Wakayama Prefecture
From BR Bullpen
Wakayama Prefecture is located on the island of Honshu. The capital city is Wakayama.
For other settlements, see Category:Settlements in Wakayama.
People born here (unspecified locations)[edit]
- Keiji Ikebe, Japanese national team outfielder
- Yuki Inoue, Japanese national team catcher
- Takashi Iwamoto, minor league pitcher
- Tsutomu Kimura, NPB outfielder
- Yasuhisa Kubo, Japanese national team pitcher
- Shotaro Ogawa, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Kazuo Sayama, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
- Seiichi Shima, Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer
- Yoshifumi Shimamoto, NPB catcher
- Tsuruo Suzuki, NPB pitcher
- Go Taniguchi, Japanese national team infielder
- Genbei Tsuji, NPB utility man
- Yukihiko Wada, Japanese national team pitcher
- Koichi Yamashita, NPB outfielder
- Kamekazu Yasui, NPB infielder
- Hiroshi Yoshida, NPB catcher
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