Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J-League. He is the

Is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J-League. He is the twin brother of Koji Morisaki.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J-League. He is the tw

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J-League. He is the twin brother of Koji Morisaki.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tokushima Vortis.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Tokushima Vortis.

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as

A Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature) as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Konosu, Saitama he attended Nippon Sport Science University as an undergraduate and Senshu University as a graduate student. He was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after unsuccessfully running for mayor of his hometown Konosu in 2001.

A Japanese football (soccer) player who currently plays for Japan's J. League Division 1 side JEF Un

A Japanese football (soccer) player who currently plays for Japan's J. League Division 1 side JEF United Chiba.He played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2000 Olympic football tournament and the 2002 FIFA World Cup for Japan.

A veteran seiyuu. He switched from going by his real name, Shunji Yamada, to going by Keaton Yamada

A veteran seiyuu. He switched from going by his real name, Shunji Yamada, to going by Keaton Yamada in the 1980s. He is currently represented by Remax.

Is a Japanese actor, writer, film producer and director

Is a Japanese actor, writer, film producer and director

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super Leagu

Is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Champio

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Sagan Tosu.

Was a Japanese movie director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Sh

Was a Japanese movie director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he worked as director's assistant.Perhaps his best-known film is Sandakan No. 8, which received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II. Kumai's follow-up film was 1976's Kita no misaki (Cape of North), starring French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama.

A Japanese tennis player. He began playing tennis at the age of five and on 17 July 2007 he qualifie

A Japanese tennis player. He began playing tennis at the age of five and on 17 July 2007 he qualified for his first ATP main draw event at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, California at the age of 17.Nishikori won the 2004 title at the Riad 21 Tournament in Rabat, Morocco and was a quarterfinalist at the 2006 Junior French Open. He partnered with Emiliano Massa of Argentina to win the 2006 Junior French Open. Nishikori won the 2007 Luxilon Cup held at the 2007 Sony Ericsson Open by defeating Michael McClune.

A Japanese football player currently playing for Japanese club Thespa Kusatsu.

A Japanese football player currently playing for Japanese club Thespa Kusatsu.

Kei Uemura (born September 24, 1981 in Japan) is a Japanese football player.

Kei Uemura (born September 24, 1981 in Japan) is a Japanese football player.

Is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of C

Is an English professional footballer. Terry plays in a centre back position and is the captain of Chelsea in the Premier League. He has an older brother, Paul, who is also a professional footballer with fellow London club Leyton Orient. Terry is also captain of the England national football team.Terry was voted best defender in the 2005 UEFA Champions League,[1] PFA Players' Player of the Year in 2005,[2] and was included in the FIFPro World XI for 2005,[3] 2006[4] and 2007.[5] He was also named in the all-star squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the only English player to make the team.[6] He wears the number 26 shirt for Chelsea,

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Oita Trinita.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Oita Trinita.

A Japanese author chiefly known for mystery novels.he started writing novels while still working as

A Japanese author chiefly known for mystery novels.he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. (presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hokago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and published by Vertical under the title of Naoko in 2004. In 2006, he won the 134th Naoki Prize for Yogisha X no Kenshin. His novels have been nominated five times before winning with this novel.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Abu District, Yamaguchi and graduate of the Soka University, he worked at the government of Yamaguchi Prefecture from 1975 to 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.

He was ranked at number 43 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians by HMV.Oyamada's first claim to fa

He was ranked at number 43 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians by HMV.Oyamada's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene. Following the disbandment of Flipper's Guitar in

A professional Go player.Yamashita was born in Asahikawa City, Japan. He is a Go player who is on th

A professional Go player.Yamashita was born in Asahikawa City, Japan. He is a Go player who is on the rise with his inspiring play. A former disciple of the Ryokusei Igo Gakuen (Go Academy), he became a professional in 1993. Looking at his records, you can see he is the most successful student from the legendary school. Ten years after becoming a pro he reached 9 dan. He was still only 7 dan when he won the 38th Shusai Prize. It was a great prize given to him because of him winning the Gosei title at just 21, and his style of Go that was reminiscent of Sakata Eio. He then went on to win the Journalist's Club prize and Kido Prize in the same year. Recently he has been winning many titles, but has failed to consistently defend many of them. Except the Shinjin-O title, which he held for four years straight between 1998 to 2001.

A Japanese director of animated films.What started Hara on his career as an animation creator was vi

A Japanese director of animated films.What started Hara on his career as an animation creator was visiting an animation film company, as part of his job hunting activities after graduating from Tokyo Designer Gakuin College (TDG). He recklessly left the tour, normally forbidden for visitors, then begged an artistic director to give him a job. A few days later he returned with some continuity he created, as requested. As a result he was introduced to a commercial film studio.

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet

A Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Toshima, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Construction from 1981 to 1992. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.

A retired male butterfly swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer O

A retired male butterfly swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. His best result in three starts in Barcelona, Spain was the fifth place (1:58.97) in the Men's 200m Butterfly event.

A Japanese composer and performer, known for his music for the Super Nintendo game EarthBound, relea

A Japanese composer and performer, known for his music for the Super Nintendo game EarthBound, released on the Mother 2 soundtrack. Recently, his work has been featured in Uzumaki and Tokyo Godfathers. He is also a member of the Moonriders.Suzuki was born in Tokyo, Japan. In the 1970s, he became involved with the Japanese band Hachimitsu Pie, who released one album in 1973. Suzuki's true notoriety comes from his work with the long-lived Moon Riders, who became one of Japan's most innovative rock bands.

Is a professional racing driver. He is also known as the "Drift King" otherwise as Dorikin (????) fo

Is a professional racing driver. He is also known as the "Drift King" otherwise as Dorikin (????) for his nontraditional use of drifting in non-drifting racing events, and his role in popularizing drifting as a motorsport. He is also known for touge (moun

The mayor of Chiba, Chiba in Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was first elected in J

The mayor of Chiba, Chiba in Japan. A graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was first elected in July 2001.