Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter N

A Japanese football player who currently plays for FC Tokyo.He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic

A Japanese football player who currently plays for FC Tokyo.He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana.

A Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds as a strikerTakahara was born in Mi

A Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Urawa Red Diamonds as a strikerTakahara was born in Mishima, Shizuoka. He has previously played for Júbilo Iwata in Japan, Boca Juniors in Argentina, Hamburger SV and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany. On December 3, 2006, he scored his first hat-trick in the German Bundesliga in a league game against Alemannia Aachen. In January 2008 he moved to Urawa Red Diamonds for a transfer fee of around ¥180 million (around $1.7 million).[1]Takahara had played for Japan in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney but missed the 2002 World Cup, co-hosted by his home country and South Korea, because of injury. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and played in all the six games involving Japan. He scored four goals and was a joint top scorer of the tournament.

A Japanese actor and singer.

A Japanese actor and singer.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C. in the J. League.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C. in the J. League.

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 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 Minamikawachi District, Osaka and graduate of the University of Kyoto he was elected for the first time in 1996.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai.

A professional Go player.Naoki Hane is a professional Go player who plays for the Japanese Nihon Ki-

A professional Go player.Naoki Hane is a professional Go player who plays for the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. He is the son of Go player Yasumasa Hane. Hane describes his style as slow while playing catch up at the end of the Go game.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Júbilo Iwata.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Júbilo Iwata.

A motoring journalist and racing driver from Japan. After being Japanese Formula 3 champion in 1990,

A motoring journalist and racing driver from Japan. After being Japanese Formula 3 champion in 1990, he failed to pre-qualify for two Formula One grands prix with Coloni in 1991 as a late-season replacement for Pedro Chaves. He raced in Indy Lights in the mid-90s, and in CART briefly in 1999 for Walker Racing with a best finish of 14th.

Was a bureaucrat and politician who served in the Taisho and early Showa period Japanese government,

Was a bureaucrat and politician who served in the Taisho and early Showa period Japanese government, and as an official in the Empire of Manchukou.Hoshino was a graduate of the law school of Tokyo Imperial University, and on graduation was employed by the Ministry of Finance. He rose through the ranks in various capacities, ranging from bank regulation to taxation, and in 1932, became vice minister of industrial development.

A football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder or forward.As a child he moved to Australia wit

A football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder or forward.As a child he moved to Australia with his parents.In July 2007 he signed a contract with VfB Lübeck, a traditional club from Lübeck in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein playing in the 3rd German Pro-League Regionalliga Nord. He left the club after six months.

The one singular man-of-letters Japan has today. A biographer of literary figures such as Yukio Mish

The one singular man-of-letters Japan has today. A biographer of literary figures such as Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai, he has intensely examined Japan's modern history from unexpected angles. He has written, among other things, about the little-noticed consequences of U.S. naval officer Matthew Perry's coming to Japan, in 1853, and the exaltation of the Emperor beginning in the Meiji era.

Naoki Ishihara (born August 14, 1984 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese football player.

Naoki Ishihara (born August 14, 1984 in Takasaki, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese football player.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Consadole Sapporo.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Consadole Sapporo.

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 Myoko, Niigata and graduate of Keio University, he had served in the assembly of Niigata Prefecture since 1999. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.

A Japanese music composer and producer who works for Konami. Naoki's official title is Konami AM Int

A Japanese music composer and producer who works for Konami. Naoki's official title is Konami AM Internal Sound Team.Though Naoki worked on many different video game titles like Salamander, his most known contribution is to the Bemani series as the main composer for the Dance Dance Revolution games. Most of his songs are signed with a pseudonym. Little information on Naoki is revealed officially: for example, on an interview with several music producers released in the DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution booklet, Naoki's profile was the least complete, not revealing his age or how much time he's been working for Konami.

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama F Marinos, with whom he signed after

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama F Marinos, with whom he signed after high school in 1995. Matsuda competed for the Japan national football team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Is a former Japanese football player, who spent his entire professional career with Gamba Osaka. He

Is a former Japanese football player, who spent his entire professional career with Gamba Osaka. He officially retired on 1 January 2010.

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Councillors in t

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kure, Hiroshima and graduate of Hitotsubashi University, he was elected for the first time in 1992.

A professional Go player.Miyamoto became a professional in 1950 for the Kansai Ki-in. He was promote

A professional Go player.Miyamoto became a professional in 1950 for the Kansai Ki-in. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1969. He is famous for the books he has written. Oyama Kunio, Ushinohama Satsuo and Matsumura Osamu are his disciples.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa . He cur

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa . He currently wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling where he has held the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship on one occasion. He also appeared in the Dirty Sa

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 Kanazawa, Ishikawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at Hokkoku Shimbun, a regional newspaper in Kanazawa since 1989 and had served in the assembly of Ishikawa Prefecture since 2002. He was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sakai played for Kashiw

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sakai played for Kashiwa Reysol and Consadole Sapporo in the J. League.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He currently goes by the name T

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He currently goes by the name Takuma Sano. Sano was a member of the 1984 New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) dojo class, and in his first few years, he was a jobber. In 1989, he won the Young