Famous People with Name Masashi

Masashi Oguro            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masashi Oguro: a Japanese football player from Toyonaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He plays the forward position.Oguro joined the J-league in 1999, with Gamba Osaka. In 2001, he was transferred to Consadole Sapporo, only to return to Osaka the following year.In 2004, Oguro scored the second highest number of goals in the J-league, and the highest number of all Japanese-born players. In Chinese characters, Oguro's name resembles that of the god Daikokuten, giving him that nickname. Gamba Osaka's official merchandise store has come to be called the `Shrine of Daikokuten`.

Masashi Watanabe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masashi Watanabe: was a former Japanese football player who won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Masashi Fujimoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masashi Fujimoto: a Japanese actor, singer, musician, and entertainer who lives in London. He was born in Hiroshima in 1963, and graduated in Music in Tokyo in 1985 (Kunitachi College of Music). He joined Nikikai Opera in 1988. He moved to Italy in 1992, then to the UK in

Masashi Hamauzu            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masashi Hamauzu: a Japanese video game composer and musician who has been employed at Square Enix since 1996. He is perhaps best known for his work on the Final Fantasy and SaGa series. He was born in Germany to a Japanese mother and a German father, but was raised in Japan. He became interested in music while in kindergarten, and got piano lessons from his parents.

Masashi Kawakami            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masashi Kawakami: a retired boxer from Japan, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.Japan did send four boxers to the Barcelona Games. Kawakami competed in the Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) division. He was defeated in the first round by Great Britain's Adrian Dodson after the referee stopped the contest in the third round.