Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genr

A Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop.[1] He appeared on the 57th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen broadcast.His single Sen no Kaze ni Natte (??????? ?) (released 24 May 2006) ma

A Japanese video game composer. His most well-known projects are Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Treasure

A Japanese video game composer. His most well-known projects are Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Treasure Hunter G, Final Fantasy Tactics, Baroque, Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity, Final Fantasy XII, and Soul Calibur IV. He is now part of Basiscape, a video game music promotion company founded by Hitoshi Sakimoto. In 2007, he performed an arrangement of his music from Over Horizon for the live Hyper Game Music concert organized by 5pb. Records.[1]

A Japanese seiyu (voice actor), born on October 15, 1968 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is not associated w

A Japanese seiyu (voice actor), born on October 15, 1968 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is not associated with any known agency. Nonaka has been excessively famous for his role as Kyo Kusanagi, as well as the two Kyo clones, Kyo-1 and Kyo-2, in The King of Fight

Was a Japanese American flautist and musician, known for his mastery of the bamboo flute, specifical

Was a Japanese American flautist and musician, known for his mastery of the bamboo flute, specifically the shakuhachi. Yoshizawa also mastered several other traditional Japanese flutes, in addition to other Japanese and Western musical instruments.[1] He was also considered a scholar of ancient and modern Japanese traditional music.[1] Yoshizawa's work and music were featured in a number of major Hollywood studio films and soundtracks, including The Joy Luck Club and Memoirs of a Geisha.[2]

A Japanese actor and musician. Along with Jun Matsumoto, Kazunari Ninomiya, Satoshi Ohno, and Sho Sa

A Japanese actor and musician. Along with Jun Matsumoto, Kazunari Ninomiya, Satoshi Ohno, and Sho Sakurai, Aiba is a member of the J-pop group Arashi (?) who is under the management of Johnny & Associates.

An anime character designer and director.

An anime character designer and director.

A J-Rock/J-Pop singer who was born in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture. She began her professional musical ca

A J-Rock/J-Pop singer who was born in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture. She began her professional musical career at age 21 as a concert backup singer.From almost the very beginning of her career, Masami has sung themes for anime tv and movies. She is especially w

A Japanese musical composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is from Innoshima and came out as a bass g

A Japanese musical composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is from Innoshima and came out as a bass guitarist of Porno Graffitti in September 1999. After left the band in June 2004, he released the album Great Pleasure in December 2005.

A Grammy award-winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist.His parents were first

A Grammy award-winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist.His parents were first opposed to the idea of their son having a musical career. Indeed, in an effort to manoeuvre him towards their vision, they made arrangements for him to take a job at a local company. In return, he left home without telling them. He supported himself by taking on several part time jobs such as cooking or civil service work, meanwhile composing songs at night.

A Japanese film producer, the co-founder, board of directors member, and producer of Studio Madhouse

A Japanese film producer, the co-founder, board of directors member, and producer of Studio Madhouse, one of the leading animation production companies in the world. Born in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture he is a 40-plus year veteran of the animation business.As the main producer and studio head, Maruyama is personally responsible for green-lighting new projects. As a result, projects are often directly pitched to him by outside interests or brought to him by creators within the company. He also has a significant amount of influence in determining the staff of these new projects, particularly in the assignment of directorial duties. In addition, he is frequently involved in the planning phase of major studio productions.

A Japanese animator known for his work with Madhouse.Primarily a key animator and animation director

A Japanese animator known for his work with Madhouse.Primarily a key animator and animation director for TV anime, Kitao has also on occasion done character designs. Recently, he has won much praise for his adaptated character designs for the popular Death Note TV series. Consequently, Death Note has become one of the works he is best known for. Along with Death Note director Tetsuro Araki, he attended Anime Expo 2007.

A Japanese actor, singer, musician, and entertainer who lives in London. He was born in Hiroshima in

A Japanese actor, singer, musician, and entertainer who lives in London. He was born in Hiroshima in 1963, and graduated in Music in Tokyo in 1985 (Kunitachi College of Music). He joined Nikikai Opera in 1988. He moved to Italy in 1992, then to the UK in

A Japanese video game composer and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1996. He is p

A Japanese video game composer and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1996. He is perhaps best known for his work on the Final Fantasy and SaGa series. He was born in Germany to a Japanese mother and a German father, but was raised in Japan. He became interested in music while in kindergarten, and got piano lessons from his parents.

