Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter H

A Japanese mixed martial arts fighter, and PRIDE FC welterweight grand prix finalist. He was born in

A Japanese mixed martial arts fighter, and PRIDE FC welterweight grand prix finalist. He was born in Ibaraki Prefecture[1], Japan. He has a professional MMA record of 30-7-2[2] as of February 24, 2007[3]. Sakurai has been fighting in mixed martial arts since October of 1996 and was at one time considered pound for pound one of the greatest fighters[4]. He holds victories over Frank Trigg, Jens Pulver, Dave Menne, former Shooto 154lb Champion Joachim Hansen, Caol Uno, and Luiz Azeredo[5]. Sakurai finished 2nd in the Absolute Class (no weight limit) Abu Dhabi Combat Club submission wrestling annual competition in 1999.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Omiya Ardija.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Omiya Ardija.

A shortstop for the Yomiuri Giants.In 2008, Sakamoto became the first player in Giants franchise his

A shortstop for the Yomiuri Giants.In 2008, Sakamoto became the first player in Giants franchise history to start a season opener while under the age of 20 since Hideki Matsui. He is widely regarded as one of the most promising young stars in all of Japanese professional baseball today.Ironically, Sakamoto was the team's ace pitcher, and Tanaka his batterymate on the team. Both Sakamoto and Tanaka went on to attend Itami Municipal Matsuzaki Junior High School, but Sakamoto opted to join Itami Senior, while Tanaka chose to play for the Takarazuka Boys.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Gamba Osaka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Gamba Osaka.

A Japanese television actor.He played General Tani in Takeshi's Castle. Also played Commander Sugata

A Japanese television actor.He played General Tani in Takeshi's Castle. Also played Commander Sugata in the 1987 Super Sentai series, Hikari Sentai Maskman. He was born in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan and raised in Sasebo, Nagasaki. He married his first wife in 1971 and married his second wife, Kikko Matsuoka in 1981, after they appeared in several television shows together. He is also sometimes credited as Hayati Tani. Tani is 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) tall and weighs 78 kg (12 st/172 pounds). His hobbies include baseball and golf and watching boxing.

A Japanese football player. He is famed for his fantastic stamina. He made his senior national team

A Japanese football player. He is famed for his fantastic stamina. He made his senior national team debut on August 9, 2006, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago.

A Japanese mathematician. After completing his undergraduate studies at Kyoto University, he receive

A Japanese mathematician. After completing his undergraduate studies at Kyoto University, he received his Ph.D. from Harvard while under the direction of Oscar Zariski. He won the Fields Medal in 1970.He is celebrated for proving in 1964 that singularities of algebraic varieties admit resolutions in characteristic zero. This means that any projective variety can be replaced by (more precisely is birationally equivalent to) a similar variety which has no singularities.

Is a Japanese Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.

Is a Japanese Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.

A classical pianist and former musical prodigy. She began studying piano in 1987, performing and tou

A classical pianist and former musical prodigy. She began studying piano in 1987, performing and touring with major symphony orchestras while still a child.Huang was born in Japan, of Chinese parents, in 1982.[1] Her family moved to the United States in 1985 and Huang began her piano study in 1987.[1] She attended the Manhattan School of Music,[2] and then the Juilliard School, where she studied with the Israeli pianist Yoheved Kaplinsky, graduating in 2004.[1]

Was an award winning Japanese enka singer, actress, and living national treasure.[1] She is often re

Was an award winning Japanese enka singer, actress, and living national treasure.[1] She is often regarded as being one of the greatest singers of all time,[2] and was the first woman in Japan to receive the People's prize of honour (????? ?), which was a

Anno began his career after attending Osaka University of Arts as an animator for the anime series T

Anno began his career after attending Osaka University of Arts as an animator for the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982–1983).However, he wasn't a recognized talent until the release of his work on Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 film Nausicaä

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Kashiwa Reysol. He was capped 3 times and scored

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Kashiwa Reysol. He was capped 3 times and scored 1 goal for the Japanese national team.

