Yoshinobu Takahashi
Yoshinobu Takahashi( 高橋 由伸, born April 3, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager.
He spent his entire playing career with the Yomiuri Giants and served as the team's manager for three seasons.
He graduated from Keio University.
A superb contact hitter, he is also known for his exemplary defensive play.
He won the Golden Glove award in six consecutive years between 1998 and 2003.
Despite his brilliant records, Takahashi has injured himself numerous times over the years going after fly balls.
The injuries primarily resulted from his play style, in which he does not give up on fly balls until they hit the ground.
His first injury was on September 14, 1999, at a Chunichi Dragons game, where he jumped diagonally against the outfield fence, causing a fractured shoulder bone.
He was selected to be part of the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and contributed to the team's bronze medal.
Takahashi served as the Giants' manager from 2016 to 2018.
He will remain with the Giants as a special adviser.
Ray Takahashi
Hugh Raymond Takahashi( born August 7, 1958) is a wrestler, judoka, coach, lecturer, and author who represented Canada in wrestling at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games, the 1982 and 1983 Wrestling World Championships, the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games, and the 1983 Pan-American Games.
Takahashi won gold in the Flyweight division at the Commonwealth Games, and placed fourth at his second Olympic Games.
He holds 16 Canadian national wrestling titles and was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1991.
He is also ranked" san- dan"( third- degree black belt) in the Japanese martial art Judo, the son of noted Canadian judoka Masao Takahashi and June Takahashi, and the brother of fellow Olympian Phil Takahashi and Olympic coach Tina Takahashi.
Takahashi is currently a Lecturer in Kinesiology and the head coach of the men's and women's wrestling teams at the University of Western Ontario.
In 2005 he co-authored a book titled" Mastering Judo" with his parents and three siblings, and is credited with researching and writing the first draft of the book.
Ray Takahashi
Hugh Raymond Takahashi( born August 7, 1958) is a wrestler, judoka, coach, lecturer, and author who represented Canada in wrestling at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games, the 1982 and 1983 Wrestling World Championships, the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games, and the 1983 Pan-American Games.
Takahashi won gold in the Flyweight division at the Commonwealth Games, and placed fourth at his second Olympic Games.
He holds 16 Canadian national wrestling titles and was inducted into the Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1991.
He is also ranked" san- dan"( third- degree black belt) in the Japanese martial art Judo, the son of noted Canadian judoka Masao Takahashi and June Takahashi, and the brother of fellow Olympian Phil Takahashi and Olympic coach Tina Takahashi.
Takahashi is currently a Lecturer in Kinesiology and the head coach of the men's and women's wrestling teams at the University of Western Ontario.
In 2005 he co-authored a book titled" Mastering Judo" with his parents and three siblings, and is credited with researching and writing the first draft of the book.
Godwin Davy
Godwin Davy( born 15 December 1979) is an Anguillan international footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.
He made his international debut in a World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador, resulting in a lopsided match, losing 12- 0 in February 2008, and also played in the 4 – 0 loss to the same country in the return match in March 2008.
Tina Takahashi
Tina Takahashi is a judoka, coach, and author who won Canada's first ever gold medal in international Judo at the World University Games in 1984, and was Canada's first women's Olympic Judo coach in 1988, coaching Canada's first women's Judo Olympian Sandra Greaves.
She was the first Canadian woman to achieve the rank of" roku- dan"( sixth- degree black belt), and the first women's Sport Canada carded athlete.
Takahashi was Canadian champion 9 times, has taught Judo for more than 30 years, and was inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame in 1998.
Also in 2016 she was inducted into the Ottawa sports hall of fame.
In 2008, she was named as Chair of the National Grading Board by Judo Canada.
Takahashi is the daughter of Canadian judoka Masao Takahashi and June Takahashi, and the sister of Olympians Phil Takahashi and Ray Takahashi.
In 2005, she co-authored a book titled" Mastering Judo" with her parents and three siblings.
Haruo Okada
Haruo Okada( June 14, 1914 – November 6, 1991) was a Japanese politician.
He was a member of the Socialist Party of Japan.
He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan for the multi-member constituency Hokkaido's 4th district.
He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun.
He served alongside Seiichi Ikehata, Tatsuo Takahashi and Shōichi Watanabe.
Hirokazu Ibata
Hirokazu Ibata( Japanese: 井端 弘和, born May 12, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was a Japanese professional baseball player in the Nippon Professional Baseball( NPB).
He played second base for the Yomiuri Giants and short stop for the Chunichi Dragons but is able to play at other positions.
After retiring at the end of the 2015 season, Ibata took up new Giants' manager, Yoshinobu Takahashi's invitation to join his coaching staff.
Willem Brakman
Willem Pieter Jacobus Brakman( 1922 – 2008) was a Dutch writer who made his literary debut with the novel" Een winterreis" in 1961.
Brakman received the P. C. Hooft Award in 1980.
He was born on June 13th, 1922 in The Hague, Netherlands, and died on May 8th, 2008 in the same country.
Sten Samuelson
Sten Samuelson( born 30 April 1926 in Ängelholm, Skåne County, Sweden- died 4 July 2002 in Montreux, Switzerland) was a Swedish architect.
Tina Takahashi
Tina Takahashi is a judoka, coach, and author who won Canada's first ever gold medal in international Judo at the World University Games in 1984, and was Canada's first women's Olympic Judo coach in 1988, coaching Canada's first women's Judo Olympian Sandra Greaves.
She was the first Canadian woman to achieve the rank of" roku- dan"( sixth- degree black belt), and the first women's Sport Canada carded athlete.
Takahashi was Canadian champion 9 times, has taught Judo for more than 30 years, and was inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame in 1998.
Also in 2016 she was inducted into the Ottawa sports hall of fame.
In 2008, she was named as Chair of the National Grading Board by Judo Canada.
Takahashi is the daughter of Canadian judoka Masao Takahashi and June Takahashi, and the sister of Olympians Phil Takahashi and Ray Takahashi.
In 2005, she co-authored a book titled" Mastering Judo" with her parents and three siblings.

Question: Are Yoshinobu Takahashi and Sten Samuelson both from the same country?
Answer: no