Famous People with Name Masaki

Masaki Hoshino            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaki Hoshino: a professional Go player.

Masaki Ogata            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaki Ogata: a professional Go player.Masaki Ogata is a 9 dan Go player from the Nagoya branch of the Nihon Ki-in. He has won various awards, including the KIDO Most Wins award and the KIDO Shinjin (New Player) award.

Masaki Takemiya            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaki Takemiya: a professional Go player.Masaki Takemiya was born in Japan. He became one of the many disciples of the Minoru Kitani school. His rise to fame began when he was only 15 years old. By the time he was 15, he was already 5 dan. He earned the nickname "9 dan killer" because he won several games against top rated players. His famous "cosmic style" of Go would become popular among fans. It focused on large moyo in the center of the board. He's known as keeping a consistent record of winning titles. The longest period in which he did not hold a title has only been 4 years. His form lately has been terrific. He closed off 2005 with an impressive win of 16 straight games, which was stopped by Omori Yasushi in the qualifiers for the 3rd World Oza. Outside of Go, Takemiya also won the biggest Japanese backgammon tournament, the 12th Saint of the Board title, by beating the former holder, Abe Akiko.

Masaki Kashiwara            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaki Kashiwara: a Japanese mathematician. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the University of Tokyo. Sato and Kashiwara have collaborated on algebraic analysis and D-module theory.

Masaki Chugo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masaki Chugo: is a Japanese footballer who plays for JEF United Ichihara Chiba