Asano (written: 浅野, or

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surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Asano clan The was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan, and the Emperor Seiwa (850-881), the 56th Emperor of Japan. The Main Lineage (''sōke'', 宗家) were Lords (daimyō) of the Hiroshima Domain in Aki Province and another fam ...

, samurai family in feudal Japan. **

Asano Naganori was the ''daimyō'' of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675–1701). His title was ''Takumi no Kami'' (). He is known as the person who triggered a series of incidents retold in a story known as ''Chūshingura'' (involving the forty-seven rōnin), o ...

, Important historical figure title: Takumi no Kami **

Asano Nagaakira was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period who served as ''daimyō'' of Wakayama Domain, and was later transferred to the Hiroshima Domain. Biography Born Asano Iwamatsu, he was the son of Asano Nagamasa, who was a senior retainer of Toyot ...

, samurai **

Asano Nagamasa was the brother-in-law of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and one of his chief advisors. Asano also fought for Oda Nobunaga and Hideyoshi in a number of campaigns during the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan. He was sent to Korea as one of the Thr ...

, samurai **

Asano Nagakoto Marquis was a ''daimyō'' of Hiroshima Domain for a short time after the Meiji Restoration. For the rest of the Meiji period, he was a politician and diplomat, and was one of the last surviving Japanese ''daimyō'' ( Hayashi Tadataka and Wak ...

, last daimyō **

Asano Yukinaga was a Japanese samurai and feudal lord of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods. His father served as one of the '' Go-Bugyō'' in the late Azuchi–Momoyama period. Asano Yoshinaga was born at Odani, in the Asai district of Ōmi Province, in ...

, samurai **

Asano Naganao was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Akō Domain. He was classified as a '' tozama'', and Akō under his rule was 53,000 ''koku The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume. 1 koku is equivalent to 10 or approxima ...

, Edo period daimyō **

Asano Nagatomo was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Akō Domain. He was the father of the famous Asano Naganori was the ''daimyō'' of the Akō Domain in Japan (1675–1701). His title was ''Takumi no Kami'' (). He is known as the pe ...

, Edo period daimyō *

Aiko Asano is a Japanese actress and singer. History In 1987, she played a lead in the Japanese film ''Drifting Classroom'', which was based on a popular horror manga series by Kazuo Umezu. Her music album ''Silver Doll'' and her nude photo book ''The ...

, actress and singer *

Atsuko Asano is a Japanese actress.
, sponichi.co.jp; accessed September 3, 2015. Upon marrying Tsutomu Uozumi, a reputed ...

, actress *

Atsuko Asano (writer) is a Japanese writer. She wrote the children's novel series '' Telepathy Shōjo Ran'' and the manga series '' The Manzai Comics''. She started writing children's novels when she was in college. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University with t ...

*, Japanese male volleyball player *

Inio Asano is a Japanese manga artist. Asano created the acclaimed manga ''Solanin'', which was released as a feature film in Japan in April 2010, starring Aoi Miyazaki. He is also famous for the series ''Goodnight Punpun''. Known for creating character ...

, manga artist *

Kevin Asano Kevin Yoshimi Asano (born April 20, 1963) is a retired judoka from the United States, who won the silver medal in the men's extra-lightweight competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. On his way to capturing the medal he beat Shinji Hosokawa, who ...

, retired judoka from the United States *

Koji Asano Koji Asano (born 26 April 1974 in Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese musician and composer. He works primarily in the field of electro-acoustic music, with his principal instrument being computer software. Although he is essentially a solo performer, ...

, musician and composer *

Masumi Asano is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator who worked for Aoni Production, but now as of January, 2021 a Freelancer. Biography Asano was born on August 25, 1977 in Noshiro, Akita and studied at the Kokugakuin University Faculty of Literatu ...

, voice actress *

Mayumi Asano is a Japanese voice actress who is currently part of Office Osawa. Filmography Television Video games *'' Armored Core: Last Raven'' (2005) – Zinaida *'' Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2'' (2017) – Baiken *''Samurai Shodown'' (2021) – Baiken *''T ...

, voice actress *, Japanese swimmer *Rin Asano, manga artist of ''

Deaimon is a Japanese manga series by Rin Asano. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Young Ace'' since May 2016 and has been collected in thirteen ''tankōbon'' volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Enc ...

'' *

Shirō Asano (professor) Shirō Asano may refer to: * Shirō Asano (politician) (born 1948), Japanese university professor and former politician * Shirō Asano (cameraman), cameraman in the early years of Cinema of Japan See also * Shirō Sano is a Japanese actor. Ca ...

, Japanese professor and political commentator *

Sōichirō Asano Sōichirō, Soichiro, Souichirou or Sohichiroh is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese basketball player *, founder of Honda Motor Company *, Japanese voice actor *, president of Benesse Corporation *, ...

, businessman *

Tadanobu Asano , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in ''Electric Dragon 80.000 V'', Kakihara in ''Ichi the Killer'', Mamoru Arita in '' Bright Future'', Hattori Genosuke in ''Zatoichi'', Kenj ...

, actor *

Takuma Asano is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum and the Japan national team. His younger brother Yuya is also a professional footballer currently playing for J1 League side Sanfrecce Hi ...

, footballer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

Rin Asano is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid- Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1,000 evil men in order to regain his mortal ...

, a character from ''Blade of the Immortal''

References

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