Famous People with Name Kiichi

Kiichi Nakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kiichi Nakai: a Japanese actor. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, passed away when he was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Year of Japan Academy Awards in 1981.He won the Japan Academy Best Supporting Actor award in 1994 (for 47 Ronin) and Best Actor award in 2003 (for Mibu gishi den (When the Last Sword is Drawn).

Kiichiro Toyoda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kiichiro Toyoda: was a Japanese entrepreneur and the son of Toyoda Loom Works founder Sakichi Toyoda. He made the decision for Toyoda Loom Works to branch into automobiles, considered a risky business at the time. Shortly before Sakichi Toyoda died, he encouraged his son to follow his dream and pursue automobile manufacturing — Kiichiro created what eventually became Toyota Motor Corporation.

Toyonishiki Kiichiro            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Toyonishiki Kiichiro: was a Japanese-American sumo wrestler who joined the sport shortly before World War II. He was one of the first foreign-born wrestlers to reach the top makuuchi division. He was the fifth Japanese-American in sumo and the first to reach elite sekitori sta