Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter N

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 she was part

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches.

A professional Go player.Yoda is a student of Takeo Ando. He has won 34 titles so far in his career,

A professional Go player.Yoda is a student of Takeo Ando. He has won 34 titles so far in his career, the sixth highest in Japan. He became a professional in 1980, and reached 9 dan in 1993. In 2006, he was the heart of the Japanese team in international tournaments, steering them to a win over Team Korea in the 7th Nongshim Cup.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. Honaga started in New Japan Pro Wrestling but jumped to Riki Ch

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. Honaga started in New Japan Pro Wrestling but jumped to Riki Choshu's Japan Pro Wrestling satellite of All Japan Pro Wrestling in an "invasion" angle. He returned to New Japan with Choshu and others in 1987. Immediatel

A professional Go player.Kudo turned professional in 1955 and was promoted to 9 dan in 1976. He didn

A professional Go player.Kudo turned professional in 1955 and was promoted to 9 dan in 1976. He didn't win many tournaments, but he was known for helping many people with Go. If they were just starting to learn, or were about to turn 1 dan, Kudo was there to help. He succeeded the late Kato Masao as president of the International Go Federation in 2005.

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 Ise, Mie and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport, attending Columbia University in the United States while in the ministry. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

A Japanese electronics businessman who originally trained as an opera singer. After being dissatisfi

A Japanese electronics businessman who originally trained as an opera singer. After being dissatisfied with the low quality of a Sony Corporation tape recorder, he sent a critical letter to the company that resulted in his being offered a job, and he rose through the company's management. He was made the president of Sony in 1982. He was made the CEO of Sony in 1989.In 1994 he succeeded co-founder Akio Morita as Sony chairman. The next year he selected Nobuyuki Idei as the company's next president, a decision he later told author John Nathan appalled 99 out of 100 people at the company, and it led to a sweeping reorganization of the company. It is however generally considered a successful choice, and Idei became Co-CEO with Ohga in 1998, and sole CEO in 1999.

A Japanese football defender.He was capped 30 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national tea

A Japanese football defender.He was capped 30 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1998, including one game at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

An animator, illustrator, character designer, and animation director born on 1940-03-28 in Kumamoto

An animator, illustrator, character designer, and animation director born on 1940-03-28 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] He is most well known for his work as character designer on the anime TV series Armored Trooper Votoms. Shioyama, along with Koichi Murata, Kazuo Komatsubara, and Koshin Yonekawa, was one of the founding members of the animation studio Oh! Production.[3][4]

(born on 12 October 1951) is a Japanese golfer.

(born on 12 October 1951) is a Japanese golfer.

A Japanese football player who is currently playing for Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in S.League

A Japanese football player who is currently playing for Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in S.League

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 Mihara, Kochi and high school graduate, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after serving in the city assembly of Kochi since 2003.

A Japanese teacher of kitsuke, "art of wearing kimono", an advocator of every-day use of kimono and

A Japanese teacher of kitsuke, "art of wearing kimono", an advocator of every-day use of kimono and the founder and chairman[2] of the Sodo Kimono Academy, the first[1] kimono-wearing academy in Japan. He has written several books on kimono and travelled to tens of countries to speak about kimono.

Is a Japanese former professional football player who spent his entire senior career at Gamba Osaka.

Is a Japanese former professional football player who spent his entire senior career at Gamba Osaka. He was a member of the Japan national football team at the 1993 Summer Universiade.

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.

A former racing driver from Japan. He participated in 2 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix,

A former racing driver from Japan. He participated in 2 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on October 24, 1976. He scored no championship points.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kochi, Kochi, he attended the University of Electro-Communications as undergraduate and received a master's degree from Soka University. After that, he worked at the government of Tokyo from 1979 to 1988. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angel

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Itsuki Yamazaki. She worked in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, WWF and has been working in Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling since 1992.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League. Before playi

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League. Before playing for the Giants, he was a member of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

Is a Japanese professional motorcycle racer. He is also known as Nori-Chan, Nori, Nitro Nori, and Ha

Is a Japanese professional motorcycle racer. He is also known as Nori-Chan, Nori, Nitro Nori, and Haga-san. Haga has twice been runner-up in the World Superbike Championship, and has finished 3rd in the series three times.

A Japanese video game music composer. He was born in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He be

A Japanese video game music composer. He was born in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He began to compose video game music after years of being involved with university bands. The first award he won the Best Game Music award, the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis in U.S.) category for Lunar: The Silver Star in 1991. He also won the Best Game Music award in the Sega Saturn Music category for Grandia in 1997 and in the Sega Dreamcast category for Grandia 2 in 2000. Iwadare first composed music for Tokyo Disney Resort, in addition to Japanese dance programs, television programs, and radio programs. He dreams to have orchestral arrangements of his musical works, while he himself has done several times, as with the Gyakuten Meets Orchestra arrangements (orchestral arrangements of the Ace Attorney series music)

A Japanese figure skater. He placed fourth at the 2007 Japanese national championships, and won the

A Japanese figure skater. He placed fourth at the 2007 Japanese national championships, and won the silver medal at the 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy.

A well-known J-Pop singer and songwriter. He was born on May 18, 1969 in Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. He

A well-known J-Pop singer and songwriter. He was born on May 18, 1969 in Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan. He attended Aoyama Gakuin University to study English literature. In addition to creating songs for his own music career, he has written, produced and performed songs for many other artists, the most notable being SMAP's Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana. He is ranked at No.84, in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians, provided by HMV.Makihara made his debut to the J-Pop scene in the early 90's after performing on a televised song competition program. He made a name for himself with the release of monster hits such as Mou Koi Nante Shinai (?????????) and Donna Toki Mo (???????), both of which, among several others, are covered to this day by current popular artists (including English-language covers by various American artists)

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Takemoto was born in Uji, south of Kyoto. As a child, he was shy and preferred drawing and reading (

Takemoto was born in Uji, south of Kyoto. As a child, he was shy and preferred drawing and reading (two of his favorite authors were Osamu Dazai and Yasunari Kawabata) to spending time with others, and was a big fan of the anime series Candy Candy, in the