Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter J

A former World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His

A former World Boxing Council (WBC) world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His record is 19–6–1 (13 KOs).

A Japanese speedskater specialised in the sprinting distance 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became

A Japanese speedskater specialised in the sprinting distance 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became the first junior speedskater to skate the 500 metres below 35 seconds.Until march 9th 2007 he was the world record holder with the 34.30 he skated in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2005. He lost the worldrecord to Kang-Seok Lee, who skated 34,25 in Salt Lake City.At the age of 20, he became the 500 metres World Champion at the 2005 World Single Distance Championships, leaving behind no less skaters then Hiroyasu Shimizu and Jeremy Wotherspoon. After this achievement he was considered to be one of the favourites of achieving a medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

A is Japanese former tennis player. He began playing tennis at the age of 6 under the influence of h

A is Japanese former tennis player. He began playing tennis at the age of 6 under the influence of his parents. He was educated at Waseda University and won the All-Japan University Tennis Championship in doubles play.[1] He turned pro in October 2004. His career best WTA singles ranking is number 15 in Japan.Miyao was arrested for drug possession after a police raid on October 10, 2008 at the Minato, Tokyo apartment of his girlfriend, former AV idol Risa Coda, discovered about 0.7 grams of dry marijuana. Coda told police she obtained the marijuana to smoke with Miyao who had been spending several nights a week at her apartment. Miyao admitted to the charges.[2][3][4]. He insisted that he did not know that Coda had previously used drugs.[5] On December 22, 2008, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Miyao to 6 months in prison suspended for three years. The ruling said that Miyao had forced his girlfriend Risa Coda to buy the marijuana for him. The judge said that Miyao had admitted using marijuana regularly as an escape from his poor playing record.[6]

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super Lea

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Champ

Was a Japanese chemist.In 1884 he married Caroline Field Hitch, with whom he had two children. Takam

Was a Japanese chemist.In 1884 he married Caroline Field Hitch, with whom he had two children. Takamine continued to work for the department of agriculture and commerce until 1887. Leaving, he founded the Tokyo Artificial Fertilizer Company, where he later isolated the enzyme Takadiastase, an enzyme of rice malt, from his research in rice fermentation for the production of sake.[1]

(born on August 12, 1976 in Beaumont, Texas) is a professional outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers of

(born on August 12, 1976 in Beaumont, Texas) is a professional outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan.

A Japanese American classical pianist [1] who still resides in San Jose but mostly performs away fro

A Japanese American classical pianist [1] who still resides in San Jose but mostly performs away from home. He is the son of David Y. Nakamatsu (San Jose engineer) and Karen F. Maeda Nakamatsu (city employee).In June 1997 Nakamatsu won the Gold Medal at the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. He is the first American to win this prize since 1981. Right after the competition, he quit his job as a high school German teacher to pursue a career as a classical pianist. Interestingly, he did not attend a music conservatory or major in music while he attended college and graduate school.

The first Japanese to be naturalized as a United States citizen and the first to publish a Japanese

The first Japanese to be naturalized as a United States citizen and the first to publish a Japanese language newspaper.Hikozo Hamada was born in Harima province, the son of a local landowner. Following his father’s death, his mother remarried. The fatherless boy had been accepted by a temple school for training and education, something unusual for someone of his social class. His mother died when he was twelve, but his stepfather, a seaman on a freighter often away from home, continued to care for the boy. A year later when returning from Edo after a sightseeing journey

A Japanese male writer especially related on travel, and visual producer. His father was Shozo Toi,

A Japanese male writer especially related on travel, and visual producer. His father was Shozo Toi, who was the first researcher on Chichibu Incident. He became a travel writer after his activity as an illustrator and reporter.Reporting the bosozoku in Japan led him to get a motorcycle driver's licence at the age of 32, and begin motorcycling abroad. He has covered more than 250,000 kilometers, more than 50 countries including South American countries. He has also visited Onoda's farm in Brazil, to report on Hiroo Onoda, a former Japanese army intelligence officer trained by the Nakano School who was stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines. He has the most entries to off-road race Baja 1000, held in Baja California, Mexico ,as Japanese. Now he is on the plan to motorcycle the entire course of 5 continents. He has ever covered through 4 of them.

A Japanese racing driver who was a 2002 & 2006 champion in Japan's Super GT series in the GT500 cate

A Japanese racing driver who was a 2002 & 2006 champion in Japan's Super GT series in the GT500 category. In 2002, Wakisaka raced the Honda NSX with Akira Iida, in 2006 Wakisaka raced the Lexus SC 430 with Andre Lotterer.Wakisaka is also a regular presenter of Best Motoring and is brother to Shigekazu, who also competes in Super GT.

