Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter K

is a Japanese football player, currently playing for Oita Trinita. He is a goalkeeper.

is a Japanese football player, currently playing for Oita Trinita. He is a goalkeeper.

A Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific Leagu

A Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League.

A Japanese football player. He is a centre back and currently plays for the J-league team Urawa Red

A Japanese football player. He is a centre back and currently plays for the J-league team Urawa Red Diamonds.[1] After graduating from the university in 2002, he joined Urawa Red Diamonds and immediately broke into the first team. His first appearance came on March 3, 2002 against Yokohama F. Marinos. He scored his first league goal on May 17, 2003 against Gamba Osaka. He won the J-League Young Player of the Year award in 2002 and was selected as one of the J. League Best Eleven in 2003.Japan's national coach Zico gave him the first cap in 2003 when he played Tsuboi on June 11, 2003 in a friendly against Paraguay at Saitama Stadium. He was a member of the Japan team for 2006 FIFA World Cup where he played 2 games against Australia and Brazil. In Japan's first match against Australia

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 Tsuyama, Okayama, he attended the University of Tokyo and received MBA from Oxford University. He was elected for the first time in 2003.

A prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba

A prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba

Was a Japanese businessman who built the Tokyu Group into one of the leading corporate groups in Jap

Was a Japanese businessman who built the Tokyu Group into one of the leading corporate groups in Japan.In 1920, Goto was offered the post of Director of the Musashi Railway, a struggling company in need of capital to finance its expansion. He accepted and by 1924 had acquired a controlling interest in the company, using the profits from other railway ventures in the Tokyo area. This was the first of many acquisitions in which Goto bought weak companies and transformed them into profitable members of a growing railway and real estate group. It was also around this time that he persuaded the Tokyo Institute of Technology to relocate along his railway from its former campus

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Sagan Tosu.

Is a male badminton player from Japan.Masuda competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in me

Is a male badminton player from Japan.Masuda competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Tadashi Ohtsuka. They had a bye in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Fu Haifeng and Cai Yun of China.

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays for Urawa Red

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a defensive midfielder and currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.He is a cousin of Koki Mizuno of Celtic F.C.he joined J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds in 2000. His first professional appearance came in an Emperor's Cup match against Honda Lock S.C. on December 3, 2000. He broke into Urawa's first team in 2001 and became a mainstay in the midfield. He contributed to the club winning the J. League championship in 2006 and was chosen as one of the J. League Best Eleven 2006.He was a captain for the Japan's Olympic team through the final qualifying stage to Athne 2004. However, he was not included in the final squad for the Olympic as coach Masakuni Yamamoto favoured overage player Shinji Ono.

A Japanese musician. He is the lead singer of the J-Pop boy band w-inds. and is also very involved w

A Japanese musician. He is the lead singer of the J-Pop boy band w-inds. and is also very involved with their dance sequences.Tachibana got his big break when he was the only male finalist in the 2000 Kyushu-Okinawa Starlight Audition, beating thousands of contestants, but did not win. He joined forces with two dancers from Sapporo, Ryuichi Ogata and Ryohei Chiba, to form w-inds.In his spare time, he enjoys playing rounds of pool or soccer. Keita is also capable of playing various musical instruments; piano, guitar and bass guitar[citation needed].

A flyweight boxer.Hoshino turned pro in 1988 and captured the WBA minimumweight title with a decisio

A flyweight boxer.Hoshino turned pro in 1988 and captured the WBA minimumweight title with a decision win over Joma Gamboa in 2000. He defended the belt once before losing it by split decision to Chana Porpaoin in 2001. He recaptured the vacant WBA minimumweight title with a decision win over Gamboa in 2002, but lost the belt in his first defense to Noel Arambulet.

A retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer O

A retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

(born February 8, 1973 in Yokosuka, Japan) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and right-hande

(born February 8, 1973 in Yokosuka, Japan) is a former Major League Baseball catcher and right-handed batter. He made his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2000.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.

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 politician who served in the House of Representatives for twelve terms, and ultimatel

Was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives for twelve terms, and ultimately as the 84th Prime Minister of Japan from July 30, 1998 to April 5, 2000. His political career ended when he suffered a serious and ultimately fatal stroke.

Was a professional Go player.Keizo Suzuki was a promising Japanese go player that was a part of the

Was a professional Go player.Keizo Suzuki was a promising Japanese go player that was a part of the "Three crows" of the 1940s and early 50's. He died a premature death at 18 from tuberculosis.

A Japanese politician. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was a member of the House

A Japanese politician. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and was a member of the House of Councillors of Japan.He used to be a professor of Tokai University whose main subject is international politics and was first elected to a member of the House of Councillors on 23 July 1995. He had been a member since then until July 2007 and Vice Minister of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of the Abe Cabinet since September 2006 until August 2007. He was a tutor of the School of Politics for Women (?????????????).

In his teens, Akamatsu applied himself to Film Study (it is speculated that this is where he got the

In his teens, Akamatsu applied himself to Film Study (it is speculated that this is where he got the idea for Love Hina). Eventually, he became famous as an illustrator featured in Comiket (short for Comic Market, a comic convention bi-annually held in Ja

A Japanese football player currently playing for Ventforet Kofu.Renown as a stylish playmaker [1], F

A Japanese football player currently playing for Ventforet Kofu.Renown as a stylish playmaker [1], Fujita is a stalwart of the side who played a key role in their rise to the J-League for the first time in the club's history, in which they remained for two seasons.

Is one of the nation's top competitors in the sport of drifting. Born in Okinawa, Japan, but raised

Is one of the nation's top competitors in the sport of drifting. Born in Okinawa, Japan, but raised in Los Angeles, he was taught by his father Tsukasa Gushi at the age of 14 with a Toyota AE86[1]. Ken has become the youngest competitor in both the D1 Gra

His soulful voice and unconventional looks won him fans following his debut in 1992. Since his debut

His soulful voice and unconventional looks won him fans following his debut in 1992. Since his debut, Hirai has worked as a model, actor, composer, lyricist, singer, spokesperson.During his career, Hirai has sold close to 14 million copies of his albums a

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

The former Chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the video gam

The former Chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the video game division of Sony Corporation. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3.Kutaragi was closely watched by financial analysts who trace profiles of the losses and profits of the Sony Corporation. This has been attributed to the PlayStation franchise's high profit returns for Sony; it has been the key source of profit for the company. [1]

A specialist in information processing for East Asian languages. He is known in East Asia as ?? ? (i

A specialist in information processing for East Asian languages. He is known in East Asia as ?? ? (in Han characters), pronounced in Japanese as Kobayashi Ken, which echoes his name of Viking origin. He is also an accomplished photographer, specializing in firearm and blade photography, and an avid varmint and larger game hunter. He is also known to the Cult of the P7 members as an avid HK P7 collector. Ken has also ran into problems with Internet pirates, using his photos for advertising their own items for sale or for other commercial purposes.