Famous People with Name Yoshio

Yoshio Sakai            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshio Sakai: was a Japanese field hockey player who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In the 1936 tournament he played all three matches as halfback for the Japanese field hockey team, when they were eliminated after the group stage.

Yoshio Ishida            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshio Ishida: a professional Go player.By the time he was 8, Ishida started learning Go. He was a student at the legendary Kitani Minoru go school. Famous along with his fellow students Cho Chikun, Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao, and Takemiya Masaki. Alike his fellow students, he joined the dojo at a young age. He became a professional in 1963 when he was 15. His dan rank grew quickly because of the Oteai. He would go up the ranks faster than rules allowed after winning the first 14 Oteai games when he was being promoted from 6 to 7 dan. He reached 9 dan in 11 years, faster than most other players do. Ishida was given the nickname "The Computer" because his endgame play and counting skills were far more accurate than other pro's.

Yoshio Ueki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshio Ueki: a professional Go player.Yoshio became a professional in 1985.[1] He was promoted to 8 dan in 2003. He reached 400 career wins in 2003. He has three pupils, Takei Takashi, Yasuo Sakamoto and Yuri Tanemurasa. He is the head of the Kansai branch of the Nihon Ki-in.[2]

Yoshio Hachiro            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshio Hachiro: 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 Kabato District, Hokkaido and graduate of Hokkaido University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1990 as an independent. He later joined first the Japan Socialist Party and then the DPJ. In 2003 he left the Diet to run for governorship of Hokkaido, which was unsuccessful. In the same year he ran for a seat in the House of Representatives and was elected.

Yoshio Kimura            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshio Kimura: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Sanuki, Kagawa and graduate of Chuo University, he worked at Sumitomo Bank from 1972 to 1975. After serving in the assembly of Kagawa Prefecture for one term, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1986.

Yamada Yoshio            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yamada Yoshio: was a Japanese linguist. He founded the influential "Yamada grammar", and was the first to use the word "chinjutsu" as a linguistic term.

Shoji Yoshio            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Shoji Yoshio: is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the C-1 1000 m event.

Hidetaka Yoshioka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Hidetaka Yoshioka: a Japanese actor known for his performance in several movies as a child and lately the award winning TV drama Dr. Koto Shinryojo. He notably played the part of Tora-san's little nephew in the "Tora-san" films serie, and he appeared in Akira Kurosawa's "Rhapsody in August" and "Madadayo". He won the Japan Academy Award Best Actor in 2006 for "Always - Sunset on Third Street".

Toshiki Yoshioka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Toshiki Yoshioka: a Japanese professional drifting driver, currently competing in the D1 Grand Prix series for Team DRoo-P and Yamasa.Even before he started drifting professionally he always used the Toyota AE86. He first competed in the D1 Grand Prix in the first round of 2002 and has always scored points in every season. He got his first victory in Round 4 of the 2005 season at Autopolis. His Toyota Sprinter Trueno is very fast as it is normally aspirated and uses nitrous oxide, this leads to him being feared by the other competitors and also many crashes. In 2007 he had an average season being best of the AE86 drivers, finishing in 8th place overall. In 2008 he has switched from his trusty AE86 to a Lexus SC430 prepared by renown tuning garage Tom's, now he just has to get used to the new machine.

Kazuya Yoshioka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Kazuya Yoshioka: a Japanese ski jumper.In the World Cup he finished twelve times among the top 10. He finished four times on the podium, and recorded one victory, from January 2001 in Park City, Utah.At the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships he finished 19th in the normal hill and 20th in the large hill. He placed 19th at the 1998 FIS Ski Flying World Championships.