Noguchi (野口 lit. "field entrance") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Akira Noguchi (August 6, 1917 – October 5, 1996) was a Japanese baseball pitcher, infielder, catcher, and manager who played 15 total seasons in the Japanese Baseball League and then Nippon Professional Baseball, during the period 1936 to 1955. The rare ...

( 野口明), baseball player, older brother of

Jirō Noguchi (January 6, 1920 – May 21, 2007) was a Japanese baseball pitcher and outfielder/infielder who played 13 seasons in the Japanese Baseball League and then Nippon Professional Baseball, from 1939 to 1952. A two-way player who really excelled at pi ...

Akiyo Noguchi is a Japanese professional rock climber, sport climber and boulderer. She participates in both bouldering and lead climbing competitions. She is known for winning the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Bouldering four times. In her home country, she w ...

( 野口啓代), Japanese climber who won multiple

bouldering Bouldering is a form of free climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help sec ...

world cups A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

* Chiyo Noguchi ( 野口智代), Award-winning Japanese Athlete * Fujio Noguchi ( 野口富士男), novelist *

Goro Noguchi is a Japanese singer and actor. He debuted as a singer in 1971 and earned a spot on the Kohaku Utagassen is the Japanese word for amber. Kohaku (琥珀) may refer to: Music * Kohaku, a song by Mikuni Shimokawa Characters * Kohaku (''Dr ...

( 野口五郎), singer and actor *

Haruchika Noguchi was the Japanese founder of ''Seitai''.
by Haruchika Noguchi. Tokyo, Japan, 野口晴哉), the founder of Seitai *

Hideyo Noguchi , also known as , was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease. Early life Noguchi Hideyo whose childhood name was Seisaku Noguchi was born to a family of farme ...

( 野口英世), bacteriologist, discoverer of the agent of syphilis, depicted on the ¥1000 note *

Hiroshi Noguchi is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Noguchi was born in Sakai, Ibaraki on February 25, 1972. After graduating from Komazawa University, he joined Kyoto Purple Sanga is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. ...

( 野口裕司), football player *

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public artworks, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several ...

( 野口勇), Japanese-American sculptor *

( 野口二郎), baseball player, younger brother of

Ken Noguchi is a Japanese mountaineer and environmental activist. His father was a diplomat, so he lived in the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Japan. He was often bullied because he was half-Japanese. In 1999, at the age of 25, he became the youngest person ...

( 野口健), alpinist *

Kenji Noguchi Kenji may refer to: *Kenji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name, and list of people & characters with this name *Kenji (era), a Japanese era spanned from 1275 to 1278 * ''Kenji'' (manga) (拳児), a 1980s manga by Matsuda Ryuchi * "Kenji" ...

( 野口健司), member of the

Shinsengumi The was a special police force organized by the (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. It was active until 1869. It was founded to protect the shogunate representatives in Kyoto at a time when ...

Koji Noguchi is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. Club career Noguchi was born in Chiba Prefecture on June 5, 1970. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Soccer League club Fujita Industries (later ''Bellmar ...

( 野口幸司), football player *

Kyō Noguchi Kyō Noguchi (June 14, 1939January 1, 2009) is a Japanese former professional boxer who was best known for winning the Japanese flyweight title and fighting for the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation title. Professional career On April 2 ...

Osamu Noguchi (24 January 1934 - 9 May 2016) is often credited for creating the sport and the term kickboxing. Biography Osamu Noguchi family moved to Shanghai in 1938 at the invitation of Yoshio Kodama, Noguchi spent his childhood being entertained by Jap ...

( 野口修), founder of Japanese kickboxing *, Japanese rugby union player *

Shigeki Noguchi Shigeki Noguchi (野口茂樹; born May 13, 1974) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1994 to 2005 and the Yomiuri Giants from 2006 to 2007. He was the Centr ...

( 野口茂樹), baseball player *

Shitagau Noguchi was a Japanese entrepreneur who founded the Nichitsu ''zaibatsu''. Known as the father of electrochemical engineering in Japan, he invested heavily in the development of Korea and Manchukou in cooperation with the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy ...

( 野口遵), businessman *

Soichi Noguchi is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and former JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the ''Columbia'' disaster. He was ...

( 野口聡一), astronaut *, Japanese footballer *

Thomas Noguchi is the former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles. Popularly known as the "coroner to the stars", Noguchi determined the cause of death in many high-profile cases in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s. He performed a ...

( トーマス野口), Japanese-American coroner for Los Angeles County * Toshihiro Noguchi ( 野口寿浩), baseball player *,

protagonist A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...

of the ''

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'' novel series * Masaaki Noguchi ( 野口正明), baseball player * Mika Noguchi ( 野口美佳), businesswoman *

Mizuki Noguchi is a Japanese professional long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon event. She is an Olympic champion over the distance. Initially starting out as a track and cross country athlete, her first major success was becoming the Asian c ...

( 野口みずき), athlete * Nawoko Noguchi, also known as

Naoko Ken (born July 7, 1953) is a Japanese singer and actress. She is well known for her comedy roles featuring idiosyncratic looks, and a string of successful torch songs that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Biography In 1971, ...

( 研ナオコ), singer, actress and television personality * Neisai Noguchi ( 野口寧斎), poet * Ryu Noguchi ( 野口竜), manga artist and designer *

Susumu Noguchi Susumu Noguchi (June 1, 1908May 1, 1961) was a Japanese professional boxer who was best known for winning the Japanese Welterweight title. In June 1931, Susumu Noguchi tried bombing Junnosuke Inoue's residence. Susumu Noguchi served a short pri ...

* Ujo Noguchi ( 野口雨情), author * Yasutada Noguchi ( 野口安忠), athlete * Yataro Noguchi ( 野口弥太郎), painter *

Yone Noguchi was an influential Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays and literary criticism in both English and Japanese. He is known in the west as Yone Noguchi. He was the father of noted sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Biography Early life in Japan Nogu ...

( 野口米次郎), poet and father of

* Yoshiyuki Noguchi ( 野口祥順), baseball player * Noguchi Yuka, Japanese woman educator for preschool education * Yukio Noguchi ( 野口悠紀雄), economist *

Yuri Noguchi is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She is best known for the roles of Shizuku Oikawa in ''The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls'' video-game and anime series, and Reisalin Stout, the protagonist of the '' Atelier Ryza'' ser ...

( のぐちゆり), voice actress

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