Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter T

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

A Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.Komiyama is a left sided defender who has a sense of steady defence and accurate crosses. He was a member of the Japanese team what won gold in football in the 2005 Summer Universiade in Turkey. In 2006 he joined the Yokohama F Marinos as part of a special JFL/J.League program and made his debut for the club. In 2007 he signed full professional terms with Yokohama F. Marinos. Komiyama received a call-up for the national team in 2007 by Ivica Osim but has yet to play a game for Japan.

A Japanese ski jumper who has competed in the ski jumping World Cup since 1990.Competing in three Wi

A Japanese ski jumper who has competed in the ski jumping World Cup since 1990.Competing in three Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the team large hill event at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 1994 and a gold in 1998.Okabe had his biggest successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, winning five medals. This included a gold in the individual normal hill (1995), a silver in the team large hill (1997), and three bronzes in the team large hill (1995, 2007, 2009).

Is a former sumo wrestler from Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo'

Is a former sumo wrestler from Suginami, Tokyo, Japan. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he won 22 tournament championships between 1992 and 2001, the fifth highest total ever. The son of a popular ozeki ranked w

Was a sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki, which he he

Was a sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki, which he held for fifty tournaments. As an active rikishi he was extremely popular and was nicknamed the "prince of sumo" due to his good looks and relatively slim bu

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. He held sumo's second highest rank of ozeki from 1994

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. He held sumo's second highest rank of ozeki from 1994 until 2000 and won two tournament titles. He is now a sumo coach. By May 2004 Takanonami was the only top division wrestler left from the once dominant Fut

A former professional boxer.Hatakeyama turned pro in 1993 and captured the WBA Super Featherweight T

A former professional boxer.Hatakeyama turned pro in 1993 and captured the WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1998 with a majority decision win over Yong Soo Choi.

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 Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected for the first time in 2007 after working at Teijin since 1987.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka.

He performs as T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for Takanori Makes Revolution (?????????, Takanori

He performs as T.M.Revolution (TMR), which stands for Takanori Makes Revolution (?????????, Takanori ga kakumei o okosu?). Although most of his songs were written by Akio Inoue and composed/arranged by Daisuke Asakura (also TMR’s former producer), T.M.Rev

Is a Japanese former football player who played for Avispa Fukuoka. He is one of typical versatile p

Is a Japanese former football player who played for Avispa Fukuoka. He is one of typical versatile players. He can play in several positions of midfield, and once he played as a striker.

A Japanese football player. Although considered short for a goalkeeper, standing at 179cm, he makes

A Japanese football player. Although considered short for a goalkeeper, standing at 179cm, he makes up for his lack of height with superb agility and reflexes. In 2006 he was part of the Yokohama FC defense that set a J. League record when they did not concede a goal for 770 consecutive minutes, breaking Shimizu S-Pulse's 731 minutes recorded in 1993. They also kept 7 consecutive clean sheets (which was also a tied J. League Division 2 record) en route to promotion to the J-league division 1. In 2007 Sugeno was named J-league rookie of the year. In 2008 he was signed by Kashiwa Reysol, a move which some consider unwise as Kashiwa already have a good and relatively young goalkeeper in Yuta Minami.

Is a former sumo wrestler from Namioka, Aomori, Japan. He was the sport's 59th Yokozuna. He is now t

Is a former sumo wrestler from Namioka, Aomori, Japan. He was the sport's 59th Yokozuna. He is now the head coach of Naruto stable. Takanosato took the name Naruto upon joining the Sumo Association as an oyakata, or elder, and in 1989 opened his own stabl

Is a former sumo wrestler from Ikitsuki, Nagasaki, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. Takanowaka

Is a former sumo wrestler from Ikitsuki, Nagasaki, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. Takanowaka was ranked in the top division for 34 tournaments in total, with a win-loss rate of 229-242, with 39 absences. He earned one kinboshi, or gold star, by def

Is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.Doi holds a doctorate from

Is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.Doi holds a doctorate from the University of Tokyo in aerospace engineering, and has studied and published in the fields of propulsion systems, and microgravity technology. He resear

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national l

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Shirakawa, Gifu and graduate of Seijo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1981. After serving in the House of Representatives for four terms from 1993 until 2005 when he lost re-election, he was elected again to the House of Councillors in 2007.

An amateur Japanese astronomer and currently works at the Oizumi Observatory.He has discovered more

An amateur Japanese astronomer and currently works at the Oizumi Observatory.He has discovered more than 2000 asteroids using CCD technology, including the Amor asteroids 7358 Oze, (23714) 1998 EC3, (48603) 1995 BC2 and about nine Trojan asteroids. He also discovered the periodic comet P/1997 B1 (Kobayashi), which he originally reported as an asteroid.His asteroid discoveries of January 16, 1994 and December 31, 1994 have been named 8883 Miyazakihayao and 10160 Totoro by Kobayashi. The names reference anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, and one of his creations, My Neighbor Totoro. The names have been approved by the International Astronomical Union. Not to be confused with another Japanese astronomer, Toru Kobayashi, who co-discovered comet C/1975 N1 (Kobayashi-Berger-Milon).

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 graduate of Waseda University and former member of the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007.

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 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 Setagaya, Tokyo, he graduated from Keio University with a degree in economics in March 1986 and from École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales in France in June 1991. He also received a master's degree in the history of foreign affairs in Japanese politics from the University of Tokyo in March 2005. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005 after running unsuccessfully in 2003.

Is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, currently competing for New Japan Pro Wrestling. H

Is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, currently competing for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He has formerly competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1. In 1998, he and newcomer Yoshihiro Takayama formed the NO F

A former professional boxer who won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Sakurai began boxing

A former professional boxer who won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Sakurai began boxing in high school, keeping his training secret to his parents. He entered Chuo University, and captured the Olympic boxing gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in his senior year. In the finals, he knocked down his opponent 3 times in 2 rounds, capturing the win by RSC, and becoming the only Japanese boxer ever to win Olympic gold. His record in the amateurs was 138-13.

A Japanese sociolinguist, born in Tokyo in 1926. He is the author of ??????, translated into English

A Japanese sociolinguist, born in Tokyo in 1926. He is the author of ??????, translated into English as Words in Context.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (na

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ishioka, Ibaraki and graduate of Tohoku University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1995.

Better known by his ring name Taka Michinoku, is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over t

Better known by his ring name Taka Michinoku, is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world. Michinoku is known in North America for his work for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) where he had the first ever WWF Light Heavyweight Champ

Was a Japanese haikai poet and a disciple of Matsuo Basho.[1] He is best known for his haiku, such a

Was a Japanese haikai poet and a disciple of Matsuo Basho.[1] He is best known for his haiku, such as the one in this anecdote about him and his master Basho: One day, Kikaku composed a haiku,