Famous People with Name Tsutomu

Tsutomu Minakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsutomu Minakami: was a popular and prolific Japanese author of novels, detective stories, biographies, and plays. Many of his stories were made into movies.Minakami entered Ritsumeikan University to study Japanese literature, but dropped out for financial reasons and because of bad health. After World War II he learned from author Uno Kôji, and in 1952 wrote the autobiographical Furaipan no uta (Song of the Frying Pan), which became a best-seller. For nearly the next decade, however, he did not publish, but in 1960, his story centering on Minamata disease, Umi no kiba (The Ocean's Fangs), started his career as a writer of detective stories on social themes.

Tsutomu Wakamatsu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsutomu Wakamatsu: was a Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. His number 1 is honoured by the Swallows.

Tsutomu Nakano            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsutomu Nakano: a retired male freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His best result in three starts in Barcelona, Spain was the 8th place (3:43.25) in the Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay event, alongside Hajime Itoi, Akira Hayashi and Keiichi Kawanaka.

Tsutomu Oyokota            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsutomu Oyokota: a Japanese swimmer who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metre freestyle event.

Tsutomu Sakamoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tsutomu Sakamoto: a cyclist from Japan.He competed for Japan in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the individual sprint event where he finished in third place.