Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter S

A Japanese composer and music producer. He is best known for his soundtrack to the Japanese-Dutch an

A Japanese composer and music producer. He is best known for his soundtrack to the Japanese-Dutch anime series Moomin, which is based on the Moomin books by illustrator and writer Tove Jansson.

Was a professional Go player.Sato was a 9 dan who played in the Kansai Ki-in. He had many pupils, in

Was a professional Go player.Sato was a 9 dan who played in the Kansai Ki-in. He had many pupils, including Yuki Satoshi, Izumo Tetsuya, Maeda Ryo, and Furuya Yutaka. Sato became a 9 dan in 1963.

The performing name of Kenji Watanabe. He made his solo debut in 1999 with SUN!NEO!AIR.He is best kn

The performing name of Kenji Watanabe. He made his solo debut in 1999 with SUN!NEO!AIR.He is best known for his contributions to the soundtrack of the anime adaptation of Honey & Clover and Honey and Clover II, giving the ending, Waltz (????) and the ending Split (??????).

A Japanese musician and writer, a dropout of Waseda University. His real name is Hirotaka Nakano (??

A Japanese musician and writer, a dropout of Waseda University. His real name is Hirotaka Nakano (?? ?? ?).

A professional Go player.Susumu became a professional in 1965. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1994.[1]

A professional Go player.Susumu became a professional in 1965. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1994.[1] Susumu became a student of Kaoru Iwamoto in 1959. Reached 500 career wins in 1990. Older brother of Masaaki Fukui 8 dan.[2]

A Japanese film director, and one of the most prominent representatives of the 1960s Japanese New Wa

A Japanese film director, and one of the most prominent representatives of the 1960s Japanese New Wave. Born in Tokyo, he has directed both documentaries and feature films. One of his most famous movies is Nanami: The Inferno of First Love (??·??? - Hatsukoi Jigokuhen, 1968), which Hani co-scripted with Terayama Shuji.

He performed in his first band Mandrake, a progressive rock group influenced by King Crimson and Yes

He performed in his first band Mandrake, a progressive rock group influenced by King Crimson and Yes. In 1979 he formed a techno-pop band called P-Model, along with two former members of Mandrake. They released a string of albums through the 1980s, and in 1989, Hirasawa began releasing solo work, while also continuing to work with the reactivated P-Model beginning in 1992. The P-Model project continued until 1999; in 2004 Hirasawa started a new unit known as Kaku P-Model, which is effectively a solo continuation of P-Model.

An anison and seiyu who has performed many anime openings, including 1964 hit theme song from Obake

An anison and seiyu who has performed many anime openings, including 1964 hit theme song from Obake no Q-taro and the theme from the 1972 anime series Dokonjo Gaeru. He performed songs in Godzilla vs. Gigan, and is the voice of the main character called P

A Japanese linguist and author. He is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Harvard University, where

A Japanese linguist and author. He is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. degree in 1964 and spent his entire career. He received his A.B. and A.M. from Tokyo University where he received a thorough grounding in linguistics under the guidance of Shiro Hattori. His postgraduate research focused on the Dravidian languages. It was through Shigeyuki Kuroda, an early advocate of Chomskyan approaches to language, that Kuno undertook his first studies in transformational grammar. In 1960 he went to Harvard to work on a machine translation project.

Is a Japanese photographer famous for portraits of women, fashion photography, and nudes.He studied

Is a Japanese photographer famous for portraits of women, fashion photography, and nudes.He studied at Tokyo Koto Kogei Gakko (????????, later incorporated within Chiba University), where a fellow-student was Gen Otsuka. On graduating in 1933, he joined Jiji Shinpo-sha, but soon quit and moved to Nikkatsu, where he worked as a photographer of stills, especially portraits of women, which he also submitted to Photo Times and other photographic magazines.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate professional wrestling

Is a Japanese professional wrestler currently performing for the Dragon Gate professional wrestling promotion. He is not related to fellow Dragon Gate wrestler and long term ally/rival Masaaki Mochizuki, who debuted much earlier for WAR. After a brief sta

On May 17, 2006, he was arrested for false pretenses along with Kimura Construction's president Mori

On May 17, 2006, he was arrested for false pretenses along with Kimura Construction's president Moriyoshi Kimura.

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

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

Was a Tokyo-born linguist, specializing in the early history of the Japanese language Kokugogaku. He

Was a Tokyo-born linguist, specializing in the early history of the Japanese language Kokugogaku. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1943, where he studied under Shinkichi Hashimoto. He was professor emeritus at Gakushuin University.Ono is best remembered by fellow professional linguists for his great work, following in the trailblazing wake of his mentor Hashimoto Shinkichi, on the Kana spelling system and phonology of Old Japanese, published in 1953. He became known to the general reading public with his popular book, The Origins of the Japanese language 1957, which, together with Kindaichi Haruhiko's The Japanese Language

A Japanese actor who has appeared in over 100 films, 15 television commercials, three PVs, and numer

A Japanese actor who has appeared in over 100 films, 15 television commercials, three PVs, and numerous television dramas in a career spanning over 20 years.He rarely is the star of the films he is in but he is widely respected for taking every job seriously and diving into his work, regardless of how minor his role might be. Terajima is best known for his portrayal of yakuza figures, most notably in the films of colleague and close friend Kitano.

Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for "his discovery of

Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for "his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity." Although he won the Nobel Prize for his work in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist by training. In his later years, he has turned his attention to the molecular and cellular basis of memory formation.

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

A Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Utsunomiya, Tochigi and graduate of Tohoku University, he joined the government of Tochigi Prefecture and was elected to its assembly for the first time in 1984. In 1990 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time, but lost the seat in 1996. In 1998 he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.

Is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.In 1968 she w

Is a female Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played all seven matches.

An award-winning Japanese child actress. Besides acting, she is also attending school and is now sup

An award-winning Japanese child actress. Besides acting, she is also attending school and is now supposed to begin 9th grade. She has a variety of hobbies including classical ballet, Japanese tea ceremony, ikebana, rollerblading, snowboarding, playing the piano, and skiing. She is represented by CATAMARAN.In early 2005, Ohgo debuted in her first major film, Kita No Zeronen (????, Kita No Zeronen? a.k.a. Year One in the North), directed by Isao Yukisada, with the well known actor Ken Watanabe, where she played the role of Tae Komatsubara. In December 2005, she debuted in Hollywood with Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by Rob Marshall, where she played the child version of the main protagonist Nitta Sayuri (the adult version is played by Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi). As a child, however, she is called Sakamoto Chiyo instead of Sayuri. During the same year, she also won the Japan Film Critics Award for Best Newcomer.

Was a Japanese journalist, essayist, and socialist leader.He was born in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture,

Was a Japanese journalist, essayist, and socialist leader.He was born in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, to a family descended from medieval hatamoto; however, his father had lost the family's fortune, and as a result Suzuki was forced to work his way through school. He attended Waseda University and graduated with a degree in politics and economics in 1915. After graduation, he wrote for several newspapers, including the Hochi Shimbun, Taisho Nichi Nichi Shimbun, and Mainichi Shimbun, becoming well-known as a business writer.