Famous People with Name Shoji

Shoji Jo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shoji Jo: a retired Japanese football (soccer) player.After three seasons with JEF United, Jo moved to the Yokohama Marinos in 1997. His performances in the 1998-99 season led to a loan move to the Spanish Primera División team Real Valladolid. He failed to make an impact with the club, making just 15 appearances and scoring two goals before sustaining a knee injury. After his return to Japan, Jo struggled to reestablish himself as a regular goal scorer with the Marinos and Vissel Kobe, with whom he joined in 2002. He joined Yokohama FC in 2003, where he scored 12 goals in his first season with them. He brought up his club to be Champion of J2 2006 season and promote to J1, but he made himself to retire from playing after that season.

Shoji Ueda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shoji Ueda: was a photographer of Tottori, Japan, who combined surrealist compositional elements with realistic depiction. Most of the work for which Ueda is widely known was photographed within a strip of about 350 km running from Igumi (on the border of Tottori and Hyogo) to Hagi (Yamaguchi).[1]

Shoji Sato            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shoji Sato: is a male badminton player from Japan.Shoji Sato is regarded as one of the fastest on foot players in the world.

Shoji Oguma            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shoji Oguma: was a Japanese southpaw boxer at Flyweight.Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyweight Title by winning a split decision over Betulio Gonzalez. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto. In 1976, Oguma challenged WBA Flyweight Title holder Alfonso Lopez but lost a majority decision. In 1978 he landed a rematch with WBC Flyweight Title holder Canto but came up short with a split decision loss. Later that year he fought his third bout with Canto, and this time lost a more clear unanimous decision to complete their trilogy. In 1979 he rematched WBA Flyweight Title holder Gonzalez and the result was a draw

Shoji Nishida            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shoji Nishida: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A graduate of Shiga University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007 after serving in the assembly of Kyoto Prefecture since 2003.

Goto Shojiro            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Goto Shojiro: was a Japanese politician and leader of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (???????, jiyu minken undo?).After the Meiji Restoration, Goto was appointed to a number of posts, including that of Governor of Osaka, and sangi (councillor), but later from the Meiji government in 1873 over disagreement with the government's policy of restraint toward Korea (i.e. the Seikanron debate) and, more generally, in opposition to the Choshu-Satsuma domination of the new government. Jointly with Itagaki Taisuke, he submitted a memorandum calling for the establishment of a popularly-elected parliament