Kainan, Wakayama
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Kainan is a city located in northern Wakayama Prefecture. Kainan High School is here.
People born here[edit]
- Minoru Azuma, NPB pitcher
- Shunji Hatayama, NPB outfielder
- Yoshitaka Kihara, NPB pitcher
- Takumi Kurohara, NPB pitcher
- Isao Kyuki, NPB catcher and umpire
- Noboru Matsuba, NPB outfielder
- Masaki Minami, NPB pitcher
- Isoroku Nishi, NPB pitcher
- Mitsuo Nishi, NPB pitcher
- Shunji Nishi, NPB infielder
- Yoshimasa Oya, NPB pitcher
- Kohei Shimamoto, NPB outfielder
- Tomohiro Tsuchiya, NPB pitcher
- Keizo Tsutsui, NPB catcher
- Keitoku Yamashita, NPB outfielder
- Norihito Yamashita, NPB outfielder
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