Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter N

A Japanese composer and producer who has provided the music for several popular anime series. He was

A Japanese composer and producer who has provided the music for several popular anime series. He was born on May 21970 and graduated in Chiba Prefecture and Tokyo College of Music. At the 29th Japanese Academy Awards in 2006, he won the Best Music prize for his work on the film Always Sanchome no Yuhi.

A Japanese retired figure skater who currently works as a coach. He is a four time Japanese national

A Japanese retired figure skater who currently works as a coach. He is a four time Japanese national silver medalist and the 1994 World Junior silver medalist. He placed 23rd at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships. He retired from competitive skating following the 2000 Four Continents Championships.

A former Japanese football defender (Left back).He was capped 58 times and scored 4 goals for the Ja

A former Japanese football defender (Left back).He was capped 58 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He played 289 games and scored 15 goals in J.League Division 1, and became one of the main player in glorious era of Kashima Antlers.

A Japanese rapper and hip-hop artist better known under his alias Seamo (??? Shimo). He made his deb

A Japanese rapper and hip-hop artist better known under his alias Seamo (??? Shimo). He made his debut in 2004 using the alias of Sea-Mo Nator (???????, shimoneta?), but later changed his name to Seamo, and made his solo debut in 2005 on the Japanese record label BMG Japan with the single "Kanpaku" (??, Advisor?). Seamo garnered fame when he appeared along with the duo Bennie K on the song "a love story". In 2006, Seamo had his best-selling single in Japan with "Mata aimasho" (?????????), which despite peaking at number 14 in the singles chart has spent 34 weeks and sold more than 160,000 copies so far. His second album, Live Goes On

A Japanese actor. He plays the character of Shingo Tsukino on the show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

A Japanese actor. He plays the character of Shingo Tsukino on the show Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. As of 2004, he is the second youngest actor on the show.

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), from Niigata Prefectural eletorate. He is a native of Kanazawa, Ishikawa and graduate of Keio University. When he married Makiko Tanaka he changed his family name to hers. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1983. After losing his seat in 1996, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

Is a Japanese wrestler currently competing for Dragon Gate. He joined up with Magnum Tokyo's Do FIXE

Is a Japanese wrestler currently competing for Dragon Gate. He joined up with Magnum Tokyo's Do FIXER stable and became Shingo Takagi's rival. He was soon overshadowed by Shingo and BxB Hulk and showed signs of breaking into singles competition. He was re

He graduated from Meisei University[1] with a degree in economics[citation needed]. He made his prof

He graduated from Meisei University[1] with a degree in economics[citation needed]. He made his professional manga debut with Return in 1981.[1] Three of his series have been adapted into anime: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, Master Keaton, and Monster.

A Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the team large hill c

A Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario and finished 22nd in the individual large hill event at those same championships.Yasuzaki best finish at the Ski-flying World Championships was 31st in 1994. His best individual career at Worldcup finish was 4th (1993 in Lahti).

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Oly

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Eri Yamanoi, and Suzu Chiba.

A Japanese singer and actress. She is well-known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks,

A Japanese singer and actress. She is well-known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks, and a string of successful torch songs that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s.In 1971, Ken debuted as an enka-oriented singer with a sin

Was a professional wrestler from Yokohama, Japan. In the 1970s, while wrestling for All Japan Women'

Was a professional wrestler from Yokohama, Japan. In the 1970s, while wrestling for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), she formed the tag team, the Beauty Pair, with Maki Ueda. Following in the steps of Mach Fumiake, the Beauty Pair was part of an imp

Is a former professional tennis player whose highest career singles ranking was World No. 14 on 6 Fe

Is a former professional tennis player whose highest career singles ranking was World No. 14 on 6 February 1995.At the time of the 1995 Australian Open, her family survived the Great Hanshin earthquake on 17 January 1995. She made her best record of Grand Slam events there. She beat Kimiko Date in the third round but then lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals.

Was a Japanese geographer and regarded as the father of modern Japanese geography.He was a professor

Was a Japanese geographer and regarded as the father of modern Japanese geography.He was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University from 1911 to 1929, where he created the department of geography and founded The Association of Japanese Geographers. The latter is the primary academic geographic society in Japan.

A Japanese singer and actress who had worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.Chiaki made her

A Japanese singer and actress who had worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai" in a following year. "Kassai", a song which has been commonly considered

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese film director. She was also known as Naomi Sento (????, Sento Naomi?) with her then-husba

A Japanese film director. She was also known as Naomi Sento (????, Sento Naomi?) with her then-husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother who raised her.After graduating from the Osaka School of Photography (then the School of Visual Arts) in 1989, she spent an additional four years there as a lecturer before releasing Embracing. She became the youngest winner of la Caméra d'Or award (the award for the best new director) at Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for her first 35mm film Moe no Suzaku. She novelized her films Moe no Suzaku and Firefly.

An actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival for her per

An actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in Nabbie no koi.[1]She got married in July 2005 with a Japanese shoe designer, and gave birth to her first female baby in April 7, 2008. It is announced that she continue working as an actress.

A female seiy? born on November 9, 1972 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan who works for Aoni Production. Sh

A female seiy? born on November 9, 1972 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan who works for Aoni Production. She is best known for her voice roles as Shizuru Fujino (Mai-hime), Shizuru Viola (Mai-Otome, sequel of Mai-hime) and Cagalli Yula Athha (Gundam Seed/Gundam Seed Destiny).

A Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films with an S&M

A Japanese actress who is best known for her appearances in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno films with an S&M theme during the 1970s.Tani's early films were principally with the small companies that were making pink films independent of the large studio system in the 1960s. In her pre-Nikkatsu career, she appeared in comedies, dramas, and action films, but it was the S&M genre which would make Tani a star. Her debut film was Special (????? - Supesharu) for Shin Nihon Eigasha and directed by the prolific pink film auteur Koji Seki.[4] The film had Tani in the role of the mistress of a black marketeer who tries to cheat people at an onsen. The couple is stopped by the local villagers.[5] Experiments on the Human Body (Zanki: Seitaijikken 1967) was a war drama in which Tani played a nurse in China where Japanese doctors are performing experiments on Chinese POWs.[6]

Born on 18 May 1956 is a Japanese golfer.

Born on 18 May 1956 is a Japanese golfer.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions like Ring of Honor, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, among others. Marufuji is the first of

Was a Japanese physicist specializing in the near-Earth space environment. He served as Secretary Ge

Was a Japanese physicist specializing in the near-Earth space environment. He served as Secretary General of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy from 1975 to 1983. In 1990 he was awarded the AGU's Waldo E. Smith Medal.He is best known for proving that, under certain conditions, the magnetic field from a field-aligned current and the magnetic field from the associated Pederson current in the ionosphere would exactly cancel at the surface of the Earth. The magnetic equivalence of field-aligned currents with Pederson currents is referred to colloquially as Fukushima's Theorem.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League division 1 side Nagoya Grampus. He wear

A Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League division 1 side Nagoya Grampus. He wears the number seven (7). He is 176 cm tall and 72 kg. Blood type A. He made his full international debut on August 9, 2006, in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago.Naoshi Nakamura's playing style is often compared to Glasgow Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura due to his same surname and his similarities of their playmaking skills. Moreover, Naoshi Nakamura is well known for his dribbling skills as well as his shooting and passing skills. many of Nagoya Grampus Eight fans as a chance/play maker of their team.