Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter K

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 Miyagi Prefecture, he attended Chuo University as an undergraduate and received his mater's degree from Tohoku University. He was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Miyagi Prefecture in 1995 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Former House of Representatives of Japan Speaker Kenzaburo Hara, who had served as a legislator for

Former House of Representatives of Japan Speaker Kenzaburo Hara, who had served as a legislator for 54 years until he retired in 2000, died of heart failure in Tokyo Saturday, his family said. He was 97. The schedule for funeral services for the politician, popularly known as "Haraken," has not yet been fixed. Hara was first elected to the Diet in Japan's first post-war Lower House election held in 1946 with the backing of the now defunct Japan Progressive Party. He later joined the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He had served 20 terms, totaling 54 years, as a Lower House member until he retired from politics at the age of 93 in June 2000 shortly before a general election

A major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and Ame

A major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, engage with political, social and philosophical issues including nuclear weapons, social non-conformism and existentialism.

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, he graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology and received master's degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in the United States. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 when he left assistant professorship at the University of Tokyo.

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.

He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro Wrestling and in the United States w

He is perhaps best known for his appearances with New Japan Pro Wrestling and in the United States with World Wrestling Entertainment He is currently wrestling in the AAA promotion in Mexico, where he is part of a heel stable known as "La Legion Extranjera" (The Foreign Legion).Suzuki debuted at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestling World 2000 event at the Tokyo Dome, replacing Bill Goldberg and losing to Manabu Nakanishi. Later that year, Suzuki won New Japan's Young Lions Cup tournament, defeating Shinya Makabe. He also won Rookie of the Year honors from New Japan in the same year. In his years in New Japan, he was teamed with fellow rookie Hiroshi Tanahashi, who had debuted only four months before him. Their combination was known as The Kings of the Hills.

Was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of the

Was a Japanese architect, and winner of the 1987 Pritzker Prize for architecture. He was one of the most significant architects of the 20th century, combining traditional Japanese styles with modernism, and designed major buildings on five continents. Kenzo Tange was also an influential protagonist of the movement structuralism. He said: "It was, I believe, around 1959 or at the beginning of the sixties that I began to think about what I was later to call structuralism", (cited in Plan 2/1982, Amsterdam).

A retired Japanese football player. Yokoyama also coached the Japan national team between 1988 and 1

A retired Japanese football player. Yokoyama also coached the Japan national team between 1988 and 1991.After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he played professionally in the Japan Soccer League for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (now Urawa Red Diamonds) in Saitama Prefecture. He played a total of 136 league games, and 37 games for the national team. Yokoyama also played in two Olympics, including the bronze-medal team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Khas-Magomed was born in the Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan to Chechen parents, who had been forcibl

Khas-Magomed was born in the Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan to Chechen parents, who had been forcibly removed from their homes in Chechnya as the result of the forced deportations of the Chechen and Ingush people to Central Asia on February 23, 1944. He spent much of his early youth in the village of Panfilovka in the Chuy Province of neighboring Kyrgyzstan, before his family returned their native village of Novye Atagi.

The pen-name of a popular Japanese manga artist Michitaka Kikuchi whose work spans multiple genres a

The pen-name of a popular Japanese manga artist Michitaka Kikuchi whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences.He is well-known for using influences from American comics, television, and movies in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of both Batman and Star Wars. One of the most widely-published Japanese mangaka, nearly all of his stories have been translated into other languages, including English. His two most successful and popular manga series to-date are Martian Successor Nadesico and Silent Möbius.

Was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the ambassador to the United States at the time

Was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the ambassador to the United States at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Nomura was born in Wakayama city, Wakayama prefecture. He graduated from the 26th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1898, with a ranking of 2nd out of a class of 57 cadets. As a midshipman, he served on the corvette Hiei and battleship Yashima. As a crewman, he made a voyage to the United States on the battleship Mikasa from 1901-1902.

Was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.Kigoshi was born as the eldest son to a samurai fa

Was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.Kigoshi was born as the eldest son to a samurai family of the Kaga domain (present day Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture). In 1875, while still a student at the very first class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, he participated in combat during the Satsuma Rebellion. He was sent as a military attaché for training in Prussia from 1883.

Was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki. He was

Was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki. He was born in Yonago. He graduated from the Meiji University. He directed almost 40 films and wrote at least 24 films.One of his most notable works is Samurai Assassin (1965) starring Toshiro Mifune, about a group of 19th century political agitators planning to kill an important government official. The Japanese title is simply Samurai. His career spanned almost six decades, from 1958's All About Marriage, through The Sword of Doom (1966), Kill! (1968), the anti-war film, The Human Bullet (1968), Blood Type: Blue (1978), At This Late Date, the Charleston (1981), Rainbow Kids (1991) to Vengeance for Sale (2001).

