Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter S

A professional Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific Le

A professional Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.

A Japanese football player currently playing for Tochigi SC in Japan Football League.

A Japanese football player currently playing for Tochigi SC in Japan Football League.

Better known by his ring name Mohammed Yone is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working

Better known by his ring name Mohammed Yone is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for Pro Wrestling Noah, where he is currently one half of the GHC Tag Team Champions with Takeshi Rikio. He is known for his trademark afro hairstyle, whic

A Japanese professional Go player.Yuki was a promising player growing up. He turned pro when he was

A Japanese professional Go player.Yuki was a promising player growing up. He turned pro when he was only 12, and was promoted to 9 dan in only 10 years. He plays for the Kansai Ki-in. In 2005, he challenged Hane Naoki for the Kisei title, but just lost out in the final game. He's beaten some of Japan's best players, such as Cho U, Hane Naoki, Rin Kaiho, and Mimura Tomoyasu. Unfortunately, he hasn't been able to mount many titles, but has come very close.

Is a professional sumo wrestler from Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank has been

Is a professional sumo wrestler from Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank has been maegashira 12. Somewhat unusually for a sekitori wrestler, he continues to compete under his birth name.

A representative in Japan's House of Representatives. She is also a former officer of the Ministry o

A representative in Japan's House of Representatives. She is also a former officer of the Ministry of Finance. She is a member of Liberal Democratic Party.Katayama was born in Urawa city. After graduation from Tokyo University, Katayama found employment as a secretary for Minister Michio Watanabe. She was elected for the first time in the 2005 general election.

Was a Japanese film director.Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped

Was a Japanese film director.Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired.

Was a Japanese writer.Sawako Ariyoshi spent part of her childhood in Java. A prolific novelist, she

Was a Japanese writer.Sawako Ariyoshi spent part of her childhood in Java. A prolific novelist, she dramatises significant issues in her fiction such as the suffering of the elderly, the effects of pollution on the environment, and the effects of social and political change on Japanese domestic life and values, especially on the lives of women. Her novel The Twilight Years depicts the life of a working woman who is caring for her elderly, dying father-in-law. Among Ariyoshi's other novels is The River Ki, an insightful portrait of the lives of three rural women: a mother, daughter, and granddaughter.

She, along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda, formed the second generation of members. While in Morni

She, along with Mari Yaguchi and Kei Yasuda, formed the second generation of members. While in Morning Musume, Sayaka Ichii was put into the spin-off group, Pucchi Moni. Ichii was also part of the Hello Project! Summer Shuffles 2000 group Aoiro 7. She also recorded a folk song album with Yuko Nakazawa.Sayaka Ichii graduated from Morning Musume and Hello! Project after the single "Happy Summer Wedding" in 2000. A year after she left, she formed the group Cubic-Cross and wrote two of their songs. In 2004, Cubic-Cross disbanded and Ichii announced that she was pregnant and was to marry the group's guitarist, Naoki Yoshizawa

The daughter of J-pop star Seiko Matsuda and releases music under the name Sayaka. She was born in S

The daughter of J-pop star Seiko Matsuda and releases music under the name Sayaka. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.Sayaka has also had many roles in various TV dramas, movies, and commercials. In 1999, while a student at the Japanese school in Los

An athlete from Japan who competes in archery.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Kitabatake fini

An athlete from Japan who competes in archery.At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Kitabatake finished her ranking round with a total of 616 points. This gave her the 46th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Justyna Mospinek in the first round, beating the archer from Poland and 19th seed with 103-101. In the second round she was not able to win against French 14th seed Bérengère Schuh (112-100).[1] Together with Nami Hayakawa and Yuki Hayashi she also took part in the team event. With her 616 score from the ranking round combined with the 616 of Hayashi and the 649 of Hayakawa the Japanese team was in seventh position after the ranking round. In the first round they eliminated the Colombian team with 206-199. However second seed Great Britain was too strong in the quarter final, beating Japan with 201-196.[1]

A Japanese NHK employee and former television announcer.[1]

A Japanese NHK employee and former television announcer.[1]

She joined Morning Musume in 2003 along with Eri Kamei, Miki Fujimoto and Reina Tanaka, which all ma

She joined Morning Musume in 2003 along with Eri Kamei, Miki Fujimoto and Reina Tanaka, which all made their debuts with Morning Musume in the group's nineteenth single, Shabondama. Since 2005 she was assigned as mentor to 7th generation member Koharu Kusumi.Michishige is also a member of the Hello! Project unit Ecomoni along with former Morning Musume member Rika Ishikawa.When Michishige passed the audition to join Morning Musume, Tsunku, Morning Musume's producer, wrote in a comment about her that her singing is weak. After the audition Michishige has taken voice lessons to improve her singing, but even she admits that her own singing is still bad.

A singer born on January 11, 1980 in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. She enjoys badminton and is

A singer born on January 11, 1980 in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. She enjoys badminton and is a fan of the Studio Ghibli film Spirited Away[1]. The music video for her song "Kaze no Tori Michi" aired on the NHK program Minna no Uta and was animated

A Japanese enka singer. She is a popular contestant on the annual NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen broadcast, h

A Japanese enka singer. She is a popular contestant on the annual NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen broadcast, having appeared 32 times since 1977. Ishikawa made her name performing the classic "Tsugarukaikyo-Fuyugeshiki". [1] She has released 11 albums and over 100

A Japanese actress and J-Pop artist with Giza Studio

A Japanese actress and J-Pop artist with Giza Studio

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer O

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-4 500 m events. Four years later in Sydney, Maruyama was eliminate

A Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter G

A Japanese speed skater and cyclist. She is one of the few athletes who started both in the Winter Games 2002 and 2006 (in the 500 m Speedskating event) and in the 2004 Summer Games (in the 500 m Time Trial cycling event, placing 10th). Until 2006, she was a member of the professional Sankyoseiki speedskating team. She placed first and third in the Speedskating World Cup. She holds the Japanese records in the 500m speedskating and the 500m time trial event. Since 2006, she is sponsored by the construction company Daiwa House Industries Co. Ltd.

An actress.

An actress.

Is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and is set to compete for Japa

Is a Japanese speed skater. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and is set to compete for Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Is a former Japanese football player. He was part of the Japan national team for the 1936 Summer Oly

Is a former Japanese football player. He was part of the Japan national team for the 1936 Summer Olympics football competition in Berlin.

Was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi/Empress Sadako around the year

Was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi/Empress Sadako around the year 1000 during the middle Heian Period, and is best known as the author of The Pillow Book (??? makura no soshi).Sei Shonagon's actual given name is not known. It was the custom among aristocrats in those days to call a court lady (??nyobo) by a combined appellative taken from a) her clan name and b) some court office belonging either to her or some close relative. Sei (?) thus derives from the Kiyohara (??) clan, while Shonagon was a government post. It is unknown which of her relatives held the post of shonagon. Her actual name has been a topic of debate among scholars, who generally favor Kiyohara Nagiko (?? ??) as a likely possibility.

Was a prolific Japanese writer and journalist,He was born in the city of Kokura, now Kokura Kita war

Was a prolific Japanese writer and journalist,He was born in the city of Kokura, now Kokura Kita ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture. His real name was Kiyoharu Matsumoto; "Seicho" is the Sino-Japanese reading of his given name characters. Matsumoto wrote not only mystery/detective fiction but historical novels and nonfiction. He also has collaborated with film director Yoshitaro Nomura on adapting eight of his novels to film, including the Castle of Sand, which is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Japanese cinema.

Is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Kengo Kimura and for his

Is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Kengo Kimura and for his many years working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) in Japan. Kimura made his professional wrestling debut on August 2, 1972 on a Japan Pro Wrestling ca

Was a Japanese political leader who advocated a fascist Japan to complete the Meiji Restoration.Naka

Was a Japanese political leader who advocated a fascist Japan to complete the Meiji Restoration.Nakano sought to bring about a rebirth of Japan through a blend of the samurai ethic, Neo-Confucianism, and populist nationalism modeled on European fascism. He saw Saigo Takamori as epitomizing the 'true spirit' of the Meiji ishin, and the task of modern Japan to recapture it.Nakano formed the Kokumin Domei (National Alliance) with Adachi Kenzo in December 1932. He left this group with a splinter group to form the Tohokai (Far East Society, see their flag here) in May 1936.