Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter G

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.

He is currently a member of the anime studio Group TAC, and is most well known for his work as direc

He is currently a member of the anime studio Group TAC, and is most well known for his work as director of the Touch series and the movie Night on the Galactic Railroad. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Japan.

Was the pen-name of a Japanese writer active in Showa period Japan. His real name was Takama Yoshihi

Was the pen-name of a Japanese writer active in Showa period Japan. His real name was Takama Yoshihide.While a student at Waseda, Gishu founded a literary magazine, To ("Tower") together with Yokomitsu Riichi and others, to which he contributed his first story, Ana ("The Hole").In 1938, he published his first short story collection, Denko ("Electric Light"), and two years later, won the 7th Akutagawa Prize for his novelette Atsumonozaki (???). These works were followed by the short stories, Ishibumi ("Monument"), Seifu Sassa ("Swift Breeze") and Fuso ("Wind and Frost"), which secured his reputation in the literary world.

Is a Japanese professional footballer who plays in Poland for Przeboj Wolbrom. He formerly played in

Is a Japanese professional footballer who plays in Poland for Przeboj Wolbrom. He formerly played in Canada for the North York Astros.

A Japanese football defender who currently plays for Kashima Antlers.

A Japanese football defender who currently plays for Kashima Antlers.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former G

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is a former GHC Heavyweight Champion. In addition to Noah, he has previously worked in the American-based promotion Ring of Honor and its former sister promotion Full I

A Japanese film and television actor from Nagasaki.After some roles in minor television series, he a

A Japanese film and television actor from Nagasaki.After some roles in minor television series, he appeared for the first time in an NHK taiga drama, Mominoki wa Nokotta in 1970. The network tapped him the following year for the role of Araki Mataemon in Haru no Sakamichi. (A different Araki, the hatamoto Juzaemon, was his character in a later film, The Fall of Ako Castle, directed by Kinji Fukasaku.) Also in 1971, he appeared as Maehara Isuke in the year-long series Daichushingura with Toshiro Mifune. He took guest roles in many other television series, including Mifune's Koya no Suronin, the Kinnosuke Nakamura version of Lone Wolf and Cub, and Suikoden.

Was one of the Satsuma students of 1865, smuggled out of Bakumatsu period Japan to study in Great Br

Was one of the Satsuma students of 1865, smuggled out of Bakumatsu period Japan to study in Great Britain. He returned to become Japan's leading entrepreneur of the early Meiji period.Godai later returned to Europe to negotiate with the Comte des Cantons de Charles Montblanc (1832-1893) to establish a joint venture commercial enterprise for the development of Satsuma's natural resources in exchange for European weapons and manufactured goods. This French-Satsuma trading company attacted French investment into Satsuma domain to establish a steamship shipyard, textile (silk) spinning factories,

Is a sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2005 and

Is a sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in January 2005 and reached the top makuuchi division in September 2007. His highest rank to date has been sekiwake, which he achieved in May 2009. He is regarded as one the m

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. Making his professional debut in 1989, he spe

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. Making his professional debut in 1989, he spent a total of 53 tournaments as an elite sekitori ranked wrestler, reaching a highest rank of maegashira 3 in 1998. After a number of injury problems he re

A Japanese mathematician who introduced the notion of Azumaya algebra in 1951. His advisor was Shoki

A Japanese mathematician who introduced the notion of Azumaya algebra in 1951. His advisor was Shokichi Iyanaga and he is now an emeritus professor at Indiana University.

A member of the Japanese pop idol group SMAP. His career began while he was in junior high school wh

A member of the Japanese pop idol group SMAP. His career began while he was in junior high school when his sister entered his picture to a talent company. Soon, Goro was chosen to be part of one of the most famous groups in Japan, SMAP. The band proved to be popular in Japanese entertainment and Goro became a star. His first movie was in 1990 with Saraba itoshino yakuza. In 1993, Goro got his first taste of international films when he was chosen as the male lead in the romantic comedy Private Lessons II as a Japanese student who falls for his tutor. The film also had SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai. In 1994, Goro appeared with fellow SMAP member Takuya Kimura in Shoot. Goro continued making films until 1999, but still continues with SMAP today, mainly concentrating on music.

A professional Go player[1].Miyazawa turned professional in 1966 and reached 9 dan in 1993. He curre

A professional Go player[1].Miyazawa turned professional in 1966 and reached 9 dan in 1993. He currently resides in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan[2].

A Japanese mathematician, and currently a professor emeritus of mathematics (former Michael Henry St

A Japanese mathematician, and currently a professor emeritus of mathematics (former Michael Henry Strater Chair) at Princeton University.Shimura was a colleague and a friend of Yutaka Taniyama. They wrote a book (the first book treatment) on the complex multiplication of abelian varieties, an area which in collaboration they had opened up.Shimura then wrote a long series of major papers, extending the phenomena found in the theory of complex multiplication and modular forms to higher dimensions (amongst other results). This work (and other developments it provoked) provided some of the 'raw data' later incorporated into the Langlands program. It equally brought out the concept, in general, of Shimura variety; which is the higher-dimensional equivalent of modular curve. Even to define in general a Shimura variety is quite a formidable task: they bear, roughly speaking, the same relation to general Hodge structures as modular curves do to elliptic curves.

Was the seventh business owner of current Yamasa Corporation in Japan He saved many lives of his fel

Was the seventh business owner of current Yamasa Corporation in Japan He saved many lives of his fellow villagers of Hiro-Mura (current Hirogawa, Wakayama), when a massive tsunami struck the Kii Peninsula in 1854. He set fire to stacks of "Inamura" (rice sheaves) to use as landmarks and help him guide those villagers to safe place. He is often considered to be a "Living God", due to Greek novelist Lafcadio Hearn's story about him in "Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East (1897). Inamura no Hi: The burning rice fields (published in the U.S. by Sara Cone Bryant in 1963) also chronicled Goryo's heroic exploits and the historical account of his efforts were also introduced into Japanese textbooks.

Was a Japanese astronomer who helped to introduce modern astronomical instruments and methods into J

Was a Japanese astronomer who helped to introduce modern astronomical instruments and methods into Japan. Asada spent much of his career in the flourishing commercial city of Osaka, where he practiced medicine for a living. Because of the Japanese government's policy of seclusion, Western scientific theory was generally available only through obsolete Chinese works edited by Jesuit missionaries in China. Yet Asada managed to construct sophisticated mathematical models of celestial movements and is sometimes credited with the independent discovery of Kepler's third law.

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

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Omihachiman, Shiga and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000.

Where at a young age he learned how to play traditional Japanese drums. This interest in drumming pr

Where at a young age he learned how to play traditional Japanese drums. This interest in drumming propelled him into the music scene, and he moved to Tokyo in 1982 to join a reggae/dub band that became known as Mute Beat. Together with Mute Beat band member Kazufumi Kodama he worked on various projects and formed the duo Kodama & Gota.From 1986 on, Gota entered the European music scene. After spending some time back in Tokyo, he returned to London in 1988 and began collaborating with numerous well-known artists, including Soul II Soul, Sinéad O'Connor and Seal, while also working on film soundtracks and re-mixes.

Was a Japanese statesman. He served as the head of civilian affairs of Taiwan under Japanese rule, t

Was a Japanese statesman. He served as the head of civilian affairs of Taiwan under Japanese rule, the first director of the South Manchuria Railway, the seventh mayor of Tokyo, the first Chief Scout of Japan, the first director of NHK, the third principal of Takushoku University, and the Home Minister and Foreign Minister of Japan.

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

Was a Japanese politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (???????, jiyu minken undo?).After the Meiji Restoration, Goto was appointed to a number of posts, including that of Governor of Osaka, and sangi (councillor), but later from the Meiji government in 1873 over disagreement with the government's policy of restraint toward Korea (i.e. the Seikanron debate) and, more generally, in opposition to the Choshu-Satsuma domination of the new government. Jointly with Itagaki Taisuke, he submitted a memorandum calling for the establishment of a popularly-elected parliament

Is a German-Japanese football player currently playing for Albirex Niigata.

Is a German-Japanese football player currently playing for Albirex Niigata.

Was a Japanese professional wrestler. Naniwa was known for his comedic gimmick, in which he performe

Was a Japanese professional wrestler. Naniwa was known for his comedic gimmick, in which he performed mannerisms of crabs. This was also reflected upon in the design of his wrestling mask. Naniwa debuted professionally in 1993 in Michinoku Pro Wrestling,

A Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher.As a young man in the early 1940s, Nishijima became a stu

A Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher.As a young man in the early 1940s, Nishijima became a student of the noted Zen teacher Kodo Sawaki. Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Nishijima received a law degree from Tokyo University and began a career in finance. It was not until 1973, when he was in his mid-50s, that Nishijima was ordained as a Buddhist priest. His preceptor for this occasion was Rempo Niwa, a former head of the Soto Zen sect. Four years later, Niwa gave him shiho, formally accepting him as one of his successors. Nishijima continued his professional career until 1979.

Was a long-time Nintendo employee, creator of the Game Boy, and producer of the long-running Metroid

Was a long-time Nintendo employee, creator of the Game Boy, and producer of the long-running Metroid series.Gunpei Yokoi began working at Nintendo in 1965, after graduating college with a degree in electronics from Doshisha University. Yokoi started out working on the assembly line for the Hanafuda cards as a maintenance engineer.

Was an illustrator, best known for his newspaper cartoons in the early 1900s featuring an inventive

Was an illustrator, best known for his newspaper cartoons in the early 1900s featuring an inventive use of wordplay and visual storytelling tricks.Verbeek's first strip was Easy Papa, a fairly conventional strip about two mischievous kids and their father