Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter N

In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives as representative for the Fourth District of

In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives as representative for the Fourth District of Tokyo under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ticket. He was appointed Parliamentary Vice-Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1996. Under Junichiro Koizumi's first Cabinet in 2001, he became Minister of State for Administrative and Regulatory Reform. He served as Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport from 2003 to 2004, and is currently chairman of the Highways Committee of the LDP Policy Affairs Research Council.

A Japanese vocalist from Atsugi, Kanagawa. He is signed onto Sony Music Japan. He is a leader of TUB

A Japanese vocalist from Atsugi, Kanagawa. He is signed onto Sony Music Japan. He is a leader of TUBE.

A Japanese racing driver and former drifting driver who currently competes in Super GT. Taniguchi is

A Japanese racing driver and former drifting driver who currently competes in Super GT. Taniguchi is commonly nicknamed "NOB" (abbr. No One Better) or "The Pimp" as a reference to his S15 Silvia which he is best known for.Taniguchi began his motorsport career when he was racing minibikes and won a Honda sponsored All Japan Mini Bike race, which took place at its Suzuka Circuit.[1] Taniguchi would progress into four wheels and became interested in drifting when he acquired a Toyota AE86.[1] He also worked at Takahiro Ueno’s car bodykit company, Car Make T&E to supplement his racing career whilst competing in carious one make series racing in Toyota Celica and Vitz and partipicating in drift events.[1] In 1999, he came into the attention of HKS when he won a Suzuka Clubman Race in a Honda Civic sponsored by Bride. HKS signed him up as a test driver and as a sponsor, as well as sponsoring his S15 Silvia for drift events.[1]

A Japanese mangaka, illustrator, and animator. He began as a doujinshi artist under the nom de plume

A Japanese mangaka, illustrator, and animator. He began as a doujinshi artist under the nom de plume The Man in the High Castle (????? Takai Shiro no Otoko) and Yubic (????? Yubikku), both references to the works of American science fiction author Phillip K. Dick. He has designed characters for manga, anime and video games, and has frequently collaborated with director Kazuki Akane, including on his most famous work, The Vision of Escaflowne.

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Social Democratic Party.He

A Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Social Democratic Party.He criticised a Japanese moral panic which occurred when Kaoru Kobayashi murdered a 7-year-old girl.[1][dead link]Hosaka opposes the death penalty,[2] and holds the position of secretary general of the Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.[3]

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Nissan Motors and Japan national Team. Kaned

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Nissan Motors and Japan national Team. Kaneda made 42 appearances for the Japan national football team from 1977 to 1984.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. He is also known by the nickname Araki.Araki stu

Is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. He is also known by the nickname Araki.Araki studied photography during his college years and then went to work at the advertising agency Dentsu, where he met his future wife, the essayist Yoko Araki (??

Was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and 36th Prime Minister of J

Was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and 36th Prime Minister of Japan from August 30, 1939 to January 16, 1940.Abe attended Tokyo No.1 Middle School (Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School) followed by No.4 High School. While still a student, he volunteered for military service during the First Sino-Japanese War.After the war, Abe graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy followed by the 19th class of the Army War College. Ultranationalist General Araki Sadao was one of his classmates. Abe became commander of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment from 1918-1921. In August 1918, his regiment was sent to Siberia during Japan's Siberian Intervention, but was never in combat.

Was a former Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation until the 7th March 2005

Was a former Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation until the 7th March 2005. He is also a director of General Motors, Baidu and Nestlé. BusinessWeek magazine nominated him as one of the "Worst Managers of 2005" due to the losses at Sony during his tenure.After a stroke sidelined former chairman Akio Morita, Sony CEO and new chairman Norio Ohga selected Idei to be the next president, a choice that raised eyebrows at Sony. His sweeping reorganizations of the company included trimming the board of directors from 38 members dominated by company management to 10 with a substantial presence of outsiders. Already perceived as the company's driving force,

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

A retired Japanese football goalkeeper. He played for several J-League clubs, including Bellmare Hir

A retired Japanese football goalkeeper. He played for several J-League clubs, including Bellmare Hiratsuka, Avispa Fukuoka and Thespa Kusatsu. He played for the Japan national football team (4 matches) and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.He started playing football when he was in the 5th grade and was converted to a goalkeeper at high school. After graduating from Doshisha University in 1988, Kojima joined Fujita Industries F.C. (current Shonan Bellmare) playing in the Japan Soccer League division 1. He became a regular starting member of the team in 1994. He had been playing for the club as an employee of Fujita Industries but turned professional in January 1995.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Japan's J. League Division 2 side Montedio Yamaga

A Japanese football player who currently plays for Japan's J. League Division 2 side Montedio Yamagata. He formerly played in Spain for CD Logroñés and in Croatia for NK Rijeka.

Was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II who went on to become an accountant and

Was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II who went on to become an accountant and a namesake of the global auditing firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.In 1922, he left maritime duty to take up a paymaster position at Sasebo Naval Arsenal; he later (as lieutenant commander) served as an ordnance accountant in both the Shipbuilding and Naval Air Commands. In 1934, he was designated naval attaché to the United Kingdom, where he served until 1936. While in London, he had the honor of being invited to King George V's silver wedding anniversary at Buckingham Palace.

A Japanese playwright, theatre director and actor.He formed Yume no Yumin Sha(?????) when he was stu

A Japanese playwright, theatre director and actor.He formed Yume no Yumin Sha(?????) when he was studying at Tokyo University. After the Yume no Yumin Sha broke up in 1992, he went to London to study theatres. Back to Japan, he formed a new unit, NODA MAP.During 1980s, he is seen as one of the prominent figure in Japanese Sho-Gekijo movement. His plays contains a lot of word game and sometimes he remakes classics from Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung to traditional Kabuki plays.

Was an anarchist, social critic, author and feminist.She graduated from Ueno Girls' High School in U

Was an anarchist, social critic, author and feminist.She graduated from Ueno Girls' High School in Ueno, Tokyo, and joined the Bluestocking Society (Seito-sha; ???), producer of the feminist arts and culture magazine Seito (??) in 1912. Ito wrote social criticism and novels, and translated writings of Emma Goldman (Emma Goldman, The Tragedy of Woman's Emancipation, New York, Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1906, etc.).

A Japanese singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer of the band "Rebecca" which had a string of hit

A Japanese singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer of the band "Rebecca" which had a string of hits in Japan in the 1980s for her solo projects. She was born in Urawa, Saitama, as Nobuko Yamada (?? ?? ,Yamada Nobuko?). As Nokko, she had hits in Japan wi

A Japanese ice hockey player. Her position is defense and she shoots left. She has played for Japan

A Japanese ice hockey player. Her position is defense and she shoots left. She has played for Japan constantly in World Championships since 2000 when she made her first national team appearance while still in junior high school.

A Japanese gravure idol, and a female talent. She is from Saitama, and her nickname is 'Nonamin'.

A Japanese gravure idol, and a female talent. She is from Saitama, and her nickname is 'Nonamin'.

A Japanese architect.Okabe, then the representative of Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Japan, won t

A Japanese architect.Okabe, then the representative of Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Japan, won the international competition of Kansai International Airport Terminal Building in 1988 and was responsible for the design and construction supervision.After the construction of the Terminal Building, he established Noriaki Okabe Architecture Network in 1995 in Tokyo. Now, he has been expanding the design activity from architecture to industrial design, such as train, Odakyu Romance Car series 50000 VSE (Odakyu Odawara Line).

Was a Japanese documentary film director. Along with Shinsuke Ogawa, Tsuchimoto was the most influen

Was a Japanese documentary film director. Along with Shinsuke Ogawa, Tsuchimoto was the most influential independent documentary filmmaker in postwar Japan. He began his career at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga) making PR (public relations) films alongside other important directors such as Ogawa, Kazuo Kuroki, and Susumu Hani. Turning independent, he made documentaries about the student movement while beginning his most famous work, a series of documentaries about the mercury poisoning incident in Minamata, Japan.

Is a Japanese ski jumper. Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of Janu

Is a Japanese ski jumper. Kasai holds a record for most performances in World Cup. To a date of January 23, 2011 he performed 426 times (390 individual & 36 team performances). He also holds a record for most seasons (22) in World Cup, performing since 19

An outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.Aoki is one of only three players to amass 200 or more h

An outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.Aoki is one of only three players to amass 200 or more hits in a single season in Japanese professional baseball. He played in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics and is widely regarded as one of the most complete position players in Japan today.Aoki was born in Hyuga, Miyazaki, and attended Hyuga Municipal Hichiya Elementary School and Tomishima Junior High School before going on to Miyazaki Prefectural Hyuga High School. Surprisingly, he was a pitcher throughout junior high and high school, converting to the outfield only upon entering Waseda University, where he majored in human sciences.

Is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. He is associated with Purebred Tokyo and krazy Bee. He qui

Is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. He is associated with Purebred Tokyo and krazy Bee. He quickly gained popularity in the Shooto organization due to his aggressive, well-rounded style and controversial persona. He moved on to K-1 HERO'S, where he won their tournament in December, 2005 after defeating Genki Sudo via a controversial TKO due to punches..Kid comes from a wrestling family with his father Ikuei Yamamoto representing Japan at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich and his sisters Miyu and Seiko both winning world championships in freestyle wrestling. Kid received his education in the United States and wrestled at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe