Famous People with Name Masayuki

Masayuki Tanaka            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masayuki Tanaka: a Japanese vocalist. He was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture. He is the original vocalist of the band Crystal King (???????? ,Kurisutaru Kingu?), known for their anime soundtracks such as Fist of the North Star (???? ,Hokuto no Ken?) where Tanaka provided the vocals in the chorus of its opening theme. After leaving Crystal King, he started his solo career and along the line lost his voice after being struck in the throat by a baseball and was never able to regain his original vocal range. In the late 1990s and early 2000's, he worked on the soundtracks of the tokusatsu series Ultraman Gaia (????????? ,Urutoraman Gaia?) and Kamen Rider Kuuga (????????? ,Kamen Raida Kuga?). He is also featured on the Katamari Damacy soundtrack Katamari Fortissimo Damacy where he sings "Katamari on the Rock" (??????? ,Katamari on za Rokku?), the main theme of the game.

Masayuki Kojima            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masayuki Kojima: a Japanese animator, director, and member of the renowned animation studio Madhouse. He was born on March 11, 1961 in Yamanashi, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, and is a twenty year plus veteran of the anime industry.Kojima first got his start in the animation business in the 1980s, where he worked primarily project-to-project for a number of different companies, including Knack Productions and Tatsunoko Production. During this time, he was involved in television products as an episode director. In the 1990s, Kojima joined Madhouse as a permanent member, where he has remained since. During his years at Madhouse, he has been involved in dozens of productions as an animator, as well as helming several TV series, two movies, a theatrical short, and a TV special.

Masayuki Sakoi            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masayuki Sakoi: a Japanese animation director from Kagoshima, Japan.

Masayuki Suo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masayuki Suo: a Japanese film director. He is perhaps best known for his two Japan Academy Prize-winning films, 1992's Sumo Do, Sumo Don't and 1996's Shall We Dance?."The most important thing for me in movie making is to love the characters of the movie, so even though you only have a few seconds with a character, that person has to have his own life. Therefore, I want to respect it, I want to make movies where each character has his own individuality."[1]

Masayuki Fujio            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Masayuki Fujio: was the Japanese Minister of Education, under the government of Yasuhiro Nakasone until 1986.He was fired by Nakasone after his interview for Bungei Shunju, in which he made several controversial statements regarding Japan's role in World War II. In the interview, he claimed that "killing people in war is not murder in terms of international law" and that the Tokyo War Trial "cannot be considered correct." He also equated Japanese visiting Yasukuni Shrine to Chinese visiting Confucian temples, and claimed that the Nanjing Massacre is a fabrication.

Mitoizumi Masayuki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Mitoizumi Masayuki: is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. His professional career spanned 22 years, from 1978 until 2000. The highest rank he reached was sekiwake. He won over 800 career bouts and took the yusho or championship in the top makuuchi division in

Tochihikari Masayuki            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Tochihikari Masayuki: was a sumo wrestler from Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan who reached the second highest rank of ozeki in 1962. He joined Kasugano stable in 1952 and reached the top makuuchi division in 1955. He was a tournament runner-up four times. He fought as an ozeki fo