Sanada is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Asami Sanada (born 1977), Japanese voice actress
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Juzo Sanada (1923–1994), Japanese baseball player
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Hiroki Sanada
Hiroki Sanada (真田 裕貴, born February 7, 1984) is a professional baseball player from Takasago, Hyōgo, Japan (though was born in Osaka Prefecture). He began his career as a pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants and currently plays for the Tokyo Y ...
(born 1984), Japanese baseball player
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Hiroyuki Sanada (born 1960), Japanese actor
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Joichiro Sanada
was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II.
Biography
The son of a colonist/soldier in what is now Bibai, Hokkaidō, Sanada graduated from Sapporo South High School and the army cadet school in Sendai before being accepte ...
(1897–1957), Japanese general
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Keiichi Sanada, professional shogi player
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Masanori Sanada
was a Japanese football player.
Club career
Sanada was born in Shizuoka on March 6, 1968. After graduating from Juntendo University, he joined All Nippon Airways in 1990. He played as regular goalkeeper from first season. In 1992, he moved to n ...
(1968–2011), Japanese football player
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Sanada (wrestler) (Seiya Sanada, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
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Takashi Sanada
is a Paralympic tennis player from Japan who won a series of national championships such as 2011 Osaka Open, Japan Open Tennis Championships, Japan Open and Peace Cup (both 2011 and 2012). He also was a winner of international championships such ...
(born 1985), Japanese tennis player
Sanada clan
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Sanada clan, Japanese clan from the 16th century
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Sanada Masayuki (1547–1611), Japanese lord
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Sanada Nobutsuna (1537–1575), Japanese samurai
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Sanada Nobuyuki (1566–1658), Japanese samurai
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Sanada Komatsu (1573–1620), wife of Sanada Nobuyuki
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Sanada Yukimura (1567–1615), Japanese samurai
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Sanada Chikurin-in
(1579/80 – June 27, 1649) was a Japanese noble lady of the late Azuchi-Momoyama through early Edo period. She was Ōtani Yoshitsugu's daughter, then she was adopted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, before marrying Sanada Yukimura (Nobushige). She is des ...
(1579–1649), wife of Sanada Yukimura
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Sanada Yukitaka (1512–1574), Japanese samurai
Fictional characters
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Akihiko Sanada, character in ''Persona 3'' video game
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Kojiroh Sanada, character in ''The Last Blade'' video game
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Sheoke Sanada, Japanese supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe
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Yukariko Sanada, minor character in ''My-HiME'' manga series
* Ryo Sanada, one of the main protagonists in
Ronin Warriors
See also
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Sanada, Nagano, a former town in Chiisagata District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
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Sanada Ten Braves
The are a legendary group of ninja that assisted the warlord Sanada Yukimura during the Warring States era of Japan; that is, the late Sengoku period and its immediate aftermath, also known as the Azuchi–Momoyama and the early Edo periods.
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, group of ninja
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Japanese-language surnames