Okada (written: 岡田 literally "hill rice-paddy") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include: * , Japanese painter * Doris Okada Matsui, American politician of the Democratic Party * , Japanese painter in the Edo period * , Japanese cyclist * Izō Okada, Japanese samurai and assassin * Jisaku Okada, an IJN Captain *

John Okada John Okada (September 23, 1923 – February 20, 1971) was a Japanese American novelist known for his critically acclaimed novel ''No-No Boy''. Biography Born in Seattle, Okada was a student at the University of Washington during the attack o ...

, Japanese-American writer * Junichi Okada, Japanese singer and actor * Junko Okada, Japanese voice actress *

Katsuya Okada is a Japanese politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from January to December 2012. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan, he was the President of the Democratic Party (Japan, 2016), Democratic Party, and previously of th ...

, former Democratic Party of Japan president and foreign minister of Japan * Kazuchika Okada, Japanese professional wrestler * Kazuo Okada, Japanese businessman and billionaire, the biggest project of whom is Okada Manilla (see below) * Keisuke Okada, 31st Prime Minister of Japan * , Japanese photographer * Mari Okada, Japanese screenwriter * Masaki Okada, Japanese actor * Masumi Okada, Japanese-Danish actor * Mokichi Okada, founder of the Church of World Messianity * Nana Okada (born 1997), Japanese idol, model and actress * , Japanese snowboarder * , Japanese painter * Satoru Okada, general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering * , Japanese Samurai * , Japanese architect * , Japanese slalom canoeist *

Tadahiko Okada was a Japanese politician. He was governor of Saitama Prefecture (1916-1919), Nagano Prefecture (1921-1922) and Kumamoto Prefecture (1922-1923). Awards *1945 - Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January ...

(1878–1958), Japanese politician * Tadayuki Okada, former Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike racing motorcycle racer * Takeshi Okada, coach of the Japan national football team * , Japanese general *

Tokihiko Okada (February 18, 1903 – January 16, 1934) was a silent film star in Japan during the 1920s and early 1930s. A native of Tokyo, he first started at the Taikatsu studio and later he was a leading player for Japanese directors such as Yasujirō ...

, a silent Japanese actor *

Tomohiro Okada Tomohiro Okada (岡田智博) is an interdisciplinary creative and innovation developer, researcher, policymaker, and art curator of contemporary and technology field, Director of Creative Cluster. Since 1995 he has been active in electronic medi ...

, Japanese new media art and design curator, thinker of creative economics * Toshio Okada, founder of the anime company Gainax * Yaichiro Okada, Japanese zoologist *

Yoshiko Okada was a Japanese stage and film actress who defected to the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Childhood and youth Yoshiko Okada was born in Hiroshima Prefecture on April 21, 1902. Her father was a newspaper reporter, her mother came from a farming f ...

, Japanese actress * , Japanese footballer * , Japanese footballer * Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol

Other uses

* Okada Domain, a Japanese domain in the Edo period * Okada Station (Ehime), a railway station in Ehime, Japan * Okada Station (Kagawa), a railway station in Kagawa, Japan * Okada Museum of Art, an art museum in Kanagawa, Japan *

Okada Manila Okada Manila ( ja, オカダマニラ, Okada Manira) is a casino resort and hotel complex located on the Entertainment City gaming strip in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. In 2007, with a total construction cost of about 250 billion Yen ...

, a casino resort and hotel complex in Parañaque City, Metro Manila which is the biggest project of Kazuo Okada (see above) * Okada (motorcycle taxi), a motorcycle taxi used in western Africa *

Okada Air Okada Air was an airline based in Benin City, Nigeria. The carrier was established in 1983 with a fleet of BAC-One Eleven 300s. and started charter operations in the same year. In 1984, a Boeing 707-355C was acquired for cargo operations. By ...

, a now defunct airline in Nigeria {{surname Japanese-language surnames