Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter M

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

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2004 after serving in the assembly of Aomori Prefecture for two terms and then in the House of Representatives for six terms.

Is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at

Is a former breaststroke swimmer from Japan, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Her winning teammates in that race were Mai Nakamura, Junko Onishi, and Sumika Minamoto. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.In JT Marvelous, her nickname is "The Tai

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.In JT Marvelous, her nickname is "The Taicho" which means the commander.

A Japanese propagandist.He studied economics at Osaka Metropolitan University. After 11 years as a h

A Japanese propagandist.He studied economics at Osaka Metropolitan University. After 11 years as a high school teacher, he established ??????????(Chuto mondai kenkyu center; "The Middle-East Problem Research Institute") in 1975.In 1986, he published a book named "???????????????" (Yudaya ga wakaruto sekai ga mietekuru; "To watch Jews is to see the world clearly"), which became a best seller. This book is based on the infamous antisemitic text The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. According to Uno, the Ashkenazim are "fake Jews", and are in charge of the world.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.Bunkyojoshi univ. Junior High ? Seitoku

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.Bunkyojoshi univ. Junior High ? Seitoku Gakuen High School ? Kaetujoshi college ? Denso Airybees (2002-)

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her appearances in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestlin

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known for her appearances in All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling, GAEA Japan and Japanese Women Pro-Wrestling Project under the name Devil Masami. She is a member of the All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame, be

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Councillors for the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Councillors for the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Elected in 2004 as an independent candidate with support of the Democratic Party of Japan and the SDP from Niigata Prefecture (No. 1 with 428,117 votes[1]), he is, as of 2008, the only directly elected SDP member of the House of Councillors.

Is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

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

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Okazaki, Aichi, he graduated from the University of Tokyo and received master's degrees from it and Columbia University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 1998 after running unsuccessfully for the prefectural assembly of Tokyo.

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

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sendai, Miyagi, he graduated from Rikkyo University and attended Whitworth University in Washington, United States. After having served in the House of Representatives for five terms, he lost his seat in 1996 as a member of the New Frontier Party. He was re-elected in 2000 but lost the seat again in 2003. In 2004 he ran for the House of Councillors and was elected for the first time.

Is a professional Japanese 9 dan Go player.In 1961, Tsuchida became a pupil at the dojo of Minoru Ki

Is a professional Japanese 9 dan Go player.In 1961, Tsuchida became a pupil at the dojo of Minoru Kitani, and reached 9 dan in 1979. His pupils at the Nihon Ki-in have included Hideki Matsuoka, Masaki Ogata and Yoshika Mizuno.Tsuchida is an affiliate of t

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sasaki made 20 appearan

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sasaki made 20 appearances for the Japan national football team from 1988 to 1991.

Is a Japanese slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 22nd in the C-1 event at the

Is a Japanese slalom canoer who competed in the mid 1990s. He finished 22nd in the C-1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

A Japanese actor, seiyu and narrator from Naha, Okinawa. He is 176 centimeters (5 feet, 10 inches) t

A Japanese actor, seiyu and narrator from Naha, Okinawa. He is 176 centimeters (5 feet, 10 inches) tall, weighs 77 kilograms (169 pounds), and has a blood type of B.

A Japanese actor and director.Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and fi

A Japanese actor and director.Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Ao no jidai, Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all of Ando's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003).

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a full-time wre

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a full-time wrestler, as well as a director. Fuchi holds the record for the longest AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship reign and has competed in All Japan Pro Wre

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.

Is a Japanese former professional football player who spent his entire senior career at Gamba Osaka.

Is a Japanese former professional football player who spent his entire senior career at Gamba Osaka. On 20 November, 1993 he became the youngest player to score a hat trick in J. League Division 1 at age 18 years, 364 days.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Ricky Fuji. Masanori Morimura

Is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Ricky Fuji. Masanori Morimura started training for pro wrestling in the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo, where he befriended Shinya Hashimoto and Keiichi Yamada. He left Japan in January 1

He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions. He is said to hav

He has wrestled in Japan and in the United States in various wrestling promotions. He is said to have an incredible tolerance for pain, mainly in reference to the injuries he has had including a cracked skull on 2 occasions.In his early days he used the n

Is a former Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or Masa Saito. He wrestled for

Is a former Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or Masa Saito. He wrestled for several years in various promotions operated by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He later joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he teame

A Japanese former football player.

A Japanese former football player.

A racing car driver from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, most famous for being the first Japanese driver

A racing car driver from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, most famous for being the first Japanese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 1995.Sekiya drove in single-seaters in his early career, contesting the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship and Formula Nippon from 1987 to 1993, mostly for the Leyton House team. He never achieved any victories, but finished 4th in the standings in 1988 and 1989, scoring three and four podiums, respectively.

A former olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama, Japan.Sugiura was the ace pitcher of the N

A former olympic baseball player from Kudoyama, Wakayama, Japan.Sugiura was the ace pitcher of the Nippon Life Insurance Company baseball team, and was chosen to join the Japanese national team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. He returned to the olympics four years later, winning a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Professional players were allowed to participate in the 2000 Summer Olympics, but Sugiura was still chosen as the captain of the Japanese national team, and the captain of the entire Japanese olympic team in 2000 Summer Olympics. The Japanese team did not win a medal that year.

A Grammy award-winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist.His parents were first

A Grammy award-winning Japanese musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist.His parents were first opposed to the idea of their son having a musical career. Indeed, in an effort to manoeuvre him towards their vision, they made arrangements for him to take a job at a local company. In return, he left home without telling them. He supported himself by taking on several part time jobs such as cooking or civil service work, meanwhile composing songs at night.