Famous People with Name Sakai

Sakai Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Sakai Tanaka: a Japanese Freelance journalist.He was born in Tokyo in 1961. He graduated Tohoku University business school, and he was employed by Toray Industries and Kyodo News next. In Kyodo News he was assigned in the foreign news department, and he was charmed with English news story. He was invited to Microsoft Corp. which was groping for substantial contents, and he was engaged in the distribution business of news. Then he became independent.

Sakaigawa Namiemon            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Sakaigawa Namiemon: was a sumo wrestler from Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 14th Yokozuna. He made his debut in November 1857 and reached the top makuuchi division in April 1867, then fighting under the name Masuizan. He won his first tournament champi

Yoshio Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshio Sakai: was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 tournament he played all three matches as halfback for the Japanese field hockey team, when they were eliminated after the group stage.

Shiho Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shiho Sakai: a Japanese backstroke swimmer.

Hideyuki Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hideyuki Sakai: a professional Go player.Before becoming a professional, Sakai was majoring in medical science at Kyoto University. For a long time, Sakai was the strongest amateur player in Japan, and when he won the World Amateur Go Championship in 2000, the Kansai Ki-in awarded him professional 5 dan (after defeating two 5 dan and two 7 dan). He was also the first player in Japan to be awarded a special 8 dan (amateur) diploma. In 2003, he won the biggest Kansai Ki-in tournament, the Kansai Ki-in Championship. In 2004

Gotoku Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Gotoku Sakai: is a German-Japanese football player currently playing for Albirex Niigata.

Naoki Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Naoki Sakai: is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sakai played for Kashiwa Reysol and Consadole Sapporo in the J. League.