Famous People with Name Masaaki

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 Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Tanaka: a Japanese author notable for his book What Really Happened in Nanking: The Refutation of a Common Myth, which denies that the Nanking Massacre as traditionally understood took place. Originally written in Japanese in 1987, an English version was published in 2000 in response to Iris Chang's book, The Rape of Nanking.

Masaaki Itokawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaaki Itokawa: a Japanese politician of the People's New Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

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.