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Matsushita Konosuke (Japanese: Matsushita Konosuke/I prayed , Romanized: Matsushita Kōnosuke (November 27, 1894 - April 27, 1989) was born in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. He was a Japanese entrepreneur spanning the Meiji, Taisho, Showa and Heisei generations. He was the founder of Matsushita Electric, Matsushita School of Political Science and Economics, and PHP Research Institute. He was known as the "God of Management" in Japan.

Matsushita Shoharu (September 17, 1912 - July 16, 2012) was a Japanese industrialist who once served as the president of Matsushita Electric and was the mother-in-law of the founder Konosuke Matsushita. Born in Tokyo Prefecture (now Tokyo).

Matsuoka Toshikatsu (February 25, 1945 - May 28, 2007), Japanese politician.

Song Taijia (1974-), a Tibetan from Tongde, Qinghai, graduated from Qinghai Normal University and Beijing Film Academy, director, screenwriter, photographer, and artist.

Matsumoto Takeaki (Japanese: Matsumoto Takeaki/Matsumoto Takeaki, Romanized: Matsumoto Takeaki, April 25, 1959 - July 27, 2026), Japanese politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives (9 terms), Minister of General Affairs, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Matsu Takako (Japanese: Takako Matsu／pine tree Takako, Romanized: Matsu Takako, June 10, 1977 -), Japanese female singer and actress. Born in Tokyo, her real name is Takako Fujima. She is 165 centimeters tall and has blood type A. "Matsumoto Yukika" is Matsu Takako's stage name in the Japanese dance field (dance name, the first Matsumoto style).

Itano Tomomi (Japanese: Itano Tomomi/I was there Tomomi, Romanized: Itano Tomomi, July 3, 1991 -) is a Japanese female artist and model. She is a former member of the female idol group AKB48. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was one of the early founding members of AKB48 and the first member to release a solo single. On August 27, 2013, he graduated from AKB48 and started performing solo activities. In January 2021, she married baseball player Keiji Takahashi, whom she had been dating for a year and a half. In October of the same year, her daughter was born.

Chet Lam (English: Chet Lam, April 11, 1976 -), his English name has been changed to "Yatfung Lam" since 2024. He was born in British Hong Kong and his ancestral home is Chaozhou, Guangdong. He is a Hong Kong male singer-songwriter. He is a member of the Hong Kong singing and creative group 3P; he was also a small actor in Radio Hong Kong's educational TV programs in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended the Church of Christ in China Kehua Primary School in primary school and the Union College of the Church of Christ in China in secondary school. He is the brother of Lin Erwen, a member of the Hong Kong singing and creative duo at17, and the two often perform together. Lin has no formal music training and has learned how to play guitar, compose and write lyrics by self-study. In addition to composing and producing a large number of songs for other singers, Lin has established two studios: LYFE and Siren Creation. He has released more than ten albums in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, and held music performances for himself and other music organizations. In terms of writing, Lin has published 9 books, including "Slow Cooking Happy" in 2014, which combines music albums, travel stories, and Chinese and English recipes.

Lin Dan (October 14, 1983 -), a former male badminton player of the People's Republic of China, is a native of Shanghang, Fujian Province and a Hakka. The highest ranking is No. 1 in the world. Because of his fierce playing style and distinctive personality, after defeating Danish player Peter Gade to win the 2004 All England Championship, he was called "Super Dan" by the opponent. Since then, "Super Dan" has spread among the fans. Lin Dan is recognized as the strongest badminton player of his generation and the greatest player in badminton history. Lin Dan is also one of the four kings in the badminton world. His many duels with Malaysian Chinese player Lee Chong Wei are also known as the highest-level duels in the history of men's singles, and are called the "Lin-Li Battle" by fans. Lin Dan is the first player to win consecutive Olympic badminton men's singles championships (2008 and 2012). He is also the only player in badminton history to win the men's singles championships of the World Badminton Championships five times (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013). He also won the All England Open Badminton Championships six times (2004, 2006, 2020). 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2016), helping the Chinese national badminton team win the Thomas Cup six times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 Five consecutive years in 2012 and 2018), and won the Sudirman Cup five times (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2015). On July 4, 2020, taking health factors into consideration, Lin Dan announced his retirement and officially hung up the racket, ending his 20-year career as a national team player.

