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Hokkaido


1993 7.8 earthquake hits Hokkaido Japan, 160 killed

1955 Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable

1948 Mamoru Mohri, Yoichi-machi Hokkaido Japan, astronaut, STS-47


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