air competitions all over the world.
His snowboarding prowess has gone from strength to strength while training alongside the likes of 2018 slopestyle gold medalist Red Gerard in the American snow haven of Breckenridge, Colorado.
His first big result came in 2017 when he became the Japanese big air national champ. Since then, he's notched up some impressive World Cup results, including first place in China & Italy. In 2018, he won 2FIS Snowboard World Cups in his first season outside of the junior competition. The following year, he won at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado. - Nowaki Fukamidori was born on 6 October 1983 in Atsugi, Japan.
- Teruyuki Moniwa was born on 8 September 1981 in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan.