Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter I

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.

A jazz pianist, composer and singer. She has also acted in television and film.Hashimoto was born in

A jazz pianist, composer and singer. She has also acted in television and film.Hashimoto was born in Kobe, grew up in Tokyo and started playing the piano at the age of five. She attended Musashino Academia Musicae, where she graduated in 1975.

Was a popular Japanese recording artist and geisha. Her rivalry with another popular geisha singer K

Was a popular Japanese recording artist and geisha. Her rivalry with another popular geisha singer Katsutaro Kouta created the "Ichi-Katsu Era" in Japanese popular music history.[1]In an effort to improve her singing skills when she moved to Tokyo, Ichima

Is a former sumo wrestler from Tokunoshima, Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank wa

Is a former sumo wrestler from Tokunoshima, Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sandanme 6. At 46 years of age, Ichinoya was the oldest man in professional sumo since the start of the Showa era in 1926. When he began his sumo career

Was a Japanese politician and chairman of the Japan Socialist Party. He was also the mayor of Yokoha

Was a Japanese politician and chairman of the Japan Socialist Party. He was also the mayor of Yokohama from 1963 to 1978.

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 native of Mitsu District, Okayama and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986.

Was a popular Japanese composer and singer. He was born in Chuo, Tokyo, and graduated from the Tokyo

Was a popular Japanese composer and singer. He was born in Chuo, Tokyo, and graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. His workroom has been reproduced inside the "NHK museum of broadcasting" as an exhibit.[1] He also acted in va

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.

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 Kurihara District, Miyagi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Construction from 1961 to 1994. He was elected for the first time in 1995.

He is also known as Ikkun by ELT fans.Since he was young, Ichrio Ito played guitar well. A friend of

He is also known as Ikkun by ELT fans.Since he was young, Ichrio Ito played guitar well. A friend of his, Mitsuru Igarashi, asked him to be part of his band, Every Little Thing, along with Kaori Mochida. The group is one of the most representative of Japanese pop/rock bands. Ichiro Ito's guitar abilities are well known in Japan, and he has been compared with great Japanese guitarists like Penicillin, Glay, or even mastermind Tetsuya Komuro.

A Japanese politician and doctor, who has been serving as Minister of the Environment in Yasuo Fukud

A Japanese politician and doctor, who has been serving as Minister of the Environment in Yasuo Fukuda's cabinet.[1]he graduated from Nihon University, earning a medical degree. In 1993 he was elected for the first time as a member of the Japan New Party. In December 1997 he joined the Liberal Democratic Party.

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 Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at The Sumitomo Bank from 1983 to 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. His father is former Health minister Sohei Miyashita.

Was a Japanese politician from Hokkaido. He was born on March 9, 1925. He committed suicide at a hot

Was a Japanese politician from Hokkaido. He was born on March 9, 1925. He committed suicide at a hotel in Sapporo on January 9, 1983. House of Representatives member Shoichi Nakagawa is his eldest son.

Was a Japanese economist. He graduated from The Tokyo University of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi Unive

Was a Japanese economist. He graduated from The Tokyo University of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1926, and then studied under Joseph Schumpeter in Germany. He was a pioneer of mathematical economics in Japan. After serving as assistant at The Tokyo University of Commerce, he became an assistant professor in 1933, a professor in 1937 and president in 1949 at the same institution. He bacame Chairman of Central Labor Relations Commission of Japan in 1950, and served as the first Chairman of The Tax Commission of Japan from 1959 to 1965. In 1965 he was appointed as a professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University. In 1968, he was recognized as Person of Cultural Merit.

A Japanese screenwriter and novelist. He is a graduate of Waseda University, School of Human Science

A Japanese screenwriter and novelist. He is a graduate of Waseda University, School of Human Sciences.In 2006, Okouchi collaborated with director Goro Taniguchi for composing the story and script of the Sunrise original production, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and its sequel Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 in 2008.

A Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he later de

A Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), he later defected from the LDP, and he was the president of Japan's main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), from 2006 until May 2009, when he resigned over a fund scandal.

A Japanese outfielder for the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team.Ichiro moved to the United

A Japanese outfielder for the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team.Ichiro moved to the United States in 2001 after playing nine years for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan's Pacific League. When the Blue Wave posted him after the 2000 season, Ichiro's rights were won by the Seattle Mariners and he signed a contract with them. He became the first Japanese-born everyday position player in the Major Leagues.In 2001, Ichiro finished first in batting average and stolen bases, the first player to accomplish this feat since Jackie Robinson. He set several MLB records in 2004,including a single-season Major League record with 262 hits. He has won a Gold Glove award in each of his first seven years in the majors as an outfielder

A Japanese folk singer and anime song singer who has performed on the soundtracks of various anime a

A Japanese folk singer and anime song singer who has performed on the soundtracks of various anime and tokusatsu series and movies. He is perhaps best known as the vocalist for the theme songs for Battle Fever J, Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, Seiun Kamen Machine

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 graduate of Chuo University and Boston University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after unsuccessful runs in 2002 and 2004.

Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader. Led the second successful attempt in 1977 to reach the s

Japanese mountaineer and expedition leader. Led the second successful attempt in 1977 to reach the summit of K2 and several other Japanese expeditions. Member of the Japanese Alpine Club in 1925 and later also member of the American Alpine Club.

A famous, highly prolific Japanese vocalist, lyrist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for

A famous, highly prolific Japanese vocalist, lyrist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for Tokusatsu and Anime, having performed numerous theme songs for Japanese film, television, video and video games. He is referred

Was a Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry. He was a believer of right-wing

Was a Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry. He was a believer of right-wing doctrines, and representative of Japanese capital in Government.He founded Mino-o Arima Electric Tramway Company (then Hankyu Corp., Present: Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.) in 1907. Later Kobayashi was president of council of Tokyo Gasu Denky. In the 1940 Konoye Cabinet he was appointed to charge of the Commerce and Industry Ministry.[1]

Was a journalist, writer, poet, and liberal activist. He was involved in Freedom and People's Rights

Was a journalist, writer, poet, and liberal activist. He was involved in Freedom and People's Rights Movement (??????, jiyu minken undo?), which appears to have forced him into a nomadic lifestyle. He was born Wada Tsuneshige into a family of samurai in Soma Nakamura han and later married into the Idos, who were an Azabu-stationed samurai family. Reizan is his pseudonym. His wife was Ido Sumi. He graduated from Sendai Teaching College, which in the Meiji period became the Faculty of Education of Tohoku University. Reizan worked as a journalist and an editor-in-chief at various newspapers including Osaka Mainichi Shimbun, Sanyo Shimbun, and Tokyo Yokohama Shimbun. He was a prolific writer who wrote and edited 27 books, the subjects of which ranged from criminal law to Chinese poetry.

Was a Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose (ukiyo-zoshi).he fir

Was a Japanese poet and creator of the "floating world" genre of Japanese prose (ukiyo-zoshi).he first studied haikai poetry under Matsunaga Teitoku, and later studied under Nishiyama Soin of the Danrin School of poetry, which emphasized comic linked verse. Scholars have described numerous extraordinary feats of solo haikai composition at one sitting; most famously, over the course of a single day and night in 1677, Saikaku is reported to have composed at least 16,000 haikai stanzas,[1] with some rumors placing the number at over 23,500 stanzas.[2]

Is one of the most celebrated Japanese photographers of the twentieth century, particularly known fo

Is one of the most celebrated Japanese photographers of the twentieth century, particularly known for his portrayal of Tokyo and Akita.