Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter T

A Japanese film director.

A Japanese film director.

A Japanese anime director, born on October 10, 1955 in Chiba Prefecture. In 1988, he started using h

A Japanese anime director, born on October 10, 1955 in Chiba Prefecture. In 1988, he started using his name in katakana.He has directed noted anime series as Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!!, I Love Bubu Chacha, the Macross 7 series and its continuations Macross 7: The Galaxy's Calling Me! and Macross Dynamite 7, Shippu! Iron Leaguer and Aidoru Densetsu Eriko.

A Japanese anime director. He was born in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.Araki is a graduate

A Japanese anime director. He was born in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.Araki is a graduate at Senshu University and works with Madhouse. His directorial debut was 2005's Otogi-Jushi Akazukin. He is best known as the director of the Death Note anime adaptation. Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, appeared at Anime Expo 2007.

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 Tokyo, he graduated from Doshisha University and received a master's degree from Kyoto University. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1996, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998.

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 Hayato, Kagoshima and high school graduate, he was elected for the first time in 2004.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Montedio Yamagata.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Montedio Yamagata.

Was a Japanese actor.Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka i

Was a Japanese actor.Tamba is perhaps best known by Western audiences for his role as Tiger Tanaka in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice (he was dubbed by Robert Rietti). By then, he had among other roles appeared in two films by director Masaki Kobayashi: Harakiri and Kwaidan. He also portrayed the lead character in the police dramas Key Hunter and G-Men '75, the latter of which remains his best-known role in Japan.[1]

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 Utsunomiya, Tochigi and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1992 after serving in the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture for three terms since 1983.

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (nation

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ozu, Kumamoto and graduate of Chuo University, he had served in the assembly of Kumamoto Prefecture for four terms since 1991. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

A Japanese writer from Nagoya, Aichi. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 2007 for Asatte no Hito

A Japanese writer from Nagoya, Aichi. He was awarded the Akutagawa Prize in 2007 for Asatte no Hito (??????, "The person of the day after tomorrow").[1] The novel was first published in the literary magazine Gunzo, winning the magazine's award for new writers.[2]

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 football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.Enomoto's f

A Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.Enomoto's favourite player is Shunsuke Nakamura and his hobby is shopping.[1]

Is a Japanese photographer noted for his photographs of nudes.Ichimura was born, with the family nam

Is a Japanese photographer noted for his photographs of nudes.Ichimura was born, with the family name Hamaguchi,[2] in Nagasaki on 10 June 1930. As a young adult Ichimura moved to Tokyo, where he studied for a year at Nihon University, took various jobs,

Is a professional Go player.Tetsuya became a professional go player in 1976. He was promoted to 9 da

Is a professional Go player.Tetsuya became a professional go player in 1976. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986. He holds the record of fastest promotion from 1 dan to 9 dan in the Kansai Ki-in. Tetsuya has been runner up twice, once in the NHK Cup in 1995,

Is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling

Is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where he is one half of the tag team No Limit, along with his partner Yujiro Takahashi. Tetsuya Naitoh began training for a professional wrestling

A Japanese film director. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. Nakashima was

A Japanese film director. He was born in Fukuoka, attending high school in Chikushino. Nakashima was given the Best Director award at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Kamikaze Girls.[1]

A Japanese video game director and character designer working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He

A Japanese video game director and character designer working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He has been rated by the website Next Generation as the 7th most important and anticipated video game developer of 2007.[2] Afterwards, Nomura worked on sever

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Avispa Fukuoka.

A racecar driver from Maebashi in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is notable for surviving a fiery m

A racecar driver from Maebashi in the Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is notable for surviving a fiery multi-car pileup he was involved in during a JGTC race at Fuji Speedway on May 3, 1998, caused by a safety car who sped twice over the recommended speed in torrential rain during a parade lap. Ota became seriously injured and as a result, he subsequently brought a lawsuit against the race organizers.

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.

A Japanese film director and screenwriter.Tetsuya Takehora studied at the Japan Academy of Moving Im

A Japanese film director and screenwriter.Tetsuya Takehora studied at the Japan Academy of Moving Images (???????),[1] founded by director Shohei Imamura in 1975 as the Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film.[2] He entered the film industry as an assistant director at Okura Pictures (OP Eiga), in which capacity he worked for five years.[3] He made his directorial debut with Peep Show (????? ??????) (2004),[4] and won the Best New Director award at the Pink Grand Prix the same year for Picture Book of a Beautiful Young Girl: Soaked Uniform (????? ??????, Bishojozukan: abusareta seifuku?)

A Nippon Professional Baseball player in Japan's Central League. A lefthanded pitcher, Utsumi is one

A Nippon Professional Baseball player in Japan's Central League. A lefthanded pitcher, Utsumi is one of the better starters in the Yomiuri rotation. He garnered international attention in the 2008 preseason during an exhibition against the Boston Red Sox, who were playing exhibitions against the Giants and Hanshin Tigers. As the game's starting pitcher for the home Giants, Utsumi surprised all by striking out 4 out of the 6 Red Sox batters he faced. He had worked for Tokyo Gas from 2000 to 2003.

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

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. He was playing in the Missoula Osprey(Advanced Rookie level under Arizona Diamondbacks) before he was drafted by Giants in 2005.He was awarded as Central League's Rookie of thr Year in 2008, beating his teammate and another award favourite Hayato Sakamoto, by finishing with a 11-2 with 67 appearances, the most wins of all-time in Giant's relief pitchers. He was then selected to the National team playing in 2009 World Baseball Classic, being the only relief pitcher (other than closers) selected by the National team.

Was a professional baseball pitcher for the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. H

Was a professional baseball pitcher for the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He won 350 games and is a Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). He has been serving as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as well as Minister of State for Tourism Promotion in Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet.He was born in Shenyang (which was then known as Hoten) in Northeast China during the time part of China was under Japan's control. A graduate of Kansai University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986.