Was a Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur who achieved fame for his exploits in turn-of-the-20th-ce

Was a Japanese adventurer and entrepreneur who achieved fame for his exploits in turn-of-the-20th-century Alaska and Yukon Territory.According to his own account, Wada was born on February 12, 1872,[1] in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, to wealthy parents. Wada said that he arrived in San Francisco in late 1891, and that his purpose of traveling to the United States was to attend Yale University.[2]Researcher Yuji Tani provides an alternative story. According to Tani, Wada was born in Ehime Prefecture in 1874 or 1875. He was the second son of a former samurai fallen on hard times, and his father died when Jujiro was four. Subsequently, Jujiro and his mother went to live with his mother's relatives. In 1888, when he was 13 or 14 years of age (by Japanese counting, which would mean 12 or 13 by American), Jujiro went to work in a relative's paper factory. At the factory, he heard tales about the fabulous wealth of America.[3] Consequently, in March 1890, he took a steamship to San Francisco.[4

A Japanese musician who came first into the scene when being recruited by famous Visual Kei artist M

A Japanese musician who came first into the scene when being recruited by famous Visual Kei artist Mana for his solo project Moi dix Mois.In the middle of February 2007 Juka announced the start of his solo career while continuing the activities with HIZAK

Was a Japanese poet on modern religious themes, active in late Taisho and for the first few years of

Was a Japanese poet on modern religious themes, active in late Taisho and for the first few years of Showa period Japan.Born in Tokyo, Yagi attended the Kanagawa Prefectural Normal School in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, where he converted to Methodism, and became attracted to the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. In 1919, he was baptized at the Komagome Christian Church in Tokyo. He remained a devout Protestant all his short life, but migrated to Non-Church Christianity (Mukyokai) as advocated by Uchimura Kanzo.

Is a sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. Joining the professional ranks in 1992, he reached the top di

Is a sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. Joining the professional ranks in 1992, he reached the top division in 2000 and was ranked there for 34 tournaments until 2007. His highest rank has been maegashira 6. Jumonji was born in Hashikami, Sannohe District.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tokyo Verdy.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tokyo Verdy.

A Japan football player currently playing for J1 team Shimizu S-Pulse. Takaki was born in Kumamoto P

A Japan football player currently playing for J1 team Shimizu S-Pulse. Takaki was born in Kumamoto Prefecture and after working his way through the S-Pulse Youth academy system, was offered full time terms in 2001.

Is an Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah. Akiyama is known fo

Is an Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling Noah. Akiyama is known for his serious style and outstanding, time-tested work as a tag team wrestler. He also gained notoriety for his innovation of the Blue Thunder Driver and th

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C..

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C..

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Cerezo Osaka in the J. League. He is a mid-fielde

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Cerezo Osaka in the J. League. He is a mid-fielder on the U-20 Japanese national teamplaying at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored a goal for Japan in the 79' minute in Japan's win against Scotland (3-1) at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Group F, in Victoria, B.C., Canada July 1, 2007.

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representativ

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Oshika District, Miyagi and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the public broadcaster NHK from 1985 to 1993. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as an independent. He later joined the DPJ.

Was a Japanese literary critic, active in the Showa and early Heisei period Japan.Eto was born in th

Was a Japanese literary critic, active in the Showa and early Heisei period Japan.Eto was born in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo; his father was a banker, and his grandfather (originally from Saga in Kyushu was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. His mother died when he was four years old, and always sickly as a child, he was mostly educated at home. He had an interest in literature from an early age, ranging from the heavy works of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki and Fyodor Dostoevsky, to the comics of Suiho Tagawa. In 1942, he was sent to boarding school in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture. While in Kamakura, his family's house in Tokyo was destroyed during the American air raids.

Was a Japanese director. He was born in Manchuria. He has directed dozens of films, perhaps best kno

Was a Japanese director. He was born in Manchuria. He has directed dozens of films, perhaps best known for his contributions to the Godzilla film series in the 1970s. He died on December 3, 2000, due to cancer.

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representative

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kamakura, Kanagawa and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the national newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 1995 to 2001. In 2005 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time, after running unsuccessfully 2003.

Was the pen-name of a modernist author, translator and literary critic active in Showa period Japan.

Was the pen-name of a modernist author, translator and literary critic active in Showa period Japan. His real name (written in the same kanji) was Ishikawa Kiyoshi.The next year, he was resigned from the university due to controversy over his participation in student protest movements. He returned to Tokyo and began a bohemian existence, living out of cheap pensions while translating Andre Gide's Les Caves du Vatican and Molière's Le Misanthrope and Tartuffe.

A Japanese actor. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa. His blood type is A. He made his drama debut as an

A Japanese actor. He was born in Mitoyo, Kagawa. His blood type is A. He made his drama debut as an actor in 2001. His debut as actor was in the Tokusatsu Series "Kamen Rider Agito". He appears not only in TV dramas but also movies, commercial messages, variety TV programs, plays, and music videos.