Famous People with Name Hirokazu

Hirokazu Kore-eda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu Kore-eda: a Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.Kore-eda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off on his own to direct his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf (1991).

Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka: a Japanese composer and musician best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo. He is also the current President of Creatures, Inc.Hirokazu Tanaka got his start in music at the age of five when his parents enrolled him at the privately run Yamaha Music School in Japan. He studied piano from age nine to age 11, when his musical training ended. His mother played recordings of classical music and film soundtracks regularly, which gave Tanaka an appreciation for those forms of music.

Hirokazu Ibata            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hirokazu Ibata: a professional baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He plays short-stop for the Chunichi Dragons put is able to play at other positions. He has won 4 Gold gloves for shortstop, 2004-2007.

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.).