Famous People with Name Kaga

Kaga Otohiko            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kaga Otohiko: a Japanese author.Kaga was born in Tokyo, and studied psychiatry and criminology at the University of Tokyo Medical School. He worked in a hospital and then prison before going to France in 1957 for further studies. After returning to Japan in 1960, Kaga took up university teaching, and was a psychology professor at the Tokyo Medical and Dental University (1965-1969) and Sophia University (1969 - 1979).Kaga wrote several novels based on his time in France, including Arechi o tabi suru monotachi (Travelers through the Wasteland) and Furandoru no fuyu (Winter in Flanders) which won the Minister of Education Award for New Artists in 1968. His 1973 novel Kaerazaru natsu (?????, A Summer Long Gone), on the tragic consequences of a young man's military indoctrination during World War II received the Tanizaki Prize. His 1982 historical fiction about World War II, Ikari no nai fune (Riding the East Wind), has been translated to English to good reviews.

Kagamisato Kiyoji            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kagamisato Kiyoji: was a sumo wrestler from Aomori Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 42nd Yokozuna. He was promoted to the top makuuchi division in June 1947. In October 1949 he defeated two yokozuna and produced a fine 12-3 score, also becoming the first wrestler to wi