Famous People with Name Yukio

Yukio Ninagawa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yukio Ninagawa: a Japanese theatre director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently six times.Although most famous abroad for his touring productions of European classics, Ninagawa has also directed works based on contemporary writing from Japan, including the Modern Noh plays of Yukio Mishima (which toured to New York's Lincoln Center in early summer 2005) and several other plays by Japanese dramatists, including Shuji Terayama and Kunio Shimizu. His production of Titus Andronicus was performed in England in June 2006, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. In 2007 his company participated in the Barbican International Theatre Event (BITE) series at the Barbican Arts Centre in London, with their production of Coriolanus.

Yukio Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yukio Tanaka: a Japanese biwa player.He studied under the satsuma biwa master Kinshi Tsuruta, whose status he inherited as a leading figure of Japanese traditional music. His honours include First Prize at the Japanese Biwa Competition, the Minister of Education, Science and Culture Prize and the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) Prize.Tanaka has released numerous CDs and recordings for films. He performs internationally both as soloist and with orchestras, including the Staatskapelle Berlin, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, the RAI Symphony Orchestra, and the Hespèrion XXI, under the baton of conductors such as Kent Nagano, Christoph Eschenbach and Jordi Savall. He is a professor at the Tokyo College of Music and a director of the Japan Biwa Association.

Yukio Sakano            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yukio Sakano: a Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup his highest place was number 11 from January 2006 in Sapporo.

Yukio Edano            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yukio Edano: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Utsunomiya, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of Morihiro Hosokawa's Japan New Party. He later participated in the 1996 formation of the DPJ.

Yukio Hatoyama            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yukio Hatoyama: the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and represents the 9th district of Hokkaido in the House of Representatives.Hatoyama, who was born in Tokyo, is the grandson of former Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama, and son of former Foreign Minister I'ichiro Hatoyama. He and his brother Kunio Hatoyama are fourth generation politicians of the Hatoyama family. He graduated from University of Tokyo and received a Ph.D. in engineering from Stanford University.[1]

Roho Yukio            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Roho Yukio: is a sumo wrestler. The highest rank he has achieved is komusubi. His younger brother is also a sumo wrestler, under the name of Hakurozan of Kitanoumi stable.

Aobajo Yukio            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Aobajo Yukio: is a former sumo wrestler from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. He did not miss a single bout in his 22 year professional career, and holds the record for the most consecutive matches fought, at 1630. He is now a sumo coach. He made his debut in March 19

Hananosato Yukio            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hananosato Yukio: is a sumo wrestler from Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan. Hananosato was a junior member of the Takasago stable, home to yokozuna Asashoryu, and he serves as one of Asashoryu's tsukebito, or personal attendants. He made his professional debut in March 1999, an ent