Saga Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. Saga Prefecture has a population of roughly 800 thousand and has a geographic area of 2,439 km2. Saga Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the northeast and Nagasaki Prefecture to the southwest.
Nabeshima Naoshige was a warlord of the Sengoku and early Edo periods and progenitor of the Nabeshima lords of the Saga Domain. Naoshige was the second son of Nabeshima Kiyofusa. His mother was the daughter of Ryūzōji Iesumi. He was a vassal of the Ryūzōji clan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.
Takanobu Komiyama is a former Japanese football player who last played for J2 League team Yokohama FC.
Shusaku Nishikawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Urawa Red Diamonds.
Ryūzōji clan was a Japanese kin group which traces its origin to Hizen Province on the island of Kyushu.
Kaito Yamamoto is a Japanese football player who plays for Fukushima United FC.
Marcos Daniel Mata is an Argentine professional basketball player. He is a small forward, but he can also play at the shooting guard position. He plays professionally for Boca Juniors, and has also been a member of the senior men's Argentine national basketball team.
Haruki Nishikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Perry Michael Ellis is an American professional basketball player for Fukui Blowinds of the Japanese B.League. Ellis played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks. Playing for coach Bill Self, Ellis averaged 12.5 points and 5.8 rebounds over 144 college games, leading the Jayhawks to an 116–30 record that included 4 trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a trip to the Elite Eight during the 2015–2016 season.
Chase Fieler is an American basketball player for the Saga Ballooners of the Japanese B.League. Fieler usually plays at the power forward position.
Rintaro Tokunaga is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Saga Ballooners of the B.League in Japan. He torn his left knee ACL on April 15, 2018. His nickname is "Rinrin".
Jahmar Thorpe is an American professional basketball player for the Kanazawa Samuraiz in Japan.
Miyohime (美代姫) or Enkyū Myōgetsu (圓久妙月) was a Japanese Onna-musha from the late-Sengoku period. She was a retainer of Ryūzōji clan. After her husband and Ryūzōji Takanobu were slain in the Battle of Okitanawate, she became the head of 'Kamafunatsu castle' and 'Hyakutake clan'.
The Saga Ballooners is a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League.
Jun Nishikawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for J2 League club Sagan Tosu, on loan from Cerezo Osaka.
Avi Koki Schafer is a Japanese professional basketball player for SeaHorses Mikawa of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Schafer has been a member of the Japan national basketball team.
Riku Saga is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club Fagiano Okayama.
Manaya Nishikawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Koya Kawamata is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Nagasaki Velca of the B.League.
