Miyamoto (written: 宮本 lit. "base of the shrine") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Ariana Miyamoto, beauty queen * Fumiaki Miyamoto, oboist *, shogi player *

Kanako Miyamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer affiliated with Axlone. She is known for voicing Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword from '' DokiDoki! PreCure'' and as the singer of several ''Pretty Cure'' songs. Biography Kanako Miyamoto was born on Nove ...

, (born 1989) voice actress and singer *

Karin Miyamoto is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of Juice=Juice, an all-female pop group within Hello! Project. Hello! Project groups and units * Hello Pro Egg / Hello Pro Kenshusei * Shin Minimoni (2009) * Reborn Eleven (2011) * Juice=Juice (2 ...

, idol singer (Juice=Juice) * Kazushi Miyamoto, professional wrestler *

Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater) is a Japanese figure skating choreographer, coach, and former competitive ice dancer. He skated with Rie Arikawa, winning two Japanese national titles, and then with Nakako Tsuzuki. During his career, he competed at a total of ten ISU Champio ...

, figure skater * Kenji Miyamoto (politician), politician * Masafumi Miyamoto, founder of video game company Square (now

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) *

Masao Miyamoto was a Japanese people, Japanese psychiatrist, cultural critic, and one-time deputy director for Japan, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Japan), Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生省 ''Kōseishō''). Miyamoto graduated ...

, psychiatrist, former civil servant, critic of the Japanese bureaucratic system * Miyamoto Musashi, historical swordsman and Rōnin *, Go player * Nobuko Miyamoto, actress *

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he serves as one of its representative directors. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in the history of video games, he is ...

, creator of the ''

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'' and '' The Legend of Zelda'' video game series *

Shunichi Miyamoto is a Japanese musical artist and voice actor. He is noted for having performed several songs for the anime adaptation of ''D.N.Angel''. Biography Early life and music interest Miyamoto started playing the piano at the age of four. Later, he e ...

, musician and voice actor *

Takeshi Miyamoto is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is ...

, politician * Teru Miyamoto, author, recipient of the Akutagawa Prize *, footballer *, basketball player *

Tomomi Miyamoto (former name; Tomomi Mitsui, 三井ともみ) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team. Club career Miyamoto was born in Sagamihara on December 31, 1978. After graduating from high school, she joined Prima Ham ...

, footballer *, gymnast * Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, soccer player,

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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

* Yuriko Miyamoto, author *

Koji Miyamoto Koji Miyamoto is a Japanese professional wrestling historian and writer, best known for his work on Lou Thesz. He has authored sixteen books. Awards * National Wrestling Hall of Fame ** James C. Melby Award (2018) See also * James C. Melby Ja ...

, professional wrestling historian * Nari Miyamoto, most beautiful women in the world

Fictional characters

Miyamoto Usagi is a fictional character, who appears in the American comic book ''Usagi Yojimbo'', a Dark Horse Comics book created by Stan Sakai. Usagi is an anthropomorphic rabbit (''Usagi'' is Japanese for "rabbit") and a ronin now walking the ''musha shu ...

, from the comic "Usagi Yojimbo" *

Carlos Miyamoto is a 1993 in video gaming, 1993 side-scrolling beat 'em up video game released by Capcom for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (known as the Super Famicom in Japan). It is the direct sequel to the 1989 in video gaming, 1989 arcade game, co ...

, a playable character in '' Final Fight 2'' * Masashi Miyamoto, a character in the 2012 anime '' Btooom!'' * Terunosuke Miyamoto, an antagonist from the manga series '' JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'': '' Diamond Is Unbreakable''