Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter J

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 a Japanese playwright and translator of Shakespeare born in Hongo, which is now Bunkyo, Tokyo.He

Was a Japanese playwright and translator of Shakespeare born in Hongo, which is now Bunkyo, Tokyo.He graduated from the University of Tokyo, where he majored in English literature.Well-known works translated into English include Twilight Crane (??, yuzuru), Wind and Waves (??, furo) and Between God and Man (????????, kami-to hito-to-no aida).In 1951, composer Ikuma Dan used Kinoshita's Twilight Crane as the libretto for his opera Yuzuru.

Is a former Japanese football player who has recently played for Consadole Sapporo. He started his c

Is a former Japanese football player who has recently played for Consadole Sapporo. He started his career for Verdy Kawasaki in 1993.

A Japanese film director born in Sakai City, Japan. He made his directorial debut in 1989 with Dotsu

A Japanese film director born in Sakai City, Japan. He made his directorial debut in 1989 with Dotsuitarunen and followed it up with another boxing film, Tekken in 1990. Other films include Kao (2000 film) (released on video in the USA as Face).

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Seto, Aichi and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.

Is a Japanese kayokyoku singer. She also sing jazz, chanson, canzone and min'yo. She made her debut

Is a Japanese kayokyoku singer. She also sing jazz, chanson, canzone and min'yo. She made her debut in 2005. She attended the 59th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen. Her song "Ai no Mama de" (lit. "As Love Without Change") reached number-one on the Japan's oricon cha

A Japanese figure skater who is now a coach and ISU official. she won the five-time Japan Figure Ska

A Japanese figure skater who is now a coach and ISU official. she won the five-time Japan Figure Skating Championships. She represented Japan at the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics.

A seiyu who has also released several CD albums as a J-pop singer. Her most notable role is in Cardc

A seiyu who has also released several CD albums as a J-pop singer. Her most notable role is in Cardcaptor Sakura providing the voice to Sakura's best friend, Tomoyo.

An actress.

An actress.

A Japanese actress. Known as one of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of Roman Porno during the 1970s, she

A Japanese actress. Known as one of the three "Nikkatsu Queens" of Roman Porno during the 1970s, she has had a long and varied career.Junko Miyashita was born in Tokyo on January 29, 1949. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films.[2] Her debut film was in July, 1971 with That's How I Lost (??????????). Her work in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno genre included eight entries in the Apartment Wife series from 1972 until 1974. She worked with the best directors in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films, including Noboru Tanaka, Koji Wakamatsu and Tatsumi Kumashiro. Among the highlights of her early career were starring roles in Tanaka's Showa Trilogy (A Woman Called Sada Abe (1975),

A silversmith and a modernist metalwork sculptor. She was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1974. She gradu

A silversmith and a modernist metalwork sculptor. She was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1974. She graduated in from Musashino Art University in Tokyo in 1997 with her first BA in three-dimensional design. She then worked as a welder in a factory for one year. From 1998 to 2000, she studied silversmithing and metalwork at Camberwell College of Arts in London, where she earned her second BA. She then spent two years as artist-in-residence at Liverpool Hope University.

Is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay at th

Is a former butterfly swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100 m medley relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Masami Tanaka, and Sumika Minamoto.

Is a Japanese mountain-climber, who became the first female to reach the summit of Mount Everest on

Is a Japanese mountain-climber, who became the first female to reach the summit of Mount Everest on May 16, 1975.She caught her mountain climbing bug when she climbed Mt. Nasu with a teacher when she was ten years old. This experience changed her life for

Taking a well-trod path by many female seiy?, she often voices young male characters with generally

Taking a well-trod path by many female seiy?, she often voices young male characters with generally very quirky and goofy personalities. Her two most notable recent roles are in Naruto, where she plays the main character, Naruto Uzumaki, and in Hunter x H

A Japanese figure skater who is now a figure skate commentator. She won the 1993 Winter Universiade

A Japanese figure skater who is now a figure skate commentator. She won the 1993 Winter Universiade and the bronze medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1988 and 1989. She placed 14th in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.

Was the first journalist ever to receive Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure. He was presented with

Was the first journalist ever to receive Japan's Order of the Sacred Treasure. He was presented with the Fourth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure in a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry for "the service he has rendered in promoting friendly relations between Japan and the United States for many years." Emperor Hirohito later received Mr. Ofusa at the Imperial Palace.[1]Ofusa managed the Tokyo Bureau of The New York Times for nearly six decades. He was hired in 1930 by the first bureau chief for The Times in Tokyo, Hugh Byas. Across the decades, Ofusa worked with more than twenty bureau chiefs and correspondents assigned to Tokyo, acting as reporter, interpreter and fixer. The next bureau chief, Otto D. Tolischus, was arrested on the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. For months Mr. Ofusa took food and clothes to Mr. Tolischus in prison, until he was sent to the United States in a prisoner exchange. When the American occupation army swept into Tokyo in 1945, Mr. Ofusa greeted the arriving correspondent, Lindesay M. Parrott, with a smile, saying: "I did my best to defeat your country. But now the war is over."[2]

A Japanese professional soccer player who is the son of a Swiss father and a Japanese mother[1]. His

A Japanese professional soccer player who is the son of a Swiss father and a Japanese mother[1]. His position is goalkeeper. Schneider was born in Tokyo.Currently, Schneider plays for Vegalta Sendai in Japan's professional J. League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League.

Is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 146, which she reac

Is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her career high WTA singles ranking is 146, which she reached on October 16, 2006. Her career high doubles ranking is 109, set on April 14, 2008.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai.

Is the founder and CEO of Hatena Co., Ltd.. He is also known as one of the A-list bloggers in Japan.

Is the founder and CEO of Hatena Co., Ltd.. He is also known as one of the A-list bloggers in Japan. After he graduated from Yokkaichi Minami High School, he got into Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, and then he graduated.In 2000, He dropped out of Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. On July 19, 2001, He founded Hatena as a private limited company in Kyoto. On February 1, 2004, Hatena was converted to joint stock company.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Ventforet Kofu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Ventforet Kofu.

A Japanese video game composer and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1995. He is p

A Japanese video game composer and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1995. He is perhaps best known for scoring Threads of Fate and co-composing Final Fantasy X. He has also worked as an arranger for Dawn of Mana and the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy IV. Nakano has collaborated with his friend and fellow composer Masashi Hamauzu on several games.

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 Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1994. Leaving the ministry in 2003, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in the same year. Two years later, he ran again and was elected for the first time.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.