Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Ventforet Kofu. His older brother Shota is also

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Ventforet Kofu. His older brother Shota is also a professional football player.

A Japanese figure skater who is now a Doctor of Dental Surgery. He is a four-time Japanese national

A Japanese figure skater who is now a Doctor of Dental Surgery. He is a four-time Japanese national champion. He placed 14th in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games.

Better known as Survival Tobita, is a Japanese professional wrestler. Tobita has received a cult lik

Better known as Survival Tobita, is a Japanese professional wrestler. Tobita has received a cult like following for his many unique matches in Saitama Pro Wrestling Company. Survival Tobita started as a jobber for Super World of Sports. Since its collapse

Is a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Gannosuke, who competed primarily for Atsush

Is a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Gannosuke, who competed primarily for Atsushi Onita's Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling promotion. Honda made his debut for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling in June 1991, against Akihito Ichihara. He an

A retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive S

A retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was the 16th place (15:40.94) in the Men's 1500 metres Freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

A retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barce

A retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.Japan did send four boxers to the Barcelona Games. Kawakami competed in the Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) division. He was defeated in the first round by Great Britain's Adrian Dodson after the referee stopped the contest in the third round.

A former professional boxer. He was the WBA light middleweight champion from 1978-1979.Kudo was an a

A former professional boxer. He was the WBA light middleweight champion from 1978-1979.Kudo was an amateur wrestler during high school, and only became a professional boxer when he failed to make the Japanese olympic wrestling team for the 1972 Munich Olympics. He made his professional debut in May, 1973, and won the Japanese middleweight title in his 6th professional fight. He defended the title 8 times before returning it.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Oita Trinita.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Oita Trinita.

A Japanese football midfielder.Motoyama started his career in 1998 with Japanese club Kashima Antler

A Japanese football midfielder.Motoyama started his career in 1998 with Japanese club Kashima Antlers, a club he has remained with ever since. Motoyama currently has 26 international caps for his country, although may pick up more in the future due to his versatility - he can operate either as an attacking midfielder or as a deep-lying forward, where his skillful dribbling and pace comes in handy.

A Japanese football player from Toyonaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He plays the forward position.O

A Japanese football player from Toyonaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He plays the forward position.Oguro joined the J-league in 1999, with Gamba Osaka. In 2001, he was transferred to Consadole Sapporo, only to return to Osaka the following year.In 2004, Oguro scored the second highest number of goals in the J-league, and the highest number of all Japanese-born players. In Chinese characters, Oguro's name resembles that of the god Daikokuten, giving him that nickname. Gamba Osaka's official merchandise store has come to be called the `Shrine of Daikokuten`.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Mito HollyHock.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Mito HollyHock.

Is a retired professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and

Is a retired professional wrestler. Popularly known as Killer Khan, he was billed from Mongolia and had numerous high-profile matches with André the Giant in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the 1980s, including the first ever "stretcher match"

Was a former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Was a former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

A Japanese football player. Sakamoto is a graduate of Nippon Sport Science University.

A Japanese football player. Sakamoto is a graduate of Nippon Sport Science University.

A professional Japanese Welterweight kickboxer and a two-time K-1 World MAX champion. He won his fir

A professional Japanese Welterweight kickboxer and a two-time K-1 World MAX champion. He won his first K-1 World MAX title on July 5, 2003 by defeating Mike Zambidis in the quarterfinals, knocking out Sakkedaw Kiatputon in the semifinals and defending champion Albert Kraus with a left hook KO in the tournament finals. Masato was also the K-1 World MAX tournament finalist in 2004 and 2007. On October 1, 2008 Masato won his second K-1 MAX title, defeating Yoshihiro Sato and Artur Kyshenko.

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.

is a Japanese football player who plays for F.C. Gifu.

is a Japanese football player who plays for F.C. Gifu.

A Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team To

A Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team Toyo.He was interested in cars from an early age, and as soon he received his drivers licence he purchased a Nissan 180SX and began practising drifting techniques. He studied Keiichi Tsuchiya's 'Drift Bible' and learnt fast, soon he was ready to take his drifting to the race track where he met D1 driver Atsushi Kuroi who gave him plenty of advice on how to improve. At 19 entered his first drift competition against his mentor Kuroi and to everyones surprise he won. When he was 21 he was scouted by the president of tuning company GP Sports who sponsored him until 2003 when he was offered a job testing for them

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

A Japanese football player.

A Japanese football player.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, known by his ring name Yamato (

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, known by his ring name Yamato (stylized as YAMATO), who competes for Dragon Gate and its international expansion Dragon Gate USA. He is a member of the Kamikaze stable in Dragon Gate. He

Is a Japanese former football player who played for Omiya Ardija.

Is a Japanese former football player who played for Omiya Ardija.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrest

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling in Japan and in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States where he was a one-time world champion, having won the ECW World Heavyweight Champ

Masato Yamazaki (born December 4, 1981 in Japan) is a Japanese football player.

Masato Yamazaki (born December 4, 1981 in Japan) is a Japanese football player.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion where

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for the Dragon Gate wrestling promotion where he is a member of the World-1 stable and the current Open the Dream Gate Champion. Yoshino began to gain rank within Dragon Gate rapidly in 2007. He began