Okazaki (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chieko N. Okazaki (1926–2011), former counselor in the General

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Presidency of

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* Dai Okazaki (AKA "Smelly", born 1971), Japanese comedic performer and former manga artist *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese shogi player *

Isao Okazaki was a Japanese right-wing activist who caused the Matsue Incident in 1945. Early years He was born in Shimane Prefecture in 1920. He graduated from Matsue Middle School in 1939 (now Shimane Prefectural Matsue Secondary High School). He worked a ...

(1920–2006), Japanese right-wing activist *

Katsuo Okazaki was a Japanese sportsman, diplomat and political figure. He served as the Japanese foreign minister in the 1950s. He was also the final – and only Japanese – chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Early life Okazaki was born on 10 Ju ...

(1897–1965), served as the

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between 1952 and 1954 *

Kenjiro Okazaki is a Japanese visual artist and robotics designer whose works span several genres, including painting, sculpture (reliefs and constructions), as well as landscape design and architecture. Career Many of Okazaki's visual works have been feature ...

(born 1955), Japanese visual artist *

Kyoko Okazaki is a Japanese manga artist. Okazaki often focuses on urban Japanese life in Tokyo from the 1980s and 1990s. Okazaki's characters are bold and freewheeling, holding unconventional sets of values. Her writings are often studded with modern jargon ...

(born 1963), a Japanese manga artist, winner of the

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in 2004 * Makoto Okazaki (disambiguation), multiple people *

Miles Okazaki Miles Okazaki (born 1974) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. Okazaki is a lecturer of jazz guitar at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Early life Okazaki grew up in Port Townsend, Washington. When he was six, he began lessons on ...

(born 1974), American guitarist, arranger, and composer *

Reiji Okazaki was a pioneer Japanese molecular biologist, known for his research on DNA replication and especially for describing the role of Okazaki fragments along with his wife Tsuneko. Okazaki was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He graduated in 1953 from Nagoya ...

(1930–1975), Japanese scientist *

Ritsuko Okazaki was a Japanese singer-songwriter born on Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture. She first made her professional debut with the single, ''Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku''. She is also known as the Shelby Flint of Japan. Biography Early life ...

(1959–2004), Japanese singer-songwriter *, Japanese gymnast *

Seishiro Okazaki Seishiro "Henry" Okazaki ; January 28, 1890 – July 12, 1951) was a Japanese healer, martial artist, and founder of Danzan Ryu jujitsu. Biography Born in Kakeda, Date County in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, he immigrated to Hawaii in 1906. ...

(1890–1951), founder of the

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school of Jūjutsu *

Shinji Okazaki is a Japanese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward or attacking midfielder for Belgian club Sint-Truidense V.V., Sint-Truiden. Internationally, he is currently the top active Japa ...

(born 1986), Japanese footballer *

Steven Okazaki Steven Toll Okazaki (born March 12, 1952) is an American documentary filmmaker known for his raw, cinéma vérité-style documentaries that frequently show ordinary people dealing with extraordinary circumstances. He has received a Peabody Awar ...

(born 1952), Japanese-American filmmaker *

Tadao Okazaki Tadao Okazaki (Tokyo. 1943) is a Japanese artist. Okazaki and his ancestors have belonged to the Soto Sect of Zen Buddhism. Today, he lives in the Japanese North-east by former Fushiguro Village where his ancestors and parents had lived. His parent ...

(born 1943), Japanese artist *

Takashi Okazaki (born March 18, 1974) is a Japanese manga artist, visual designer and graphic designer, most notable for writing and illustrating the manga series '' Afro Samurai''. Early life Okazaki was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from the Tama ...

, Japanese manga artist known for ''

Afro Samurai is a Japanese ''seinen'' ''dōjinshi'' manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde ''dōjinshi'' manga magazine ''Nou Nou Hau'' from November 1998 to Septe ...

'' *, Japanese long jumper *

Teruyuki Okazaki Teruyuki Okazaki (岡崎照幸, June 22, 1931 – April 21, 2020), was a tenth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, as well as the founder and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF). Along with Gichin Funakoshi ...

(born 1931), founder, chairman and chief instructor of the

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Tomiko Okazaki was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet of Japan, Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukushima, Fukushima and high school graduate, she worked at TV and radio stations. In ...

(1944–2017), Japanese politician of the

Democratic Party of Japan The was a centristThe Democratic Party of Japan was widely described as centrist: * * * * * * * to centre-left liberal or social-liberal political party in Japan from 1998 to 2016. The party's origins lie in the previous Democratic Part ...

Tomomi Okazaki Tomomi Okazaki ( ja, 岡崎朋美, born 7 September 1971) is a Japanese speed skater who has competed in five Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Okazaki was the oldest member of the Japanese team a ...

(born 1971), Japanese speed skater *, Japanese scientist

Fictional characters

*Jen Okazaki, character in the Australian mockumentary series ''

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'' *Tim Okazaki, Jen's son, also from ''

'' * Okazaki, from the novel series ''Ring'' * Tomoya Okazaki, the main character from the visual novel and anime ''

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'' * Yumemi Okazaki, a character from the ''Touhou Project'' series {{surname Japanese-language surnames