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

Tomoyuki Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tomoyuki Sakai: a Japanese football player who currently plays for Vissel Kobe of the J-League. He was capped 1 time for the Japanese national team.Sakai was a starter for Japan at the 2000 Olympics, who carried high hopes of the nation because Sakai's teammates included such household names as Hidetoshi Nakata, Shinji Ono and Naohiro Takahara. However, in the team's quarterfinal match, Sakai committed a foul inside his own box at the 90th minute, conceding the USA, Japan's opponents, a crucial penalty to make it 2-2. The Americans went on to win the penalty shootouts after 120 minutes of play could not separate the two teams.

Izumi Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Izumi Sakai: was a J-pop singer, song writer, and member of the group Zard.Her father was an instructor for a driving school and she had a younger brother as well as a younger sister. Her neighbor spoke after her death, on the condition of anonymity, that Sakai was a

Miki Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Miki Sakai: an actress and J-pop idol singer.As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iwai film Love Letter playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her

Masaaki Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Sakai: a popular Japanese performer from Tokyo. He is best known to English-speaking audiences as the title star of the TV show Monkey.a famous comedian in Japan, Sakai initially came to fame by fronting the group sounds band The Spiders. This group, formed in 1

Toru Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Toru Sakai: a Japanese journalist. Since 2000, when he quit Kyodo News Agency, he has been living in Taiwan. He has published many books and articles about Asian politics, civil societies, foreign relations in newspapers and magazines in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. He also writes about Lebanese pop songs and religious culture. He speaks and writes well in Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, Korean, and a little in Hakka.