A Japanese manga artist, most well known for creating the manga series Naruto. His younger twin brot

A Japanese manga artist, most well known for creating the manga series Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series 666 Satan.Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri, which he submitted to Shueisha in 1996. In 1999, Naruto was serialized in Shonen Jump magazine, winning its monthly "Hop Step Award". Naruto is still ongoing, with more than 40 volumes, and has sold over 71 million copies in Japan as of volume 36, also being adapted into two successful anime series. The Naruto manga series has become one of Viz Media's top properties,[1] accounting for nearly 10% of all manga sales in 2006

A Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagay

A Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio Senior High School and Keio University. Aliases include "Manta" (???, Manta?) and "Yumin teishu" (????, Yumin teishu?). His wife is singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist Yumi Matsutoya.

Japanese musician, composer, sound artist, sound designer and producer.Masato Hatanaka learnt everyt

Japanese musician, composer, sound artist, sound designer and producer.Masato Hatanaka learnt everything concerning music and sound design by self-study. His concept is haute couture sound and quests for the way sound should be. He is a composer who deals with creating many works in fields such as stages, art, architectire and design and all eyes are on him. In 2008, he presented his works at the Issey Miyake XXIc. - XXIst Century Man, Tokyo Wonder at Milano Salone 2008, Lexus International Gallery Aoyama and is highly acknowledged. His unique method of giving life to any kind of sound has been highly distinguished in the world.

He formed the band Dreams Come True in 1988, and started the record company "DCT Records" in 2002. H

He formed the band Dreams Come True in 1988, and started the record company "DCT Records" in 2002. He has also composed music for various television commercials and the video games Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. On 22 June 2008, he married Makii, the lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band High and Mighty Color.[1]

A Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of

A Japanese vocalist from Meguro, Tokyo. He is most known for his contributions to the theme songs of various anime and tokusatsu series. In his career, he has sung under the names Kouichi Fuji (? ?? ,Fuji Koichi?), Akira Tani (? ??? ,Tani Akira?), and Ryu Kisami (??? ? ,Kisami Ryu?). "Masato Shimon" is also his recording name, as he was born with the name Masaharu Fujikawa (?? ?? ,Fujikawa Masaharu?). He recorded a song "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" (1975) with only 50,000 yen, but the single sold 4,547,620 copies and became the best-selling single in Japan. It is also listed in the Guinness World Records.[1]

A video game designer and musician based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka on June 16, 1961, and

A video game designer and musician based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka on June 16, 1961, and majored in Industrial Society at Ritsumeikan University. He has worked extensively with music and images, and has been active with the J-Pop band, PSY • S (????) (or PSYCHOLOGICAL S). Matsuura been credited with popularizing the modern rhythm-based music video game at his studio NanaOn-Sha.

A seiyu from Yokkaichi, Mie.

A seiyu from Yokkaichi, Mie.

A half-French, half-Japanese musician, who is both a guitarist and a bass player. He has been a main

A half-French, half-Japanese musician, who is both a guitarist and a bass player. He has been a mainstay on the Japan music scene since the 1960s, where he started his career with The Golden Cups. He has performed with numerous bands throughout his career, and was a member of the legendary Pink Cloud.

A Japanese animator, director, and member of the renowned animation studio Madhouse. He was born on

A Japanese animator, director, and member of the renowned animation studio Madhouse. He was born on March 11, 1961 in Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, and is a twenty year plus veteran of the anime industry.Kojima first got his start in the animation business in the 1980s, where he worked primarily project-to-project for a number of different companies, including Knack Productions and Tatsunoko Production. During this time, he was involved in television products as an episode director. In the 1990s, Kojima joined Madhouse as a permanent member, where he has remained since. During his years at Madhouse, he has been involved in dozens of productions as an animator, as well as helming several TV series, two movies, a theatrical short, and a TV special.

A Japanese animation director from Kagoshima, Japan.

A Japanese animation director from Kagoshima, Japan.

A Japanese singer best known as a former member of Rats & Star (previously called Chanels). His trad

A Japanese singer best known as a former member of Rats & Star (previously called Chanels). His trademarks are sunglasses and a moustache, and he is nicknamed "Martin".

A Japanese vocalist. He was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture. He is the original vocalist of the band

A Japanese vocalist. He was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture. He is the original vocalist of the band Crystal King (???????? ,Kurisutaru Kingu?), known for their anime soundtracks such as Fist of the North Star (???? ,Hokuto no Ken?) where Tanaka provided the vocals in the chorus of its opening theme. After leaving Crystal King, he started his solo career and along the line lost his voice after being struck in the throat by a baseball and was never able to regain his original vocal range. In the late 1990s and early 2000's, he worked on the soundtracks of the tokusatsu series Ultraman Gaia (????????? ,Urutoraman Gaia?) and Kamen Rider Kuuga (????????? ,Kamen Raida Kuga?). He is also featured on the Katamari Damacy soundtrack Katamari Fortissimo Damacy where he sings "Katamari on the Rock" (??????? ,Katamari on za Rokku?), the main theme of the game.