Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter H

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 sent four boxers to the Barcelona Olympic Games. Nagashima competed in the Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) division. He was defeated in the first round by Fao Francis Maselino after the referee stopped the contest due to injury.

Was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was a member

Was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics.In 1932 he was a member of the Japanese field hockey team, which won the silver medal. He played two matches as forward.

The mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa in Japan. A graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he served at the M

The mayor of Yokohama, Kanagawa in Japan. A graduate of Aoyama Gakuin University, he served at the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management before working in the House of Councillors in the Diet.He was first elected mayor of Yokohama in April 2002 after serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) for three terms since July 1993. He was re-elected in 2006.

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. He was born in Jilin, China during the time part of China was occupied by Japan. A graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 1976 after an unsuccessful run in 1972. He has been Minister for Justice.

Is a Japanese professional football defender who currently plays for Japan's J. League Division 1 cl

Is a Japanese professional football defender who currently plays for Japan's J. League Division 1 club Albirex Niigata.

A professional footballer for Júbilo Iwata of the J. League Division 1. He was born in Shizuoka Pre

A professional footballer for Júbilo Iwata of the J. League Division 1. He was born in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Was a noted Japanese author.In 1935 he enrolled at Kyoto University, where he studied French literat

Was a noted Japanese author.In 1935 he enrolled at Kyoto University, where he studied French literature with a particular interest in French Symbolist poetry. He also became active in Marxist student movements.Noma's first long novel, Shinku chitai (????, Zone of Emptiness?), was published in 1952. It has been called one of the best war novels produced after World War II.[citation needed] In 1971 Noma received the Tanizaki Prize for his 5-volume work Seinen no wa (?????).

Is a former Japanese football player. Ochiai made 53 appearances for the Japan national football tea

Is a former Japanese football player. Ochiai made 53 appearances for the Japan national football team from 1974 to 1979.

A former Japanese pitcher and murderer. On November 18, 2004, he murdered a 67-year-old woman Kazuko

A former Japanese pitcher and murderer. On November 18, 2004, he murdered a 67-year-old woman Kazuko Nishiuchi.[1] The murder shocked the Nippon Professional Baseball. His uniform number 26 has been retired since 2005 though the Chiba Lotte Marines didn't say that the reason was his crime. On September 29, 2005, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Saitama District Court.[1]

A high profile Tokyo based conceptual artist, musician and scene maker, Hiroshi Oguchi has for decad

A high profile Tokyo based conceptual artist, musician and scene maker, Hiroshi Oguchi has for decades been influential in the changing attitudes of Japan's youth. As a drummer he has been in the bands The Tempters, Pyg and Vodka Collins, recording many albums. He also owned and ran his own fashion company Practice of Silence. Oguchi has also been an actor in a number of films, including Shogun, Strange Circus (2006), and Silk (2007). He was married to the popular actress Kimie Shingyoji. They have one son, Gento Oguchi, who is a musician and an artist.

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the D

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Mito, Ibaraki and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he had served in the assembly of Ibaraki Prefecture since 1986 and as mayor of Mito for three terms since 1993. In 2003 he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Was a Japanese mathematician. He was a professor at Kyoto University, and studied analysis.He discov

Was a Japanese mathematician. He was a professor at Kyoto University, and studied analysis.He discovered the necessary and sufficient conditions on initial value problems of ordinary differential equations for the solution to be unique. He also refined the second mean value theorem of integration.

Chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation since 1999. He became president of Toyota in 1995 and has w

Chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation since 1999. He became president of Toyota in 1995 and has worked at the corporation for 50 years. In 1998, Okuda was selected as a member of the Prime Minister's Economic Strategy Council of Japan and became chairm

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kishima District, Saga and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1989 and received an MBA from University of California, Los Angeles in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 2005, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the same year.

Was a Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator, born in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture. He

Was a Japanese animator, character designer and illustrator, born in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture. He was a graduate of the Kyoto Saga University of Arts.[1] He was the co-founder of Bones Animation Studio.Osaka, while studying in the Kyoto Saga University of Arts, joined the animation subcontracting studio Anime R in 1983 on a part time basis under the apprenticeship of the noted animator Moriyasu Taniguchi, working on numerous Sunrise productions during this period in college.[1]

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

A former governor of Yamagata Prefecture. He was first elected in 2005. A native of Yamagata, Yamaga

A former governor of Yamagata Prefecture. He was first elected in 2005. A native of Yamagata, Yamagata, he joined the Bank of Japan upon graduation from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 1981. He also received MIPP in 1989 and MA in 1990 from Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University.He was defeated for reelection in an upset by Mieko Yoshimura an Education Committee member for Yamagata Prefecture.

A creator of several anime and manga series. His name is romanized in some sources as Hiroshi Sasaka

A creator of several anime and manga series. His name is romanized in some sources as Hiroshi Sasakawa.Well-known as one of creators of "Time Bokan" series (with Ippei Kuri, Mitsuki Nakamura and Yoshitaka Amano), he has directed several animation works in the fantasy and science fiction genre, many (though not all) of them with Tatsunoko Production.

Was a Japanese film director, known for his silent films with detailed depictions of Japanese societ

Was a Japanese film director, known for his silent films with detailed depictions of Japanese society. He was born in Shizuoka and attended the Shochiko studio in Tokyo where he began making films in 1924, at the age of just 21. He was a friend and colleague of Yasujiro Ozu. During his career, he is believed to have directed at least 166 films. He died of a heart attack on June 23, 1966, at the age of 63. Though respected in his time, today he remains largely unknown, even in his native Japan. A Criterion Collection boxset of four of his films was released in 2009.[1]

Is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo, Japan and New York City, USA.

Is a Japanese photographer currently dividing his time between Tokyo, Japan and New York City, USA. His catalog is made up of a number of series, each having a distinct theme and similar attributes.

Was a freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics i

Was a freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Was a Japanese alpine and cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he p

Was a Japanese alpine and cross-country skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics. In 1936 he participated in the alpine skiing combined event. He finished 49th in the downhill race, in the slalom he was not allowed to start in the second run. At the

A Japanese architect.Takahashi was born in Toyko and received his graduate degree in architecture fr

A Japanese architect.Takahashi was born in Toyko and received his graduate degree in architecture from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1978. In 1985, he joined the faculty at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In 1988, he and Akiko Takahashi founded the firm Workstation in Yokohama. In 1991, Hiroshi Takahashi joined the faculty at Kanto Gakuin University, Nihon University and Hosei University.[1]

A Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, music arranger, guitarist and producer. In the end of 1980s a

A Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, music arranger, guitarist and producer. In the end of 1980s and early 1990s, he succeeded by some records which produced by Todd Rundgren.