Koga (written: ), Kōga, Kouga or Kohga is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*, Japanese badminton player
*, Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese former rugby union player
*, Japanese painter active in the Taishō period
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Hide Koga, nickname of , Japanese baseball player
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Yukio Mishima
, born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, Nationalism, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was ...
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kaishakunin
A ''kaishakunin'' ( ja, 介錯人) is a person appointed to behead an individual who has performed seppuku, Japanese ritual suicide, at the moment of agony. The role played by the ''kaishakunin'' is called ''kaishaku''.
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Issac Koga was an inventor and scientist.
Early life and education
He was the eldest of seven children born in Tashiro Village (now Tosu), Saga Prefecture. In July 1920, at the age of 20, he started to study at the Department of Electrical Engineering a ...
, Japanese inventor and scientist
*, Japanese politician from Democratic Party of Japan
*, Japanese swimmer
*, Japanese former footballer
*, former Japanese footballer
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician
*, Japanese swimmer
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Mary Koga
Mary Koga (née Mary Hisako Ishii, August 10, 1920 – June 8, 2001) was a Japanese-American photographer and social worker in Chicago.
Life
Koga was born in Sacramento, California, on August 10, 1920, and had been an avid photographer since she w ...
(1920-2001), Japanese-American photographer and social worker in Chicago
*, Japanese former footballer
*, was a Japanese composer, guitarist and pop musician
*, a former Japanese football player
*, a Japanese shakuhachi player in USA
* is the former stage name of , Japanese bass player
*, Fleet Admiral during World War II
*, Japanese badminton player
*, actor in martial arts films
*, Japanese unionist
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese footballer
*, pilot of the Akutan Zero in World War II
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese football player
*, Japanese football player
*, retired Japanese judoka
*, Japanese former footballer
*, Japanese stock car racing driver
*, a Japanese mixed martial artist
*, a judo world champion
*, Japanese boxer
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Victor Koga (1935-2018), Japanese-Russian martial artist
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Yukiko Koga, anthropologist
*, Japanese manga artist
*, Japanese shogi player
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Japanese-language surnames