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Hezly Rivera
Hezly Rivera (born 2008) is an American artistic gymnast, 2024 Olympic team gold medalist at Paris and the youngest athlete on Team USA there, and 2025 and 2026 U.S. all-around champion training at WOGA under Valeri Liukin.
Hi Score Girl (ハイスコアガール)
Hi Score Girl (ハイスコアガール) is Rensuke Oshikiri's Square Enix manga (2010-2018, 10 volumes) about 1990s arcade gaming, suspended by an SNK Playmore copyright suit (2014-2015) and adapted into a Netflix anime by J.C. Staff.
Hi-Fi Rush
Hi-Fi Rush is a rhythm action game by Tango Gameworks, shadow-dropped January 25, 2023 on Xbox Series X|S and PC. Protagonist Chai battles Vandelay Technologies, timing attacks to a rock soundtrack; Metacritic 87; studio later acquired by Krafton in 2024.
Hi-Rez Studios
Hi-Rez Studios: independent game developer and publisher founded 2005 by Erez Goren and Todd Harris in Alpharetta, Georgia; maker of Smite, Paladins, Rogue Company, and Smite 2 (Unreal Engine 5), restructured as Hi-Rez Ventures with repeated layoffs since 2023.
Hibernian F.C.
Hibernian F.C. (Hibs), Edinburgh football club founded 6 August 1875 by the city's Irish community; plays at Easter Road, Leith. Four league titles, three Scottish Cups, first British club in the European Cup, 2016 cup win after 114 years.
Hicham El Guerrouj (هشام الكروج)
Hicham El Guerrouj (هشام الكروج), Moroccan middle-distance runner born 1974, held the 1500m (3:26.00) and mile (3:43.13) world records and won 1500m/5000m double gold at Athens 2004.
Hidalgo (film)
Hidalgo (2004) is a Touchstone adventure film directed by Joe Johnston, starring Viggo Mortensen as Frank T. Hopkins, who rides his mustang in the 3,000-mile Ocean of Fire race across Arabia; its true-story claims were disputed.
Hidayət Heydərov
Hidayət Heydərov (Hidayat Heydarov), Azerbaijani judoka born 1997, Olympic champion Paris 2024 at -73 kg, world champion 2024, four-time European champion, famed for kata-guruma and golden-score final win over Gaba.
Hidden Agenda (2017 video game)
Hidden Agenda (JP: Shikeishikkou Made 48 Jikan) is a 2017 Supermassive Games PlayLink crime thriller for PS4, where 1-6 players vote on choices via smartphone app to hunt the Trapper killer.
Hidden Valley
Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin NT Australia; permanent 2.87 km anti-clockwise road circuit with 1.1 km main straight; drag strip 1985, circuit 1986; Supercars Darwin Triple Crown host since 1998 and Indigenous Round venue since 2022.
Hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek, a children's pursuit game also called Sardines in one variant, has a seeker count and then find hidden players. Traced to ancient Greek Apodidraskinda and Shakespeare's Hamlet; playable successfully by most 4-year-olds.
Hideaki Tomiyama
Hideaki Tomiyama (富山英明), born 1957, Japanese freestyle wrestler; 1984 Los Angeles Olympic bantamweight (57 kg) gold medalist, two-time world champion (1978, 1979), later Japan Wrestling Federation president and UWW Hall of Fame inductee (2008).
Hideaki Yanagida
Hideaki Yanagida (柳田英明), born 1947 in Akita, Japanese freestyle wrestler; 1972 Munich Olympic gold at bantamweight ≤57 kg, 1970 and 1971 world champion, 1970 Bangkok Asian Games gold; retired internationally after 1972.
Hidehiko Yoshida
Hidehiko Yoshida (吉田秀彦), Japanese judoka born 1969 in Obu, Aichi; 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist at -78 kg, 1999 world champion at -90 kg, later a PRIDE mixed martial artist.
