Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter R

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) and the current Minister of Education, Science and Technology. A native of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka and graduate of Ambassador College and Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990. After losing the seat in 1996, he was re-elected in 1999 but lost the seat again in 2000. He was once again re-elected in 2003.

A Japanese filmmaker growing in popularity in Japan and in the international Japanese film community

A Japanese filmmaker growing in popularity in Japan and in the international Japanese film community.Kitamura quit high school and went to the School of Visual Arts in Australia at age 17. His first film was the short Exit, which he made as his graduation piece at age 19. After graduating, he returned to Japan to establish Napalm Films, his independent film production studio. While his films Down to Hell and Heat After Dark were successful in film festivals, Kitamura's rise to international fame came from Versus.

A Japanese actor best known for his lead role as a samurai in Taboo.After his success in ‘Gohatto’, Matsuda switched gears to play a student in ‘Blue Spring’. He has starred in many movies since, working with famous directors like Takashi Miike in Big Bang Love, Juvenile A, and Shinya Tsukamoto in Akumu Tantei (Nightmare Detective). He has also acted alongside several J-pop stars, including Mika Nakashima and Yuna Ito (NANA) and hitomi (Nightmare Detective).Matsuda's younger brother, Shota Matsuda, is also an actor.

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Sagan Tosu. Niwa previously played for Vissel

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Sagan Tosu. Niwa previously played for Vissel Kobe and Cerezo Osaka.

Is a sumo wrestler from Nakagami, Okinawa, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 16. Ryuho is

Is a sumo wrestler from Nakagami, Okinawa, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 16. Ryuho is a solidly yotsu-sumo wrestler and nearly half his victories come by using the most common kimarite of yori kiri or force out. He prefers a hidari-yotsu, or

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 Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Seoul during the time Korea was occupied by Japan. He attended Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, earning a master's degree. In 1990 he was elected for the first time as a member of the Japan Socialist Party.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Tokushima Vortis.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Tokushima Vortis.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Avispa Fukuoka in the J. League.

A Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. He is best known as the lead sin

A Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the Japanese rock band Luna Sea.During Luna Sea's temporary break in 1997,Ryuchi started his solo career. Going by his full name ,Kawamura Ryuichi ,

An athlete from Japan, who competes in archery.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Moriya finishe

An athlete from Japan, who competes in archery.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Moriya finished his ranking round with a total of 661 points, which gave him the 22nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Piotr Piatek in the first round. Both archers scored 109 points in the regular match, but with 10 points in the extra round against 9 from Piatek, Moriya advanced to the second round. Moriya reached the quarter final by beating Wang Cheng-Pang (114-109) and Balzhinima Tsyrempilov (113-110). In the quarter final Viktor Ruban was too strong with 115-106. Ruban would go on and win the gold medal in the tournament.[2]

Was a Japanese figure skater. He represented Japan at the 1932 Winter Olympics and World Figure Skat

Was a Japanese figure skater. He represented Japan at the 1932 Winter Olympics and World Figure Skating Championships in 1932.

Is a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the Japan Golf Tour.It was not until the

Is a Japanese professional golfer who currently competes on the Japan Golf Tour.It was not until the 2009 Japan Open Golf Championship that Oda shot to fame. He only just avoided being cut after two rounds and by round three was tied for 5th place.

An Academy Award-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, record producer an

An Academy Award-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, record producer and actor, based in New York and Tokyo. He played the keyboards in the influential electropop band Yellow Magic Orchestra. His 1999 musical composition "Energy Flow" is the first number-one instrumental single in the Japan's Oricon charts history.[1] He was ranked at number 59 in a list of the top 100 most influential musicians compiled by HMV.[2]

A former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Cit

A former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and scored 2 goals. Sugiyama later became a manager and led Yamaha Motor Corporation F.C. (the future Júbilo Iwata) to the Japan Soccer League First Division. He is their longest-serving manager, having led the club from 1974 to 1986.

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a forward and currently plays for Gamba Osaka.After the g

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a forward and currently plays for Gamba Osaka.After the graduation from Kotogaoka High School, he joined J. League side Gamba Osaka in 1998. He was transferred to Consadole Sapporo in 2000 and helped them to promote to J. League Division 1. He moved to Vissel Kobe in 2002 and became one of the key players in the team. He scored 17 goals in the 2004 season, which made him the third most prolific goalscorer in the league. He then returned to Gamba in 2006 and his good form earned him a call-up to the national team.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Consadole Sapporo.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Consadole Sapporo.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. Born May 17, 1978. Started wrestling in 1998 for Yuki Isikawa's

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. Born May 17, 1978. Started wrestling in 1998 for Yuki Isikawa's BattlARTS promotion and All Japan Pro Wrestling since 2002 where he was a former AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight champion. Hijikata Also competed as a member o

A retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer

A retired male backstroke swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning a silver medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka.

Born on October 19, 1976) is a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.

Born on October 19, 1976) is a U.S.-based Japanese professional golfer.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He is well known

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in Big Japan Pro Wrestling. He is well known for his death match style of wrestling. 2008 Ito comepted at IWA East Coast's Masters of Pain, where he lost to Thumbtack Jack in the final after defeatin

A is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.

A is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.

Is a Japanese football player who plays for Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.. Kitamura previously played for F.

Is a Japanese football player who plays for Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.. Kitamura previously played for F.C. Gifu.

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 Fukui, Fukui and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the National Police Agency in 1961. Leaving the agency in 1992, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995.

A retired Japanese football player. He was capped 4 times for the Japanese national team.

A retired Japanese football player. He was capped 4 times for the Japanese national team.