Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a Japanese former football player who has played for Kashiwa Reysol, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Albirex

Is a Japanese former football player who has played for Kashiwa Reysol, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Albirex Niigata, and Tokyo Verdy.

Is a former professional baseball player and manager.Nagashima was by far the most popular figure in

Is a former professional baseball player and manager.Nagashima was by far the most popular figure in Japanese baseball during his career. His contributions to the development of the sport in Japan are immeasurable, but his competence as a manager is often called into question.

A Japanese breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

A Japanese breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

Is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for the Mexican professional wrestling promo

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and is currently billed simply as Okumura. Okumura originally worked for Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW) and later on

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

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

A Japanese football player. He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

A Japanese football player. He represented Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

The current manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseba

The current manager of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Before managing, he was a player for the Yomiuri Giants from 1968 to 1980.

A retired Japanese football (soccer) goalkeeper and a goalkeeping coach.When Japan's first-ever prof

A retired Japanese football (soccer) goalkeeper and a goalkeeping coach.When Japan's first-ever professional league J. League started in 1993, Nissan F.C. was transformed to Yokohama Marinos for whom he continued to play. After he lost his position to young Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi who would also replace him as the first-choice goalkeeper in the national team, he moved to Japan Football League side Tosu Futures, the predecessor of Sagan Tosu, in 1996. He then moved to fellow JFL side Brummell Sendai in 1997. He came back to J. League to play for Kyoto Purple Sanga in 1998 and spent 3 seasons before he hanged up his boots in 2000.

A retired relief pitcher in Major League Baseball, a best-selling author and Japanese television per

A retired relief pitcher in Major League Baseball, a best-selling author and Japanese television personality. He achieved the most recognition when he played for the Seattle Mariners from 2002 through 2005. Previously, Hasegawa played with the Anaheim Angels (1997-2001), and before that spent six years with the Orix Blue Wave. He bats and throws right-handed.

A retired Japanese football player. He was capped 14 times for the Japanese national team and scored

A retired Japanese football player. He was capped 14 times for the Japanese national team and scored the winning goal in Asian Cup 2000 Final, Japan vs Saudi Arabia.

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 sent four boxers to the Barcelona Games. Dobashi competed in the Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) division. He defeated Jamaica's Delroy Leslie in the first round on points (11:5) before falling to France's Julien Lorcy (RSC-2) in the second round.

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

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. Before playing for the Giants he was a member of the Nippon Ham Fighters.

Is a retired male judoka from Brazil.In the final he defeated Canada's Ewan Beaton. He represented h

Is a retired male judoka from Brazil.In the final he defeated Canada's Ewan Beaton. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Is a Taiwanese baseball player for the La New Bears. He played for the amateur Taiwan Cooperative Ba

Is a Taiwanese baseball player for the La New Bears. He played for the amateur Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team before being drafted by the La New Bears of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

Is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional B

Is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League. He currently plays as third baseman for the Lions

Is a former basketball player from the People's Republic of China best known for being one of the fi

Is a former basketball player from the People's Republic of China best known for being one of the first Asian basketball athletes to ever compete in NCAA Division I basketball for Long Island University (from 1993 to 1996). He is 1.70 m (5'7") tall and weighs 70 kilograms (155 pounds). Liao later transferred to Columbia University (1996-1999) but did not play collegiate basketball for the school. He majored in chemical engineering and economics.[1]

A Japanese women's tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 at the U.S. Open Qualifying round.

A Japanese women's tennis player. She turned professional in 2004 at the U.S. Open Qualifying round. Her highest WTA singles ranking record is 143th, which she achieved on November 6, 2006.

Is a Japanese snowboarder who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics and has had two World Cup Victori

Is a Japanese snowboarder who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics and has had two World Cup Victories. She is set to compete for her nation in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Women's Half-pipe. Her motto is "Continuity is power."

A Japanese backstroke swimmer.

A Japanese backstroke swimmer.

Is an Indo American tennis player playing for India, though an American citizen. She has been ranked

Is an Indo American tennis player playing for India, though an American citizen. She has been ranked as high as 122nd in the world in singles (August 29, 2005). As of 10/8/2007 she is 585st in the WTA rankings.

Is an Indian first class cricketer who played in the 2004 U/19 Cricket World Cup where he was the le

Is an Indian first class cricketer who played in the 2004 U/19 Cricket World Cup where he was the leading run scorer, his total of 505 runs from seven innings is a record for a single U-19 World Cup. He is a left-handed batsman who after 37 List A games f

Is a Pakistani-born Belgian cricketer. He captained Belgium during the 2007 European Cricket Champio

Is a Pakistani-born Belgian cricketer. He captained Belgium during the 2007 European Cricket Championship, having previously represented the side in the 2005 competition. Belgium finished in fifth place in the tournament. Under Shikkoh's leadership one could easily expect quite a few new players thus ending the old era. Shikkoh has been an integral part of his Club (MCC's) first team and has been the top all-rounder for the club over the last 4 years.

Is a former professional ice hockey forward. He was the first player to reach 100 goals and 100 poin

Is a former professional ice hockey forward. He was the first player to reach 100 goals and 100 points marks in first time in Korean ice hockey history. After 4 years of University (Yeon-Sae) he signed with Anyang Halla and played for his whole career (19

Is a former female badminton player from South Korea.

Is a former female badminton player from South Korea.