Famous People with Name Shinobu

Shinobu Asagoe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shinobu Asagoe: was a Japanese female professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1997.2000 was the first year in which she finished in the WTA top 100 (no. 72). In the US Open that year, she defeated Patty Schnyder, a top 50 player. She also reached her first WTA tour quarterfinal that year at the Princess Cup at Tokyo defeating Ai Sugiyama and losing to Monica Seles. She also represented Japan at the Sydney Olympics.

Shinobu Nakayama            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shinobu Nakayama: an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She

Shinobu Otowa            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shinobu Otowa: a Japanese enka singer.She was born as Chieko Yoshimura (????? Yoshimura Chieko) in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi.

Shinobu Yaguchi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shinobu Yaguchi: a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He specializes in feel-good "zero to hero" films, where a group of people take up an unlikely activity, face a number of obstacles, but finally succeed. His film Waterboys was particularly successful and led to a TV series which entered its third season in 2005. He was awarded Best Screenplay at the 2005 Yokohama Film Festival for his film Swing Girls.[1]

Shinobu Fukuhara            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shinobu Fukuhara: a Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. He was the number three draft pick for the Hanshin Tigers in 1999.

Wakanosato Shinobu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Wakanosato Shinobu: is a professional sumo wrestler from Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. He has been ranked in the top division since 1998, and his highest rank has been sekiwake. He holds the record for the most consecutive tournaments ranked in the junior sanyaku ranks of sekiwak