Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was the founder and first president of Nintendo of America (NOA) from 1980 to 2002.Born in Kyoto, Ja

Was the founder and first president of Nintendo of America (NOA) from 1980 to 2002.Born in Kyoto, Japan, he attended Kyoto University and MIT. In 1972, he was hired by Japanese conglomerate Marubeni as part of their international staff, with the responsibility of helping to develop hotels, offices and condominiums overseas. He married the daughter of Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi, Yoko Yamauchi but continued to work for Marubeni. He moved to Vancouver, and Yoko joined him there.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former AWA Worl

Is a Japanese professional wrestler contracted to Pro Wrestling Zero1, where he is a former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, having won a tournament final against Takuya Sugawara. Fujita started in Big Japan Pro Wrestling as a protegé of its top jun

Was a well-known Japanese military aviator and politician. He is best known for planning the Pearl H

Was a well-known Japanese military aviator and politician. He is best known for planning the Pearl Harbor attack.Minoru Genda was the second son of a farmer, born to an ancient family. Two brothers were graduates of Tokyo University, another brother graduated from Chiba Medical College, and his youngest brother entered the Army Academy. Graduating from the First Hiroshima Middle School, Genda entered the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy with the goal of becoming a fighter pilot and graduated in November 1929 at the head of his class.

Was a Japanese astronomer.He discovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968, including the periodic

Was a Japanese astronomer.He discovered twelve comets between 1940 and 1968, including the periodic comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova.He was the first to report the very bright V1500 Cygni (Nova Cygni 1975) at magnitude 3.0 on August 29, 1975; it peaked at 2.0, and many hundreds of independent discoveries were subsequently made by others.The asteroid 3904 Honda is named after him, 8485 Satoru is named after his wife,and 11442 Seijin-Sanso is named after his astronomical observatory.[

Japanese pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. He is a member of the Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Clas

Japanese pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. He is a member of the Japan in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.He was drafted by the Hanshin Tigers out of college. In his debut, Iwata allowed four runs in 3 innings of work and lost his only game in 2006. In 2007 , Iwata was 0-1 and a 5.40 ERA. In 2008 , he was third in voting for the 2008 Central League Rookie of the Year Award, trailing Tetsuya Yamaguchi and Hayato Sakamoto after going 10-10 with a 3.28 ERA and 101 strikeouts.

A Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his low budget, absurdist comed

A Japanese film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for his low budget, absurdist comedy films.Kawasaki began his career with some self-financed films, including Iko the Earth Patrol Girl, and manga to live action adaptions, before working on Ultraman Tiga. He had his first hit with Calamari Wrestler, a film about a wrestler who becomes a large squid. He followed this up with Executive Koala, featuring a koala office worker who may have murdered his wife, Kabuto-O Beetle, another wrestling movie, this time with a giant stag beetle. In 2006, he released Everyone But Japan Sinks (a parody of Japan Sinks) and Crab Goalkeeper, a movie Kawasaki describes as being like Forrest Gump.

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 Kumamoto, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at Japan Airlines until 2004.

Was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentie

Was one of the most celebrated professional Go players and teachers of the game of Go in the twentieth century in Japan.He earned the nickname "the Prodigy" after winning a knockout tournament. He defeated eight opponents from the Kiseisha in a row during 1928. He played a celebrated match with then retiring Honinbo Shusai. The Nobel Prize winning author Kawabata Yasunari used this game in his novel "The Master of Go". In 1954 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, but soon recovered. His condition came back in 1964, in which he would practically retire. He was given the Okura Prize in 1967.

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.

Was the original guitarist for Japanese Punk group The Mad Capsule Markets. He started Mad in 1985 w

Was the original guitarist for Japanese Punk group The Mad Capsule Markets. He started Mad in 1985 with vocalist Kyono(which at this time was called Berrie), in an attempt to create "loud, punk music" after becoming "bored" with music played on television and radio. After the release of Mad's debut Humanity(album), Minoru left the band, and was replaced by "Support Guitarist" Ai Ishigaki. In 1991 Minoru started Die in Cries and in 1994 later became a member of The Bloody Imitation Society. Over the years Minoru worked with more bands and even went solo for short time before returning for a to Mad to play on 010's Good Day and playing on the Cistm Konfliqt tour. Minoru still is a full member of mad, and may later re-join if mad begin to make new material again as 2nd support guitarist TORUxxx has now left the band.

