Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter T

Was a professional Go player.Kageyama was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In 1948, he won the bi

Was a professional Go player.Kageyama was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In 1948, he won the biggest amateur Go tournament in Japan, the All-Amateur Honinbo. The year after that, he passed the pro exam.For two years straight, Kageyama was runner up for the Prime Minister Cup. First, against Otake Hideo, then Hoshino Toshi. His style was a very calm one with deep calculations, similar to what Ishida Yoshio would use later on.[1] The greatest accomplishment of his life, in his own opinion, was beating Rin Kaiho in the Prime Minister Cup semi-finals. At the time, Rin was the Meijin, the top player in Japan. Kageyama gave a commentary on this game in his book "Lessons in the Fundamentals of Go", where he wrote

Was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his collaboratio

Was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in films like Rashomon, Seven Samurai, and Yojimbo. He is also popular for portraying Miyamoto Musashi in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy

Was a Japanese author in the early 19th century. Most of his works have been published through the A

Was a Japanese author in the early 19th century. Most of his works have been published through the Aozora Bunko project.

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national l

A Japanese politician, an independent and member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Matsuyama, Ehime and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2007.

Was a professional Go player.Toshiro was a student of Mukai Kazuo from 1941. He became shodan profes

Was a professional Go player.Toshiro was a student of Mukai Kazuo from 1941. He became shodan professional at the Nihon Ki-in in 1941, and reached 9 dan in 1969. He was known for his early resignations of games, sometimes claiming that he refused to play

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he

Is a Japanese sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he was eliminated in the seimfinals of the C-2 1000 m event.

Toshitaka Tsurumi (born December 22, 1986 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese football playe

Toshitaka Tsurumi (born December 22, 1986 in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese football player.

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 Fuji, Shizuoka and graduate of Sophia University, he attended Waseda University for graduate study and business school at the University of Washington in the United States. He was elected for the first time in 1986.

Was a Japanese engineer born in Mitsu District, Okayama.

Was a Japanese engineer born in Mitsu District, Okayama.

A former Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Kintetsu Buffaloes.

A former Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Kintetsu Buffaloes.

A professional footballer for Nagoya Grampus of the J. League, the top professional football league

A professional footballer for Nagoya Grampus of the J. League, the top professional football league in Japan. He attended and played football at Shimizu Commercial High School (??????, Shimizu Shogyo Koko?) and University of Tsukuba before joining Jubilo Iwata in 1994. Playing as a creative midfielder, Fujita has played an integral role in helping to build Jubilo Iwata into one of the most successful franchises in the J. League.Although Fujita is not as well known as some of his more illustrious teammates, this probably has more to do with his low-key manner and quiet efficiency rather than a lack of skills. As part of the Jubilo midfield, Fujita had an essential role in providing the transition from defense to attack. In 1999, his contributions to his team were finally recognized as he was made team captain and won the league MVP award.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Roasso Kumamoto.

Is a Japanese footballer who plays for Roasso Kumamoto.

A left-handed starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.Sugiuchi was the Eiji Sawamura Award w

A left-handed starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.Sugiuchi was the Eiji Sawamura Award winner in 2005. He has had some of the most international experience of any active Japanese baseball player, pitching in the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics.

Toshiya Tanaka (born November 12, 1984 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan) is a Japanese football player.

Toshiya Tanaka (born November 12, 1984 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan) is a Japanese football player.

A Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the pink film directors kn

A Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the pink film directors known collectively as the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" (??????, pinku shichifukujin?).Ueno began his film career as an assistant director on "pinku shitenno" (???????) director Toshiki Sato's debut film Beast (? ????, Kedamono?) aka Dream Woman (1989). Ueno's directing debut came the following year with Latest Soap Technique (??????????, Saishin soopu tekunikku?) (1990).[2][3] Ueno acted as an "advance guard" for the pinku shichifukujin group of directors when his Keep on Masturbating: Non-Stop Pleasure (1994) became the first film to win the "Best Film" award at the Pink Grand Prix.

A Japanese exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the pinku eiga genre. His best

A Japanese exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the pinku eiga genre. His best known works are the pink film The Bedroom (1992), and the V-Cinema splatter film Splatter: Naked Blood (1996). He is known for his "sledgehammer" filmmaking style, and using his exploitation career to tackle serious subjects like obsession, alienation, perversion and voyeurism.[1] He is often likened to being a Japanese David Cronenberg due to his unflinching eye for Body Horror. Along with fellow directors, Kazuhiro Sano, Toshiki Sato and Takahisa Zeze, he is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (??????, pinku shitenno?).[2]

Is a Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's

Is a Japanese female professional wrestler. In the 1990s, Yamada wrestled for the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling promotion (AJW). A year after her professional wrestling debut in 1987, Toshiyo Yamada was awarded the AJW Junior Championship. She then form

Is a Japanese professional Go player.

Is a Japanese professional Go player.

A Japanese author and translator.Horie was born in Gifu Prefecture, and studied at Waseda University

A Japanese author and translator.Horie was born in Gifu Prefecture, and studied at Waseda University. He teaches French Literature at Meiji University, where he is a critic and translator of authors including Michel Foucault, Hervé Guibert, Michel Rio, and Jacques Réda.

Is a male light flyweight boxer from Japan. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Ol

Is a male light flyweight boxer from Japan. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Ethiopia's Endalkachew Kebede (21:26).

A composer best known for his work on Konami games. Kakuta is best known amongst fans of the Bemani

A composer best known for his work on Konami games. Kakuta is best known amongst fans of the Bemani series of games under his pseudonym of L.E.D. (and many combinations thereof; see List of Bemani musicians). He is also known for his composition work on the Zone of the Enders and Metal Gear Solid soundtracks. As L.E.D., his compositions tend to dabble in the goa and psychedelic trance genres, as well as hardcore techno and NRG. L.E.D. songs have appeared in Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, GuitarFreaks, DrumMania, and Dance Dance Revolution.

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 Niihama, Ehime and high school graduate, he was elected for the first time in 2004.

A Japanese mathematician known for his original work in the field of Lie theory, and in particular f

A Japanese mathematician known for his original work in the field of Lie theory, and in particular for the theory of discontinuous groups (lattice in Lie groups) and the application of geometric analysis to representation theory . He was a major developer in particular of the theory of discontinuous groups for non-Riemannian homogeneous spaces and the theory of discrete breaking symmetry in unitary representation theory.

Is a former ice speed skater from Japan, who represented his native country in three consecutive Win

Is a former ice speed skater from Japan, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1992 in Albertville, France. There he won the silver medal in the men's 500 metres.

A Japanese actor. He has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Hua

A Japanese actor. He has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 (Best Actor) and Gakko in 1993 (Best Actor). He is best known for his fishing comedy series, known as Tsuribaka Nisshi (??????) (English literal translation: "The Fishing Maniac's Diary"), which currently spans eighteen movies.