Japan
- Osamu Watanabe – 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist and freestyle wrestling's only Olympic gold medalist to retire undefeated in competition
- Kaori Icho – 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
- Kenji Inoue – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Chikara Tanabe – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
- Kyoko Hamaguchi – 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist
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“I do not know that the United States can save civilization but at least by our example we can make people think and give them the opportunity of saving themselves. The trouble is that the people of Germany, Italy and Japan are not given the privilege of thinking.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)