Considered to be Japan's most powerful and influential building tycoon. He joined his father, Taikic

Considered to be Japan's most powerful and influential building tycoon. He joined his father, Taikichiro's, real estate business after graduating from Tokyo University and is now president and CEO of Mori Building, of which he and his older brother Kei's (a university professor) families own 100%.The family name is found on many real estate developments in Japan. Minoru and his brother Akira have been listed on the Forbes list of the world's richest men. His largest project to date is the Roppongi Hills development in Tokyo which opened in 2003. The Shanghai World Financial Center, which is China's tallest building, was completed in 2008. Mori acknowledges the influence of Le Corbusier but believes he has surpassed the Swiss architect's urban designs, particularly in the Roppongi Hills project.

A Japanese musician. He joined the jazz fusion band Casiopea in 1979 as keyboardist.He is also the p

A Japanese musician. He joined the jazz fusion band Casiopea in 1979 as keyboardist.He is also the producer of the train simulator game, Train Simulator and CEO of Ongakukan.

Was a professional baseball player for the Osaka Tigers (later Hanshin Tigers) in Nippon Professiona

Was a professional baseball player for the Osaka Tigers (later Hanshin Tigers) in Nippon Professional Baseball. His number 11 is retired with the Tigers.

His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass as he sung. He was influenced by blues music

His first band was Earthshaker, in which he played bass as he sung. He was influenced by blues music and became a member of the band in 1981. Although the first three albums was sung in Japanese, he started singing in English on their 1984 album, Disillus

A Japanese classical pianist.Minoru Nojima was a child prodigy in Japan, won a major nationwide comp

A Japanese classical pianist.Minoru Nojima was a child prodigy in Japan, won a major nationwide competition there as a teenager, studied with Lev Oborin in Moscow and then with Constance Keene and Abram Chasins in New York, and burst upon the international music scene as a winner of the Van Cliburn piano competition in 1969. Although known and highly respected amongst pianists as a "pianist's pianist," he is not well known to most music lovers, largely because he doesn't like to make recordings and has made extremely few.

Is a Japanese solo yachtsman. He became the oldest person at age 71 to do a solo, non-stop circumnav

Is a Japanese solo yachtsman. He became the oldest person at age 71 to do a solo, non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. He has successfully made seven solo circumnavigations. On October 16, 2004 Saito left Japan on his yacht Shuten-dohji II (in English:

Was a Japanese figure skater. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships from 1972 to 1976[1] and

Was a Japanese figure skater. He won the Japan Figure Skating Championships from 1972 to 1976[1] and represented Japan in the World Figure Skating Championships from 1973 to 1977.After winning the Bronze medal in the World Championships in 1977, he subsequently retired and became an instant national hero as it was the first time that a Japanese figure skater stood on a podium in that particular competition. No Japanese man re-achieved this feat until Takeshi Honda won the Bronze medal in the World Championships in 2002. [2]

Was a Japanese film director. He directed 24 films between 1937 and 1966.

Was a Japanese film director. He directed 24 films between 1937 and 1966.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase,

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion and wa

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a wing-spiker for the Men's National Team du

Is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played as a wing-spiker for the Men's National Team during the 1990s. He ended up in 10th place at the 1998 World Championship.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer. Minoru Tanaka was originally a shootboxer. He st

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and shootboxer. Minoru Tanaka was originally a shootboxer. He started his career as a wrestler in Fujiwara Gumi, trained by its owner, Yoshiaki Fujiwara. In late 1995 Tanaka and everyone else in the promotion abandoned

Is a volleyball coach from Japan. Currentry he serves as head coach of Denso Airybees.1992 Assistant

Is a volleyball coach from Japan. Currentry he serves as head coach of Denso Airybees.1992 Assistant coach of Women's national volleyball team in the Barcelona Olympic games.

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 Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Hiroshima Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980, attending Harvard University in United States while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 2004 he was elected for the first time in the same year.

Is a female freestyle wrestler from Japan. She won a gold medal on 2008 FILA Wrestling World Champio

Is a female freestyle wrestler from Japan. She won a gold medal on 2008 FILA Wrestling World Championships in category -63 kg.

A Japanese bikini model and singer who was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her height is 149cm.

A Japanese bikini model and singer who was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her height is 149cm.