Famous People with Name Norio

Norio Shioyama            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Norio Shioyama: an animator, illustrator, character designer, and animation director born on 1940-03-28 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] He is most well known for his work as character designer on the anime TV series Armored Trooper Votoms. Shioyama, along with Koichi Murata, Kazuo Komatsubara, and Koshin Yonekawa, was one of the founding members of the animation studio Oh! Production.[3][4]

Norio Ohga            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Norio Ohga: a Japanese electronics businessman who originally trained as an opera singer. After being dissatisfied with the low quality of a Sony Corporation tape recorder, he sent a critical letter to the company that resulted in his being offered a job, and he rose through the company's management. He was made the president of Sony in 1982. He was made the CEO of Sony in 1989.In 1994 he succeeded co-founder Akio Morita as Sony chairman. The next year he selected Nobuyuki Idei as the company's next president, a decision he later told author John Nathan appalled 99 out of 100 people at the company, and it led to a sweeping reorganization of the company. It is however generally considered a successful choice, and Idei became Co-CEO with Ohga in 1998, and sole CEO in 1999.

Norio Yamanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Norio Yamanaka: a Japanese teacher of kitsuke, "art of wearing kimono", an advocator of every-day use of kimono and the founder and chairman[2] of the Sodo Kimono Academy, the first[1] kimono-wearing academy in Japan. He has written several books on kimono and travelled to tens of countries to speak about kimono.

Norio Kudo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Norio Kudo: a professional Go player.Kudo turned professional in 1955 and was promoted to 9 dan in 1976. He didn't win many tournaments, but he was known for helping many people with Go. If they were just starting to learn, or were about to turn 1 dan, Kudo was there to help. He succeeded the late Kato Masao as president of the International Go Federation in 2005.

Norio Mitsuya            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Norio Mitsuya: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Ise, Mie and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Transport, attending Columbia University in the United States while in the ministry. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003.

Tsuruta Norio            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsuruta Norio: a Japanese film director. He directed Borei Gakkyu (A Haunted School) (1996), Ring 0: Birthday (2000), Kakashi (Scarecrow) (2001) and Yogen (Premonition) (2004).He also directed Dream Cruise for the Masters of Horror Showtime cable network series. It is based on the short story of the same name by Koji Suzuki from his short story anthology book Dark Water.

Shimotori Norio            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shimotori Norio: is a sumo wrestler from Arai, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 2000 and first reached the top division in 2002, although due to injuries he has had trouble maintaining his position. He has earned one