Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Mito HollyHock.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Mito HollyHock.

Born on (?? ??) January 24, 1947) is a Japanese golfer.

Born on (?? ??) January 24, 1947) is a Japanese golfer.

Is a retired professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and

Is a retired professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and had numerous high-profile matches with André the Giant in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the 1980s, including the first ever "stretcher match"

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

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Suginami, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked the Ministry of Construction from 1967 until 1997. In 1998, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Was a former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Was a former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Was a Japanese TV announcer and master of ceremonies. His nickname was "It's me".Born in Osaka, Itsu

Was a Japanese TV announcer and master of ceremonies. His nickname was "It's me".Born in Osaka, Itsumi became a popular master of ceremonies. He was the only person who was able to govern three big talents; Takeshi Kitano, Sanma Akashiya and Tamori. However, he announced his suffering from cancer on 6 September 1993. Japanese mass media continued to report his condition. He died of cancer on December 25, 1993 while being popular in Japan.

A Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagay

A Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio Senior High School and Keio University. Aliases include "Manta" (???, Manta?) and "Yumin teishu" (????, Yumin teishu?). His wife is singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist Yumi Matsutoya.

A Japanese football player. Sakamoto is a graduate of Nippon Sport Science University.

A Japanese football player. Sakamoto is a graduate of Nippon Sport Science University.

Was one of the most prominent Japanese photographers in the first half of the twentieth century.Taka

Was one of the most prominent Japanese photographers in the first half of the twentieth century.Takayama was born in Tokyo, Japan. As an amateur photographer, he published many of his works in the magazine Geijutsu Shashin Kenkyu (??????), beginning in the 1920s. He remained an active photographer even after World War II.

A professional Japanese Welterweight kickboxer and a two-time K-1 World MAX champion. He won his fir

A professional Japanese Welterweight kickboxer and a two-time K-1 World MAX champion. He won his first K-1 World MAX title on July 5, 2003 by defeating Mike Zambidis in the quarterfinals, knocking out Sakkedaw Kiatputon in the semifinals and defending champion Albert Kraus with a left hook KO in the tournament finals. Masato was also the K-1 World MAX tournament finalist in 2004 and 2007. On October 1, 2008 Masato won his second K-1 MAX title, defeating Yoshihiro Sato and Artur Kyshenko.

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.

A Japanese film director, critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to Western audiences as O

A Japanese film director, critic, and sometimes an actor; he is best known to Western audiences as Omura in The Last Samurai and as Mr Mita in Fearless. In both his acting roles he portrayed the villain who wants Japan to westernize under the Meiji Restoration in the meantime trying to remove the old ways.

Japanese musician, composer, sound artist, sound designer and producer.Masato Hatanaka learnt everyt

Japanese musician, composer, sound artist, sound designer and producer.Masato Hatanaka learnt everything concerning music and sound design by self-study. His concept is haute couture sound and quests for the way sound should be. He is a composer who deals with creating many works in fields such as stages, art, architectire and design and all eyes are on him. In 2008, he presented his works at the Issey Miyake XXIc. - XXIst Century Man, Tokyo Wonder at Milano Salone 2008, Lexus International Gallery Aoyama and is highly acknowledged. His unique method of giving life to any kind of sound has been highly distinguished in the world.

is a Japanese football player who plays for F.C. Gifu.

is a Japanese football player who plays for F.C. Gifu.

A Japanese game developer and scenario writer. He first worked for Tecmo on Captain Tsubasa and the

A Japanese game developer and scenario writer. He first worked for Tecmo on Captain Tsubasa and the Ninja Gaiden series. He went on to work for Gainax, then Square. He is mostly known for having penned the script of Chrono Trigger (based on a story draft by Yuuji Horii), as well as Radical Dreamers, parts of Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears and Chrono Cross.Kato left Square after designing the plot of Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart to become a freelance scenario writer. In addition to games for different companies, he has continued to work on Square Enix projects such as the World of Mana series, an enhanced port of Chrono Trigger for the Nintendo DS, and three more expansion chapters for Final Fantasy XI.

A Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team To

A Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo.He was interested in cars from an early age, and as soon he received his drivers licence he purchased a Nissan 180SX and began practising drifting techniques. He studied Keiichi Tsuchiya's 'Drift Bible' and learnt fast, soon he was ready to take his drifting to the race track where he met D1 driver Atsushi Kuroi who gave him plenty of advice on how to improve. At 19 entered his first drift competition against his mentor Kuroi and to everyones surprise he won. When he was 21 he was scouted by the president of tuning company GP Sports who sponsored him until 2003 when he was offered a job testing for them

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

A Japanese football player.

A Japanese football player.

He formed the band Dreams Come True in 1988, and started the record company "DCT Records" in 2002. H

He formed the band Dreams Come True in 1988, and started the record company "DCT Records" in 2002. He has also composed music for various television commercials and the video games Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. On 22 June 2008, he married Makii, the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band High and Mighty Color.[1]

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, known by his ring name Yamato (

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, known by his ring name Yamato (stylized as YAMATO), who competes for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA. He is a member of the Kamikaze stable in Dragon Gate. He

Is a Japanese former football player who played for Omiya Ardija.

Is a Japanese former football player who played for Omiya Ardija.

A Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of

A Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of various anime and tokusatsu series. In his career, he has sung under the names Kouichi Fuji (? ?? ,Fuji Koichi?), Akira Tani (? ??? ,Tani Akira?), and Ryu Kisami (??? ? ,Kisami Ryu?). "Masato Shimon" is also his recording name, as he was born with the name Masaharu Fujikawa (?? ?? ,Fujikawa Masaharu?). He recorded a song "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" (1975) with only 50,000 yen, but the single sold 4,547,620 copies and became the best-selling single in Japan. It is also listed in the Guinness World Records.[1]

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrest

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling in Japan and in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States where he was a one-time world champion, having won the ECW World Heavyweight Champ

A Japanese actor and filmmaker.He was a model and an actor in Osaka until he was cast in Tsukamoto’s [Bullet Ballet] at 17 years of age. When he moved to Tokyo to do Shinya Tsukamoto’s [Bullet Ballet] it left such an impact on him that he decided to stay in Tokyo and make his own film. Being a first time director with a very limited budget, he did most of work in front of and behind the camera himself, including acting in the lead role, Akira. The film reflects some of his own teenage experiences around excessive violence, and it took over three years to complete. He was thrilled when the distribution company THERE’S ENTERPRISE

A Japanese actor. He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His blood type is A.

A Japanese actor. He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His blood type is A.