Sakamoto Ryōma
Sakamoto Ryōma was an Edo period samurai from Kōchi whose actions precipitated the end of the Shogunate and the Meiji Restoration.
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Sakamaki Kazuo
A mini submariner who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Ayano Tsukimi
Ayano Tsukimi makes the inspired scarecrows that populate Nagoro, the Village of Dolls in Tokushima.
Yanase Takashi
The creator of superhero Anpanman hailed from Kōchi.
Seki Yukio
The first kamikaze pilot to sink an enemy ship was from Saijō in Ehime.
Tsuruhime
Japan’s legendary female warrior was a priest of Ōyamazumi Shrine.
Kusumoto Ine
Japan’s first female doctor lived and worked in Unomachi in today’s Seiyo.