Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter K

A Japanese American singer, originating from Arizona, United States. She is currently signed onto RX

A Japanese American singer, originating from Arizona, United States. She is currently signed onto RX-Records.Born to an American father and Japanese mother, Kylee became interested in singing thanks to the influence of her father and was exposed to singin

A Japanese musician known as the vocalist of Dir en grey. He has been with the band since its incept

A Japanese musician known as the vocalist of Dir en grey. He has been with the band since its inception in 1997 and was previously the frontman of La:Sadie's.[citation needed] His birth name is a topic of controversy amongst both fans and critics alike. He signs his poetry volumes " " (Tooru Nishimura), though other sources instead claim his family name to be Niimura.While he has only composed a handful of Dir en grey's songs (for example, "The Domestic Fucker Family" and "Hades"), Kyo is responsible for all the lyrics, which usually have negative implications and touch on a variety of dark, sometimes taboo, subjects

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 Himi, Toyama and graduate of Ritsumeikan University he was elected to the assembly of Toyama Prefecture for the first time in 1971. From 1979 to 1986 he ran four times for seats in the House of Representatives, albeit unsuccessfully. He was elected for the first time in 1990.

Was a Japanese glass artist. He is best known for his glass boxes with complicated surface decoratio

Was a Japanese glass artist. He is best known for his glass boxes with complicated surface decorations, and his work was included in the exhibit One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, December 22, 2006-September 3, 2007.

Known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a sing

Known by his stage name MIKAMI, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He works for DDT both as a singles wrestler and with Tanomusaku Toba in a tag team called The Suicide Boys.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kawasaki Frontale.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kawasaki Frontale.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka.

Was a Japanese photographer with United Press International who received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for

Was a Japanese photographer with United Press International who received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his combat photography of the Vietnam War during 1965. Two of these photographs were selected as "World Press Photos of the Year" in 1965 and 1966. The 1965 photograph shows a Vietnamese mother and children wading across river to escape a US bombing.[1] The famous 1966 photograph[2] shows U.S soldiers of the 1st Infantry division dragging a dead Viet Cong fighter to a burial site behind their M113 armored personnel carrier, after he was killed in a fierce night attack by several Viet Cong battalions in Tân Bình against U.S. and Australian forces.

The pen name of a Japanese author of novels, short stories, and Kabuki plays who was active from the

The pen name of a Japanese author of novels, short stories, and Kabuki plays who was active from the late Meiji era to the early Showa periods. His real name was Kyotaro Izumi (? ???, Izumi Kyotaro?). Like Natsume Soseki and other Japanese authors with pen names, Kyoka is usually known by that pen name rather than his family name.Kyoka first gained acclaim for his “The Operating Room” (???, Gekashitsu?) and “Night Watchman” (????, Yakojunsa?); his most famous work is “The Holy Man of Mount Koya” (???, Koyahijiri?). Known for a characteristic brand of Romanticism preferring tales of the supernatural heavily influenced by works of the earlier Edo period in Japanese arts and letters

An actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival for her role in Welcom

An actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival for her role in Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (??????, Rajio no jikan?).[1]

A Japanese erotic actress, singer, AV director, and writer[3] who has been called, "the first hard-c

A Japanese erotic actress, singer, AV director, and writer[3] who has been called, "the first hard-core porn actress in Japan."[4]Kyoko Aizome was born Kyoko Yamazaki on February 9, 1958 in Noda, Chiba Prefecture. Aizome grew up in a troubled household. Her father was a police officer who beat his wife, and her parents divorced about 1974, when Aizome was 16 years old.[4] Soon after graduation from high school, Aizome was scouted in Tokyo's Shinjuku neighborhood by a photographer for nude magazines. She saw nude modeling as a stepping-stone into a career in entertainment. First taking the stage name Kyoko Aoyama

Her breakthrough role was as a geeky girl in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse. Besides Dollhouse, s

Her breakthrough role was as a geeky girl in the film Welcome to the Dollhouse. Besides Dollhouse, she's best known for her role as Lilly in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.Her other movies include Sorority Boys, Scream 3, Saved!, and Hostel: Part 2.Matarazzo broke into acting at age 6; upon commandeering the microphone at an AIDS benefit for children, she was given the card of a talent manager whom she would remain with for ten years.[3] In 1997, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in Welcome to the Dollhouse. Matarazzo has expressed pleasure with getting to play interesting characters,

A Japanese poet, artist and theorist. Gardiner started writing poetry and making drawings at a young

A Japanese poet, artist and theorist. Gardiner started writing poetry and making drawings at a young age, and started publishing works as a student at Tokyo University. Her first appearance in the European art scene as a kawaii Japanese artist was through the "Hitch-Snog" travels she made in the early ninetieth with her then-partner Henrik Nyberg, in the Southern region of Sweden, which also had a purpose of raising awareness for Multiple Sclerosis, a condition from which Nyberg suffered. Gardiner became widely known with a public poetry project called "Toilet Thoughts" she started in 1999. "Toilet Thoughts" was made in several Japanese and European cities, and the version made in Amsterdam won People's Awards in 2000, while the original version made in Tokyo was published as an artist book in 2002.

