Famous People with Name Yoshiro

Yoshiro Okabe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshiro Okabe: was a Japanese engineer who is known for the only assistant of Thomas Edison. He worked at Menlo Park from 1904 to 1914.After going back Japan, Okabe made the short Sound film Katyusha (the leadng actress:Matsui Sumako)using Edison's kinetoscope.[1] He died in 1945 in Kobe in a U.S. air strike.

Yoshiro Nagayo            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshiro Nagayo: was a novelist and playwright in Showa period Japan.Nagayo was born in Tokyo, as the 5th son of the famous doctor, Nagayo Sensai. He attended the Gakushuin Peers' School, and went on to graduate from Tokyo Imperial University. Through his school connections, he made the acquaintance of Mushanokoji Saneatsu and Shiga Naoya, and he contributed works to the Shirakaba ("White Birch") literary journal. He is considered a typical spokesman for the humanistic philosophy of the Shirakaba school.

Yoshiro Okamoto            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshiro Okamoto: a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokushima, Tokushima, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in March 1967. Upon graduate, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, which is now part of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. In June 1997 he also received a Ph.D in agriculture while still in the ministry. He left the ministry in the following year to run for the House of Representatives in the 2000 election but lost. He ran again in 2003 and was elected for the first time.

Yoshiro Yokomine            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshiro Yokomine: a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Kagoshima Prefecture and high school graduate, he was elected for the first time in 2007. He is the father of professional golfer Sakura Yokomine.

Yoshiro Abe            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Yoshiro Abe: is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare.