Famous People with Name Masato

Masato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masato: a professional Japanese Welterweight kickboxer and a two-time K-1 World MAX champion. He won his first K-1 World MAX title on July 5, 2003 by defeating Mike Zambidis in the quarterfinals, knocking out Sakkedaw Kiatputon in the semifinals and defending champion Albert Kraus with a left hook KO in the tournament finals. Masato was also the K-1 World MAX tournament finalist in 2004 and 2007. On October 1, 2008 Masato won his second K-1 MAX title, defeating Yoshihiro Sato and Artur Kyshenko.

Masato Shimon            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masato Shimon: a Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of various anime and tokusatsu series. In his career, he has sung under the names Kouichi Fuji (? ?? ,Fuji Koichi?), Akira Tani (? ??? ,Tani Akira?), and Ryu Kisami (??? ? ,Kisami Ryu?). "Masato Shimon" is also his recording name, as he was born with the name Masaharu Fujikawa (?? ?? ,Fujikawa Masaharu?). He recorded a song "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" (1975) with only 50,000 yen, but the single sold 4,547,620 copies and became the best-selling single in Japan. It is also listed in the Guinness World Records.[1]

Masato Harada            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masato Harada: a Japanese film director, critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to Western audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westernize under the Meiji Restoration in the meantime trying to remove the old ways.

Masato Tsujioka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masato Tsujioka: a Japanese actor and filmmaker.He was a model and an actor in Osaka until he was cast in Tsukamoto’s [Bullet Ballet] at 17 years of age. When he moved to Tokyo to do Shinya Tsukamoto’s [Bullet Ballet] it left such an impact on him that he decided to stay in Tokyo and make his own film. Being a first time director with a very limited budget, he did most of work in front of and behind the camera himself, including acting in the lead role, Akira. The film reflects some of his own teenage experiences around excessive violence, and it took over three years to complete. He was thrilled when the distribution company THERE’S ENTERPRISE

Masato Hatanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masato Hatanaka: Japanese musician, composer, sound artist, sound designer and producer.Masato Hatanaka learnt everything concerning music and sound design by self-study. His concept is haute couture sound and quests for the way sound should be. He is a composer who deals with creating many works in fields such as stages, art, architectire and design and all eyes are on him. In 2008, he presented his works at the Issey Miyake XXIc. - XXIst Century Man, Tokyo Wonder at Milano Salone 2008, Lexus International Gallery Aoyama and is highly acknowledged. His unique method of giving life to any kind of sound has been highly distinguished in the world.

Masatoshi Nagase            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masatoshi Nagase: a Japanese actor. He is most known in the West for his roles in Friðrik Þór Friðriksson's Cold Fever and Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train, in Japan for his role as TV's Mike Hama (i.e., Mike Hammer).