Famous People with Name Oda

Oda Makoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Oda Makoto: was a Japanese novelist, peace activist, academic and Time Asian Hero.[1]His travels through Europe and Asia on a budget of a dollar a day formed the basis of his 1961 bestseller Nandemo Mite yaro ("I'll go and see everything").[3] His first book Assatte no Shuki ("The Notebook of the Day After Tomorrow") was published in 1951. It was based on experiences during World War II and the Korean War.[4]Oda won the Lotus Prize in 1981 of the Afro-Asian Writers' Association for his book Hiroshima.[5] This led to a 1990 English translation as well as translations in French, Arabic, Italian, Korean and Russian. It was written about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only in Japan but on the Hopi Indians and Americans who lived near the testing sites.

Oda Nagamasu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Oda Nagamasu: was a Japanese daimyo who lived from the late Sengoku period through the early Edo period. Also known as Urakusai (???), he was a brother of Oda Nobunaga[1]. Nagamasu converted to Christianity in 1588 and took the baptismal name of John. His brother Oda Nobunaga took the Christian name of Geronimo.Nagamasu was an accomplished practitioner of the tea ceremony, which he studied under the master, Sen no Rikyu. He eventually started his own school of the tea ceremony.

Makoto Oda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Makoto Oda: is a Japanese football player currently playing for AC Nagano Parceiro.

Beverley Joan "Bev" Oda            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Beverley Joan "Bev" Oda: is a Canadian politician. She is a current member of the Canadian House of Commons, as well as the first Japanese-Canadian MP and cabinet minister in Canadian history. She represents the riding of Durham for the Conservative Party of Canada. She was appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women on February 6, 2006. On August 14, 2007, she was appointed Minister for International Cooperation.