Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter N

A professional Go player.Miyamoto became a professional in 1950 for the Kansai Ki-in. He was promote

A professional Go player.Miyamoto became a professional in 1950 for the Kansai Ki-in. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1969. He is famous for the books he has written. Oyama Kunio, Ushinohama Satsuo and Matsumura Osamu are his disciples.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa . He cur

Is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his stage name "Kokutenshi" Jaki Numazawa . He currently wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling where he has held the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship on one occasion. He also appeared in the Dirty Sa

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sakai played for Kashiw

Is a former Japanese football player. He has played for Japan national team. Sakai played for Kashiwa Reysol and Consadole Sapporo in the J. League.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He currently goes by the name T

Is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He currently goes by the name Takuma Sano. Sano was a member of the 1984 New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) dojo class, and in his first few years, he was a jobber. In 1989, he won the Young

A Japanese retired figure skater who currently works as a coach. He is a four time Japanese national

A Japanese retired figure skater who currently works as a coach. He is a four time Japanese national silver medalist and the 1994 World Junior silver medalist. He placed 23rd at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships. He retired from competitive skating following the 2000 Four Continents Championships.

A former Japanese football defender (Left back).He was capped 58 times and scored 4 goals for the Ja

A former Japanese football defender (Left back).He was capped 58 times and scored 4 goals for the Japanese national team between 1995 and 1999, including three games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He played 289 games and scored 15 goals in J.League Division 1, and became one of the main player in glorious era of Kashima Antlers.

Is a Japanese wrestler currently competing for Dragon Gate. He joined up with Magnum Tokyo's Do FIXE

Is a Japanese wrestler currently competing for Dragon Gate. He joined up with Magnum Tokyo's Do FIXER stable and became Shingo Takagi's rival. He was soon overshadowed by Shingo and BxB Hulk and showed signs of breaking into singles competition. He was re

A Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the team large hill c

A Japanese ski jumper who competed from 1990 to 2003. He won a bronze medal in the team large hill competition at the 1995 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay, Ontario and finished 22nd in the individual large hill event at those same championships.Yasuzaki best finish at the Ski-flying World Championships was 31st in 1994. His best individual career at Worldcup finish was 4th (1993 in Lahti).

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.

Is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Oly

Is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in fourth place in the 4x200m freestyle relay, alongside Aiko Miyake, Eri Yamanoi, and Suzu Chiba.

Was a professional wrestler from Yokohama, Japan. In the 1970s, while wrestling for All Japan Women'

Was a professional wrestler from Yokohama, Japan. In the 1970s, while wrestling for All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW), she formed the tag team, the Beauty Pair, with Maki Ueda. Following in the steps of Mach Fumiake, the Beauty Pair was part of an imp

Is a former professional tennis player whose highest career singles ranking was World No. 14 on 6 Fe

Is a former professional tennis player whose highest career singles ranking was World No. 14 on 6 February 1995.At the time of the 1995 Australian Open, her family survived the Great Hanshin earthquake on 17 January 1995. She made her best record of Grand Slam events there. She beat Kimiko Date in the third round but then lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals.

Is an archer from Leamington Spa, England. She is a Music graduate from Birmingham University.Folkar

Is an archer from Leamington Spa, England. She is a Music graduate from Birmingham University.Folkard represented Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 17th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 638. In the first

Is an English tennis player who is coached by Suzi Riley. She began playing tennis at the age of 7 a

Is an English tennis player who is coached by Suzi Riley. She began playing tennis at the age of 7 and was the 2007 British under 18 girls' champion. She is currently the British no. 7 with a world ranking of no. 232 . Her highest world ranking was no. 23

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Castle was

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics. Castle was the captain of the Australian team at the 2004 Summer Olympics where they placed 4th.

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Clarke made

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Clarke made her Football Ferns début in a 0-2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004, and finished her international career with three caps to her credit.

Is a British tennis player from Sidcup, Kent. She is currently the British number 6, and is ranked 2

Is a British tennis player from Sidcup, Kent. She is currently the British number 6, and is ranked 247 in the world (as of 06 October 2008). Her coach is Rob Smith. She was formerly coached by David Felgate, the long time coach of Tim Henman.[

Is an Australian gymnast. Russell represented Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She was the

Is an Australian gymnast. Russell represented Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. She was the only junior on the national women's gymnastics team and was the bronze medalist in the vault competition.

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances

Is a Japanese professional wrestler who competes for Pro Wrestling Noah, with occasional appearances in other professional wrestling promotions like Ring of Honor, All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling, among others. Marufuji is the first of

Naoomal Jeoomal scored 33 and 25 opening India's innings in their first ever Test at Lord's in 1932.

Naoomal Jeoomal scored 33 and 25 opening India's innings in their first ever Test at Lord's in 1932. He also shared stands of 39 and 41 with his opening partner Janardan Navle in the two innings. Naoomal was a dimunitive, defensive batsman whose strong point was the cut. He made 1,297 runs in the tour, playing in all the 26 first class matches, a decent performance considering that he had played only on matting wickets till then. Wisden even commented on Jeoomal's fielding abilities.

An Israeli footballer who currently plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva as well as the Israel national und

An Israeli footballer who currently plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva as well as the Israel national under-21 football team.

A Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League division 1 side Nagoya Grampus. He wear

A Japanese football player who currently plays for J. League division 1 side Nagoya Grampus. He wears the number seven (7). He is 176 cm tall and 72 kg. Blood type A. He made his full international debut on August 9, 2006, in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago.Naoshi Nakamura's playing style is often compared to Glasgow Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura due to his same surname and his similarities of their playmaking skills. Moreover, Naoshi Nakamura is well known for his dribbling skills as well as his shooting and passing skills. many of Nagoya Grampus Eight fans as a chance/play maker of their team.

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He currently plays for F.C. Tokyo. He is a midfielder known for

A Japanese football (soccer) player. He currently plays for F.C. Tokyo. He is a midfielder known for his tireless workload.He represented Japan for the 2001 Universiade held in Beijing when he was a University of Tsukuba student. He was instrumental in Japan's winning the tournament by scoring total 3 goals including the lone goal in the final against Ukraine. [1]After graduating from the university, he joined J. League side JEF United. He immediately broke into the first team and played in the opening league match against Kyoto Purple Sanga on March 3, 2002. He eventually played 22 games and scored 2 goals in his first professional season.

A professional Go player.

A professional Go player.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Shonan Bellmare.

Is a Japanese football player currently playing for Shonan Bellmare.