Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter S

A professional Go player.Shuzo Awaji became a professional Go player when he was 19 years old. He wa

A professional Go player.Shuzo Awaji became a professional Go player when he was 19 years old. He was promoted to 9 dan after he challenged for the 1984 Honinbo title. Despite challenging for all of the big seven titles in Japan (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Oza and Gosei), he has never won any of them.

Is a former professional tennis player from Japan.Matsuoka's best performance at a Grand Slam event

Is a former professional tennis player from Japan.Matsuoka's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at Wimbledon in 1995, where he reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Pete Sampras in four sets 7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 2–6. Matsuoka's serve gave Sampras fits in the first set and looked to be on his way to the semifinals until Pete solved the puzzle that was Matsuoka's serve. Matsuoka was unable to subdue the defending champion in the next 3 sets.

Was a professional Go player.Ohira was born in Gifu, Japan. Taken under the wing of the prolific Kit

Was a professional Go player.Ohira was born in Gifu, Japan. Taken under the wing of the prolific Kitani Minoru in 1941, Ohira quickly rose above in rank. By 1947, he had obtained professional 1 dan, being promoted to 2 dan in the same year. By 1955 he was 6 dan, and by 1963 he reached the peak of 9 dan. His first big break came in 1966 when he won the Nihon Ki-in Championship, and defended it for 3 years. Along with Takagawa Kaku, Sakata Eio, and Ishida Yoshio, Ohira was the only player to win this title. In 1977, he won his first major title by winning the Hayago Championship. Tens years later her set a new record of successive wins, with 17. During his time, he was an active player in the Meijin and Honinbo leagues. He lived in Yokohama,

A Japanese pop singer signed under the Avex Trax music label.At the age of 19, sifow started realizi

A Japanese pop singer signed under the Avex Trax music label.At the age of 19, sifow started realizing she had a bad image of herself because she was a ganguro gyaru. Ganguro girls are generally known not to study hard at school and not pursue any goal or

Was a Japanese engineer and businessman and founder of Mazda, the first autotruck engaged to product

Was a Japanese engineer and businessman and founder of Mazda, the first autotruck engaged to production.

A Japanese singer and musician from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is currently signed with Victor E

A Japanese singer and musician from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is currently signed with Victor Entertainment.Isogai's father chose the name "Simon" because he was a fan of Simon & Garfunkel.[1] During junior high school, he oftened listened to hard ro

Was an Academy Award, Emmy, BAFTA and César award-winning Jewish-French actress.Signoret was born

Was an Academy Award, Emmy, BAFTA and César award-winning Jewish-French actress.Signoret was born Simone-Henriette-Charlotte Kaminker in Wiesbaden, Germany to André and Georgette (Signoret) Kaminker. She was the oldest child of three, with two younger brothers. Her father, a linguist who later worked in the United Nations, was a French-born Jewish army officer of Polish descent, who brought the family to Neuilly-sur-Seine on the fancy outskirts of Paris. Signoret grew up in Paris in an intellectual atmosphere and studied the English language in school, earning a teaching certificate. She tutored English and Latin and worked part-time as a typist for a French collaborationist newspaper, Le Nouveau Temps, run by Jean Luchaire.

Was a Japanese physicist.Tomonoga was born in Tokyo in 1906. He was the second child and eldest boy

Was a Japanese physicist.Tomonoga was born in Tokyo in 1906. He was the second child and eldest boy of a Japanese philosopher, Sanjuro Tomonaga. He entered the Kyoto Imperial University in 1926. Hideki Yukawa, also a Nobel Prize winner, was one of his classmates during undergraduate school. During graduate school at the same university, he worked as an assistant in the university for three years. After graduate school, he joined Nishina's group in Riken. In 1937, while working in Leipzig, he collaborated with the research group of Werner Heisenberg. Two years later, he returned to Japan due to the outbreak of the Second World War, but finished his doctoral degree on the study of nuclear materials with his thesis on work he had done while in Leipzig.

A Japanese physicist, influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics, work for which he w

A Japanese physicist, influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics, work for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 along with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger.

A controversial poet and filmmaker. He was born in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan and is best known for his

A controversial poet and filmmaker. He was born in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan and is best known for his movies and avant-garde poetry performances.Sono began his career as a poet in 1978 when he was only 17 years old. His poems appeared in popular Japanese publications such as The Modern Poem Book. Afterwards, he enrolled in Hosei University, but left school in mid-course and began making 8 mm films. In 1985, he debuted in the PIA Film Festival with a 30-min experimental short movie, I Am Sion Sono!! (Ore wa Sion Sono da!!), a selection of his poetry being read by him on the screen. In 1987, he participated with the movie A Man's Hanamichi (Otoko no Hanamichi), and won the Grand Prize.

