Famous People with Name Yoshimi

Yoshimi Iwasaki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshimi Iwasaki: a singer and actress. Her older sister Hiromi Iwasaki is also a female singer.

Yoshimi P-We            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshimi P-We: a Japanese musician best known for her role as the longest consistent drummer in the Japanese rock band, Boredoms.Yoshimi joined her first band U.F.O. or Die with Yamatsuka Eye in 1986. Since 1997 she has led the all-female band, OOIOO, and continues to contribute to the current incarnation of Boredoms.Yoshimi has worked on a great number of other projects most notably a raga band Saicobaba, an ambient project Yoshimi and Yuka, the tribal drum influenced OLAibi and indie supergroup Free Kitten. She appeared as a session player, vocalist and as the subject matter of the Flaming Lips' 2002 record, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Yoshimi participated as drummer 1 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Yoshimi Usui            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshimi Usui: was a Japanese author and critic from Azumino, Nagano prefecture.Usui won the 1974 Tanizaki Prize for Azumino (???). It does not appear that any of his works have been translated to English.

Yoshimi Ishibashi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshimi Ishibashi: a professional racing car driver born in Tokyo, Japan.Ishibashi has participated in Japanese GT Series since 1994, winning the 1995 GT-2 class championship. Since 1996 he was participated in the GT300 class, driving for Gaikokuya Porsche in recent seasons.

Yoshimi Ueda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshimi Ueda: was a Japanese basketball player and administrator. As a player, he represented Tokyo Shoka University from 1928 to 1934, winning two All-Japanese Championships. He was a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee from 1959, member of the FIBA Central Board

Kazuki Yoshimi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kazuki Yoshimi: a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Central League.

Jo Yoshimi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Jo Yoshimi: a retired male medley swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is best known for winning the silver medal in the Men's 200m Individual Medley at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka, behind America's Tom Wilkens.

Towanoyama Yoshimitsu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Towanoyama Yoshimitsu: is a sumo wrestler from Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1993. His highest rank has been maegashira 13, achieved in March 2002. He has had many injury problems and has had perhaps the unluckiest (and shortest) top makuuchi division