Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Is a Japanese photographer.Suda graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1962. From 1967 t

Is a Japanese photographer.Suda graduated from the Tokyo College of Photography in 1962. From 1967 to 1970 he worked as the cameraman of the theatrical group Tenjo Sajiki, under Shuji Terayama. He has worked as a freelance photographer since 1971. Suda is a professor at Osaka University of Arts.

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Hikone, Shiga he earned his undergraduate degree in Chuo University, study-abroad credit in Carleton College in Minnesota, United States and master's degree in Doshisha University. He was elected for the first time in 2005.

Was a Japanese astronomer.He was professor of astronomy at Kyoto University. In 1920 he became the f

Was a Japanese astronomer.He was professor of astronomy at Kyoto University. In 1920 he became the first president of the Oriental Astronomical Association. He was director of the Kwasan Observatory in Kyoto.

A Canadian soccer player who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland. He is a

A Canadian soccer player who currently plays for the Danish Superliga club FC Nordsjælland. He is also a a member of the Canada national football team.While living in England, Issey played for the Crystal Palace F.C. youth team. at the age of 16 to play in the Verdy Kawasaki youth team in Japan. This did not result in a professional contract with the club, and therefore he left in 2003 to join Albirex Niigata from the J. League Division 2.Issey played two seasons for the Albirex Niigata satellite club Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in 2004 and 2005 and scored 12 and 14 goals respectively. He was elected young player of the year in Singapore in 2005, and played one game for the U-21 national team of Singapore.

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 Toshima, Tokyo and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the assembly of Nerima, Tokyo for the first time in 1991 where he served for two terms after an unsuccessful run in 1990. After having served in the prefectural assembly of Tokyo since 1997, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000. He ran again three years later and was elected for the first time.

Is considered a founder of the discipline of Japanese primatology. He was an internationally renowne

Is considered a founder of the discipline of Japanese primatology. He was an internationally renowned anthropologist and served as a professor emeritus at Kyoto University. He died at age 75 of pneumonia.

Was a Japanese textile artist. He was most famous for reviving and modernizing a lost late-15th- to

Was a Japanese textile artist. He was most famous for reviving and modernizing a lost late-15th- to early-16th-century textile-dyeing and decorating technique called tsujigahana (literally, flowers at the crossroads).Kubota left school at age 14 to become the apprentice of Kobayashi Kiyoshi, a Tokyo kimono artist who specialized in hand-painted yuzen (a paste-resist-dyeing technique). Kubota also studied other techniques for decorating fabrics, as well as Japanese-style landscape painting and portraiture. At the age of 20, he first saw a fragment of a textile in the tsujigahana style at the Tokyo National Museum, and decided to devote his life to recreating it. Because no instructions survive that explain how to reproduce the complex decorative techniques seen in tsujigahana, and because the silk fabric necessary for its successful production (nerinuki) is no longer woven, Kubota was forced to experiment on his own for decades.

Was a Japanese statesman, Resident-General of Korea, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th

Was a Japanese statesman, Resident-General of Korea, four time Prime Minister of Japan (the 1st, 5th, 7th and 10th) and genro. Ito was assassinated by An Jung-geun, a Korean nationalist who was against the Annexation of Korea by the Japanese Empire.[1]Ito was born as the son of Hayashi Juzo. He was originally named Hayashi Risuke. His father Hayashi Juzo was the adopted son of Mizui Buhei who was an adopted son of Ito Yaemon's family, a lower class samurai from Hagi, Choshu domain (present-day Yamaguchi prefecture). Mizui Buhei was renamed to Ito Naoemon

Was a statesman in Meiji period Japan.Ito was born into a local samurai administrator's family in Na

Was a statesman in Meiji period Japan.Ito was born into a local samurai administrator's family in Nagasaki, Hizen Province (present-day Nagasaki Prefecture). From his early days, he showed a mastery of foreign languages. In the new Meiji government he worked as a translation official for Hyogo Prefecture specializing in English, and was later selected to accompany Ito Hirobumi (no relation) to Europe in 1882 to investigate the constitutions and governmental structures of various European counties, with the aim of creating a constitution for Japan.

Was the pen-name of a tanka poet and novelist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Ito Kojiro.Hi

Was the pen-name of a tanka poet and novelist in Meiji period Japan. His real name was Ito Kojiro.His interest in poetry led him to visit the famous author Masaoka Shiki, who accepted him as a student. Ito established the literary magazine Araragi in 1903, and served as its editor until 1908. During this time, he published his poems, literary criticism and studies on the Man'yoshu. He published a sentimental love story, Nogiku no haka ("The Wild Daisy", 1906) in the literary magazine Hototogisu. The story became a popular classic, and was made into movies in 1955, 1966 and in 1981.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player. He was originally draft by the Nippon Ham Fighters in 2000, p

A Nippon Professional Baseball player. He was originally draft by the Nippon Ham Fighters in 2000, playing 5 seasons, before playing for the Hanshin Tigers.

