Famous People with Name Masaaki

Masaaki Sawanobori            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Sawanobori: a retired Japanese football player. A midfielder,he scored 85 goals in 381 matches for Shimizu S-Pulse between 1993 and 2005. He was capped 16 times and scored 3 goals for the Japanese national team. His first international appearance came on April 8, 1993, in a World Cup qualifier against Thailand at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium when he replaced Hajime Moriyasu. His first goal for Japan came on May 7, 1993 in a World Cup qualifier against UAE in Dubai.

Masaaki Kato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Kato: a Japanese kickboxer as known as "Snake Kato".

Masaaki Endoh            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Endoh: a Japanese singer/songwriter who is prominent in the area of soundtracks for anime and tokusatsu productions. He has recently cooperated with fellow musicians Hironobu Kageyama and Rica Matsumoto in the anison group JAM Project.He has been involved with t

Masaaki Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Sakai: a popular Japanese performer from Tokyo. He is best known to English-speaking audiences as the title star of the TV show Monkey.a famous comedian in Japan, Sakai initially came to fame by fronting the group sounds band The Spiders. This group, formed in 1

Masaaki Osumi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Osumi: a Japanese director known for his work in television and movie animations.Osumi was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and graduated from School of Media Science at the Tokyo University of Technology. He got his start in the entertainment industry as the leader of a puppet theater in Kobe. This led to an association with Tokyo Movie Shinsha, one of the first Japanese animation studios.In 1969, Osumi collaborated with animator Yasuo Otsuka in the Moomin TV series, which was an immediate hit. But Finnish author Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomin books, objected strongly to the depiction of the characters in the series. According to Jansson, "My Moomin is No car, No fight, and No money." The series was shifted to another studio after 26 episodes.

Masaaki SatakeMasaaki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki SatakeMasaaki: a retired professional Japanese Heavyweight karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was one of the pioneering fighters in K-1, after being a member of Kazuyoshi Ishii's Seido-Kaikan school and organization.