Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter C

A female Enka singer and TV presenter in Japan.Her singer career is prevalent for almost 50 years. D

A female Enka singer and TV presenter in Japan.Her singer career is prevalent for almost 50 years. Despite of her long careers, Chiyoko is cute and lovely in her stage works.Chiyoko is considered "the Goddess of Enka", and her famous discography "Jin Sei

Is a former champion sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. He is now the head coach of K

Is a former champion sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. He is now the head coach of Kokonoe stable. He won more tournaments in his thirties than any other wrestler and retired in his mid-thirties, in contrast to most recent yokozuna who hav

Was a sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaido, Japan. He was the sport's 41st Yokozuna. He was also t

Was a sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaido, Japan. He was the sport's 41st Yokozuna. He was also the founder of Kokonoe stable. The son of a fisherman, he joined Dewanoumi stable in January 1942. He injured his knee in his first tournament, an injury th

Is a Japanese former sumo wrestler. He made his professional debut in 1992 and reached the top makuu

Is a Japanese former sumo wrestler. He made his professional debut in 1992 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1997. He held the second highest rank of ozeki or champion for 65 consecutive tournaments from 1999 until 2009, making him the longest serv

Is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He was a premature baby,

Is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He was a premature baby, and had to spend more than a year and a half in an incubator. Chiyotenzan made his professional debut in March 1991, joining the Kokonoe stable that was t

A Japanese boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second ro

A Japanese boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the flyweight class after losing his fight to Alfredo Carlomagno.

Is a Japanese photographer.Ono was born in Akita Prefecture. She studied interior design at Tama Gei

Is a Japanese photographer.Ono was born in Akita Prefecture. She studied interior design at Tama Geijutsu Gakuen (??????) (an affiliate of Tama Art University that closed in 1992), graduating in 1991 to work as a designer. She stayed in France from 1995 to '96, returning to work again as a designer but pursuing photography in her spare time.

A Japanese politician and member of House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.

A Japanese politician and member of House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.

A Japanese artist. She is a modernist, whose work reflects the development of art in Japan following

A Japanese artist. She is a modernist, whose work reflects the development of art in Japan following World War II.She is also important as the middle link in the succession of three generations of women artists in the widely recognized Yoshida family. She is the wife of artist Hodaka Yoshida (1926-1995). Hodaka’s mother, Fujio Yoshida (1887-1987), was a noted artist alongside of her husband Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950). Chizuko’s daughter, Ayomi Yoshida (born 1958), is well-known for her modernist woodblock prints and room-size woodblock-chip installations. Three generations of women artists in one family is a rare phenomenon in Japanese art history.

A Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her

A Japanese actress. She was given a Best New Talent award at the 2000 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in Osaka monogatari.[1] She played Chika Shinoda in the Japanese drama Summer Snow that aired 2000.

A Japanese singer from the greater Tokyo area in Japan. Chocolat debuted in 1997 on Epic Records (Ja

A Japanese singer from the greater Tokyo area in Japan. Chocolat debuted in 1997 on Epic Records (Japan) with her first single Chocolat a la mode. Chocolat is a twin, her younger sister heaco is a singer as well. In 1998 Chocolat married musician Akito Ka

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Was the pen-name of a Japanese author noted for historical fiction novels, and active in Showa perio

Was the pen-name of a Japanese author noted for historical fiction novels, and active in Showa period Japan. His real name was Tosaku Suetomi (?? ??, Suetomi Tosaku?).After graduating from Kokugakuin University, he began writing fiction while teaching at a junior high school, at first in his native Kagoshima, and later in Kyoto. His early novel Utakata Zoshi(Transient Notes) won prizes a contest run by the Mainichi Shimbun weekly magazine, Sunday Mainichi in 1929, and he repeated this feat in 1932 with his second novel Fuun (Bad Luck).

Was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the Owarai comedy group The Drifters. His nick

Was a Japanese comedian and film actor, and leader of the Owarai comedy group The Drifters. His nickname was "Cho-san" (???, "Cho-san"?).Chosuke Ikariya was born with the name of Choichi Ikariya (????, Ikariya Choichi?) on November 1, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. During the war his family moved from their home in Sumida, Tokyo to the countryside in Shizuoka. There he took up a job as a factory worker as a young man. He also took up playing the double bass, a hint at his performer nature. He got rather good, too, performing in brass bands until he got a regular job with the "Jimmy Tokita's Mountain Playboys", a band that specialised in playing at G.I. bases at the time. However during that time in his life he was one of the tallest members of the band, so he stood out. The audience often singled him out for never smiling, picking on him for amusement.