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

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hitachi, Ibaraki and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the assembly of Tochigi Prefecture in 2003 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

A Japanese professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Kashima Antlers in the J. League

A Japanese professional football goalkeeper who currently plays for Kashima Antlers in the J. League.

A Japanese popular singer-songwriter. In 1987, his album Birds reached the number-one position on th

A Japanese popular singer-songwriter. In 1987, his album Birds reached the number-one position on the Oricon charts. In the late 1990s, however, his popularity once declined. He began to cover many songs such as Mika Nakashima's "Yuki no Hana". His 2007 album Vocalist 3 reached the number-one position, making it his first number-one album over 15 years.[1] In 2007, he also covered Noriko Awaya's "Farewell Blues" (??????? ,Wakare no Burusu?).[2]In the early 1990s, Tokunaga became well-known in the Philippines when the song "Saigo no Iiwake" or better known as "Ichiban" (from his 1989 album Realize) was covered in Tagalog as "Ikaw Pa Rin" by Filipino artist Ted Ito.[3]

Represented Japan in wrestling at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, and won the gold medal in the ba

Represented Japan in wrestling at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, and won the gold medal in the bantamweight division. He later coached the 2004 Athens Olympics wrestling team. He is currently the head coach of the Nihon University wrestling team.

A starting pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.The Lions' current staff ace, Wakui pitched for the J

A starting pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.The Lions' current staff ace, Wakui pitched for the Japanese national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 World Baseball Classic.[1][2]Wakui was born in Matsudo, a large city in Chiba Prefecture. He played softball in elementary school and began playing baseball in junior high for Matsudo Senior.

Is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

Is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

A retired Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic W

A retired Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1994 to 2006. He won four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three silvers (1999: individual and team large hills, 2003: team large hill) and one bronze (1999: individual normal hill).Miyahara competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 5th in the team large hill and 24th in the individual large hill. He also competed at the Ski-flying World Championships, with best finishes of 5th in the team competition in 2004 and 10th in the individual competition in 2000.

Was a Japanese mathematician. His most notable work includes the final solution of Hilbert's fifth p

Was a Japanese mathematician. His most notable work includes the final solution of Hilbert's fifth problem.After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1947, Yamabe became an assistant at Osaka University. From 1952 until 1954 he was an assistant at Princeton University, receiving his Ph.D. from Osaka University while at Princeton. He left Princeton in 1954 to become assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. Except for one year as a professor at Osaka University, he stayed in Minnesota until 1960. Yamabe died suddenly of a stroke in November 1960, just months after accepting a full professorship at Northwestern University.

Was a professional Go player.Miyashita became a 9 dan in 1960. He had many students, including Ishib

Was a professional Go player.Miyashita became a 9 dan in 1960. He had many students, including Ishibashi Chinami, Hanawa Yasutoki, Tokimoto Hajime, Kanno Kiyonori, and Miyashita Suzue.

Was a Japanese author, novelist, and playwright in Showa period Japan.Hojo moved to Tokyo in 1926, a

Was a Japanese author, novelist, and playwright in Showa period Japan.Hojo moved to Tokyo in 1926, and found employment with the Hakone Tozan Railway. In 1933, he quit his job to devote his attention to drama, becoming a student of with Okamoto Kido and Hasegawa Shin. He became a leading member of the Shimpa modern drama movement in the 1930s. He was author of more than 200 plays and the leader of commercial theatre in Japan after World War II, working in a wide range of genre, from kabuki, to Takarazuka Revues. His psychological dramas about average citizens appealed to mainstream audiences.

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for Japanese Communist Party.A nati

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for Japanese Communist Party.A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of Sakai, Osaka in 1971 and then to his one term in the assembly of Osaka Prefecture in 1983. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Councilors in 1986, he was elected to the house in 1988 but lost his seat in the following year. In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kashiwa Reysol.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kashiwa Reysol.