Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter S

A Japanese announcer for Nippon Television. He was known for his good looks and was the sports annou

A Japanese announcer for Nippon Television. He was known for his good looks and was the sports announcer on various shows, slowly becoming a household name. Sumitani graduated from the Department of Economics at Keio University.On May 18, 2006, Sumitani was charged with illegal photography of a minor after videotaping under a high school girl's skirt while riding up an escalator at JR Yokohama Station. The incident happened on February 20, after a railroad police officer on patrol saw him taping under the girl's skirt. Sumitani quickly confessed saying, "I was turned on and followed my temptations. I sincerely apologize."

A Japanese actor, who currently lives in Tokyo.He is best known in the Western world for his break-o

A Japanese actor, who currently lives in Tokyo.He is best known in the Western world for his break-out performance in the controversial movie Battle Royale, in which he played the pacifistic Hiroki Sugimura (Boy #11). Takaoka then moved from muted heroics to active anti-heroism in portrayals of the grittier side of teenage violence, such as in Concrete. The film was based on the events of Junko Furuta's sadistic murder by four youths in 1988.

Was a Japanese politician and the 75th Prime Minister of Japan from June 3, 1989 to August 10, 1989.

Was a Japanese politician and the 75th Prime Minister of Japan from June 3, 1989 to August 10, 1989.Uno's main action as prime minister was to institute the country's first consumption tax, which immediately caused an uproar among many voters and led to the Japan Socialist Party's victory in the Tokyo metropolitan legislative election of 1989. Uno's government was also hurt by repercussive effects from the Recruit Scandal of 1988. Uno assumed office as the tanks rolled into Beijing on June 3rd.

A Japanese footballer who currently plays for FC Tokyo. He has represented Japan's U-20 team at the

A Japanese footballer who currently plays for FC Tokyo. He has represented Japan's U-20 team at the 2003 and 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, and the U-23 team at the 2004 Olympics.As a teenager, Hirayama attended Kunimi High School in Nagasaki Prefecture. There, he won the All-Japan National High School Championship all three years at the school, leading the tournament in scoring in 2002 and 2003. In 2003, he played in the U-20 FIFA Youth Championship as a 17-year-old and scored two goals, including the game winner against Egypt to put Japan through to the knockout stage.[1]

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Gamba Osaka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Gamba Osaka.

A Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup his highest place was number 19 from January 2001 in Sapporo.

A Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup his highest place was number 19 from January 2001 in Sapporo.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Thespa Kusatsu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Thespa Kusatsu.

Sotaro Yasunaga (born April 20, 1976 in Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan) is a former Japanese football player.

Sotaro Yasunaga (born April 20, 1976 in Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan) is a former Japanese football player.

She was born on November 6, 1982 in Tokyo to a Japanese father Yoshitaka Shimada (?? ?? ,Shimada Yos

She was born on November 6, 1982 in Tokyo to a Japanese father Yoshitaka Shimada (?? ?? ,Shimada Yoshitaka?) and a half-Irish half-Japanese mother.Her career started in 2002 with the release of her first single Beautiful Dreamer, a soft love ballad which

A Japanese composer, musician and author, formerly employed by Nintendo. She is best recognised for

A Japanese composer, musician and author, formerly employed by Nintendo. She is best recognised for her video game soundtracks during the 1980s and 1990s.Oka attended the Osaka College of Music in Osaka, Japan, majoring in Composition. During her time as a student, she began studying the music of Koji Kondo, and started composing music for video games, feeling that composing video game music would be a promising career. She was later hired by Nintendo as an inhouse composer in 1987, and had the opportunity to work on a game score with Koji Kondo (whom she still holds in high esteem to this day.)

Is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.Stan has been featured in many bodybuilding magazines and videos

Is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.Stan has been featured in many bodybuilding magazines and videos, including being featured on the cover of Muscle Polynesia, despite not being Polynesian.

Is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Currently residing in Tokyo, she is signed onto Sony Music Japa

Is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Currently residing in Tokyo, she is signed onto Sony Music Japan and is a student at Aoyama Gakuin University's school of law.

A Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is sometimes credited as Stomu Yamash'ta. His

A Japanese percussionist, keyboardist and composer. He is sometimes credited as Stomu Yamash'ta. His father is the acclaimed artist Kiyoshi Yamashita.He studied music at Kyoto University, Juilliard School of Music, and Berklee College of Music, and has also lectured music. He was a member of the supergroup Go along with Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulze, and Michael Shrieve. He has composed for the British Royal Ballet, and wrote the soundtrack to the David Bowie film The Man Who Fell to Earth and for Ken Russell's The Devils. His Space Theme was used by the BBC on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He has performed and collobrated with numerous artists from around the world, and excerpts of a Stomu Yamashta performance appear in the last episode of Tony Palmer's All You Need is Love: The Story of Popular Music.

Was a Japanese politician, intellectual, and author, who lived in the Meiji and Taisho period period

Was a Japanese politician, intellectual, and author, who lived in the Meiji and Taisho period periods. Apart from his activity in the Japanese government, he also wrote several important works on Japan in English. He was portrayed in a negative manner in Ryotaro Shiba's novel Saka no ue no kumo.At the age of ten he enrolled in a private school where he pursued studies in Chinese (kangaku ??).[2] Suematsu went to Tokyo in 1871, and studied with Otsuki Bankei and Kondo Makoto. In 1872, he briefly entered the Tokyo Normal School, but left it soon after. It was around this time that he made the acquaintance of Takahashi Korekiyo.[1]

Brought up by classical music as his parents played in the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Sugizo began to

Brought up by classical music as his parents played in the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Sugizo began to play the violin at age three and later taught himself to play guitar and bass. In high school, he became part of a school band called Pinnochio, where he

A Japanese former pitcher and now a baseball analyst.Egawa entered Sakushin Gakuin High School.[1] I

A Japanese former pitcher and now a baseball analyst.Egawa entered Sakushin Gakuin High School.[1] In his high school career, he recorded two perfect games of nine no-hitters of 20 shutouts of 30 complete games in 44 games.[2] He closed out his high school career with an earned run average of 0.41, which was quite higher than Daisuke Matsuzaka (1.12) and Masahiro Tanaka (1.31).[3] In the spring of 1973, he set a still-standing record of 60 strikeouts in National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament. He was nicknamed "The Monster", which Matsuzaka was also nicknamed later. However, he was different from Matsuzaka in not having strong teammates. His team had never won the championship at the Koshien Stadium.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tokushima Vortis.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tokushima Vortis.

Was a Japanese artist.In 1936 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for

Was a Japanese artist.In 1936 he won a bronze medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "?????" ("Classical Horse Racing in Japan").

The governor of Akita Prefecture. A native of Omagari, Akita and graduate of Waseda University, he w

The governor of Akita Prefecture. A native of Omagari, Akita and graduate of Waseda University, he was first elected to the post in 1997 after serving as mayor of Yokote, Akita since 1991.

Was a Japanese actress and singer. She was born as Masako Kobayashi in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture. Sh

Was a Japanese actress and singer. She was born as Masako Kobayashi in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture. She married in 1903 but soon got a divorce. He married again in 1908 but this was also unsuccessful. She started a love affair with Hogetsu Shimamura. Shimam

Is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 19

Is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She currently resides in the United St

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. She currently resides in the United States, appearing with professional wrestling promotions in the northeastern United States such as Women's Extreme Wrestling and Chikara. Sakai became involv

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

Is a former freestyle 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 Masami Tanaka. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996.

Is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fift

Is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003. Vahtra also competed in four Winter Olympics, earning her best finish of tenth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Salt

A Japanese physicist, often cited as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes h

A Japanese physicist, often cited as the discoverer of carbon nanotubes. Although carbon nanotubes had been observed prior to his "discovery"1, Iijima's 1991 paper generated unprecedented interest in the carbon nanostructures and has since fueled intense research in the area of nanotechnology.Between 1970 and 1982 he performed research with crystalline materials and high-resolution electron microscopy at Arizona State University. He visited the University of Cambridge during 1979 to perform studies on carbon materials.He worked for the Research Development Corporation of Japan from 1982 to 1987, studying ultra-fine particles, after which he joined NEC Corporation where he is still employed. He discovered carbon nanotubes in 1991 while working with NEC. He is also a professor at Meijo University since 1999. Furthermore, he is the director of the Research Center for Advanced Carbon Materials, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the dean of SKK Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology (SAINT).