Famous People with Name Noriaki

Noriaki Okabe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriaki Okabe: a Japanese architect.Okabe, then the representative of Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Japan, won the international competition of Kansai International Airport Terminal Building in 1988 and was responsible for the design and construction supervision.After the construction of the Terminal Building, he established Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network in 1995 in Tokyo. Now, he has been expanding the design activity from architecture to industrial design, such as train, Odakyu Romance Car series 50000 VSE (Odakyu Odawara Line).

Noriaki Tsuchimoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriaki Tsuchimoto: was a Japanese documentary film director. Along with Shinsuke Ogawa, Tsuchimoto was the most influential independent documentary filmmaker in postwar Japan. He began his career at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga) making PR (public relations) films alongside other important directors such as Ogawa, Kazuo Kuroki, and Susumu Hani. Turning independent, he made documentaries about the student movement while beginning his most famous work, a series of documentaries about the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan.

Noriaki"KAMIKAZE"Kasai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriaki"KAMIKAZE"Kasai: is a Japanese ski jumper. Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of January 23, 2011 he performed 426 times (390 individual & 36 team performances). He also holds a record for most seasons (22) in World Cup, performing since 19

Noriaki "KAMIKAZE" Kasai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noriaki "KAMIKAZE" Kasai: a Japanese ski jumper. He won his first major championship in 1992 at the Ski-flying World Championships in Harrachov, Czechoslovakia. In 1994, he followed that up by winning a silver medal in the team large hill at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he has a total of six medals in his collection. This includes two silvers (Team large hill: 1999, 2003) and four bronzes (Individual normal hill: 2003, Individual large hill: 2003, and Team large hill: 2007, 2009).