Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summ

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

The mayor of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka in Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to

The mayor of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka in Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives in Diet of Japan (parliament) for the first time in 1986 as a member of Democratic Socialist Party, which later became part of Democratic Party of Japan. After losing his seat in 1990, he was re-elected in 1993. In February 2007 he was elected mayor of Kitakyushu.

A Japanese author. He received the Akutagawa Prize for one of his novels, Summer’s Passage (????,

A Japanese author. He received the Akutagawa Prize for one of his novels, Summer’s Passage (????, Natsu no nagare?), in 1966 at the age of 23, becoming the youngest winner of the Akutagawa Prize at that moment.

A Japanese actor. Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to

A Japanese actor. Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theatre club. He later joined the sho-gekijo thratrical troupe Haiyu-Za. Nowadays known for roles such as Kagero in the low budget films Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi, 2002, and its sequel Shinobi: Runaway, 2005 (not related to the 2005 film Shinobi: Heart Under Blade). Probably best known in Japan as Zaoumaru Zaitsuhara/Kamen Rider Zanki in the Tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Hibiki, 2005-2006 and as the Buddhist monk Kamen Rider Touki in the movie special.

Was a Japanese politician who led the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) from 1958 until 1977.Kenji Miya

Was a Japanese politician who led the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) from 1958 until 1977.Kenji Miyamoto officially joined the Japanese Communist Party in 1931. Miyamoto was arrested by Japanese military police in 1933 and accused of conspiring to beat a policeman to death in a crackdown on Japanese Communists. He denied that he had committed the crime. Miyamoto was convicted of the conspiracy charges and sentenced to life in prison. He was released 12 years later after Japan surrendered, ending World War II in 1945. His prison sentence had been annulled following an imperial decree by Emperor Hirohito.

Was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Ven

Was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowneed for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène.Mizoguchi's early works had been exploratory, mainly genre works, remakes of German Expressionism and adaptions of Eugene O'Neill and Leo Tolstoy. In these early years Mizoguchi worked quickly, sometimes churning out a film in weeks. These would account for over fifty films from the 1920s and 1930s, the majority of which are now lost.

Was a Japanese photojournalist shot dead in Burma during the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests.N

Was a Japanese photojournalist shot dead in Burma during the 2007 Burmese anti-government protests.Nagai continued to take photos as he lay wounded on the ground, later dying from gunshot injuries to the chest. He was the only foreign national killed in the protests.[1]Kenji Nagai grew up in Imabari, Ehime, Japan, and graduated from Imabari Nishi High School. Nagai attended Tokyo Keizai University (??????), and after graduation he studied abroad in the United States for a year. After his return to Japan, Nagai held a part-time job before embarking upon his career as a freelance journalist.[2]

Was a noted Japanese writer, critic, and poet of buraku ancestry. Nakagami died from kidney cancer i

Was a noted Japanese writer, critic, and poet of buraku ancestry. Nakagami died from kidney cancer in 1992 at the age of 46.Many of his works are set in the Kumano region of the Kii Peninsula where he grew up under difficult circumstances. When Nakagami won the Akutagawa Prize in 1975 for The Cape (? Misaki), he became the first author born in the post-war period to win this prize. He is considered one of the most important postwar writers in Japan, and one of the only of prominence to reveal the dark side of a racist Japanese society. A number of Nakagami's short stories have been translated into English and other languages, including The Cape and Snakelust (?? Ja'in). He also won the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for his yet untranslated story Karekinada (??? The Sea of Withered Trees).

A Japanese musician born in 1968 April 14 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. His uncle Seiji Ozawa is a world-

A Japanese musician born in 1968 April 14 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. His uncle Seiji Ozawa is a world-famous conductor. Ozawa's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo, Flipper's Guitar. He graduated from Tokyo University. His father is a professor.

