Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter N

A Japanese figure skater who now works as a coach.She is the mother and coach of Nobunari Oda.

A Japanese figure skater who now works as a coach.She is the mother and coach of Nobunari Oda.

A Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. She competed in Ice Dancing with Tadayuki Takahashi fro

A Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. She competed in Ice Dancing with Tadayuki Takahashi from 1979. They placed 17th in the 1984 Winter Olympic Games. She was six-time Japanese national champion from 1980 to 1985.

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 she was part

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches.

A professional Go player.Yoda is a student of Takeo Ando. He has won 34 titles so far in his career,

A professional Go player.Yoda is a student of Takeo Ando. He has won 34 titles so far in his career, the sixth highest in Japan. He became a professional in 1980, and reached 9 dan in 1993. In 2006, he was the heart of the Japanese team in international tournaments, steering them to a win over Team Korea in the 7th Nongshim Cup.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. Honaga started in New Japan Pro Wrestling but jumped to Riki Ch

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. Honaga started in New Japan Pro Wrestling but jumped to Riki Choshu's Japan Pro Wrestling satellite of All Japan Pro Wrestling in an "invasion" angle. He returned to New Japan with Choshu and others in 1987. Immediatel

A professional Go player.Kudo turned professional in 1955 and was promoted to 9 dan in 1976. He didn

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.

A Japanese football defender.He was capped 30 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national tea

A Japanese football defender.He was capped 30 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1998, including one game at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

A Japanese football player who is currently playing for Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in S.League

A Japanese football player who is currently playing for Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in S.League

Is an American indoor volleyball player. She currently plays professionally for "Allgaeu Team Sontho

Is an American indoor volleyball player. She currently plays professionally for "Allgaeu Team Sonthofen" in Germany. She trained with the U.S. Olympic team prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Is a Japanese former professional football player who spent his entire senior career at Gamba Osaka.

Is a Japanese former professional football player who spent his entire senior career at Gamba Osaka. He was a member of the Japan national football team at the 1993 Summer Universiade.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

A former racing driver from Japan. He participated in 2 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix,

A former racing driver from Japan. He participated in 2 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on October 24, 1976. He scored no championship points.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angel

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known as one half of the tag team Jumping Bomb Angels with Itsuki Yamazaki. She worked in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, WWF and has been working in Ladies Legend Pro Wrestling since 1992.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League. Before playi

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League. Before playing for the Giants, he was a member of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

Is a Japanese professional motorcycle racer. He is also known as Nori-Chan, Nori, Nitro Nori, and Ha

Is a Japanese professional motorcycle racer. He is also known as Nori-Chan, Nori, Nitro Nori, and Haga-san. Haga has twice been runner-up in the World Superbike Championship, and has finished 3rd in the series three times.

A Japanese figure skater. He placed fourth at the 2007 Japanese national championships, and won the

A Japanese figure skater. He placed fourth at the 2007 Japanese national championships, and won the silver medal at the 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Cerezo Osaka.

Is a former Malaysian footballer who playing as striker. He formerly played with Malacca FA, as well

Is a former Malaysian footballer who playing as striker. He formerly played with Malacca FA, as well as with Kedah FA, Terengganu FA and Perak FA.

Was an American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Northern Iowa (then known

Was an American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Northern Iowa (then known as State College of Iowa) from 1961 to 1967, but is best known for his career with the University of Missouri from 1967 until 1999. He retired with an overall coaching record of 731-375 in 38 seasons. The court at Mizzou Arena (and previously at the Hearnes Center) is named in his honor. Stewart played basketball for Missouri and the St. Louis Hawks of the NBA.

Is a Venezuelan fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1960 Summ

Is a Venezuelan fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Was a New Zealand athlete who represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics at London.She was

Was a New Zealand athlete who represented New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics at London.She was a sprinter, and reached third in the semifinal in the 100m race. She told the “stuffed shirt” officials when she returned that New Zealand needed a cinder

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Mingay, a scrum-half, was born in Sydney, New So

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Mingay, a scrum-half, was born in Sydney, New South Wales and claimed a total of 7 international rugby caps for Australia.

Was a Scottish professional footballer best known for time with Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic.S

Was a Scottish professional footballer best known for time with Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic.Signed by Dunfermline manager Pat Stanton in August 1981 from Cowdenbeath, McCathie went on to play a club record of 576 games between 1981 and 1996.

Was an English cricketer and umpire who played in one Test in 1939.

Was an English cricketer and umpire who played in one Test in 1939.

A former Canadian national soccer team player.McLeod played four times for Canada, in 1957 he was se

A former Canadian national soccer team player.McLeod played four times for Canada, in 1957 he was selected to Canada's first ever World Cup team and scored Canada's first ever goal in World Cup competition against the United States in Toronto. McLeod played for the Vancouver Halecos in the Pacific Coast So