Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A Japanese singer, an actor and is a member of Johnny & Associates. He is also a semi-professional r

A Japanese singer, an actor and is a member of Johnny & Associates. He is also a semi-professional racer and a racing team owner. He is known as Matchy. It is from his name Masahiko in short. He is signed onto Sony Music Japan.

Is a Japanese former football player. Kumagai played for Roasso Kumamoto.

Is a Japanese former football player. Kumagai played for Roasso Kumamoto.

A Japanese theatre and film actor. He’s known best for his tendency to act comedy roles.Nishimura

A Japanese theatre and film actor. He’s known best for his tendency to act comedy roles.Nishimura was born December 12, 1960 in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture Japan. He attended Toyo University to study photography, but never graduated, turning instead to theatre at the age of 21. After a short while he gave up and returned to Toyama, returning again at the age of 24. It was at this time he met a young Koki Mitani, who at the time was aspiring to become an actor while writing scripts for radio and theatre.

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 Nagoya, Aichi and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2004.

A Japanese actor and director.He made his debut at the age of 16 in the Ko Nakahira film Crazed Frui

A Japanese actor and director.He made his debut at the age of 16 in the Ko Nakahira film Crazed Fruit in 1956. Tsugawa's family was heavily involved in the film industry since before his birth. Tsugawa attended school until dropping out of the Waseda University Graduate School to pursue acting alone.

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 Fukue, Nagasaki and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 after unsuccessful runs in 1979, 1986 and 1990.

Is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima. He turned professional in 1981. He

Is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima. He turned professional in 1981. He has won 30 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career list. He ranks seventh on the career money list with earnings of just over 1 bi

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Pacific League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Pacific League.

A Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hil

A Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1980 to 1986. He finished fourth in the individual large hill event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.Akimoto's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team large hill events at Seefeld, Austria in 1985.

Born April 2, 1972 in Sakado, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese former football player.

Born April 2, 1972 in Sakado, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese former football player.

A professional baseball player for the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball. He received

A professional baseball player for the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball. He received a Golden Glove Award for second base in 2006. He was the Dragons #1 draft pick in 1995. Although he is known to be more defensive then offensive, he hit a tie-breaking three-run home run off Yomiuri Giants reliever Yukinaga Maeda to give Chunichi a 5-2 win.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. He primarily wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), but h

Is a Japanese professional wrestler. He primarily wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), but has also made appearances for the now defunct World Championship Wrestling, as a member of the New World Order. Chono was also known as Mister Black Jack wh

Born August 15, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan) is a former Japanese football player.

Born August 15, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan) is a former Japanese football player.

A Japanese football player.Fukasawa was educated at and played for Shizuoka Gakuen High School. Afte

A Japanese football player.Fukasawa was educated at and played for Shizuoka Gakuen High School. After graduating from the high school, he entered professional football.Fukasawa played 20 games in J. League Division 1 and 134 games in Diviison 2. In 2005, he moved to Canada to play for Montreal Impact and was named the club's newcomer of the year in his first season in the club.[1]In 2007, he joined Bangkok University FC in Thailand and became the first Japanese footballer to play for a non-Japanese club in AFC Champions League. In 2008, he moved to Singapore's S.League side Singapore Armed Forces FC.

A former Japanese football player. He was a forward but sometimes played in the midfield.When Japan'

A former Japanese football player. He was a forward but sometimes played in the midfield.When Japan's first-ever professional league J. League started in early 90's, Mitsubishi was transformed to Urawa Red Diamonds. He turned professional and continued to play for the club. He scored his first J. League goal on June 9, 1993 against Kashima Antlers at Kashima Stadium. All the Urawa players except the goalkeeper flocked around Fukuda to celebrate the goal. While the celebration was prolonged, the referee signalled the restart and Kashima's Hisashi Kurosaki equalised immediately.

A former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

A former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

A former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started in motorcross when he was 15. In 1964 h

A former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started in motorcross when he was 15. In 1964 he signed to drive for Nissan. After establishing himself in saloon car and GT races in Japan, he participated in his only Formula One race at the Japanese Grand Prix for Kojima on 24 October 1976. He qualified 10th after an error which cost him his chance of a pole position and finished 11th, seven laps behind the winner. Notably, however, he also set the fastest lap of the race.

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 Kashima, Saga and a graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 after working for the JR.

The governor of Okayama Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 1996. A native of Okayama, Okayama and

The governor of Okayama Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 1996. A native of Okayama, Okayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Construction since 1969 before elected governor.

Is a Japanese football player who last played for F.C. Gifu.

Is a Japanese football player who last played for F.C. Gifu.

A Japanese actor who is most known for portraying Barret Wallace in the Japanese versions of Final F

A Japanese actor who is most known for portraying Barret Wallace in the Japanese versions of Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII as well as portraying Teruaki Takeda in the tokusatsu film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. He has also appeared in Seija No Koushin as Tatsuo Inose, Hajime No Ippo as Jason Ozuma and GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka as Hajime Hakamada.

Was a Japanese film director of more than 230 films. His father was director Shozo Makino and the re

Was a Japanese film director of more than 230 films. His father was director Shozo Makino and the recent pseudonym of film director Masahiko Tsugawa, Makino Masahiko, is a tribute to Masahiro.

A Japanese race car driver . From 1997 until 2004 he raced in the JGTC Series B-Class, usually finis

A Japanese race car driver . From 1997 until 2004 he raced in the JGTC Series B-Class, usually finishing in the midfield. He also raced in Japanese Formula 3 in 1988. In 1997, he married Jane Martin, who died during childbirth three years later.

A member of the Japanese pop idol group SMAP. Known as Nakai-kun among fans, he is the oldest member

A member of the Japanese pop idol group SMAP. Known as Nakai-kun among fans, he is the oldest member and leader of SMAP.[citation need.Nakai is the youngest of three brothers, he likes baseball, and is a fan of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team. As a child, he wanted to be a professional baseball player. He hosts several TV shows throughout the week, including Utaban with Takaaki Ishibashi (from the comedic duo Tunnels).

A Japanese seiyu (voice actor), born on October 15, 1968 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is not associated w

A Japanese seiyu (voice actor), born on October 15, 1968 in Hiroshima, Japan. He is not associated with any known agency. Nonaka has been excessively famous for his role as Kyo Kusanagi, as well as the two Kyo clones, Kyo-1 and Kyo-2, in The King of Fight