Kataoka (written: 片岡) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Azusa Kataoka , previously known as , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Some of her major roles are Nagisa Saitou in ''Squid Girl'', Sakura Nankyoku in ''Penguin Musume'', Uta Yumeno in ''Onegai My Melody'', Koton ...

(born 1988), Japanese voice actress and singer *

Chiezō Kataoka (March 30, 1903 – March 31, 1983) was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in jidaigeki. Career Born in 1903 in Gunma Prefecture (his real name was Masayoshi Ueki), he was raised in Tokyo. As a child he began ...

(1903–1983), Japanese actor *, Japanese golfer *

Drue Kataoka Drue Kataoka is a Japanese American visual artist, known for her Sumi-e art. In 2012, she was chosen Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum summit at Davos. She is based in Silicon Valley, California. Early life and education Kata ...

, Japanese American visual artist *

Hiroji Kataoka is a Japanese professor of Urdu at Daito Bunka University, where he also serves as dean of the Faculty of International Relations and director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies. Early life and career Kataoka was born in Saitama Prefe ...

(born 1941), Japanese academic *

Kataoka Ainosuke VI is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and TV host. His ''yagō'' is ''matsushimaya''. His '' mon'' is the ''Oikake Go-mai Ichō''. His current stage name is Ainosuke Kataoka. He is a renowned '' tachiyaku'', specializing in both the ''aragoto'' and ' ...

(born 1972), Japanese actor and kabuki actor *

Kataoka Nizaemon XII was a Japanese kabuki actor of the Kamigata tradition; also known as Jinzaemon.Dower, John W. ''Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II''. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999. p109. His violent death at the hands of a starving write ...

(1882–1946), Japanese kabuki actor *

Kataoka Shichirō Baron was an early admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Biography Early career Born to a ''samurai'' family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima prefecture), Kataoka entered the 3rd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 187 ...

(1854–1920), Imperial Japanese Navy officer *

Koji Kataoka is a former Japanese football player. He won the 1999 Bangabandhu Cup with the Japan Football League The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisi ...

(born 1977), Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician * Reiko Kataoka (born 1971), Japanese actress * Satoshi Kataoka (born 1958), Japanese Go player *

Shinwa Kataoka is a Japanese actor, who began his acting career as Renn Kōsaka/Go-On Blue in the 2008 tokusatsu series ''Engine Sentai Go-onger''. He is currently featured in television advertisements for Takara Tomy's children's game Kurohige Kiki Ippatsu ( ...

(born 1985), Japanese actor *

Shuji Kataoka a.k.a. Yasui Shūchi is a Japanese director and screenwriter primarily known for his work in '' pink films'' but who has also worked in adult videos (AV) and in mainstream film. Life and career Kataoka was born in Hokkaido on November 23, 1950 ...

(born 1950), Japanese film director and screenwriter * Tadasu Kataoka (1915–1963), Imperial Japanese Army officer *

Kataoka Tamako (5 January 1905 in Sapporo – 16 January 2008) was a Japanese ''Nihonga'' painter. She is known for her series of Mount Fuji and other mountains, painted in bold colours such as red. Biography Tamako Kataoka was born in Sapporo, Japan in 19 ...

, (1905–2008), Japanese '' Nihonga'' painter *

Tsurutarō Kataoka is a Japanese television personality, actor, artist, and former professional boxer. For his role in the 1988 film ''The Discarnates'', he won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards, at the 13th Hochi Film Award, and at ...

(born 1954), Japanese actor *

Yasushi Kataoka (4 June 1876 – 26 May 1946) was a Japanese architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings an ...

(1876–1946), Japanese architect *

Yasuyuki Kataoka is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League. His wife is Japanese tarento Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media ...

(born 1983), Japanese baseball player * Yoshirō Kataoka (born 1945), Japanese anime producer *

Yōsuke Kataoka is a former Japanese football player who lastly featured for Gainare Tottori. Career After a five-years tenure and ten years with Omiya Ardija is a professional association football club based in Ōmiya in Saitama, Japan. Its "hometow ...

(born 1982), Japanese footballer

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*, a character in the ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese science fiction comedy manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicate ...

'' anime and manga

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