Famous People with Name Sawai

Sawai Bhawani Singh Bahadur            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sawai Bhawani Singh Bahadur: the current titular Maharaja of Jaipur and head of the Kachwaha clan of Rajputs. The maharaja is considered a political, cultural, and religious icon in modern Rajasthan, as well as a military official. He is styled His Highness, The Maharaja of Jaipur.As a young man, Sawai served in the Indian Army, and received numerous honors, including a promotion to the Presidential Bodyguard in 1954, and the post of Adjutant at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.[citation needed] In 1968, Sawai was made second-in-command of the 10th Parachute Regiment (Commando), one of the 3 elite Special Forces battalions in India at the time, and became the Commanding Officer (CO) later in 1968.

Miyu Sawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Miyu Sawai: a Japanese model, actress, and idol. Her blood type is A.Her first major television role was the title character of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Usagi Tsukino. Her role was as the heroine of the world. She also played Youko Kimura in Kids Wars 5 and played Shun Sugita in the internet short movie Shun (Season). She did her first big movie role in a Japanese horror film Chain 2. She also once did commercials for Tokyo Disney Sea and computer software company IchiTarou 12 (Just System). She was also the voice actress of Noah in the Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa movie.

Hikaru Sawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hikaru Sawai: a Japanese koto player and composer. He is the son of Kazue Sawai and Tadao Sawai, both of whom are also koto players.

Kazue Sawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kazue Sawai: a Japanese koto player noted for her performance of contemporary classical music and free improvisation.She began studying, at the age of eight, with Michio Miyagi. She later graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.She plays both the 13-string and 17-string kotos. As a soloist, as well as with her koto ensemble, she has performed and worked with John Cage, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Yuji Takahashi, Roberto Carnevale, Sofia Gubaidulina, David Behrman, Carl Stone, and many other composers. She has performed in Japan, North America, and Europe.

Tadao Sawai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tadao Sawai: was a Japanese koto player and composer. He was married to Kazue Sawai, a koto player, and had son Hikaru Sawai, who is also a musician.Sawai worked with a number of Western musicians, including Wadada Leo Smith.

Majhi Sawaiyan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Majhi Sawaiyan: an athlete from India. He competes in archery.Sawaiyan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. Despite being ranked as number 22, he was defeated by Vic Wunderle (ranked 43rd) in the first round of elimination, placing 59th overall. Wunderle is a bronze medallist of the 2000 Olympics.