Okamoto (written: 岡本 literally "hill base") is the 48th most common Japanese surname.research work by Tadashige Murayama, no date when research completed.
!-- Bot generated title --> Notable people with the surname include: * Anri Okamoto (born 1994), fashion model and an actress in Japan * Atsushi Okamoto (born 1981), professional Nippon Professional Baseball player * Aya Okamoto (born 1982), actress and voice actress * Ayako Okamoto (born 1951), Japanese professional golfer * Chizuko Okamoto (born 1951), Japanese woman who was convicted of killing her own daughter * Fuji Okamoto (1905–1984), Japanese boxer * Hama Okamoto (born 1991), Japanese musician * Haruko Okamoto (née Ishida, born 1945), Japanese figure skater *

Hayato Okamoto (disambiguation) Hayato Okamoto may refer to: *Hayato Okamoto (cyclist) (born 1995), Japanese cyclist *Hayato Okamoto (footballer) (born 1974), Japanese footballer {{hndis, Okamoto, Hayato ...

, multiple people *, Japanese rower *

Hideya Okamoto is a Japanese footballer currently playing for Tiamo Hirakata. Club career statistics ''Updated to 23 February 2018''. Honours ;Gamba Osaka * AFC Champions League (1) : 2008 ;Kashima Antlers * J. League Cup (1) : 2012 * Suruga Bank Champio ...

(born 1987), Japanese football player *

Hisashi Okamoto Hisashi Okamoto (岡本久, ''Okamoto Hisashi'', born 23 November 1956) is a Japanese applied mathematician, specializing in mathematical fluid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics. Okamoto graduated from the University of Tokyo in March 1 ...

(born 1956), Japanese mathematician * Hitoshi Okamoto, guitarist of the Japanese pop band Garnet Crow * Keito Okamoto (born 1993), Japanese singer and member of the group Hey! Say! JUMP * Kihachi Okamoto (1924–2005), Japanese film director *, Japanese painter and illustrator *

Kōzō Okamoto is a Japanese communist and member of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), responsible for the massacre of 26 passengers at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel. Biography Kozo Okamoto is the youngest child of a school principal. He was a 24 ...

(born 1947), member of the Japanese armed militant group, Japanese Red Army (JRA) * Kumiko Okamoto (born 1965), retired female tennis player from Japan *

Lynn Okamoto is a Japanese manga artist and a former employee of Bandai and Arc System Works. His most famous work is the series '' Elfen Lied'' which was adapted in a 13-episode anime series by the studio Arms. He lives in Tokyo, Japan. Works * (2002– ...

, Japanese manga artist *

Mariko Okamoto (born 28 December 1951) is a Japanese volleyball player This is a list of top international volleyball players. A * Foluke Akinradewo * Carolina Albuquerque * Todor Aleksiev * Ana Ida Alvares * Thiago Soares Alves * Dante Amaral * ...

(born 1951), Japanese volleyball player * Masahiro Okamoto (born 1983), Japanese football player * Maya Okamoto (born 1967), in Shinjuku, Tokyo, is a voice actor *

Mayo Okamoto is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter. Her 1995 debut single "Tomorrow" peaked at number 1 on the Oricon weekly single charts. She released her greatest hits album ''Rise 1'' in 2000. The album topped the Oricon weekly album charts. Expo 2 ...

(born 1974), Japanese singer-songwriter * Mike Okamoto (born Detroit, United States), is an American comic book artist and commercial illustrator *

Mitsunori Okamoto is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Yōkaichi, Shiga and graduate of Nagoya University, he obtained his medical license in 1996 and rec ...

(born 1971), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan *

Mori Okamoto is a Japanese anime series first aired on Fuji TV from October 4, 1975 to December 25, 1976 throughout Japan every Saturday at 6:30pm, with a total of 61 30-minute episodes. It was produced by Tatsunoko Productions in partnership with Topcraft ...

, actor * Natsuki Okamoto (born 1989), Japanese fashion model and actress *, Japanese hammer thrower * Nobuhiko Okamoto (born 1986), male Japanese voice actor from Tokyo, Japan *

Okamoto Kanoko , born , was the pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhist scholar active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. Early life Kanoko's maiden name was Ōnuki Kano. She was born in Aoyama, Akasaka-ku (present day Minat ...

(1889–1939), pen-name of a Japanese author, tanka poet, and Buddhism scholar *

Okamoto Kido was a Japanese author. His real name was . His best known work is the Shin Kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki. Kido was born in the district of Shiba Takanawa, a neighbourhood in Minato Ward, Tōkyō Family Kido’s father, Okamoto Keinosuke (� ...

(1872–1939), Japanese author * Rai Okamoto (1927–1993), American architect, planner, and author *

Rei Okamoto is Japanese model and actress who stars as Mia Amagishi in '' Threads of Destiny''. She also appears in the NHK Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese television drama program series broadcast in th ...

(born 1991), Japanese model and actress *

Rina Okamoto , better known as , is a Japanese professional kickboxer. She is the current Knock Out-Black Female Minimumweight Champion. She is also a former Knock Out-Black Female Atomweight Champion and a Rebels-Black Women's 46 kg Champion. After m ...

(born 1994), Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese footballer and manager * Tao Okamoto, (born 1985), Japanese model and actress * Tarō Okamoto (1911–1996), Japanese artist noted for abstract and avant-garde paintings and sculpture *

Tetsuo Okamoto Tetsuo Okamoto (20 March 1932 – 1 October 2007) was a Japanese–Brazilian Olympic swimmer. Okamoto had asthma, and began to swim to treat it at 7 years old. However, it was only when he was 15 years old, and the coach Fausto Alonso arrived ...

(1932–2007), Brazilian swimmer *

Tomotaka Okamoto (disambiguation) Tomotaka Okamoto may refer to: *Tomotaka Okamoto (footballer), Japanese footballer *Tomotaka Okamoto (singer) is a Japanese sopranist. Career Tomotaka Okamoto was born December 3, 1976 in Sukumo, Japan, and graduated from the Kunitachi Colleg ...

, multiple people *

Vincent Okamoto Vincent Hichiro Okamoto (November 22, 1943 – September 27, 2020) was an American attorney, judge, author, and retired United States Army officer. An Army Ranger during the Vietnam War, he was the most highly decorated Japanese American to s ...

(1943–2020), American Army officer and judge *

Yasuaki Okamoto is a former Japanese football player who featured for Roasso Kumamoto is a Japanese football club based in Kumamoto, the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture. The club currently plays in the J2 League, which is the second tier of football in ...

(born 1988), Japanese football player *, Japanese ''kokugaku'' scholar * Yoriko Okamoto (born 1971), first Japanese athlete to become an Olympic taekwondo medalist *

Yoichi Okamoto Yoichi R. Okamoto (July 5, 1915April 24, 1985) was the second official U.S. presidential photographer, serving Lyndon B. Johnson. Early life Okamoto was a native of Yonkers, New York. His father, Chobun Yonezo Okamoto, was a wealthy exporter, boo ...

(1915–1985), American photographer * Yoshiki Okamoto (born 1961), video game designer credited with producing many of Capcom's popular titles *

Yoshiro Okamoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Tokushima, Tokushima, he graduated from the University of Tokyo in March 1967. He then join ...

(born 1943), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party *, Japanese footballer * Yukiko Okamoto (actress) (born 1979), Japanese actress * Yukiko Okamoto (athlete) (born 1974), Japanese female distance runner

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