Is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. He competes with his older sister

Is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. He competes with his older sister Cathy Reed. They are the 2008-2010 Japanese national champions. Chris Reed was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His mother is Japanese and his father is Ameri

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in t

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A graduate of Kokushikan University, he had served in the assembly of Nara Prefecture for three terms since 1995 and became the mayor of Nara in 2004. Resigning as mayor in 2005, he ran unsuccessfully for the mayor of Nara in the same year. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

Was a Japanese athlete. As of 2006, he is the only athlete to have held world records in both the lo

Was a Japanese athlete. As of 2006, he is the only athlete to have held world records in both the long jump and the triple jump.

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

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hokkaido and high school graduate, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001 after serving in the prefectural assembly of Hokkaido.

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representative

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Nagasaki Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1969 to 1973. In 2003 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time, after running unsuccessfully in 1996 and 2000.

A Japanese astrophysicist. Hayashi tracks on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram are named after him.He

A Japanese astrophysicist. Hayashi tracks on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram are named after him.He earned his B.Sc in physics at the University of Tokyo in 1942. He then worked as a research associate under Yukawa at Osaka University. He made additions to the big bang nucleosynthesis model that built upon the work of the classic Alpher-Bethe-Gamow paper[1]. Probably his most famous work was the astrophysical calculations that lead to the Hayashi tracks of star formation[2], and the Hayashi limit that puts a limit on star radius. He was also involved in the early study of Brown dwarfs, some of the smallest stars formed[3]. He retired in 1984.

Was a poet active in early Showa period Japan.Initially, Chuya favored poetry in the Japanese tradit

Was a poet active in early Showa period Japan.Initially, Chuya favored poetry in the Japanese traditional tanka format, but he was later (in his teens) attracted to the modern free verse styles advocated by Dadaist poet Takahashi Shinkichi and by Tominaga Taro.After he moved to Tokyo, he met Kawakami Tetsutaro and Ooka Shohei, with whom he began publishing a poetry journal, Hakuchigun (Idiots). He was befriended by the influential literary critic Kobayashi Hideo, who introduced him to the French symbolist poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine, whose poems he translated into Japanese. The influence of Rimbaud went beyond just his poetry, and Nakahara came to be known for his "bohemian" lifestyle.

A Welsh writer and actor and a long-time resident and citizen of Japan.In 1958 he visited the Arctic

A Welsh writer and actor and a long-time resident and citizen of Japan.In 1958 he visited the Arctic Circle to research Eider Duck for McGill University, taking up Canadian citizenship. By the early 1960s he was studying karate at JKA, and soon thereafter began to study Japanese at Nihon University.He then spent two years (1967 to 1969) as a game warden in Ethiopia, setting up the new Semien Mountains National Park for the Ethiopian Government. He returned to Japan, writing a book about his Ethiopian experiences: From the Roof of Africa (1971, ISBN 0 340 14755 5). He has lived in Japan since that time.

A female Ryukyuan J-Pop singer who debuted in 1996 with a self-titled EP titled Cocko. A track from

A female Ryukyuan J-Pop singer who debuted in 1996 with a self-titled EP titled Cocko. A track from the EP, "Sing a Song ~No Music, No Life~", was used in an advertising campaign for Tower Records Japan. In March 1997, she released her major label debut s

Was a Japanese politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (??????, Jiyu Minke

Was a Japanese politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (??????, Jiyu Minken Undo?), which evolved into Japan's first political party.Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking samurai family in Tosa Domain, (present day Kochi Prefecture), After studies in Kochi and in Edo, he was appointed as sobayonin (councillor) to Tosa daimyo Yamauchi Toyoshige, and was in charge of accounts and military matters at the domain's Edo residence in 1861. He disagreed with the domain’s official policy of kobu gattai (reconciliation between the Imperial Court and the Tokugawa bakufu),

Was a Japanese naval officer and statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji period.

Was a Japanese naval officer and statesman during the Late Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji period. Kaishu was a nickname which he took from a piece of calligraphy (Kaishu Shooku ????) by Sakuma Shozan. He went through a series of given names throughout his life; his childhood name was Rintaro (????) and his real name was Yoshikuni (???). He was sometimes called Awa (???) during the late Tokugawa shogunate and changed his name to Yasuyoshi (???) after the Meiji Restoration.