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national l

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2005.

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese actress.

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 Kesennuma, Miyagi, he attended Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology as an undergraduate and the University of Tokyo as a graduate. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 but resigned in 2000. He, however, ran for the house in 2003 and was re-elected.

A Japanese-American, was the woman most identified with "Tokyo Rose", a generic name given by Allied

A Japanese-American, was the woman most identified with "Tokyo Rose", a generic name given by Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II to any of approximately a dozen English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda.Identified by the press as Tokyo Rose after the war, she was detained for a year by the U.S. military before being released for lack of evidence. Upon return to the U.S., the Federal Bureau of Investigation began an investigation of her activities and she was subsequently charged by the United States Attorney's Office with eight counts of treason. Her 1949 trial resulted in a conviction on one count, making her the seventh American to be convicted on that charge. In 1974, investigative journalists found key witnesses had lied during testimony and other serious problems with the conduct of the trial. She was pardoned by U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1977, becoming the only U.S. citizen convicted of treason to be pardoned.

Was a Japanese scientist and optician.He was born in Kaizuka, Osaka in a merchant family, became ind

Was a Japanese scientist and optician.He was born in Kaizuka, Osaka in a merchant family, became independent to be an optician, then was interested in natural science and learned scientific methodology and physics from Minagawa Kien, a scholar of I Ching, in Kyoto. He observed movements of the sun, the moon, stars, and developed an instrument to calculate the movements of celestrial bodies and tides called ‘Heitengi’ (???) in 1801 and wrote the theoretical book of astronomy called ‘Heitengi zukai’ (?????) in 1802.

Is a former sumo wrestler. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2000 and reache

Is a former sumo wrestler. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2000 and reached the top division at the end of 2002. The highest rank he reached was komusubi. He was a runner-up in one tournament and earned two special prizes in his

Was a Japanese statesman who played an important role in the Meiji Restoration, influencing opinions

Was a Japanese statesman who played an important role in the Meiji Restoration, influencing opinions of the Imperial Court. The former 500 Yen banknote issued by the Bank of Japan carried his portrait.As with most other courtiers in Kyoto, Iwakura opposed the Tokugawa Shogunate's plans to end Japan's national isolation policy and to open Japan to foreign countries. When Hotta Masayoshi, a Roju of the Tokugawa government came to Kyoto to obtain imperial permission to sign the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States-Japan) in 1858, Iwakura gathered courtiers who opposed the treaty and attempted to hinder negotiations between the Shogun and the Court.

Was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo era, who was a rear-vassal (baishin ??) of the Tosa Domain. I

Was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo era, who was a rear-vassal (baishin ??) of the Tosa Domain. In the Boshin War of 1868-69, he fought under the imperial banner, in the Battle of Hokuetsu. Iwamura went on to become a politician in the Meiji era, serving as governor of Hokkaido, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Okinawa Prefecture, among other posts.

A former Japanese professional boxer who was sentenced to death for the June 10, 1966 mass murder. S

A former Japanese professional boxer who was sentenced to death for the June 10, 1966 mass murder. Supreme court upheld his death sentence on November 19, 1980. However, he was suspected for being falsely charged. The physical evidence was changed from pajamas to clothes[1] and the clothes did not fit him.[2] Although he remains on death row, he has not been executed until now (Japan sometimes hasn't executed suspected innocent prisoners such as Sadamichi Hirasawa). As of 2008[update], he has been in prison for 42 years, the longest imprisonment in current Japanese condemned prisoners.

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 Gifu, Gifu and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1960, attending the University of London while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 1981, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986. After losing his seat in 1996, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

A professional Go player.Izumi Kobayashi grew up in a family of accomplished Go players. She has jok

A professional Go player.Izumi Kobayashi grew up in a family of accomplished Go players. She has joked that she first played Go in her mother's womb. Her father is Koichi Kobayashi, the man who ranks third in number of titles held in Japan. Her maternal grandfather was Kitani Minoru, one of the leading players and probably the greatest Go teacher. Her mother was Reiko Kobayashi née Kitani (1939–1996), 6 dan, who won the All-Japan Women's Championship several times.[1] She became a professional go player in 1995, and was promoted to her current rank, 6 dan, in 2004. She is married to Cho U, one of the top players in Japan.

An associate professor of Tohoku University, a researcher of stainless steels.Tohoku University grad

An associate professor of Tohoku University, a researcher of stainless steels.Tohoku University graduate school engineering research course (metal engineering major) master's course completion in 1988.

Was a J-pop singer, song writer, and member of the group Zard.Her father was an instructor for a dri

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

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 Iwaki, Fukushima and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to be the mayor of Iwaki in 1996. After an unsuccessful run in 2000, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.