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Fukuchi Gen'ichirō was a Japanese critic and author, also known under the pseudonym Fukuchi Ōchi .

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David Stephen Mitchell is an English novelist and screenwriter.

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Chōgorō Kaionji was the pen-name of Tōsaku Suetomi , a Japanese author. Noted for his historical novels, he was active during the Shōwa period of Japan.

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Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and producer who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.

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Sanyutei Encho I April 1, 1839 – August 11, 1900 was a Japanese author and rakugo performer of the late Edo and early Meiji eras. Notable works include Japanese horror ("kaidan") classics: Kaidan botan dōrō (based on Botan Dōrō , and Shincho Kasane ga Fuchi.

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Yūne Sugihara , born Yasuhiro Sugihara , better known by his stage name Sugizo, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the lead guitarist and violinist of the rock band Luna Sea since 1989.

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Toru Takahashi is a Japanese computer network researcher and businessman. He is credited with contributing to the spread of the Internet into Japan and the rest of Asia in the 1990s and was a pivotal figure in the early commercial development of the Internet. For this reason, he is often called the "Father of the Internet" in Japan.