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Hiromu Takahashi (高橋ヒロム)
Hiromu Takahashi (高橋ヒロム), born 1989, is a Japanese junior heavyweight wrestler, also known as Kamaitachi and The Time Bomb: record four-time Best of the Super Juniors winner, five-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion, who returned from a 2018 broken neck and left NJPW in February 2026.
Hironobu Sakaguchi (坂口博信)
Hironobu Sakaguchi (坂口博信), born 1962, Japanese game designer, creator of Final Fantasy (1987) at Square, later founder of Mistwalker (Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Fantasian, FANTASIAN Neo Dimension).
Hironoshin Furuhashi
Hironoshin Furuhashi (古橋廣之進, 1928–2009), the "Flying Fish of Fujiyama", Japanese freestyle swimmer who set 33 world records 1947–1950, was barred from the 1948 Olympics, and later led the Japanese Olympic Committee 1990–1999.
Hiroshi Negami
Hiroshi Negami (根上博, 1912-1980), Japanese freestyle swimmer from Rikkyo University; 1935 national 400 m record 4:45.2, 4x200 m relay world record 8:52.2, fifth in the 400 m freestyle at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, later Japan Swimming Federation president.
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki is the name of two Japanese Olympic athletes: a swimmer who won two silver medals at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, and a bobsledder at five Winter Games.
Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋 弘至)
Hiroshi Tanahashi (棚橋弘至), born 1976, Japanese pro wrestler, NJPW's "Ace," record eight IWGP Heavyweight title reigns, three G1 Climax wins, NJPW president from December 2023, retired January 4, 2026 against Okada.
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Hiroshi Yamauchi (山内 溥, 1927–2013), third president of Nintendo 1949–2002, great-grandson of founder Fusajiro Yamauchi; turned a hanafuda card firm into a video game giant via the Famicom/NES, bought the Seattle Mariners in 1992, and chose Satoru Iwata as successor.
Hiroya Saito
Hiroya Saito (斎藤浩哉, born 1970), Japanese ski jumper for Snow Brand; won team large hill gold at Nagano 1998, two individual World Cup wins, and three World Championship medals.
Hiroyasu Shimizu
Hiroyasu Shimizu (清水宏保), born 1974 in Obihiro, Japan, is a retired long-track speed skater, 1998 Nagano Olympic 500 m gold medalist and first Japanese Olympic champion in speed skating, with four 500 m world records and five world titles. Not the alpine skier or MMA fighters of the same surname.
Hiroyuki Noake
Hiroyuki Noake (野明 弘幸), Japanese speed skater born 1974 in Suwa, Nagano; set the 1500 m world record 1:50.61 in Calgary in 1996 and placed seventh in the 1500 m at the 1998 Nagano Olympics.
Hiroyuki Tomita
Hiroyuki Tomita (冨田 洋之, born 1980, Osaka) is a Japanese artistic gymnast, 2004 Olympic team gold medalist and 2005 world all-around champion, who also took parallel bars silver at Athens and team silver at Beijing 2008.
Hirving Lozano
Hirving "Chucky" Lozano, born 1995 in Mexico City, is a Mexican winger who scored the winner against Germany at the 2018 World Cup and played for Pachuca, PSV Eindhoven, Napoli, San Diego FC, and LA Galaxy.
Hisakichi Toyoda
Hisakichi Toyoda (豊田久吉, later Minejima, 1912–1976), Japanese freestyle swimmer; won 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold in the 4×200 m freestyle relay with a world record 8:58.4; distinct from inventor Sakichi Toyoda.
Hisashi Mizutori
Hisashi Mizutori (水鳥寿思) is a Japanese artistic gymnast who won team gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, then coached Japan's men to gold at Rio 2016 and Paris 2024.
Hisato Igarashi
Hisato Igarashi (五十嵐久人), born 1951 in Tochigi, Japan, is a former artistic gymnast who won gold in the men's team all-around at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, where Japan beat the Soviet Union by 0.40 points.
Hishi Akebono (ヒシアケボノ)
Hishi Akebono (ヒシアケボノ), American-bred Japanese Thoroughbred (1992, Woodman–Mysteries), won the 1995 Sprinters Stakes G1 and was JRA Best Sprinter & Miler; heaviest JRA G1 winner, later an Umamusume character.
Hishi Amazon
Hishi Amazon (ヒシアマゾン), 1991–2019, American-bred Japanese racehorse by Theatrical out of Katies; won the 1993 Hanshin Sansai Himba Stakes and 1994 Queen Elizabeth 2 Commemorative Cup, champion filly/mare 1993–1995, 10 wins from 20 starts.
Historic Monaco Grand Prix
The Historic Monaco Grand Prix, or Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, is a biennial meeting for historic racing cars on the Circuit de Monaco, held since 1997.
Historical European martial arts
Historical European martial arts (HEMA): reconstruction of extinct European swordsmanship and wrestling from 14th–17th century fencing manuals; revived by Alfred Hutton in the 1890s, systematic practice since the mid-1990s.
History of amateur baseball in the United States
The history of amateur baseball in the United States traces unpaid play since the 1850s, from middle-class social clubs through company and municipal leagues to today's college game.
History of American football
American football's history traces its evolution from a soccer-like game played in 1869 and Yale rule codification to its 1932 demonstration at the Los Angeles Games.
History of archery
History of archery: the bow's origins (Sibudu ~61.7 kya, Holmegaard), composite and longbow warfare, firearm displacement, and modern sport from FITA 1931 to LA28 compound debut.
History of association football
History of association football (soccer): codified in London in 1863 when the FA adopted Ebenezer Cobb Morley's 13 Laws; FA Cup and first England-Scotland international 1872, professionalism 1885, Football League 1888, FIFA 1904, first World Cup 1930.
History of baseball
History of baseball: the game's contested origins (Doubleday and Cartwright myths, rounders debate), the 1845 Knickerbocker rules and 1857 convention, rule evolution, the Deadball Era, 1947 integration, and the 2023 pitch-timer rules.
History of baseball in the United States
History of baseball in the United States: from 1840s children's game through the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, first openly professional team, leagues, Negro Leagues, integration, television, and modern rule changes.
History of basketball
History of basketball: invented by James Naismith in December 1891 at the Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA Training School with peach baskets, a soccer ball, and 13 rules; spread by the YMCA, standardized by FIBA in 1932, and reshaped by the 1954 shot clock and 1979 NBA three-point line.
History of chess
History of chess: the game's evolution from sixth-century Indian chaturanga through Persian shatranj and medieval Europe to modern rules, plus computer chess from Kaissa (1974) to Deep Blue and Stockfish.
History of cricket
History of cricket: bat-and-ball sport originating in late-16th-century England; codified by MCC (1787-88), first international 1844 USA v Canada, first Tests 1877, World Cups from 1973/1975, Twenty20 era from 2003.
History of cricket competitions
The history of cricket competitions spans the 1909 Imperial Cricket Conference, the first one-day international in 1971, the 1975 World Cup, and the rise of T20 franchise leagues like the IPL.
History of Formula One
History of Formula One: the FIA Formula One World Championship, founded 1950 at Silverstone with Giuseppe Farina as first champion; traces regulation eras from ground effect and turbos to the 2014 hybrid and 2026 sustainable-fuel rules, safety reform after Imola 1994, and commercial growth under Liberty Media.