Famous People with Name Keiko

Keiko Mukaide            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Keiko Mukaide: an internationally renowned[1] Japanese artist currently living and working in the UK. She studied glass at the Royal College of Art in London and was awarded a research fellowship from the Edinburgh College of Art. She has work in many public and private collections in the UK and was shortlisted for the 1998 Jerwood Prize for applied art.Her art work employs a number of glass making techniques, casting and fusing glass in a kiln, manipulating glass in a blowing studio and even gluing shards of dichroic glass to wire nets. Her recent work has been to produce large scale, site specific installations constructed from multiple small scale glass items. "Memory of Place" funded by The Arts Council of England and Scottish Arts Council at York St. Mary's, Castlegate, York is a good example of this approach.

Keiko Ihara            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Keiko Ihara: a Japanese female race car driver. She was a former race queen, one of the women who dress up in swimsuits and parade around race circuits, before deciding to become a racing driver. She is one of the few Japanese women nationals to race internationally at a high level. Her best finishes in the British Formula 3 International Championship are two 8th places finishes in 2005, which helped her to a final championship standing position of 16th with 12 points. In the 2006 series, she finished in 17th and last position in the Championship Class, with 4 points.

Keiko Chiba            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Keiko Chiba: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yokohama, Kanagawa and graduate of Chuo University, she was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1986.

Keiko Itokazu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Keiko Itokazu: a Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yomitan, Okinawa and high school graduate, she had served in the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture for three terms since 1992 and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004. After running unsuccessfully for governorship of Okinawa Prefecture in 2006, she was re-elected to the House of Councillors in 2007.

Keiko Hama            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Keiko Hama: is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played five matches.