Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke at the 20

Is a former backstroke swimmer from Japan, who won the silver medal in the 100m Backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

A singer and a member of idol group AKB48.Oshima passed the first AKB48 audition in December, 2005 a

A singer and a member of idol group AKB48.Oshima passed the first AKB48 audition in December, 2005 along with 23 other girls. She was assigned to Team A, and has participated in recording of most of AKB48's single. In April 26, 2007, it was announced that

A member of the Hello! Project group Country Musume.Satoda was discovered during the Morning Musume

A member of the Hello! Project group Country Musume.Satoda was discovered during the Morning Musume 4th Generation Auditions in 2000. She is also a member of Hello! Project's futsal team, Gatas Brilhantes H.P. She has released one self-titled solo photobo

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen.Tsushogyo High School ? Denso A

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen.Tsushogyo High School ? Denso Airybees (2006-2009) ? Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen (2009-)

A Japanese singer, well known for her work on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack with Yoko Kanno. Her caree

A Japanese singer, well known for her work on the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack with Yoko Kanno. Her career started at the very beginning of 80's when she participated in a young singer's contest in Japan. Six months later she finished her first album. She reco

Is a Swedish-Japanese singer-songwriter. She was born and raised in Sollentuna, but has lived for so

Is a Swedish-Japanese singer-songwriter. She was born and raised in Sollentuna, but has lived for some years in Gothenburg. Maia became known through Annika Norlin's band Hello Saferide, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy" started being played heavily on Swedish radio. The single was followed up by the album "Though, I'm Just Me" and the single "Gothenburg". During the summer of 2007 she toured around Sweden, playing at such shows as Allssng ps Skansen, Hultsfredsfestivalen, Peace & Love and Arvika Festival.

Was a member of Hello! Project Kids and Berryz Kobo. In 2002, Maiha successfully passed the Hello! P

Was a member of Hello! Project Kids and Berryz Kobo. In 2002, Maiha successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition. On October 2, 2005, Ishimura graduated from Berryz Kobo and Hello! Project to finish her education full-time.[1]

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese actress.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.She was elected the candidate player

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.She was elected the candidate player of the national team when she was a junior high school student.

A member and the leader of °C-ute, a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project.Yajima first joined H

A member and the leader of °C-ute, a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project.Yajima first joined Hello! Project in 2002 as one of the fifteen children chosen from the Hello! Project Kids auditions after performing "Momoiro Kataomoi" by Aya Matsuura. She made her debut the same year in the movie Koinu Dan no Monogatari, taking on one of the main roles as an antagonist. The following year she then joined the first of the kids groups, ZYX, where they released two singles.In 2004 Berryz Kobo was formed, with the intention of rotating the kids throughout the unit. Yajima didn't make the original pick, and the idea was eventually dropped. The remaining kids ending up forming °C-ute in 2005. Despite not being the oldest, Yajima still became the group's leader. The group didn't make its official debut until late in 2006, with their first official single released in February 2007.

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. During the 1990s he was

Is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. During the 1990s he was one of the most popular wrestlers in sumo due to his wide variety of techniques and great fighting spirit in battling opponents nearly twice his size. Mai

A professional Japanese women's tennis player. She turned professional in 2003. Her current record i

A professional Japanese women's tennis player. She turned professional in 2003. Her current record is 0–1.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who representated her native country in 1993, 1994, 1996,and 1997. S

Is a Japanese volleyball player who representated her native country in 1993, 1994, 1996,and 1997. She was born in Sakai, Ibaraki, Japan.Fujiyoshi was a straight-left-hander. She played basketball from 1983 to 1990 but switched to volleyball on April, 199

A J-pop singer currently signed to the sublabel Rhythm Zone under the Avex Trax label. Before joinin

A J-pop singer currently signed to the sublabel Rhythm Zone under the Avex Trax label. Before joining Avex, she was a soloist of Hello! Project and member of Morning Musume. She has performed in numerous Hello! Project subgroups such as Petitmoni, Akagumi 4, 7-nin Matsuri, Sexy 8, Gomattou and Nochiura Natsumi.In 1999, Maki Goto was selected as the only member for the 3rd generation of Morning Musume. Their first single after Goto joined, "Love Machine" sold over a million copies, over nine times the amount of copies they had sold for their previous single. During her time in Morning Musume she was one of the founding members of Pucchi Moni and she started a solo singing career in 2001 with the single "Ai no Bakayaro" (???????, "Ai no Bakayaro"?)

A Japanese actress. Maki Horikita started her acting career in 2003 as a U-15 idol and has since sta

A Japanese actress. Maki Horikita started her acting career in 2003 as a U-15 idol and has since starred in a number of Japanese television dramas, TV and magazine ads, and films.Later in 2003, Horikita started to model for various advertisements and star in TV dramas and films in supporting roles. Her first photobooks featured her as a mild-themed gravure model. However, her career in the said modeling field was indeed short-lived since she gradually dropped gravure-themed modeling when she started to get busy with TV appearances.Her well-known commercials are her advertisements for Fujifilm (wherein she appeared alongside Japanese idol Nagase Tomoya) and Lotte (particularly for its sub-brands Ghana and Airs). Her current advertisements for the said chocolate brand are its Ice Yogurt and Shasha.

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese actress.

A J-pop singer, and the oldest member of the group Coco. She was born in Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan.

A J-pop singer, and the oldest member of the group Coco. She was born in Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan.

She released her first solo album in 1981, and worked through the 1980s as the lead vocalist of the

She released her first solo album in 1981, and worked through the 1980s as the lead vocalist of the New Wave band Portable Rock.[1] In 1991 she became the lead singer of the band Pizzicato Five.[1] When the group disbanded in 2001 she embarked on a solo c

A Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She is from Sapporo in Hokkaido.In 1989, she passed the '3rd B

A Japanese pop singer and songwriter. She is from Sapporo in Hokkaido.In 1989, she passed the '3rd BAD' audition. Her famous songs are "DA·KA·RA", "Chotto", and so on... Her second single "DA·ka·RA" sold 1.1 million copies and won the 'Japan Record Grand

A Japanese singer and musician. She is best known for performing the first two ending themes of One

A Japanese singer and musician. She is best known for performing the first two ending themes of One Piece and is currently the lead vocalist of the J-pop band CASSIS.

Is a speed skater. Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month

Is a speed skater. Maki Tabata won bronze at the World Allround Championships in 2000 and one month later, she won another bronze, this time on the 3,000 m at the World Single Distance Championships. The next year (2001), she won silver on the 1,500 m and

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Taichi Ishikari or simply Taichi,

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Taichi Ishikari or simply Taichi, currently performing in New Japan Pro Wrestling and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. Throughout his career he has competed in various promotions including

A Japanese model and actress.Esumi began her career as a volleyball player but after being injured w

A Japanese model and actress.Esumi began her career as a volleyball player but after being injured was discovered by a talent scout in hospital. Her screen debut was in Hirokazu Koreeda's Maborosi, though she is probably best known for her role as Tsuboi Chinatsu on the TV drama Shomuni. She also appeared on government advertisements about pension contributions.In 2000 she released her (only?) single, One Way Drive, featuring guitar work and production by Tomoyasu Hotei, who also co-wrote the song with Esumi.

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summ

Is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1968 she was a squad member of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament.

Is a former Japanese volleyball player.She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and

Is a former Japanese volleyball player.She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2006 World Championship. Her nickname is Japanese High Tower (???????????).