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

A former television announcer for the NHK in Japan. He retired in 1988. He is the younger brother of

A former television announcer for the NHK in Japan. He retired in 1988. He is the younger brother of film director Seijun Suzuki.

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 Shizuoka, Shizuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Finance from 1991 to 2002 and attended the Ford School at the University of Michigan in 1993. He was elected for the first time in 2004 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing(movie)."

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 Chiyoda, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

A retired male breaststroke swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in three consecut

A retired male breaststroke swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best Olympic result was the 7th place (2:14.70) in the Men's 200m Breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He is the grandson of Hisakichi Toyoda, who won the gold medal in the men's 4x200m freestyle event at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

A Japanese video game musician working for Nintendo. He was born on April 25, 1964. It was recently

A Japanese video game musician working for Nintendo. He was born on April 25, 1964. It was recently explained that he plays a role as a music director at Nintendo, overseeing the audio for several Nintendo games. He is credited with creating the soundtracks of the following games:

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representativ

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Oyama, Tochigi and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the first of two terms in the House of Councilors in 1983 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. After losing his seat in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party, he was re-elected in 2000 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He later joined the DPJ. His father is writer Sohachi Yamaoka.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kataller Toyama.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kataller Toyama.

Was a Japanese writer.

Was a Japanese writer.

A former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Central League.

A former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Central League.

A Japanese visual artist whose works span over several genres, including painting, sculpture (which

A Japanese visual artist whose works span over several genres, including painting, sculpture (which includes reliefs and constructions), as well as landscape design and architecture. Many of his works has been featured in public collections throughout Japan and in various exhibitions around the world. In 2002, Okazaki participated in the Venice Biennale as the director of the Japanese pavilion of the International Architecture Exhibition. His recent works include a collaborative performance "I love my robots" with the choreographer Trisha Brown, premiered in early 2007.

Was a Japanese mathematician.After he finished the Eighth High School, he returned to Tokyo and stud

Was a Japanese mathematician.After he finished the Eighth High School, he returned to Tokyo and studied mathematics at Imperial University of Tokyo. Shoda was supervised by Teiji Takagi, one of best mathematicians in Japan at that time, and Takagi inspired Shoda to study algebra. Shoda graduated at Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science at Tokyo University in 1925 and continued his graduate study under Takagi's supervision.

Was a Japanese pioneer in the development of television. Although he failed to gain much recognition

Was a Japanese pioneer in the development of television. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television".In 1925, Takayanagi began research on television after reading about the new technology in a French magazine. He developed a system similar to that of John Logie Baird, using a Nipkow disk to scan the subject and generate electrical signals. But unlike Baird, Takayanagi took the important step of using a cathode ray tube to display the received signal, thereby developing the first "all-electronic" television set. On December 25, 1926, Takayanagi successfully demonstrated his system at Hamamatsu Industrial High School, where he was teaching at the time (the school is now the Faculty of Engineering at Shizuoka University)

Is a sailing competitor from Japan. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics with Kazuto Se

Is a sailing competitor from Japan. He won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics with Kazuto Seki in the 470 (dinghy) class.

A Japanese voice actor and actor from Osaka Prefecture. He works at Stardust Promotion as an actor a

A Japanese voice actor and actor from Osaka Prefecture. He works at Stardust Promotion as an actor and Mediarte Entertainment Works as a seiyu.

Was the pen-name of a journalist and writer of senryu (short, humorous verse) in late Meiji, Taisho

Was the pen-name of a journalist and writer of senryu (short, humorous verse) in late Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japan. His real name was Inoue Koichi.In 1905, Kenkabo founded a poetry group called Ryusonji Senryu Kai, which brought out its own short-lived literary magazine called Senryu. After retiring from working as an employee of the Nihon Shimbun newspaper, Kenkabo continued to manage the senryu columns of the Kokumin Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun newspapers and later resurrected Senryu in 1912, renaming it Taisho Senryu, to mark the beginning of the new Taisho period.