Japanese Famous Girl Names with Letter Y

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 she was part

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played two matches.

A Japanese figure skater who competed in both singles and pairs. As a single skater, he is a two-tim

A Japanese figure skater who competed in both singles and pairs. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th. He competed in pairs at the national level with Marie Arai, winning the national title in 1997.

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Koshigaya, Saitama and graduate of Hokkaido University, she worked at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 1990 until 2000. She was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after an unsuccessful run in 2004.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo and dropout of Gakushuin University, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party, which later split into several parties including the New Komeito Party .

Was famous in her native Japan for becoming only the second Japanese woman (after Junko Tabei [1]) t

Was famous in her native Japan for becoming only the second Japanese woman (after Junko Tabei [1]) to reach all of the Seven Summits [2] including Everest, where she died. Namba worked as a businesswoman for Federal Express in Japan, but her hobby of moun

A Japanese actress.In early 1984, the Japanese movie studio Toho Company Ltd. held their first Toho

A Japanese actress.In early 1984, the Japanese movie studio Toho Company Ltd. held their first Toho Cinderella beauty contest, and Yasuko, almost 19 at the time, was chosen as the first Toho Cinderella, beating out the other 30,000 contestants.Shortly after, she made her film debut in the film Karate Cop III: Song of the Sea, before co-starring as the heroine Naoko Okumura in The Return of Godzilla, which was the grand comeback film for the famous movie monster Godzilla. She appeared in the next Godzilla film 5 years later, 1989's Godzilla vs Biollante, but as another character (Erika Shiragami, who played a part in the creation of Godzilla's titular adversary). At the Toho Cinderella beauty contest that same year, she took place with the 2nd Toho Cinderella, 1987 winner Megumi Odaka (who was also in Biollante, starting her Miki Saegusa character).

Is a former medley swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the

Is a former medley swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

A Japanese appropriation artist. He was born in Osaka and graduated from Kyoto City University of Ar

A Japanese appropriation artist. He was born in Osaka and graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 1978. Since 1985, Yasumasa Morimura has primarily shown his work in international solo exhibitions, although he has been involved in various group exhibitions.Yasumasa Morimura borrows images from historical artists (ranging from Edouard Manet to Rembrandt to Cindy Sherman), and inserts his own face and body into them.[1]

Is a Japanese artist. Her paintings, collages, soft sculptures, performance art and environmental in

Is a Japanese artist. Her paintings, collages, soft sculptures, performance art and environmental installations all share an obsession with repetition, pattern, and accumulation. Her work shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut

A Japanese pop singer. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese. She can speak three langu

A Japanese pop singer. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese. She can speak three languages: Japanese, English, and Mandarin[citation needed]. Tae Hitoto is her older sister. Her name Hitoto is not her real surname, it is her mother's maiden name. She changed her name when she came to Japan. Her father died when she was very young, and her mother died when she was 16.Soon after she was born in Tokyo, she moved to Taipei, and after she completed kindergarten in Taipei, she moved back to Tokyo and she has lived there ever since. She graduated from the department of Environmental Information of Keio University and participated in the Keio University a cappella group, K.O.E., during her days as a student. She used to have live concerts on the street with fellow K.O.E. members before she met Youichi Kitayama, a member of the famous Japanese a cappella group the Gospellers. Mr. Kitayama encouraged Yo Hitoto to compose her own music. Before this encounter, she had been a backup singer for many other artists.

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was one of the leading players in the Men's National T

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was one of the leading players in the Men's National Team in the early 2000s. He played as a wing-spiker. In 2003 he completed his first season for Sisley Treviso, who reached the final of the Italian League.

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese singer, employed under Hyper Voice. She is known for having performed theme songs for ani

A Japanese singer, employed under Hyper Voice. She is known for having performed theme songs for anime shows such as Prétear, Ai Yori Aoshi and the Ah! My Goddess TV series, as well as for having sung for the Para Para Max CD series.Ishida entered the ent

A retired female butterfly swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native countryi at the 1992 Summ

A retired female butterfly swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native countryi at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Some of Yoko Kanno's most famous soundtrack themes include "Kiseki no Umi" (Lodoss War), "Voices" (M

Some of Yoko Kanno's most famous soundtrack themes include "Kiseki no Umi" (Lodoss War), "Voices" (Macross Plus), "Tank!" (Cowboy Bebop), "Yakusoku wa Iranai" (Escaflowne), "Gravity" (Wolf's Rain), "Inner Universe" (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

A retired female backstroke swimmer, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics

A retired female backstroke swimmer, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the Women's 200m Backstroke event at the 1995 Summer Universiade in her hometown Fukuoka.

A Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress.Nagayama continued singing and performing t

A Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress.Nagayama continued singing and performing through her junior high school years. Her plan was to become a professional enka singer after finishing junior high school. However, when she was sixteen, h

One of her television roles was Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series Yoshimune Hyobanki: Abarenbo

One of her television roles was Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series Yoshimune Hyobanki: Abarenbo Shogun. She was also a regular star in Abare Hasshu Goyo Tabi.

A Japanese actress. She graduated from St. Paul's University in Tokyo.

A Japanese actress. She graduated from St. Paul's University in Tokyo.

A Japanese writer.She was born in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, graduated from Waseda University, and

A Japanese writer.She was born in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, graduated from Waseda University, and lives in Ashiya with her husband and son. Since 1988, she has published more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Professor and his Beloved Equation has been made into a movie. In 2006 she co-authored "An Introduction to the World's Most Elegant Mathematics" with Masahiko Fujiwara, a mathematician, as a dialogue on the extraordinary beauty of numbers.

A singer, actress and seiyu born on 1968-12-10 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.[1] Oginome spent

A singer, actress and seiyu born on 1968-12-10 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.[1] Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years living in the town of Ranzan in Saitama Prefecture, though she attended school in the city of Sakura. She gra

Is a Japanese artist and musician. She is known for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician,

Is a Japanese artist and musician. She is known for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician, and her marriage and works with musician John Lennon.Yoko Ono's mother was Isoko Ono, of the Yasuda banking family, and her father was Eisuke Ono, who worked for the Yokohama Specie Bank. Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco. The rest of the family followed soon after. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin University, the most exclusive school in Japan, open only to those descended from aristocrats (in the House of Peers) or the imperial family.

A Japanese video game composer and musician.While working for Capcom, she was a member of the compan

A Japanese video game composer and musician.While working for Capcom, she was a member of the company's in-house jazz band Alph Lyla, and composed the soundtrack of Street Fighter II.In 1993, Shimomura transferred to another game company, Squaresoft (now Square Enix). Her first project at the company was the score for the console role-playing game (RPG) Live A Live in 1994. Afterwards, she was paired with more experienced composers for a time. For example, she teamed with Noriko Matsueda on the strategy/RPG Front Mission in 1995, and in 1996, she composed and arranged the music in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, arranging music from Koji Kondo's Mario series music, and three tracks from Final Fantasy IV by Nobuo Uematsu.

Is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.She was a member of the Japanese winning team a

Is a Japanese volleyball player and Olympic champion.She was a member of the Japanese winning team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.