Sasaki () is the 13th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are 佐咲, 佐佐木 and 笹木. Notable people with the surname include:

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*, Japanese figure skater *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese race car driver *, Japanese professional wrestler *

Daizo Sasaki Daizo Sasaki (born 20 November 1990) is a Japanese kickboxer, currently competing in the super lightweight divisions of Krush and K-1. He is the former Krush Super Lightweight champion, the former Krush Lightweight champion, the 2018 K-1 Supe ...

(born 1990), Japanese kickboxer *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese musician *, Japanese Zen Buddhist *, Imperial Japanese Navy admiral *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese footballer *

Hideo Sasaki Hideo Sasaki (25 November 1919 – 30 August 2000) was a Japanese American landscape architect. Biography Hideo Sasaki was born in Reedley, California, on 25 November 1919. He grew up working on his family's California truck farm, and harvestin ...

(1919–2000), American landscape architect *, Japanese samurai *

Hiro Sasaki Hiro Sasaki was a professional wrestler Championships and accomplishments * NWA New Zealand :*NWA Australasian Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with King Kamaka *World Wrestling Council :*WWC World Tag Team Championship ( 1 time) - with Kengo ...

, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese footballer *

Hiroko Sasaki Hiroko Sasaki is a pianist who performs in Europe, North America and Asia. At age 13, she began studying at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England. Soon after, she made her European début. At 16, she entered the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia in ...

, Japanese pianist *, Japanese mime *, Japanese geneticist *, Japanese golfer *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor, actor and singer *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese writer and journalist *, Japanese singer-songwriter and journalist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese cyclist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese cross-country skier *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese sprinter *, Japanese folklorist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese swordsman *, Japanese actress, singer-songwriter, television personality and gravure idol *, Japanese photographer *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese politician *, Japanese politician *, Japanese idol *, Japanese musician *, Japanese actor *

Kyozan Joshu Sasaki , Roshi (April 1, 1907 – July 27, 2014) was a Japanese Rinzai Zen teacher who sought to tailor his teachings to westerners, he lived in Los Angeles, United States. Joshu Sasaki opened dozens of centres and was founder and head abbot of the Mou ...

(1907–2014), Japanese Zen Buddhist *

Lisa Sasaki Lisa Sasaki (born 1975) is an American museum director and curator. She is the director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Prior to being appointed in November 2016, Sasaki was director of the Audience and Civic Engagement Center at ...

(born 1975), American museum director *, Japanese zoologist *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese shogi player *

Mammoth Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler and retired sumo wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently working for Pro Wrestling Freedoms under the ring name , where he is a former King of Freedom Tag Team Champion, becoming the longest reigning cham ...

(born 1974), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese screenwriter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese filmmaker and writer *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese chief executive *, Japanese poet and writer *, Japanese voice actress and singer *, Japanese general *, Japanese idol and model *, Japanese writer *, Japanese actress and striptease performer *, Japanese illustrator *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese poet and literature academic *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese footballer and manager *, Japanese model *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese Anglican bishop * Ray Sasaki (born 1948), American trumpeter *, Japanese actress *, Japanese baseball pitcher *, Japanese swordswoman * Rui Sasaki (born 1984), glass artist from Japan *, Japanese voice actress *

Ruth Fuller Sasaki Ruth Fuller Sasaki (October 31, 1892 – October 24, 1967), born Ruth Fuller, was an American writer and Buddhist teacher. She was important figure in the development of Buddhism in the United States. As Ruth Fuller Everett (during her first ...

(1892–1967), American Zen Buddhist *, Japanese manga artist and illustrator *, Japanese handball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, child victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese musician *, Japanese long-distance runner *, Japanese voice actor *

Sérgio Sasaki Sérgio Yoshio Sasaki Júnior (born March 31, 1992) is a Brazilian male artistic gymnast. He has collected a career tally of sixteen medals (six gold, eight silver, and two bronze) in a major international competition, spanning the Pan American G ...

