Famous People with Name Noda

Noda Hideki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Noda Hideki: a Japanese playwright, theatre director and actor.He formed Yume no Yumin Sha(?????) when he was studying at Tokyo University. After the Yume no Yumin Sha broke up in 1992, he went to London to study theatres. Back to Japan, he formed a new unit, NODA MAP.During 1980s, he is seen as one of the prominent figure in Japanese Sho-Gekijo movement. His plays contains a lot of word game and sometimes he remakes classics from Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung to traditional Kabuki plays.

Kazuo Noda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kazuo Noda: a Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Shizuoka.In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the 400 metre freestyle event as well as of the 1500 metre freestyle competition. He was also a member of the Japanese relay team which finished fourth in the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay event.Four years later he helped the Japanese relay team to qualify for the final of the 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay competition when he swam in the semi-final. His compatriots won the silver medal, but Noda did not swam in the final and was not awarded with a medal.

Seiko Noda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Seiko Noda: a Japanese politician. As of 2005 she is a member of the House of Representatives (lower house), serving her fifth term and representing the 1st District of Gifu Prefecture; she is also currently the State Minister in charge of Consumer Affairs. She is a self-described conservative who affiliates herself with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).She was born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka. Her grandfather, Uichi Noda (1903-1997) was a Ministry of Finance Vice Minister, and later became an elected member of the lower house serving as Economic Planning Agency Chief Secretary and Minister of Construction. She was born Seiko Shima, but before entering politics she was officially adopted and took her grandfather's name.[1]

Yoshihiko Noda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshihiko Noda: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Funabashi, Chiba and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture for the first time in 1987. In 1993 he was elected to the Diet for first time as a member of the now-defunct Japan New Party. He later joined the DPJ.

Satoru Noda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Satoru Noda: is a former Japanese football player.

Akemi Noda            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Akemi Noda: is a former Japanese female football player. Noda played for the Japan women's national football team at the 1991 and 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. She also participated for Japan at the 1996 Summer Olympics.