Famous People with Name Hirokazu

Hirokazu Kobayashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu Kobayashi: a Japanese figure skater. He placed 22nd at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and 12th at the 2004 NHK Trophy. He is coached by Nobuo Sato.

Hirokazu Yagi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu Yagi: a former Japanese ski jumper who competed between 1979 and 1984. His best known finish was a Silver Medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, (Tied with Manfred Deckert of East Germany.).

Hirokazu Matsuno            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu Matsuno: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ichihara, Chiba and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after an unsuccessful run in 1996.

Hirokazu Nakaima            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu Nakaima: a Japanese bureaucrat, a business leader, and a politician. He was elected governor of Okinawa Prefecture in 2006.Nakaima was born on August 19, 1939 in Higashinari Ward of Osaka. In 1945 during World War II, his family escaped from the air raids in Osaka and evacuated to Meiji, Minamiamabe District, Oita Prefecture. In 1946 he returned to his parents' hometown of Naha, Okinawa. There he graduated from Kainan Elementary School, Uenoyama Junior High School, and Naha Senior High School. Nakaima excelled in math and science, earning grades that placed him at the top of his class.

Hirokazu Hasegawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu Hasegawa: is a Japanese footballer who plays for Sagan Tosu in the J. League Division 2.