A Japanese designer and maker of puppets, a director, writer and animator of independently-made stop

A Japanese designer and maker of puppets, a director, writer and animator of independently-made stop motion films and president of the Japan Animation Association since 1989, succeeding Osamu Tezuka.[2] Previously an illustrator and doll maker, he has collaborated with Tadasu Iizawa and trained under Tadahito Mochinaga and, later, Jirí Trnka. His most famous creations in his native Japan are the puppets he designed and made for a long-running TV series adaptation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms; internationally he is better known for his own short films. Most of these are model animation; Tabi and Shijin no Shogai are cutout animation and the French-language Farce anthropo-cynique is mixed media.

An entrepreneur who built up the Okura-gumi and founded the giant Okura zaibatsu (literally financia

An entrepreneur who built up the Okura-gumi and founded the giant Okura zaibatsu (literally financial cliques) and the Okura Shogyo Gakko which later became Tokyo Keizai University (Tokyo University of Economics) in 1949.In contrast to most of the zaibatsu, the Okura zaibatsu was founded by someone from the peasant class. Okura Kihachiro moved from what is now Niigata Prefecture on the north shore of Honshu to Edo and worked for three years before starting his own grocery store in 1857. After selling groceries for eight years, [1] he became a weapons dealer during the turbulent years between the arrival of the Black Ships and the eventual overthrow in 1867 of the Tokugawa Shogunate.He become one of the principal business investors of the original Imperial Hotel completed in 1890.[2

A Japanese actor. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, passed away when he was only two years

A Japanese actor. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, passed away when he was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Year of Japan Academy Awards in 1981.He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for 47 Ronin) and Best Actor award in 2003 (for Mibu gishi den (When the Last Sword is Drawn).

Was a Japanese entrepreneur and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. He made the dec

Was a Japanese entrepreneur and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. He made the decision for Toyoda Loom Works to branch into automobiles, considered a risky business at the time. Shortly before Sakichi Toyoda died, he encouraged his son to follow his dream and pursue automobile manufacturing — Kiichiro created what eventually became Toyota Motor Corporation.

Was a Japanese mathematician working in algebra and topology.He introduced the concepts now known as

Was a Japanese mathematician working in algebra and topology.He introduced the concepts now known as Morita equivalence and Morita duality which were given wide circulation in the 1960s by Hyman Bass in a series of lectures. The Morita conjectures on normal topological spaces are also named after him.

Was a prominent pre-World War II Japanese diplomat and the 44th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 Octob

Was a prominent pre-World War II Japanese diplomat and the 44th Prime Minister of Japan from 9 October 1945 to 22 May 1946. He was a leading proponent of pacifism in Japan before and after World War II, and was also the last Japanese prime minister who was a member of the kazoku. His wife, Masako, was the fourth daughter of Iwasaki Yataro, founder of the Mitsubishi zaibatsu.

Inoue's vocal roles are usually female characters characterized as dignified, reserved, beautiful, k

Inoue's vocal roles are usually female characters characterized as dignified, reserved, beautiful, kind, regal, mature or domestic. For example, Belldandy, a goddess who is kind, compassionate and skilled at domestic tasks. Kasumi Tendo is an older sister

Was a Japanese chemist, Tokyo Imperial University professor in Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the

Was a Japanese chemist, Tokyo Imperial University professor in Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical root behind a taste he named umami. He discovered the common component which produced the flavour of meat, seaweed and tomatoes was glutamate, which produces the sensation of umami.

A professional Go player.Kikuyo joined the Nihon Ki-in in 1981. She is the sister of Shinichi Aoki,

A professional Go player.Kikuyo joined the Nihon Ki-in in 1981. She is the sister of Shinichi Aoki, who is a 9 dan professional at the Nihon Ki-in.

Was the right hand man of Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea. He was assassinated in 1

Was the right hand man of Syngman Rhee, the first president of South Korea. He was assassinated in 1956 by army colleagues.After the Japanese were defeated by the Allies in 1945 and Korea was liberated, Kim Chang-Ryong came back to his hometown Hamheung, then part of North Korea and under Soviet occupation. At that time, he was wanted by the Communists for his acts done as a Japanese detective so he kept a low profile so as not to be noticed. At the end of year 1945, he allegedly visited his friend and former assistant Kim Yun-Won (???) in Chorwon but the latter sold him out to the Communists, who sentenced him to death for "anti-Korean deeds", i.e. arresting resistants against the Japanese occupation

(born on January 24, 1966) is a Japanese-American

(born on January 24, 1966) is a Japanese-American