Sakamoto (written: ) is the 40th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is . Notable people with the surname include: *

Chika Sakamoto is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Arts Vision. Filmography Television animation ;1980s *''Captain Tsubasa'' (1983) – Sanae Nakazawa *'' Cat's Eye'' (1983) – Ai Kisugi *'' Nine'' (1983) – Yukimi Yasuda *'' Super Dimension C ...

(born 1959), voice actor and singer *

Fuyumi Sakamoto is a Japanese female enka singer under EMI Music Japan. Career Having won a singing contest in early 1986, and after receiving about 11 months of vocal training, Sakamoto debuted as an enka recording singer with the single "Abare Daiko" in March ...

(born 1967),

enka is a Japanese music genre considered to resemble traditional Japanese music stylistically. Modern ''enka'', however, is a relatively recent musical form, which adopts a more traditional musical style in its vocalism than '' ryūkōka'' music, ...

singer *, Japanese professional baseball player *

Hideki Sakamoto is a Japanese music composer, best known for his contributions in video games. He serves as the representative director of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks. Echochrome II has been accepted into the G ...

(born 1972), video game composer *, Japanese swimmer *

Kaori Sakamoto is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2022 World champion, the 2018 Four Continents champion, a two-time NHK Trophy champion, the 2022 Skate America champion, and a three-time Japanese national ...

(born 2000), Japanese figure skater *

Kazma Sakamoto Kazma Parmar Sakamoto (born 1 October 1982) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He originally started his career working for Kaientai Dojo in Japan, where he became a one-time Strongest-K Champion and a three-time Strongest-K Tag Team Champi ...

(born 1982), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese swimmer *

Kerri Sakamoto Kerri Sakamoto (born 1960 in Toronto) is a Canadian novelist. Her novels commonly deal with the experience of Japanese Canadians. Sakamoto's debut novel, ''The Electrical Field'' (1998), won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. It ...

(born 1960), Canadian novelist *, Japanese footballer *), gymnast *

Kyu Sakamoto was a Japanese singer and actor. He was best known outside Japan for his international hit song "Ue o Muite Arukō" (known as " Sukiyaki" in English-speaking markets), which was sung in Japanese and sold over 13 million copies. It reached numbe ...

(1941–1985), pop singer well known for his song Sukiyaki in the 1960s *

Maaya Sakamoto Maaya may refer to: * Maaya (given name) Maaya (written: 真綾 or 真礼) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese singer-songwriter, actress and voice actress *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, ...

(born 1980), voice actor and singer * Miu Sakamoto (born 1980), pop singer, daughter of Ryuichi Sakamoto *

Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese composer, pianist, singer, record producer and actor who has pursued a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). With his bandmates Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi, Sakamoto i ...

(born 1952), musician and composer, as well as an actor *

Sakamoto Ryōma was a Japanese ''samurai'', a '' shishi'' and influential figure of the ''Bakumatsu'' and establishment of the Empire of Japan in the late Edo period. He was a low-ranking ''samurai'' from the Tosa Domain on Shikoku and became an active oppo ...

(1836–1867), military leader prior to the Meiji Restoration *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese water polo player *

Shōgo Sakamoto is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer affiliated with Don-crew. Career Early in his career, Sakamoto played Ryoma Echizen in the fourth generation Seigaku cast in '' Tenimyu'', ''The Prince of Tennis'' musical series. In 2009, he origi ...

(born 1993), young actor and singer *, Japanese footballer *

Soichi Sakamoto Soichi Sakamoto (August 6, 1906 – September 29, 1997) was an American swimming coach who pioneered training methods that have now become standard throughout the sport. Many of his students went on to have great success nationally and internation ...

(1921–2012), American swimming coach *, Japanese high jumper *, Japanese freestyle skier *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese sprint canoeist *

Yoshio Sakamoto (born July 23, 1959) is a Japanese video game designer, director, and producer. He has worked at Nintendo since 1982. He has directed several games in the '' Metroid'' series. He is one of the most prominent members of Nintendo's former Researc ...

(born 1959), game designer for Nintendo *The victims of the

Sakamoto family murder On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto (坂本堤 ''Sakamoto Tsutsumi'' April 6, 1956 – November 5, 1989), a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and ...

perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult

Fictional characters

Sakamoto (Maison Ikkoku) The ''Maison Ikkoku'' manga series features characters created by Rumiko Takahashi. Many of the characters live in the series' titular boarding house, including the protagonists Yusaku Godai and Kyoko Otonashi. The boarding house setting and its ...

, from ''Maison Ikkoku'' *Sakamoto-san, a talking cat from ''

Nichijou is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keiichi Arawi. The manga began serialization in the December 2006 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine '' Shōnen Ace'', and was also serialized in ''Comptiq'' between the March 2007 ...

'' *Sakamoto from ''

Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nami Sano. The manga follows a high school student named Sakamoto, who has a reputation for being the " coolest" person among the entire student body. The series has been licensed for an ...

'' *

Akira Sakamoto is the title of a fictional series written and illustrated by Japanese people, Japanese author Mikiyo Tsuda about the lives of three high school boys and the school they attend. The series is contained within multiple media pieces which b ...

, and Harumi Sakamoto from '' Princess Princess'' *Chiyo Sakamoto from ''

Memoirs of a Geisha ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and ...

'' *Julietta Sakamoto from '' Air Master'' * Ryōta Sakamoto (坂本竜太), the main character in the manga series ''

Btooom! ''Btooom!'' (stylized as ''BTOOOM!'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Junya Inoue. It was serialized in Shinchosha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Comic Bunch'', where it ran from 2009 until 2018, with its chapters colle ...

'' (ブトゥーム!) *Sue, her brother Kazuma, and their mother Momorin Sakamoto from '' Cave Story'' * Mio Sakamoto, from ''Strike Witches'' *, the main character in the 2002 South Korean science fiction film '' 2009: Lost Memories'' *

Ryuji Sakamoto ''Persona 5'', a role-playing video game by Atlus, is centered on the Phantom Thieves of Hearts, a vigilante group of high-school students working to change the hearts of criminals by getting them to confess their crimes through defeating a phy ...

, from

Persona 5 is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. It takes place in modern-day Tokyo and follows a high school student known by the pseudonym Joker who transfers to a new school after being falsely accused of assault and put on probation ...

*Taro Sakamoto, from ''

Sakamoto Days ''Sakamoto Days'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuto Suzuki. It began serialization in Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' in November 2020. It is simultaneously published in English by Viz Media a ...

'' *Tatsuma Sakamoto, from ''

Gintama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from December 2003 to September 2018, later in ''Jump Giga'' from December 2 ...

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