Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Was a Japanese poet and classical scholar.Tachibana was born in Echizen (now part of Fukui Prefectur

Was a Japanese poet and classical scholar.Tachibana was born in Echizen (now part of Fukui Prefecture). His parents died when he was a child. He studied to become a Nichiren priest for a time, but abandoned that and considered other career paths. He returned to his hometown of Echizen. After the birth of his first son in 1846, he turned the family business over to his half-brother and became a recluse, devoting his time to the study and composition of waka.[1]

Was a Japanese poet and architect. He died at age 24 from tuberculosis, before either career could s

Was a Japanese poet and architect. He died at age 24 from tuberculosis, before either career could seriously get under way. Michizo struggled to find a way for an urban poet to root himself in traditional customs and still be "modern."Though a citizen of Tokyo, Michizo would rarely mention modern urban scenes in his work. Aside from several references to cars, Michizo chose to describe a vegetable, not a mineral realm. He described trains as vehicles of escape or fate in which they cart people away or carry him to new experiences that may rescue him from being cooped up in his architectural of?ce.

Was a sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 22nd Yokozuna. He

Was a sumo wrestler from Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 22nd Yokozuna. He was well known for his extreme strength and skill. He won 99 out of 100 matches from 1909 to 1916 (not counting draws), and also won eleven top division t

Was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor from Yamanashi Prefecture, Minami-Alps, Yamanashi.

Was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor from Yamanashi Prefecture, Minami-Alps, Yamanashi. He was a father of earthquake-proof design and built many broadcasting and observation towers, including the Tokyo Tower.Tachu Naito attended the Old System Kofu Middle School (presently Yamanashi Prefectural Kofu First High School), he passed high school, then attended the Tokyo Imperial University (presently the University of Tokyo). First naval architecture was his major, then he turned to architecture due to the shipbuilding depression after the Russo-Japanese War. He studied with Kino Toshikata, and graduated in 1910. In 1913 he became a professor at Waseda University.

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for J. League side Urawa

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He is a midfielder and currently plays for J. League side Urawa Red Diamonds.

A Japanese folklorist born on 1939 at Okayama Prefecture.

A Japanese folklorist born on 1939 at Okayama Prefecture.

Was a Japanese photographer noted for a wide range of work including documentary (particularly genre

Was a Japanese photographer noted for a wide range of work including documentary (particularly genre scenes of the period immediately after the war) and portraiture.was an accomplished photographer, particularly of portraits, taught by her father; his fat

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 Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Aichi Prefecture in 1999 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Thespa Kusatsu of the J-League.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Thespa Kusatsu of the J-League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League.

A Nippon Professional Baseball for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League.

A retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barce

A retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.Japan did sent four boxers to the Barcelona Games. Sasaki competed in the Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) division. He defeated Canada's Domenic Figliomeni in the first round on points (5:3) before falling to Romania's Valentin Barbu (7:10) in the second round.

Was a Japanese electronics engineer, a recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor (2004), chairman of Japa

Was a Japanese electronics engineer, a recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor (2004), chairman of Japan's Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies (IISE), and former chairman of the Board of Councilors of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) who served as president and later chairman of Japan's NEC Corporation (NEC). Born in Hyogo, Japan, Sekimoto earned his BS in physics in 1948 and his Doctor of Engineering degree in 1962 at the University of Tokyo.

Born on 12 February 1978) is a Japanese golfer.

Born on 12 February 1978) is a Japanese golfer.

Was a pioneer Japanese stop-motion animator. Having done many stop motion films/shorts in Japan, he

Was a pioneer Japanese stop-motion animator. Having done many stop motion films/shorts in Japan, he is also best known as the animator for Rankin/Bass' "Animagic" specials/movies in the 1960s.In the 1950s, he spent at least three years in Shanghai, China, working on creating the short film Thank You, Kitty. He is perhaps the only artist of the era to have worked in both Chinese and Japanese industries.

Was a Japanese art dealer who introduced traditional Japanese art such as ukiyo-e to Europe.Tadamasa

Was a Japanese art dealer who introduced traditional Japanese art such as ukiyo-e to Europe.Tadamasa was born to a family of Physician the Nagasaki family. When he was still a child, he was adopted to the Hayashi family, an upper class samurai of Toyama-han. He then went to attend the University of Tokyo. In 1878, he decided to go to Paris, as a translator to seek a new life abroad. In Paris, he began a career as Japanese art dealer.

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 Iwamizawa, Hokkaido and graduate of Keio University, he was elected for the first time in 1990.

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. He was eliminated in

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Eight years later in Munich, Sato was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1

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 Hachinohe, Aomori and graduate of Keio University, he worked at the national newspaper Mainichi Shimbun from 1970 to 1974 and was elected to the assembly of Aomori Prefecture in 1975. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1983 after an unsuccessful run in 1980.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Kashiwa Reysol. He is Korean-Japanese and Korean

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Kashiwa Reysol. He is Korean-Japanese and Korean name is Lee Chung-Sung (Korean: ???, Hanja: ???).He is a member of the Japan team for the 2008 Summer Olympics finals.

Was a Japanese independent animator. From 1965 until his death he completed at least 37 short subjec

Was a Japanese independent animator. From 1965 until his death he completed at least 37 short subject films in a wide variety of mediums, eight of which have been awarded the Ofuji Noburo Prize at the Mainichi Film Awards (more than any other director in the history of the prize) and his films have altogether earned at least 24 other awards internationally.[2] His work is also the subject a two-hour-long documentary The Magic Ballet, released in 1990,[3] and in 2003 four of his films placed in a list of the best 150 animated films and series as voted for by practitioners and critics of animation from around the world in a survey commissioned by Tokyo's Laputa Animation Festival: most notably with The Magic Fox (????????, Okon Joruri?, literally "The Ballad Drama of Okon", 1982), which came twenty-eighth.[4]

His father, an actors' agent, suggested he take on what became his first role, in the TV show "Kinpa

His father, an actors' agent, suggested he take on what became his first role, in the TV show "Kinpachi Sensei," at the age of 16. His film debut was in the 1990 Swimming Upstream (Bataashi Kingyo), though his first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's Fried Dragon Fish (1993). His first critical success internationally was Hirokazu Koreeda's Maboroshi no hikari (1995), in which he played a man who inexplicably throws himself in front of a train, widowing his wife and orphaning his infant son. His best known works internationally are the samurai films Gohatto (1999) and Zatoichi (2003),

A Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter.Tadanori Yokoo, (pronounced "yoko-o

A Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter.Tadanori Yokoo, (pronounced "yoko-o") born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in 1936, is one of Japan's most successful and internationally recognized graphic designers and artists. He began his career as a stage designer for avant garde theatre in Tokyo. His early work shows the influence of the New York based Push Pin Studio (Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast in particular) but Yokoo himself cites filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and writer Yukio Mishima as two of his most formative influences.

A Japanese architect whose approach to architecture was once categorized as critical regionalism. An

A Japanese architect whose approach to architecture was once categorized as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field.He works primarily in exposed cast-in-place concrete and is renowned for an exemplary craftsmanship which invokes a Japanese sense of materiality, junction and spatial narrative through the pared aesthetics of international modernism.

Was a Japanese football player and manager. He was part of the Japan national team for the 1936 Summ

Was a Japanese football player and manager. He was part of the Japan national team for the 1936 Summer Olympics football competition in Berlin.

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.