Famous People with Name Kobo

Kobo Abe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kobo Abe: was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor.Abe was born in Kita, Tokyo, grew up in Mukden (now Shen-yang) in Manchuria. His father was a physician who taught at the medical college. Abe returned to Japan in 1941 and began studies at Tokyo Imperial University in 1943. He graduated in 1948 with a medical degree, on the condition that he would not practice. He was first published as a poet with Mumei Shishu ("Poems of an unknown poet") in 1947. The next year he published his first novel, Owarishi michi no shirube ni ("The Road Sign at the End of the Street") which established his reputation. He worked as an avant-garde novelist and playwright, but it was not until he published The Woman in the Dunes in 1962 that he won widespread international acclaim.

Kobo Kenichi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kobo Kenichi: is a former sumo wrestler from Kumage, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 9. Kobo has remained with the Japan Sumo Association as an elder under the name Ajigawa Oyakata, and is working as a coach at his old stable. In May 2008,

Kobori Masakazu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kobori Masakazu: was a notable artist and aristocrat in the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu.In 1604, Kobori received as inheritance a 12,000-koku fief in Omi Province at Komuro. He excelled in the arts of painting, poetry, flower arrangement, and garden design. His accomplishments include garden designs for the Sento Imperial Palace and Katsura Imperial Villa (Kyoto), Kodai-ji, Sunpu Castle, the Nagoya Castle keep, Matsuyama Castle, and the central enceintes of Fushimi Castle, Nijo-jo (Kyoto), and Osaka Castle.

Koboyama Daizo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Koboyama Daizo: is a former sumo wrestler from Tsukidate, Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. He is now a sumo coach. He joined Takashima stable in 1973, recruited by former ozeki Mitsuneyama, although he was transferred to Kumagatani stabl

Daniar Kobonov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Daniar Kobonov: is a male wrestler from Kyrgyzstan.

Yusuke Kobori            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yusuke Kobori: a retired professional boxer from Japan and a former WBA lightweight champion.Kobori won the Japanese super featherweight title on January 14, 2006 by knocking out Keita Manabe in the second round. He went on to defend it 6 times.Later, he won the WBA lightweight title by knocking out Nicaraguan José Alfaro in the 3rd round on May 19, 2008. Kobori, became Japan's third world champion at lightweight and first since Takanori Hatakeyama in 2000.[1]

Eduard Ivanovich Kobozev            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Eduard Ivanovich Kobozev: is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk.

Sergey Kobozev            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Sergey Kobozev: was a Russian boxer who defeated John Ruiz and was later murdered by Russian mafia during a pub brawl. Kobozev had been a captain in the Russian army and was a chemical engineer in St. Petersburg before he made his name as a cruiserweight on the Soviet na