Kazuhiko ( or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: * , politician * , a video game producer *

Kazuhiko Chiba is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for the J2 League club Albirex Niigata. Club statistics ''Updated to 5 May 2021''. 1Includes Japanese Super Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and J. League Championship. National team statistics Hono ...

, Japanese footballer *

Kazuhiko Hasegawa is a Japanese film director. He won the award for Best Director at the 1st Yokohama Film Festival for ''The Man Who Stole the Sun''. Life and career Hasegawa began his career in film at Nikkatsu in the early 1970s as a scriptwriter on such ''R ...

, film director *

Kazuhiko Hosokawa Kazuhiko Hosokawa ( ja, 細川和彦, born 28 December 1970) is a Japanese professional golfer. Career Hosokawa has won eight tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He has also played ...

, professional golfer *

Kazuhiko Ikematsu is a male freestyle wrestler from Japan. He won a bronze medal at the 2003 FILA Wrestling World Championships. During the Men's freestyle (66 kg) event at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was ranked on 5th place. He participated in Men's freest ...

, freestyle wrestler *

Kazuhiko Inoue is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. His notable works include Kakashi Hatake in ''Naruto'' , Kars in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'', Toichirou Suzuki in ''Mob Psycho 100'' and Gildarts Clive in ''Fairy Tail''. Biography Since his deb ...

, a voice actor * Kazuhiko Iwaike, known as

K.A.Z , known exclusively by his stage name K.A.Z, is a Japanese musician and songwriter. He is known for his work with Oblivion Dust, hide with Spread Beaver and Vamps. Career K.A.Z originally wanted to be a drummer, but drums were too expensive. H ...

, Japanese musician, guitarist and songwriter * Kazuhiko Katō (born 1937), manga creator who uses the pen-name of

Monkey Punch , known by the pen name , was a Japanese manga artist, best known for his series ''Lupin III''. Life and career Katō was born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido; he began drawing at a very young age, but did not draw manga until junior high school, when h ...

Kazuhiko Katō , nicknamed , was a Japanese record producer, songwriter and singer. He sometimes used the spelling of "Kazuhiko Katoh". History As a member of the Folk Crusaders, Katō launched his recording career in the mid-1960s. "Kaettekita Yopparai (I O ...

(1947–2009), nicknamed "Tonovan", record producer, songwriter, singer, member of Sadistic Mika Band *

Kazuhiko Kishino was a Japanese actor and voice actor who was represented by Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He was a graduate of Doshisha University and resided in Osaka Prefecture. He died of acute heart failure on February 22, 2020. As a voice ...

, actor and voice-actor *, Japanese rower *

Kazuhiko Matsumoto is a prominent Japanese adult video (AV) director, credited with inventing the '' bukkake'' genre of Japanese pornography. Life and career MVG Matsumoto was the founder and first director of M's Video Group (MVG) in 1995. In December 2005, the ...

, adult video director *

Kazuhiko Nishi is a Japanese businessman and personal computer pioneer. Nishi's father ran a private school. Nishi attended Waseda University but dropped out to help found the first Japanese computer magazine, ''I/O''. Shortly thereafter he launched ''ASCII ...

1980s Vice President of Microsoft's Far East operations *

Kazuhiko Nishijima (4 October 1926 – 15 February 2009) was a Japanese physicist who made significant contributions to particle physics. He was professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University until his death in 2009. He was born in Tsuchiura ...

(1926 – 2009) particle physicist *, Japanese politician *

Kazuhiko Shimamoto is a Japanese people, Japanese Mangaka, manga artist. He attended college at the Osaka University of Arts in the fine arts department. While in college in February 1982, he debuted in the spring special issue of Shōnen Sunday with Hissatsu no Ten ...

, Manga artist *

Kazuhiko Shingyoji is a former Japanese football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where t ...

, footballer, Blaublitz Akita (previously called TDK S.C.) *

Kazuhiko Sugawara was a Japanese speed skater who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 6. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 6. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Oslo ...

, speed skater *

Kazuhiko Tabuchi Kazuhiko Tabuchi ( ja, 田淵和彦; born 5 October 1936) is a Japanese épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an inter ...

, Olympic fencer *

Kazuhiko Tokuno is a Japanese judoka. He was born in Iyo, Ehime, and began judo at the age of 6. He entered the Kanagawa Prefectural Police after graduating from Tokai University. He was good at Seoinage and got medals of world championships twice. He was a ...

, Judo champion *

Kazuhiko Toyama is a Japanese composer. Toyama is notable for creating music for ''Bikkuriman'', ''Cyber City Oedo 808'' and ''New Cutie Honey''. He is sometimes credited as Kazz Toyama. Music works *''Aconcagua'' *''Ai to ken Camelot: Mangaka Marina Time Slip ...

composer of music for manga * , Japanese baseball player *

Kazuhiko Wakasugi is a Japanese fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) an ...

, fencer *

Kazuhiko Yamaguchi is a Japanese film director. Career Born in Nagano Prefecture, Yamaguchi graduated from Waseda University and began working at the Tōei studios in Kyoto. He directed a number of action movie series in the 1970s and has also helmed many TV ...

, film director

Fictional characters

* Kazuhiko Yamamoto, a character in the novel '' Battle Royale'' - see

List of Battle Royale characters The following is a list of characters that appear in the novel, manga and film versions of ''Battle Royale''. Primary characters Shuya Nanahara * Assigned weapon: Army Knife (novel and manga); Pot lid (film) Boy #15 has witnessed a good de ...

* Kazuhiko Akiyama, a character in

Sasuke (TV series) ''Sasuke'' (サスケ; stylized in Japan as ''SASUKE'', also known as ''Shin-Sasuke'' (stylized as ''新SASUKE'' from Seasons 18 to 21, ''Sasuke Rising'' from Seasons 28 to 30 and ''Sasuke Ninja Warrior'' since Season 35) is a Japanese sports ...

Fictional characters

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