Famous People with Name Motoki

Motoki Tokieda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Motoki Tokieda: was a professor of Japanese linguistics at University of Tokyo.He was a pupil of Hashimoto Shinkichi. However, he criticized Hashimoto's Japanese grammar and created his own "Tokieda grammar" from his own "language process theory" (?????, gengo katei setsu).

Yukio Motoki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yukio Motoki: was a Japanese rugby union footballer. He played as a at centre and was known for his powerful running and tackling. He played for Meiji University and for Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers in the Japanese Top League. Motoki had 79 caps representing Japan, scor

Shimizugawa Motokichi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shimizugawa Motokichi: was a sumo wrestler from Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was ozeki. Making his debut in January 1917, he was promoted to the top makuuchi division in January 1923 and made the fourth komusubi rank in January 1926, although he did n

Zeami Motokiyo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Zeami Motokiyo: was a Japanese aesthetician, actor and playwright.Zeami was educated by his father, Kan'ami, who was also an actor. The father-son team established the Noh theatre. When Kan'ami's company performed for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the Shogun of Japan, he asked for Zeami to have a court education in the arts. The Shogun took the boy as his lover, in the shudo tradition, in 1374.Scholars attribute nearly 50 plays to Zeami. Among them are the works Izutsu, Hagoromo (The Feather Mantle), Koi no omoni (The Load of Love), and a play about Atsumori based on the 14th-century Tales of the Heike.