Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi after Abdullah

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name Abdullah Kobayashi after Abdullah the Butcher, who was his trainer. He began his career in 1995 as one of the main wrestlers in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and has wrestled for Big Japan Pro Wr

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). He was born in Washington, D.C. but grew up in Yamagata Prefecture. A graduate Keio University, he joined the national newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun in 1988, which he left in 1999. He was elected for the first time in 2003 after an unsuccessful run in 2000.

Is popular male Japanese actor born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Yosuke's father, Takayasu Kubozuka, is th

Is popular male Japanese actor born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Yosuke's father, Takayasu Kubozuka, is the Head of Dept for one of Nissan Motors' research teams whereas Yosuke's younger brother, Shunsuke Kubozuka, is also an actor. He graduated from Kanagawa prefecture's Yokosuka Senior Highschool (???????). Yosuke is currently married and has one son.

A Japanese anime screenwriter. He has his own anime studio enterprise, Studio Orphee.He is noted for

A Japanese anime screenwriter. He has his own anime studio enterprise, Studio Orphee.He is noted for his work on authoring the scenario, screenplay and story composition of the anime series, Please Teacher and its sequel Please Twins, Honey and Clover, Excel Saga, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and numerous others. In 2003, Kuroda won the Individual Award at the 8th Animation Kobe event, held annually in Kobe.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for F.C. Gifu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for F.C. Gifu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Grulla Morioka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Grulla Morioka.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Shonan Bellmare.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Shonan Bellmare.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.Saito is a

A Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.Saito is a striker who has deft dribbling skills and a good aim for goal

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 Hokkaido and graduate of Nagoya Institute of Technology, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working as a secretary for Tsutomu Takebe, a member of the House of Representatives.

A is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.[1]

A is a Japanese football player who currently plays for the J-league team Yokohama F. Marinos.[1]

He is also Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.He was educated at Keio University and

He is also Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission.He was educated at Keio University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1956 and 1958 respectively. His father, Setsutaro Kobayashi, was the first president of the Fuji Xerox company. He was Chair of the Board of the International University of Japan, succeeding founder Sohei Nakayama, formerly of the Industrial Bank of Japan.

A Japanese model, television personality, singer and actress.She began her career as a singer, relea

A Japanese model, television personality, singer and actress.She began her career as a singer, releasing her first single "chotto dake" ("just a little") in 1985. She next formed the Japanese pop group Fairchild in 1988, with Seiji Toda and Hirokazu Kawag

A Japanese idol and part of the eccentric Johnny's Entertainment group, Kanjani8. He is also a TV ac

A Japanese idol and part of the eccentric Johnny's Entertainment group, Kanjani8. He is also a TV actor and regular cast of several TV shows, a radio-show host and a lyricist for Kanjani8 sub-group SanKyoudai. He is recognised as the spokesman for Kanjani8 along with fellow member Shingo Murakami.

A Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for team Au

A Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for team Auto Produce Boss with Bridgestone Potenza.He has always enjoyed driving, so drifting was a natural thing for him. His other passion is flowers as his parents ran a florist and he has always helped them out. So he has always known that he'd be a florist, when he isn't drifting he is working in a florists in Yamanashi called Silky House. His favourite time of the week is when he and his wife drive out to collect stock, Sometimes he cannot make it as he's at a photo shoot or a D1 event, so he uses the internet to check up.

A Japanese actress and singer.

A Japanese actress and singer.

Was a Japanese lyricist, poet, novelist.He was famous for thousands of his lyrics he contributed to

Was a Japanese lyricist, poet, novelist.He was famous for thousands of his lyrics he contributed to many recording artists since 1967. Mainly during the 1970s, more than 20 of them reached the number-one on the Japanese Oricon chart, and 7 singles sold more than a million copies. Over a half thousand of his compositions released as a single have entered the Japanese record chart, and they sold in excess of 68 million copies from 1968 to 2007, making him the most commercially successful Japanese lyricist which was followed by Takashi Matsumoto and Tetsuya Komuro.

A starting pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics

A starting pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team.[2] At just 22 years of age, he is already considered the Fighters' staff ace as well as one of the best pitchers in all of Japanese professional baseball.[3][4]Darvish was born in Habikino, Osaka, to an Iranian father, Farzad Darvishsefad, and a Japanese mother, Ikuyo.[5] His parents met at Eckerd College, a liberal arts school in St. Petersburg, Florida, where his father played for the college soccer team as well as the Iranian national team.[6][7] His grandfather was a travel agent in Iran, and sent Farzad to the United States in 1977 to attend high school in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where he also raced competitively in motocross.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Sagan Tosu.

Is one of the original three members of the J-Pop group dream (renamed DRM in 2007). She made her de

Is one of the original three members of the J-Pop group dream (renamed DRM in 2007). She made her debut as a gravure idol in 2004. She's also starred in a number of Japanese movies and TV dramas.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Montedio Yamagata.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Montedio Yamagata.

Is a female wrestler from Japan.

Is a female wrestler from Japan.

A Japanese footballer currently playing for Harrisburg City Islanders.

A Japanese footballer currently playing for Harrisburg City Islanders.

A Japanese Singer, Professional model, and Japanese television personality. In 2005 she won the Japa

A Japanese Singer, Professional model, and Japanese television personality. In 2005 she won the Japanese Miss Magazine Idol contest and won the "Jury's Special Award," 2005[1] after which she began appearing as a professional model and on various television shows. For a time she was reporter for the Tokyo Broadcasting System.[2] In 2007-2008 she released three Japanese idol videos. In the 2008-2009 season, she appeared on the TV show Saku Saku and became a regular Master of Ceremonies.[

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.