Famous People with Name Shohei

Shohei Ogura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shohei Ogura: a football player who plays for Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan's professional J. League. His position is defensive midfielder.On December 30, 2006, he was announced as being selected to be on Japan's Under-22 national team. This selection was reaffirmed on May 27, 2007, and he seems likely to stay with the squad through the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Shohei Imamura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shohei Imamura: was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards, and is regarded as one of the most important and idiosyncratic filmmakers in the history of cinema. However, despite being one of the greatest Asian directors, he was never Oscar nominated in any category.His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's films, The Eel (1997), Dr. Akagi (1998), Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001) and 11'9''01 September 11 (2002).

Shohei Ooka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shohei Ooka: was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and translator of French literature active in Showa period Japan. Ooka belongs to the group of postwar writers whose World War II experiences at home and abroad figure prominently in their works. Over his lifetime, he contributed short stories and critical essays to almost every literary magazine in Japan.Ooka was born in the Magome Ward of Tokyo. His parents were from Wakayama prefecture, and his father was a stock broker. He graduated from Kyoto Imperial University School of Literature. Raised to study literature from early childhood, he mastered French while in high school. His parents also hired the famed literary critic Kobayashi Hideo to be his tutor. Under Kobayashi's instruction, be became acquainted with poet Nakahara Chuya, the critic Kawakami Tetsutaro, and other literary figures.

Shohei Baba            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shohei Baba: was a professional wrestler and co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling. He was also known as Giant Baba. Baba, along with Antonio Inoki, became one of the most famous Japanese wrestlers of his era, with a popularity in Japan comparable to Hulk Hogan's in the United States of America. He was also a 3 time NWA Champion.Before entering professional wrestling he had been a professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants. It was around this time when national wrestling hero and owner of the Japanese Wrestling Association Mitsuhiro Momota Sr. - better known as Rikidozan - began to feel the time was right for him to start grooming a successor in order to keep business strong. In April 1960 Baba began training in Rikidozan's dojo along with fellow student Kanji Inoki. The two trained together under Rikidozan and made their debuts on September 30th, 1960 at the old Daito Ku Gymnasium in Tokyo where Baba beat Yonetaro Tanaka and Inoki, renamed Antonio

Shohei Abe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shohei Abe: is a Japanese footballer who plays for Nagoya Grampus.