Jeremy Shu-How Lin (English: Jeremy Shu-How Lin, August 23, 1988 -) is an American former basketball player who played as a point guard on the court. Jeremy Lin grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and was the Northern California Player of the Year in high school. He chose to attend Harvard University without any sports scholarship provided by any university, and was selected to the Ivy League's annual team three times during his four years in college. Jeremy Lin's entry into the National Basketball Association (NBA) was not smooth at first. He was undrafted in the NBA draft. He signed with his hometown team the Golden State Warriors in 2010. However, he only had sporadic playing opportunities in his rookie year and was sent to the Development League three times. Before the start of the 2011-12 season, he was released by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, and then joined the New York Knicks. In his early days with the New York Knicks, he stayed in the G-League. It was not until February 2012 that Jeremy Lin unexpectedly led the New York Knicks to a seven-game winning streak and became the team's starting lineup. His performance during this period not only helped the New York Knicks enter the playoffs, but also made Jeremy Lin famous overnight. Jeremy Lin went on to play for the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets, Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks. In 2019, he won the NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors, and then left the NBA stage to play for the Chinese Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA) Beijing Shougang, NBA G League Santa Cruz Warriors, CBA Guangzhou Dragon Lions and P. LEAGUE+ (PLG) Kaohsiung 17 Live Iron Man, joined PLG New Taipei Kings in 2023 and became teammates with his younger brother Lin Shuwei. In 2024, Jeremy Lin won the PLG championship. In 2025, he won the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) championship and championship game MVP. At the same time, he won the MVP of the year, the first team of the year and the first defensive team of the year in the regular season. He announced his retirement at the end of August of the same year.

Lin Shuyan (1903-November 1974), a native of Qiongshan County, was a pioneer in ichthyology and aquaculture research in China. He was famous for his early research on fish in South China, especially fish in Guangdong and Hong Kong. In the 1940s, he worked at the Hong Kong Fisheries Research Institute and provided professional guidance to Chung Lin (the latter played a key role in the successful artificial breeding of domestic fish in the late 1950s). Tang fish, a second-level protected wild animal in China, was discovered and named by Lin Shuyan in Baiyun Mountain in 1932.

Eman Lam (English: Eman Lam, October 25, 1982 -), formerly known as Eman Lam, is a Hong Kong female singer and songwriter. Some media describe her as a "patriotic singer". She is a member of the Hong Kong singing and creation duo at17 and the singing and creation group 3P. She also often performs with her brother Lin Yifeng. In 2015, he participated in the second season of "Chinese Good Songs" and became one of the top five students of Zhou Huajian's team. She is good at percussion, arrangement, singing and harmony. She is the lead/harmonist, guitarist and percussionist in the group. She has started composing lyrics since the first album "Meow Meow Meow". In recent years, she has tried to work as an arranger and producer. In 2022, Lin Erwen will serve as the mentor of the TVB singing talent show "Legend of Dreams 2". The major awards that Lin Erwen has won include "The Hottest Female Singer" at the "Metro Hot Awards", "Chill Club Annual Recommendation", "Chill Club Female Singer of the Year Gold Award", and "My Favorite Female Singer in the Chilling Music Chart Award Ceremony".

Lin Yiting (July 13, 1997 -), Chinese child star and singer, was born in Hangzhou. At the age of 11, he won the gold medal and the best image endorsement award in the National Finals of the 8th China Children's Song Karaoke TV Competition. In 2007, he was named the image ambassador of the year by China, Hong Kong and Macau International News. He was invited to participate in China Central Television's "Let Every Child Succeed", "Let Love Ignite Hope", "A Date with You", children's singer singing TV competition and other programs. In 2010, the original song "Dad's Snowflake" was shortlisted for the finals of the 2010 National Children's Song Grand Prix. The solo albums released include "Just Like", "Like a Child", etc.

Ariel Lin (English: Ariel Lin, October 29, 1982 -) is a Taiwanese actress and singer. She debuted in the TV series "The Promise of Eighteen" in 2002. In 2008, she won the Drama Actress Award for the first time at the 43rd Golden Bell Awards for "Prank 2 Kisses". She is the first actress to win an award for an idol drama. In May 2009, Ariel Ariel joined AVEX Records and released her first Mandarin album "Happy Encounter" in the same year. In 2012, she won the Drama Actress Award for the second time at the 47th Golden Bell Awards for the TV series "I May Not Love You".

Wayne Lim Jun Jie (English: Wayne Lim Jun Jie, stage name: JJ Lin; March 27, 1981 -) is a Singaporean Chinese singer, songwriter, and music producer. He is known as the "Walking CD" and has held more than 200 world tour concerts since his debut. He won the Golden Melody Award for Best Newcomer and two Golden Melody Awards for Best Male Singer. In 2003, he released his first album "Music Traveler", and later became famous with the song "Jiangnan" from the 2004 album "Second Heaven". Subsequent songs such as "Little Dimples", "Cao Cao", "She Said" also caused repercussions. In 2014, he won the Best Mandarin Male Singer Award at the 25th Golden Melody Awards for his album "I'm Here Because of You". In 2016, he won the Best Mandarin Male Singer Award and the Best Composer Award in the Singing Category at the 27th Golden Melody Awards for his album "Talk to Myself".

