| Name | |
|---|---|
| Administrative division | Wakayama |
| Country | Japan |
People born here (20) |
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| Kazuya Deguchi |  JPN |
WRE | Olympics | 1988 | 12 July 1966 | |
| Maki Haneta | JPN |
FBL | Olympics | 1996 | 30 September 1972 | |
| Masatoshi Hazama | JPN |
SAL | Olympics | 1996 | 6 January 1963 | |
| Kenjiro Hiraki | JPN |
WRE | Olympics | 1964—1968 | 17 February 1940 | |
| Yoshitaka Kihara | JPN |
BBL | Non-Medal | 1964 | 12 July 1942 | |
| Tadahiro Kosaka | JPN |
ATH | Olympics | 1988—1996 | 10 February 1960 | |
| Takayoshi Matsushita | JPN |
ARC | Olympics | 1984—2000 | 30 January 1953 | |
| Fumiharu Miyamoto | JPN |
CTR | Olympics | 1988 | 31 March 1969 | |
| Masami Nakabo | JPN |
SWM | Olympics | 1960 | 11 May 1941 | |
| Saburo Nakao | JPN |
WRE | Olympics | 1956 | 1936 | |
| Shigeki Nishiguchi | JPN |
WRE | Olympics | 1988—1992 | 2 July 1965 | |
| Takuya Ota | JPN |
WRE | Olympics | 1996 | 2 January 1970 | |
| Miwako Shimada | JPN |
FEN | Olympics | 2000 | 4 October 1972 | |
| Hiroshi Shimomura | JPN |
Administrator | 1936—1945 | 11 May 1875 | ||
| Kozo Shoda | JPN |
BBL | Non-Medal | 1984 | 2 January 1962 | |
| Koji Sotomura | JPN |
GAR | Olympics | 1984 | 23 January 1958 | |
| Yoshiko Takamatsu | JPN |
SWM | Olympics | 1960 | 16 April 1938 | |
| Noboru Ueno | JPN |
ATH | Olympics | 1936 | 8 January 1917 | |
| Kunihiko Yokoyama | JPN |
BKB | Olympics | 1972 | 17 March 1947 | |
| Minoru Yoshimura | JPN |
HOC | Olympics/Non-starter | 1964—1968 | 1 January 1945 | |