Is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She has won five FILA Wrestling World Championships and two Olympi

Is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. She has won five FILA Wrestling World Championships and two Olympic Bronze medals in the 72 kg weight class. She is sponsored by Japan Beverage Inc. and was nominated by the Japanese Olympic Committee's Special Athlete Ca

A Japanese actress. She is married to Haruichi Shindo, one of the members of the popular Japanese ro

A Japanese actress. She is married to Haruichi Shindo, one of the members of the popular Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti.[1]

A Japanese author.Hayashi was born in Nagasaki and spent the years from 1931-1945 with her family in

A Japanese author.Hayashi was born in Nagasaki and spent the years from 1931-1945 with her family in Shanghai. She returned to Nagasaki in March 1945 and enrolled in Nagasaki Girls' High School, where she was mobilized in the Mitsubishi Munitions Factory. She was working at the factory when the atomic bomb blast destroyed Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Hayashi was seriously ill for two months, and suffered afterwards from fragile health. She later studied nursing in a special course the Welfare Faculty for Women attached to Nagasaki Medical School, but left before graduation. She started to write in 1962.

Is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship thr

Is a Japanese female professional wrestler. She has held the WWWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, and is the first woman to win a men's title in Japan. She is also the founder of the joshi promotion NEO Japan. Kyoko Inoue was trained by famous

Is a retired swimmer from Japan, who won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 S

Is a retired swimmer from Japan, who won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was at age of 14 years and 6 days when she got the medal.

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 Tokyo, she attended Nihon University as an undergraduate and received MBA from Keio University. She was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees. While attending high school, the volle

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees. While attending high school, the volleyball team won the top of Japanese high school with Yuki Kawai.

Was a Japanese actress, voice actress and writer of children's books.Her father was Kunio Kishida, a

Was a Japanese actress, voice actress and writer of children's books.Her father was Kunio Kishida, a playwright and the founder of the Bungaku-za. She became an actress in 1950, and starred in a Yukio Mishima production of Salome (1960). Her film and television drama credits number in the hundreds. Among them are four Taiga drama series on NHK television with roles such as Aguri (the wife of Asano Naganori and Yodo-Dono (the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi). She appeared in various roles, including acting and narrating, in various Ooku series on television. In the series Gokenin Zankuro she portrayed the mother of the title character (played by Ken Watanabe), and narrated a Lone Wolf and Cub television series.

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Machimura Faction, and currently servin

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Machimura Faction, and currently serving her first term as a member of the House of Councillors (Upper House) in the Diet (national legislature). She was Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (naikaku sori-daijin hosakan) for the North Korean abduction issue under Junichiro Koizumi, beginning in 2002. She left the post in 2004 but was reappointed by Shinzo Abe in 2006. She was appointed by Yasuo Fukuda as State Minister in charge of the Population and Gender Equality Issues on August 1, 2008.[1][2]

A Japanese mangaka whose manga are popular for their unorthodox style and controversial topics, such

A Japanese mangaka whose manga are popular for their unorthodox style and controversial topics, such as sex, sadomasochism, drugs, homosexuality, rape, and murder. The Tokyo-born Okazaki often focuses on urban Japanese life in the capital from the 1980s and 90s from a female perspective. Her writings are also studded with modern jargon. Okazaki's manga are not typical, in that while it is a part of the "shojo manga" (girl manga) genre, her works are not conservative enough to fit the typical shojo manga genre completely.

A former J-pop singer and member of the groups Lip's and Nanatsuboshi.She was born in Shimane prefec

A former J-pop singer and member of the groups Lip's and Nanatsuboshi.She was born in Shimane prefecture, Japan. She made her debut on 21 March 1990, and her solo debut on December 16, 1992.

Is a former sumo wrestler and politician from Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. He began his sumo career

Is a former sumo wrestler and politician from Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. He began his sumo career in 1980, reaching the top division in 1996. He was one of the lightest men in makuuchi. but he nevertheless reached the fourth highest rank of komusubi and