Lin Nong (1918 - July 21, 2002), formerly known as Su Duoze, male, native of Nanchong, Sichuan, Chinese film director, former director of Northeast Film Studio. Representative as the movie "Sino-Japanese War".

Karena Lam Ka Yan (English: Karena Lam Ka Yan, August 17, 1978 -) is a Hong Kong and Taiwanese actress and female singer. She is currently mainly active in Hong Kong. She is the first Grand Slam actor in the history of the Golden Horse Awards to win three acting awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best New Actor.

Rosina Lam (English: Rosina Lam, June 30, 1987 -) is a Hong Kong actor and entrepreneur. She is currently a contract artist of TVB and an artist of Shaw Brothers. After her marriage, her focus turned to her family. On January 2, 2022, for her role as "Gu Yuyan" in "Seven Princesses", she won the Best Actress Award at the "Thousands of Stars Awards Ceremony 2021" and was crowned Queen of Television. The artist Lin Feng is her cousin.

Lin Miaoke (July 1, 1999 -), a native of Fuzhou, Fujian, was born in Beijing. He is an actor, singer and former child star in the People's Republic of China. He graduated from Nanjing University of the Arts.

George Lam Tsz Cheung (October 12, 1947 -), known as "Lam", is a Hong Kong male singer, actor, songwriter and record producer. He began to organize a band when he was a student. In 1975, he returned to Hong Kong to join the Jade Band. In 1980, he He became popular with the songs "In the Middle of the Water" and "I Need You Every Minute", which were awarded the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards. In 1983, he was nominated for the Best Actor at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards for the movie "Running into the Angry Sea" and was awarded the Most Popular Actor at the Academy Awards. In 1988, he won the Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Award for "Real Man". In 1994, he won the Golden Needle Award, the highest honor in the Hong Kong music scene. In 2003, he won the CASH Music Achievement Award. In 2016, he was selected into the 38th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Hall of Fame.

Lin Youjia (July 1, 1987 -), Taiwanese male singer. In 2007, he made his debut by winning the first championship of Taiwan's China Central Television singing talent show "Super Avenue of Stars".

Terence Lam Ka Him (English: Terence Lam Ka Him; September 3, 1991 -) is a Hong Kong male singer-songwriter. He entered the industry as a songwriter in 2014 and debuted as an independent singer-songwriter in 2019. In 2022, he held his first seven consecutive solo concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, and his first overseas solo concert at the O2 Arena in London in 2023. He recorded many of his lead vocals in his own room, and also composed, lyrics, arranged, harmonized, and produced. At the same time, he continues to be active in composing and producing songs for many Chinese and Cantonese singers. He has published more than 100 songs so far and is known as an all-round singer and music producer. He is actively involved in song creation and production both in front of and behind the scenes. He was awarded the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" and "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs Composer Award" for two consecutive years in 2016 and 2017 respectively. In 2018, he won the "Chizha Music World Popular Chart Award Ceremony" and "Chizha Music World Supreme Song Award Composer Award". He made his debut in 2019 and was awarded The following year, he also won the "Chi-Zha Music Composer Award" and the "Chi-Zha Music World Male Singer Bronze Award". He became the first singer to win the award as an independent musician since the establishment of the award, and he was also the youngest male singer award winner since his debut. He won the "Top Music Male Singer Silver Award" and the "Top Music Singer-Songwriter Gold Award" for the first time at the "2021 Top Music Trend Popular Chart Awards Ceremony", and then won the "Top Music Top Singer-Songwriter Gold Award" at the "2022 Top Music Top Popular Chart Awards Ceremony", and with "Borderline" "One Who Invented ENCORE" and "MEMENTO" won the "Top Music Supreme Song Award" and "The Top Music Top Record Award" for the first time; the other won the "Top Music World Male Singer Gold Award" for the first time, and together with Fang Datong, he is the youngest male singer gold medal winner. In 2024, he composed, supervised and sang the theme song "Saving All Beings" for the movie "Broken Hell" for the first time, and won the Best Original Film Song at the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards.

Lin Zunqi (June 3, 1942 - May 28, 2018), a native of Chaoyang, Guangdong, was born in Beijing and is an expert in high-power laser technology in China. The son of Lin Zhiyuan, chief engineer and vice president of Beijing Municipal Design and Research Institute. He graduated from the Radio Department of the University of Science and Technology of China in 1964, and then studied as a graduate student at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and chief engineer of the National Laboratory of High Power Laser Physics. In 2003, he was elected as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Ringo Lam Ling-tung (English: Ringo Lam Ling-tung, October 23, 1955 - December 29, 2018), a Hong Kong film director and actor, was a disciple of director Wang Tianlin. He is known for his action movies, and his film style is called "violent realism". He is most famous for his "The Storm" trilogy ("The Storm", "The Storm", "The Storm"), and won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Director for "The Storm".