Hideki Kamiya (神谷英樹)
Hideki Kamiya (神谷英樹), Japanese game director of Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Okami, Bayonetta, and The Wonderful 101; PlatinumGames co-founder who left in October 2023 and now leads CLOVERS, directing an Okami sequel with Capcom.
Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜)
Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜), nicknamed Godzilla, Japanese outfielder born 1974; three-time Central League MVP with Yomiuri Giants, then Yankees 2003-09, 2009 World Series MVP, 507 combined NPB-MLB home runs, Japanese Hall of Fame 2018.
Hideki Matsuyama (松山英樹)
Hideki Matsuyama (松山英樹), born 1992 in Ehime, Japan, is a professional golfer, 2021 Masters champion and Japan's first male major winner, with 11 PGA Tour wins and 8 Japan Golf Tour titles.
Hideko Maehata
Hideko Maehata, later Hideko Hyodo (1914–1995), was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer who took 200 m breaststroke silver at the 1932 Olympics and gold at Berlin 1936, becoming Japan's first female Olympic champion.
Hideo Kojima (小島秀夫)
Hideo Kojima (小島秀夫), Japanese game designer and founder of Kojima Productions; created Metal Gear (1987) and Death Stranding (2019); left Konami in 2015; current projects OD and PHYSINT, now published by Xbox.
Hideo Nomo (野茂英雄)
Hideo Nomo (野茂英雄, born 1968) is a retired Japanese baseball pitcher who in 1995 opened the way from Nippon Professional Baseball to the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB.
Hidetaka Miyazaki (宮崎英高)
Hidetaka Miyazaki (宮崎英高), Japanese game director and FromSoftware president since 2014; directed Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and the 25-million-selling Elden Ring; known for high difficulty and indirect storytelling.
Hideto Asamura
Hideto Asamura is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball, known for his Pacific League record 1,346-game consecutive streak.
Hidetoshi Nakata (中田英寿)
Hidetoshi Nakata (中田英寿), born 1977 in Yamanashi, Japanese attacking midfielder; Serie A star with Perugia, Roma (2001 Scudetto), Parma (2002 Coppa Italia), Bologna, Fiorentina, Bolton; three World Cups; retired 2006; later sake entrepreneur.
Hidilyn Diaz
Hidilyn Diaz (Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo), born 1991 in Zamboanga City, is a Filipino weightlifter who won the Philippines' first Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 in the women's 55kg (224 kg total), after Rio 2016 silver, and now runs weightlifting academies.
Hifumi Abe
Hifumi Abe (阿部一二三, born 1997, Kobe) is a Japanese judoka, men's 66 kg. Double Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), five-time world champion, known for sode-tsuri-komi-goshi and brother of Uta Abe.
High 5 Surfschool
High 5 Surfschool (Surfschool High5) is a surf and IKO-listed kitesurf school at Paal 6, Julianadorp aan Zee, Netherlands, open April to October, max 8 students per instructor; distinct from High 5 Surf of Milwaukee.
High card by suit
High card by suit: poker procedure where players draw cards and the highest card, ties broken by suit order spades-hearts-diamonds-clubs, decides the button, seats, first bettor in stud, or an odd chip; never used at showdown.
High diving
High diving: acrobatic dives from 20 m (women) or 27 m (men) platforms or cliffs, feet-first entry, governed by World Aquatics; a World Championships discipline since 2013, not yet Olympic.
High jump
High jump: Olympic track and field event; athletes take off from one foot over a 4.00m bar. Techniques evolved from scissors and straddle to the Fosbury flop, standard since Dick Fosbury's 2.24m 1968 gold.
High jump at the Olympics
Olympic high jump: men's event since 1896, women's since 1928. Fosbury Flop won 1968 gold at 2.24 m; world records 2.45 m (men) and 2.10 m (Mahuchikh); Tokyo 2021 shared gold Barshim–Tamberi; Paris 2024 champion Hamish Kerr.