Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A Japanese singer, songwriter. She was born in Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan. She auditioned 3 times befor

A Japanese singer, songwriter. She was born in Hirado, Nagasaki, Japan. She auditioned 3 times before she got a musical contract. Her first release came in 2006, and since then she's been working and interviewing in radio.

A Japanese voice actress who was born in Tokyo. She began her professional entertainment career as a

A Japanese voice actress who was born in Tokyo. She began her professional entertainment career as an Japanese idol before entering into voice acting. Kanai was sometimes alternatively known as Mika Yamadera (?? ?? Yamadera Mika)[citation needed] as she w

An American professional ice hockey defenseman, drafted by, and currently playing for the Pittsburgh

An American professional ice hockey defenseman, drafted by, and currently playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.Whitney enrolled at Thayer Academy, a college-prep school in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1998, and almost immediately logged significant playing time. Head coach Jack Foley often paired Whitney, a freshman, with senior, and future Penguins teammate, Brooks Orpik.Whitney's size and skill drew the attention of the U.S. national team's development program. After initially resisting the programs invitations, he left Thayer for the Michigan-based program in Ann Arbor for his senior year of high school.

Is a Japanese beach volleyball player, and former volleyball player.She competed at the 1996 Summer

Is a Japanese beach volleyball player, and former volleyball player.She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in volleyball. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics in beach volleyball.

Is a Japanese female professional ten-pin bowler. She is a member of the Japan Professional Bowling

Is a Japanese female professional ten-pin bowler. She is a member of the Japan Professional Bowling Association, license no. 268. Sakai is also a team member of the DHC Ladies Bowling Tour.

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team.

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team.

A Japanese screenwriter and light novelist from Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. Most of his work has been

A Japanese screenwriter and light novelist from Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan. Most of his work has been in adult games and drama CDs for such games. He has works primarily with Circus and Minori.

A Dutch-Japanese footballer for J. League Division 2 side Avispa Fukuoka, on loan from Division 1 si

A Dutch-Japanese footballer for J. League Division 2 side Avispa Fukuoka, on loan from Division 1 side Yokohama F. Marinos. Playing as a forward, Havenaar made his debut as a professional on April 15, 2006, against Gamba Osaka. Havenaar and his father Dido are the first father-son combination to play in the J. League.Havenaar's parents came to Japan from the Netherlands in 1986 when his father signed on to play for Mazda F.C. of the Japan Soccer League in Hiroshima (now Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J. League). The Havenaar family naturalized to Japan in 1994.

She is the 2007 World Figure Skating Champion, the 2004-2005 Japanese National Champion and the 2004

She is the 2007 World Figure Skating Champion, the 2004-2005 Japanese National Champion and the 2004 World Junior Champion. Ando is the first and only female skater to successfully complete a quadruple jump in competition. Ando landed the first ladies' quadruple Salchow at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final. In 2006, she entered Chukyo University in her hometown.Ando made history at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she became the first female skater to land a quadruple jump. She remains the only lady to ever perform this feat. Ando showed promise on the junior scene, twice winning the Junior Grand Prix Final and becoming the 2004 World Junior Champion.

A solo artist from Hello! Project. She was previously the leader of the popular Japanese pop group M

A solo artist from Hello! Project. She was previously the leader of the popular Japanese pop group Morning Musume but only after a few weeks, a magazine published a scandal which resulted in her resignation from the group. Currently, she is part of the duo GAM.She sang many of the lead lines in Morning Musume songs, especially after Natsumi Abe's graduation. She and fellow Morning Musume member Asami Konno were also lent to Country Musume, a group that features "Country Girls from Hokkaido", such as Miki and Asami (the group has been known, however, to include members not from the rural island--such as former featured singers Rika Ishikawa and Miuna Saito).

A former Japanese female singer. She initially achieved fame as a member of the pop band Candies, wh

A former Japanese female singer. She initially achieved fame as a member of the pop band Candies, which has since broken up. After this breakup, she restarted as a solo pop singer, but quit shortly after getting married.

