Okita is a
Japanese surname
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are Japanese orthography, pronounced and romanization of Japanese, romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames w ...
. Ōkita, sometimes spelled Ookita, is a different Japanese surname pronounced with a
long vowel
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at the beginning. Notable people with these surnames include:
* , Japanese samurai in the Shinchōgumi police force of Edo (modern-day Tokyo)
* , sister of Okita Sōji
* , Japanese samurai in the Shinsengumi police force of Kyoto
* , Japanese Olympic discus thrower
* , Japanese economic and politician
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Dwight Okita
Dwight Holden Okita (born August 26, 1958) is a Japanese-American novelist, poet, and playwright. His work reflects his experiences as a third-generation Japanese-American (sansei), a gay man, and a Nichiren Buddhist. He studied English literature ...
(born 1958), American novelist of Japanese descent
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Jonathan Okita
Jonathan Yula Okita (born 5 October 1996) is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Swiss club Zürich. Born in Germany, he represents the DR Congo national team.
Club career
Okita made his Belgian First Division A debu ...
(born 1995), Belgian football forward
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Randall Okita
Randall Okita is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and visual artist known for creating work that involves rich visual language and innovative approaches to storytelling.
Career
His 2014 National Film Board of Canada short film '' The Weat ...
(), Canadian film director
Fictional characters with this surname include:
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Jūzō Okita
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, a fictional character in
Space Battleship Yamato
is a Japanese science fiction anime series produced and written by Yoshinobu Nishizaki, directed by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto, and produced by Academy Productions. The series aired in Yomiuri TV from October 6, 1974 to March 30, 1975, ...
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Sougo Okita, a swordsman based on Sōji Okita, from the anime and manga ''Gintama''
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Japanese-language surnames