Oyama

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Oyama

Total population

167,535

Coordinates36.32°, 139.80°

Demographic figures from Statistics Bureau of Japan. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

小山市（おやまし）は、栃木県南部に位置する市。市域は関東大都市圏に含まれ、首都圏整備法第2条第5項に規定する都市開発区域（小山地区）となっている。

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Masaki Kashiwara

Japanese mathematician born 1947

Yoshihisa Naruse

baseball player

Toshio Furukawa

Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator

Y

Yūichirō Kamiyama

Japanese keirin cyclist

R

Rina Koike

Japanese actor and idol

M

Masashi Ebinuma

Japanese judoka

K

Kenji Kurosaki

Japanese full-contact karate master, kickboxing trainer, founder of Mejiro Gym and Kurosaki Martial Arts School

T

Tomio Tada

Japanese screenwriter, scientist and writer

R

Ryoji Isaoka

Japanese weightlifter

Y

Yukie Nakayama

Japanese sports shooter

Hiroaki Takaya

baseball player

Hiromichi Kataura

Japanese scientist

K

Kazue Shinkawa

Japanese author and poet (1929–2024)

Hiroshi Sugita

Japanese owarai tarento

K

Kiyofumi Nakajima

A

Ayae Ide

Japanese announcer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Recently spotted species

Kogane Spider

Argiope amoena

Seen 2026-06-29

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Seen 2026-05-12

kousa dogwood

Cornus kousa

Seen 2026-05-12

Asian Tit

Parus cinereus

Seen 2026-05-12

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-05-12

Brown-eared Bulbul

Hypsipetes amaurotis

Seen 2026-05-12

Japanese Sparrowhawk

Tachyspiza gularis

Seen 2026-05-12

Japanese Magpie

Cyanopica cyanus japonica

Seen 2026-05-12

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Seen 2026-05-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers