Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter O

Was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 26th Yokozuna. On November 2, 1922, he became the first yoko

Was a sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 26th Yokozuna. On November 2, 1922, he became the first yokozuna to perform Yokozuna Dohyo-iri at the Meiji Shrine. Born in Osaka, he trained under former yokozuna Hitachiyama Taniemon, joining his Dewanoumi stable.

Was a sumo wrestler from Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 5th Yokozuna. Along with

Was a sumo wrestler from Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 5th Yokozuna. Along with Tanikaze he was the first to be given a yokozuna licence by the House of Yoshida Tsukasa and the first to perform the dohyo-iri to promote sumo tournaments

Is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaido, Japan. Making his professional debut in 1978, he reached th

Is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaido, Japan. Making his professional debut in 1978, he reached the top division in 1983. In 1987 he won his first yusho or tournament championship with a perfect score and became the sport's 62nd yokozuna. However, he wa

Was a sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 6th Yokozuna. He trained oze

Was a sumo wrestler from Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. He was the sport's 6th Yokozuna. He trained ozeki Tsurugizan Taniemon. He was born in Shitsumi, Noto and went to Edo in 1815. His birth name remains ambiguous, but was claimed Sasaki Jokichi. He made a

A member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 Team B. She is the youngest member in Team B.

A member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 Team B. She is the youngest member in Team B.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for F.C. Ryukyu.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for F.C. Ryukyu.

Was a Japanese politician and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan from 2 July 1929 to 14 April 1931. He

Was a Japanese politician and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan from 2 July 1929 to 14 April 1931. He was called the "Lion prime minister" (??????) due to his physical features.Hamaguchi was born in what is now Kochi city, Kochi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku; his father was an official in the forestry department. He graduated from the Law College of Tokyo Imperial University and began his career as a bureaucrat in the Ministry of Finance. In 1907, he became director of the Monopoly Bureau. He became Vice Communications Minister in 1912 and Vice Finance Minister in 1914.

An Egyptian-Japanese football player who is the son of an Egyptian father and a Japanese mother. Els

An Egyptian-Japanese football player who is the son of an Egyptian father and a Japanese mother. Elsamni is listed as 5'9" (180 cm) and 160 pounds (73 kg).Elsamni plays for Tokyo Verdy in Japan's J. League. Osama is from a sporting family; his older brother Ali Elsamni is also a footballer for Tokyo Verdy 1969 and his father played as a forward for the Egypt national football team.[

A former Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.

A former Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.

Is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaido, Japan. As an active wrestler he was first known as Annenyam

Is a former sumo wrestler from Hokkaido, Japan. As an active wrestler he was first known as Annenyama and reached a highest rank of sekiwake upon winning the top makuuchi division tournament championship in May 1957. Later in his career he was granted the

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in t

A Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of [Futenma, Okinawa]] and graduate of Asia University, he served in the city assembly of Ginowan, Okinawa for three terms. He was elected to the first of his four term in the assembly of Okinawa Prefecture in 1996 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2005. In the meantime, he ran unsuccessfully for the mayor of Ginowan in 2003.

Was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. H

Was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan. He is noted for his ironic and gloomy wit, his obsession with suicide, and his brilliant fantasy.The year before last I was expelled from my family and, reduced to poverty overnight, was left to wander the streets, begging help for various quarters, barely managing to stay alive from one day to the next, and just when I'd begun to think I might be able to support myself with my writing, I came down with a serious illness. Thanks to the compassion of others, I was able to rent a small house in Funabashi,

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Osaka, Osaka and graduate of Hiroshima University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993 as a member of the Japan New Party.

A former Japanese baseball player who played in the Japanese professional leagues from 1969-1988. He

A former Japanese baseball player who played in the Japanese professional leagues from 1969-1988. He also was manager of the Seibu Lions from 1995-2001.Higashio was a star in the Koshien high school baseball tournament, advancing to the semi-finals in the spring of 1968. He was drafted in the first round by the Nishitetsu Lions (the current Seibu Lions) later that year. He lost confidence in his pitching ability after seeing the high level of pitching in the Pacific League, and requested the team to convert him to a position player. The team accepted his request, but quickly withdrew it when the Black Mist Scandal erupted in the 1969 off-season. The ace of the Lions pitching staff, Masaaki Ikenaga, was banished from the professional leagues because of the scandal, and Higashio was forced into pitching a full year in the Lions starting rotation

Is a Japanese professional wrestler that wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He participated in th

Is a Japanese professional wrestler that wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He participated in the foundation of New Japan of 1972 and the foundation of UWF in 1984.

An animator and animation director perhaps best known for Magical Angel Creamy Mami. He was born in

An animator and animation director perhaps best known for Magical Angel Creamy Mami. He was born in Fuchuu-shi, Tokyo. He belongs to Ajia-do Animation Works. In 1963, he entered Toei animation (existing TOEI ANIMATION) at the same period as Tsutomu Shibayama and Hayao Miyazaki. He was a chief animator working with Shibayama after having transferred to an A production (an existing Shin-ei-animation). He established Ajia-do Animation Works with Shibayama Tsutomu in 1978.

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 professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and i

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his stage name El Samurai. Osamu Matsuda graduated from high school in 1985, and joined the New Japan Pro Wrestling dojo. He debuted in J

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Nishimura formerl

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Nishimura formerly worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling and MUGA World Pro Wrestling. Nishimura debuted in 1991 after training in the NJPW Dojo. In 1994, he embarked on a tou

Is a Japanese Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling. Born in 1940, he attended Chuo Universit

Is a Japanese Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling. Born in 1940, he attended Chuo University during a time when they were viewed as one of Japan's dominant collegiate wrestling programs. In 1962, he took first at the freestyle world championships

A musician and film director and producer. Born in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara wa

A musician and film director and producer. Born in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan, Chosei Funahara was educated in both America and Japan. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nihon University College of Art's Cinema Department in Tokyo. While pursuing New York University's NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (Cinema Studies), he performed as bass player and founding member of the cult punk rock group the Plasmatics.

Is a former sumo wrestler from Kitakyushu, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. His career lasted t

Is a former sumo wrestler from Kitakyushu, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. His career lasted twenty six years, from 1962 until 1988, and he holds the record for the most bouts contested in professional sumo. He was born in Yahata Higashi ward. He ma

A Japanese novelist from Fukui Prefecture. Winner of the 19th Mephisto Award for Smoke, Soil, and Sa

A Japanese novelist from Fukui Prefecture. Winner of the 19th Mephisto Award for Smoke, Soil, and Sacrifices, and the 16th Yukio Mishima award for Ashura Girl.Many of his novels are set in Fukui and make extensive use of that dialect. He is known for an aggressive, colloquial writing style. His early works were mystery novels, but he has branched out into literary magazines. He illustrates much of his own work, and has contributed several brief manga to Faust.

A Japanese artist, is considered to be one of the founding artists and pioneers of anime. Little is

A Japanese artist, is considered to be one of the founding artists and pioneers of anime. Little is known of his early personal life, other than his family moved to the Tokyo area when he was nine years old. Here he began working for Tokyo Puck Magazine as a political cartoonist and manga series artist, later becoming an editorial assistant.At the age of 26, Shimokawa was hired by Tenkatsu Production Company to create a short animated film. Shimokawa used several animation techniques that were, at the time, unique: using chalk or white wax on a dark board background to draw characters, rubbing out portions to be animated, and drawing with ink directly onto film, whiting out animated portions. At the time, celluloid cels (rather than modern acetate film) was costly and scarce in Japan, having to be imported. These techniques cut production costs, material costs and completion time.

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 Gifu, Gifu and graduate of Keio University, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969, attending the University of Cambridge while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 1988, he was elected for the first time in 1990.