Gifu, Gifu

Gifu is the capital of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, located 20 miles northwest of Nagoya, Aichi.

Persons who were born here

• Takahiro Aoki, NPB pitcher
• Toshio Ito, NPB outfielder
• Shinji Iwata, NPB pitcher
• Ryuta Kadoya, NPB pitcher
• Masakazu Kato, NPB infielder
• Yasuhiko Kawai, NPB catcher
• Toyo Kumada, Japanese national team infielder
• Toshimichi Kunieda, NPB infielder
• Haruki Kurose, NPB infielder
• Hiroshi Nakahara, NPB pitcher and manager
• Naoki Sogabe, NPB outfielder
• Junpei Takahashi, NPB pitcher
• Daiki Tomei, NPB pitcher
• Kazuhiro Wada, NPB outfielder
• Takashi Yamada, NPB pitcher

Persons who died here

• Toshio Ito, NPB outfielder
• Toshimichi Kunieda, NPB infielder
• Fumio Narita, NPB pitcher
• Morimichi Takagi, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

Educational institutions located here

• Gifu Commercial & Business High School
• Gifu High School
• Gifu Higashi High School
• Gifu Johoku High School
• Gifu Municipal Gifu Commercial High School
• Gifu Shotoku Gakuen High School
• Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University
• Gifu Sogo Gakuen High School
• Gifu University
• Hashima Kita High School
• Tomita High School