Famous People with Name Junichi

Junichi Masuda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Junichi Masuda: a Japanese video game music composer. He is best known for his music to the Pokémon series of games. He was also the main composer for the soundtrack of Pulseman, another Game Freak title for the Sega Mega Drive. His music for the games is also used in the Pokémon television series, where it is arranged by Shinji Miyazaki.

Junichi Watanabe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Junichi Watanabe: a Japanese writer, known for his portrayal of extra-marital affairs of middle aged people. His 1997 novel A Lost Paradise became a bestseller in Japan and over Asia, and was made into a film and a tv miniseries. He has written more than 50 novels in total, and won awards including the Straight Wood Literature Award in 1969 and Naoki Prize in 1970 for Light and Shadow (Hikari to kage), New Current Coterie magazine prize for Makeup, the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize in 1979 for The Setting Sun in the Distance (Toki rakujitsu) and Russian Brothel in Nagasaki (Nagasaki roshia yujokan).[2][3][4]

Junichi Miyashita            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Junichi Miyashita: a Japanese swimmer. He won a bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Junichi Misawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Junichi Misawa: is a Japanese football player currently playing for Vegalta Sendai.

Itani Junichiro            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Itani Junichiro: is considered a founder of the discipline of Japanese primatology. He was an internationally renowned anthropologist and served as a professor emeritus at Kyoto University. He died at age 75 of pneumonia.