(born 1992), Brazilian artistic gymnast *, Japanese volleyball player *, Japanese mathematician *

Shigetaka Sasaki Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki (20 March 1903 – 26 February 1993) was a Japanese and Canadian judoka who founded the first judo club in Canada and is considered the 'Father of Canadian Judo'. After establishing the Tai Iku Dojo in Vancouver in 1924, S ...

, Canadian judoka *, Japanese film producer *, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese drummer *, Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese biathlete *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese Zen Buddhist *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese boxer *, Japanese banker *, Japanese engineer *, Japanese footballer * Tadashi Sasaki (musician), Japanese classical guitarist *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese biochemist and oncologist *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese musician *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese surgeon *, Japanese soldier *, Japanese sculptor *, Japanese alpine skier *, Japanese lawyer, politician and writer *, Japanese sailor *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese writer *

Tsubasa Sasaki Tsubasa Sasaki (born 23 March 1995) is a Japanese slalom canoeist who has competed at the international since 2010. He finished 12th in the C2 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro together with Shota Sasaki is a Japanese slalo ...

(born 1995), Japanese slalom canoeist *, Japanese actor and voice actor *, Japanese footballer *

Yasuji Sasaki Yasuji Sasaki (born February 28, 1967) is a Japanese chef, and winner of the 2008 Bocuse d'Or The Bocuse d'Or (the ''Concours mondial de la cuisine'', World Cooking Contest) is a biennial world chef championship. Named for the chef Paul Bocuse, th ...

(born 1967), Japanese chef *, Japanese film director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actress and actress *, Japanese actor *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese ten-pin bowler *, Japanese mixed martial artist *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese cricketer *, better known as Ulka Sasaki, Japanese mixed martial artist

Fictional characters

*, a character in the light novel series ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'' *, acharacter in manga series ''

Haikyū!! is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Haruichi Furudate. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from February 2012 to July 2020, with its chapters collected in 45 ''tankōbon ...

'', the position is Wing Spiker *, an alias of Ken Kaneki, protagonist of the manga series ''Tokyo Ghoul'' *, a character in the video game ''Metal Gear Solid'' *"Overflowing" Sasaki, an antagonistic character of the manga series

One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 1997, with its individual chapte ...

*, a character in the manga series ''GinTama'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Laughing Under the Clouds is a Japanese manga series by Karakara-Kemuri. The manga was serialized by Mag Garden on ''Monthly Comic Avarus'' magazine. The series has been adapted into an anime television series by Doga Kobo. The story follows Tenka Kumō, Soramaru K ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''Negima'' *, a character in the manga series ''

My Hero Academia is a Japanese superhero manga series written and illustrated by Kōhei Horikoshi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since July 2014, with its chapters additionally collected into ...

'' *, a character in the manga series ''Cardcaptor Sakura'' *, a character in the anime series ''Samurai Champloo'' *, a character in the manga series ''

Kodomo no Omocha , also known as ''Kodocha'' for short, is a Japanese manga series by Miho Obana. The series was adapted as an OVA by J.C. Staff and released on December 16, 1995 by Shueisha under their Ribon Video label. An anime television series was pr ...

'' * Miyo Sasaki (佐々木美代), a character in the movie ''

A Whisker Away is a 2020 Japanese animated film produced by Studio Colorido, Toho Animation and Twin Engine. Directed by Junichi Sato and Tomotaka Shibayama, the film was released on June 18, 2020, on Netflix in Japanese. Originally slated to premiere with ...

'' * Maguro Sasaki (佐々木まぐろ), a character in the video game series “

Puyo Puyo ''Puyo Puyo'' (ぷよぷよ), previously known as ''Puyo Pop'' outside Japan, is a series of Tile-matching video game, tile-matching video games created by Compile (software company), Compile. Sega has owned the franchise since 1998, with games ...

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