A Japanese actress who was born in Nagoya.In addition to her many live-action film roles, she has ha

A Japanese actress who was born in Nagoya.In addition to her many live-action film roles, she has had some anime voice roles as a seiyu, namely Kamiya Kaoru in Rurouni Kenshin and Chun-Li in Street Fighter II The Movie.

A Japanese composer best known for her works in the Suikoden series.Miki Higashino first entered the

A Japanese composer best known for her works in the Suikoden series.Miki Higashino first entered the music business as a student employed by Konami in 1985 and contributed to various minor products, often uncredited or under the alias MIKI-CHAN or MIKI-CHANG. Her substantial early works include the Gradius III soundtrack in collaboration with the Konami Kukeiha Club. Higashino has since been involved in over a dozen projects and compilations.

A female J-pop singer and actress.

A female J-pop singer and actress.

Is a Japanese freestyle skier active since 2004. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and is com

Is a Japanese freestyle skier active since 2004. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and is competing for Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Ladies' Moguls.

A former J-Pop singer and song writer under Giza Studio. She was born on 1983-08-10.Matsuhashi had a

A former J-Pop singer and song writer under Giza Studio. She was born on 1983-08-10.Matsuhashi had a fairly brief career as a discovered artist with Giza Studio. Her first single was released when she was 17, and her first mini-album released less than a

A Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is the creator of the long-running ma

A Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. She is the creator of the long-running manga Chibi Maruko-chan (published in Ribon from 1986 to 1996), based on her own childhood, and the more surreal fantasy anime series Koji Koji, which ran from 1997 to 1999. She also worked with Marvelous Interactive on creating the SEGA Dreamcast title, Sakura Momoko Gekijou, and Nintendo on creating the Nintendo Game Boy Advance title, Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival. In 2005, she designed the characters for the Xbox 360 title Every Party.

Is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 20

Is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

A Japanese actress and singer.Nakatani was born in Tokyo, Japan and began her professional career as

A Japanese actress and singer.Nakatani was born in Tokyo, Japan and began her professional career as a member of a singing group. In 1993, she began appearing in television dramas and commercials, and then in 1995 made her film debut in Toei's Daishitsuren.In 1996 she released her first single, "Mind Circus", on For Life Records with production by Ryuichi Sakamoto who produced and often wrote music for her subsequent albums and singles. Her most recent music release was the single "Air Pocket" in May, 2001.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows.2008 1st place 2007-08 V.Premier League

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows.2008 1st place 2007-08 V.Premier League

An actress and J-pop idol singer.As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iw

An actress and J-pop idol singer.As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iwai film Love Letter playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her

Is a volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, weari

Is a volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #4 jersey. There she ended up in fifth place with the Japan women's national team. Sasaki played as a wing-spiker.

A Japanese actress best known for her roles in the sukeban (delinquent girl) sub-genre of Toei's act

A Japanese actress best known for her roles in the sukeban (delinquent girl) sub-genre of Toei's action/erotic form of "pink film" known as Pinky Violence.Sugimoto began her career as a model and television personality. She made her film debut in Hot Springs Mimizu Geisha (1971), which starred Reiko Ike. Sugimoto's and Ike's careers would become closely linked in several of Toei's Pinky Violent films, in which they were usually cast as rivals. Sugimoto's best-known solo role was in Zero Woman - Red Handcuffs (1974). In 1978 she abandoned her film career for marriage, and later became a nursery school teacher.[1]

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics,

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of fifth in the K-2 500 m event at Beijing in 2008.

Was a Japanese entrepreneur and adopter of the Mise/Nishikawa technique for production of spherical

Was a Japanese entrepreneur and adopter of the Mise/Nishikawa technique for production of spherical cultured pearls.In 1888, Mikimoto obtained a loan to start his first pearl oyster farm at the Shinmei inlet on Ago Bay in Mie prefecture together with his wife and partner Ume. On 11 July 1893, after many failures and near bankruptcy, he was able to create the hemispherical cultured pearls. He introduced these mabes at a marine products exposition in Norway in 1897, and began an export business. However, it took him another 12 years to create completely spherical pearls that were indistinguishable from the highest quality natural ones, and commercially viable harvests were not obtained until the 1920s.