Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter M

A J-pop singer in Hello! Project. In 2002, she successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition.

A J-pop singer in Hello! Project. In 2002, she successfully passed the Hello! Project Kids Audition. Sudo is currently a member of the group Berryz Kobo.

A Japanese professional TV announcer or presenter, and one of the workers of Fuji Television.Maasa w

A Japanese professional TV announcer or presenter, and one of the workers of Fuji Television.Maasa was born on the 9 October 1981. Her father is a most popular actor of jidaigeki, Hideki Takahashi. While Maasa has no brothers or sisters,she has been growing under her father and mother's devoted love.

A Japanese seiyu and singer-songwriter who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki[1]

A Japanese seiyu and singer-songwriter who made her debut in 1996 as the voice of Hitomi Kanzaki[1] in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne. She sings songs in both Japanese and English.She is set to voice Alphard, alongside Miyuki Sawashiro who voices the main character Canaan, in the anime Canaan.[2] She also does the voice of Padmé Amidala in the Japanese dub of Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III. She reprised the role in the current ongoing American 3D CGI animated television series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars.[3]

A former major league baseball player who plays for Olmecas de Tabasco. Suzuki pitched for the Seatt

A former major league baseball player who plays for Olmecas de Tabasco. Suzuki pitched for the Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, and Milwaukee Brewers during his major league career.Suzuki quit high school and joined Salinas Spurs minor league team in 1992, at the age of 17. He was the first Japanese player to enter the majors without having first played in the Japanese professional leagues.

A contemporary Japanese writer, translator and poet.Tawara is most famous as a contemporary poet. Sh

A contemporary Japanese writer, translator and poet.Tawara is most famous as a contemporary poet. She is credited with revitalizing the tanka (a type of poem that can be seen as a predecessor of the haiku) for modern Japanese audiences. Her skill as a translator consist of translating classical Japanese into modern Japanese, for example books such as the Man'yoshu and the Taketori Monogatari.She was born in 1962 in Osaka Prefecture, and moved to Fukui Prefecture when she was 14 years old. In 1981, she graduated from Waseda University with a degree in Japanese literature. Under the influence of the poet Sasaki Yukitsuna, she began to write tanka. After graduation, Tawara began teaching at Kanagawa Prefecture's Hashimoto High School, and she taught there until 1989.

Was a Japanese voice actor and actress. Her mother died when she was a child; she was raised by her

Was a Japanese voice actor and actress. Her mother died when she was a child; she was raised by her father. She had two brothers and a sister. One of her brothers died during a war; the other is still alive. Her sister died in childbirth, and her father d

A Japanese entrepreneur.She claims that she was born February 28, 1961 in Minatoku, Tokyo, and her f

A Japanese entrepreneur.She claims that she was born February 28, 1961 in Minatoku, Tokyo, and her father is an executive of a listed company. But actually she was born in Edogawaku, Tokyo, as a daughter of an owner of a small laundry. Her real name is Tsurumi Masako (????). After graduated of an evening high school in 1977, she worked as a waitress, an office worker, and a bunny girl of a night club. When she got a part-time job in a company called Shichiyô Kikaku (????), she had an affair with the owner, Kubota Yasuo (????).

He partially owns Tezuka Productions, help creating posthumous works of his father, the famous Osamu

He partially owns Tezuka Productions, help creating posthumous works of his father, the famous Osamu Tezuka. He also runs his own company, Neontetra. He is married to mangaka Reiko Okano.

A member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 TeamA. Her nickname is Acchan.In 2007, Maeda played the su

A member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 TeamA. Her nickname is Acchan.In 2007, Maeda played the sub-leading role in the movie "Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata" (????????????, "Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata"?) This is her first performance as an actress. She started shooting this film August 20th,2006 and finished it in the end of September. She had her hair cut short for creating her part. She auditioned for this film before she was elected this role.AKB48 released "AITAKATTA" from the major label "DefSTER Records Inc.". (Before this disk, two disks were released as indies disks.) In this song, 20 members are selected from the 36 members (in TeamA & TeamK). Maeda is one of this selected member, and she performed leading role in the promortion video in this song.

Was a Buddhist priest from Mt. Hiei, and later one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Go-Bugyo (Five Elders). H

Was a Buddhist priest from Mt. Hiei, and later one of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Go-Bugyo (Five Elders). He entered the service of Oda Nobunaga sometime before 1570.Gen'i was appointed to be a deputy over Kyoto in 1582. After the death of Oda Nobunaga that same year, Gen'i went on to serve under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. At Takamai Domain in Tamba Province, Gen'i received a 50,000-koku fief. Ten years later, he was to lay the ground work for the Fushimi Castle. In 1595, Gen'i was named among the "Five Magistrates" by Hideyoshi. As a member of this council, Gen'i was "concerned with national affairs and subordinate only to Hideyoshi".[1] In addition to managing a great deal of other affairs, Maeda also oversaw the reception of the likes of the Emperor and representatives of the Jesuits to Hideyoshi's Jurakudai palace.

Was a Japanese photographer from northern Kyushu. In Nagasaki he studied photography under Jan Karel

Was a Japanese photographer from northern Kyushu. In Nagasaki he studied photography under Jan Karel van den Broek and J. L. C. Pompe van Meerdervoort. Neither of these teachers was an experienced photographer, and their attempts to produce photographs were largely failures. Nevertheless, in turn they taught wet-collodion process to Maeda and his fellow students, who included Furukawa Shumpei, Kawano Teizo, Ueno Hikoma, and Horie Kuwajiro, among others.

Was a Japanese professional go player, a disciple of Honinbo Shusai, and a member of the Nihon Ki-in

Was a Japanese professional go player, a disciple of Honinbo Shusai, and a member of the Nihon Ki-in, the main organizational body for go in Japan. His own disciples were Norio Kudo, Yusuke Oeda, Shiori Itsuzo, Nagahara Yoshiaki, and Morikawa Masao.Maeda reached the highest professional rank, 9 dan, in 1963, but never achieved the consistent record of tournament success that marks the truly elite player. Maeda is famous today principally for his series of tsume-go (problem) collections, which gained him the honorary nickname "god of tsume-go." It is said that he composed a problem a day for 40 years. Many of these problems are considered especially beautiful, ingenious, or instructive.[citation needed]

Was a sumo wrestler from Ehime Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 39th Yokozuna. He was born in N

Was a sumo wrestler from Ehime Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 39th Yokozuna. He was born in Nishiuwa District. On his school excursion to Oita in the spring of 1926, he met future yokozuna Futabayama Sadaji, who had not yet joined Tatsunami stable,

Was a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in Meiji period Japan, who founded the Japanes

Was a Japanese statesman, politician, and businessman in Meiji period Japan, who founded the Japanese postal service.Okubo liked the gall of the upstart Maejima, and appointed him to the new Mimbusho (Ministry for Popular Affairs) in the new Meiji government, where his outspoken attitude caught the attention of Ito Hirobumi and Okuma Shigenobu. He was sent to Great Britain in 1870 to study the workings of the General Post Office, and upon his return to Japan in 1871, his proposals for the creation of a similar system in Japan were quickly approved.

Is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He began his career in 1961, reaching the to

Is a former sumo wrestler from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He began his career in 1961, reaching the top makuuchi division in 1966. His highest rank was ozeki which he held from 1970 until 1972. He retired in 1974 and became head coach of the Takadagawa stab

Was a Japanese businessman and philanthropist who founded Ohara Art Museum. He was a native of Kuras

Was a Japanese businessman and philanthropist who founded Ohara Art Museum. He was a native of Kurashiki, Okayama.

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese actress.

A Japanese actress, best known for her role in the critically acclaimed 2LDK.

A Japanese actress, best known for her role in the critically acclaimed 2LDK.

A J-Pop singer from Hokkaido, Japan. She works at Fit One, part of Rhythm Zone owned by Avex Enterta

A J-Pop singer from Hokkaido, Japan. She works at Fit One, part of Rhythm Zone owned by Avex Entertainment Inc. She originally debuted as "Ruppina". As Ruppina, she recorded the song "Free Will" which was used as the 9th ending theme of the Japanese anime series One Piece.

A Japanese figure skater. She is the 2004-2005 Japanese junior national silver medalist.

A Japanese figure skater. She is the 2004-2005 Japanese junior national silver medalist.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

A Japanese pop singer, currently a member of °C-ute and Hello! Project Kids.Hagiwara joined Hello!

A Japanese pop singer, currently a member of °C-ute and Hello! Project Kids.Hagiwara joined Hello! Project after passing the 2002 Hello! Project Kids audition. She is the youngest out of the fifteen Hello! Project Kids and is also the youngest member in °C-ute. As a member of Hello! Project, she has been participated in the groups 4Kids and H.P. All Stars.Hagiwara later took part of the one-shot unit Kira?Pika with Morning Musume's Koharu Kusumi. Their only single "Hana o Pun / Futari wa NS" was released on August 1, 2007.[1]Hagiwara currently holds the record for the youngest participant on NHK's Kouhaku Uta Gassen. She appeared on the 2007 edition at the age of 11, dethroning Morning Musume's Ai Kago (who previously held the record for her 2000 appearance at the age of 12).

A Japanese artist currently under the Sony Music Japan label. She writes and composes all of her mus

A Japanese artist currently under the Sony Music Japan label. She writes and composes all of her music. She is known for her famous standing crouched stance while playing the piano.Mai Hoshimura was born on April 18, 1981 in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. Ho

Is a Japanese female wrestler, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and kickboxer. Ichii's debut in MMA

Is a Japanese female wrestler, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and kickboxer. Ichii's debut in MMA was on November 29, 2006 (2006-11-29) at the event Smackgirl 2006: Legend of Extreme Women, being defeated via unanimous decision by Emi Fujino. More than

A Japanese pop singer-songwriter.She was influenced at an early age by Whitney Houston's singing and

A Japanese pop singer-songwriter.She was influenced at an early age by Whitney Houston's singing and Michael Jackson's dancing. In her second year of junior high school, she submitted a demo tape to the Giza Studio recording label and won a contract. She