A J-Pop singer. She currently attends Santa Monica College in California. She has grown up in a bili

A J-Pop singer. She currently attends Santa Monica College in California. She has grown up in a bilingual environment. Her favorite artists include Ani DiFranco, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, and Jack Johnson.Her debut single Yes was released under an indie re

A Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs organization. Previously, he has played for

A Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs organization. Previously, he has played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies in Major League Baseball, and with the Orix BlueWave in Nippon Professional Baseball.Taguchi was born and raised in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in his hometown, with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He was a teammate of Ichiro Suzuki when the two played for the Orix BlueWave in the Pacific League of NPB. Although he was drafted by the BlueWave as an infielder, he was moved to the outfield later in his career.

Was a diplomat and statesman during early Meiji period Japan.Soejima was born into a samurai family

Was a diplomat and statesman during early Meiji period Japan.Soejima was born into a samurai family in Saga, in Hizen province (present-day Saga prefecture). His father was a teacher in the domain's school and a scholar of National Learning (kokugaku). Soejima was sent to Nagasaki by the domain leaders to study the English language. During the Boshin War he was a military leader of the Saga forces committed to the overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu.

A film director from Japan known for his striking visuals and sometimes outlandish subject matter.Fo

A film director from Japan known for his striking visuals and sometimes outlandish subject matter.For his graduation project, he filmed Crazy Thunder Road (????????????) (1980), again directed with friends of his who were in biker gangs. This film was a based on the Bosozoku aesthetic, and enthralled film studio Toho such that they struck 35 mm prints of the 16 mm film and released it theatrically. It was widely considered controversial, and the Japanese film board Eirin condemned it for presenting violence sympathetically.

Was the pen name of a novelist and translator of Western literature in the late Meiji, Taisho and ea

Was the pen name of a novelist and translator of Western literature in the late Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japan. His real name was Morita Yonematsu.Morita approached Yosano Tekkan, editor of the influential literary magazine Myojo for assistance in an introduction to Natsume Soseki in an effort to become accepted as one of Soseki's students. Tekkan not only introduced Morita to Soseki, but also introduced him to the famous feminist activist and author Hiratsuka Raicho.

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

A Japanese politician of the Japan Communist Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka and graduate of Kyoto University, he was elected for the first time in 2004 after unsuccessful runs for the House of Representatives in 2000 and 2003 and for the House of Councillors in 2001.

A left-handed reliever for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played every s

A left-handed reliever for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played every single game of his career pitching in relief.Soichi Fujita was part of the Japanese national baseball team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

Is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Spe

Is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster.

The president of Benesse Corporation, a Japanese company best known for its distance learning and te

The president of Benesse Corporation, a Japanese company best known for its distance learning and test preparation schools. In 2006, Fukutake - who has a net worth of over 1.2 billion US dollars - was ranked among the top ten richest people in Japan by Forbes magazine.[1]Fukutake's father founded Benesse, a corporation whose schools (commonly referred to as juku (??) or "cram schools") train children to pass entrance exams to allow admission to prestigious schools and universities. Some four million Japanese children between the age of 3 and 18 are enrolled at Benesse schools. Despite the graying trend in the Japanese population, Benesse sales hit a record high of $2.5 billion and net profits jumped 52% to $124 million for the fiscal year ending March 2005.

Was a Japanese engineer and industrialist, and founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.. Soichiro was born i

Was a Japanese engineer and industrialist, and founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.. Soichiro was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.Honda spent his early childhood helping his father, Gihei, a blacksmith, with his bicycle repair business. At the time his mother, Mika, was a weaver. At 15, without any formal education, Honda arrived in Tokyo to look for work. He obtained an apprenticeship at a garage in 1922, and after some vacillation over his employment, he stayed for six years, working as a car mechanic before returning home to start his own auto repair business in 1928 at the age of 22.

Was a Japanese politician, diplomat, cabinet minister, and second Japanese Resident-General of Korea

Was a Japanese politician, diplomat, cabinet minister, and second Japanese Resident-General of Korea.Sone was norn in Choshu (present-day Yamaguchi prefecture, his adopted father was a samurai of the Hagi Clan. He fought on the imperial side in the Boshin War.After the Meiji Restoration, he went to France for studies, and on his return to Japan served in the War Ministry. Later, he served as director of the Cabinet Gazette Bureau, Secretary of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau and other posts, in 1890 he became the first Chief Secretary of the House of Representativesof the Diet of Japan.

A Zainichi Korean J-pop singer.She was a former member of the Tsunku-produced duo EE Jump along with

A Zainichi Korean J-pop singer.She was a former member of the Tsunku-produced duo EE Jump along with Yuki Goto (Maki Goto's younger brother). Yuki was caught underage in a bar, which got him suspended from EE Jump. When the band released its next single,

Is a Japanese Olympic fencer. He competed in four events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Is a Japanese Olympic fencer. He competed in four events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

A Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality who is best known for her large, natural breas

A Japanese AV idol, nude model, and media personality who is best known for her large, natural breasts. One of the top, award-winning actresses in the AV field of her time, she attained mainstream media recognition.Sora Aoi was born November 11, 1983 in T

Was a Japanese author from Takaoka, Toyama.

Was a Japanese author from Takaoka, Toyama.