List of Famous people with last name Okazaki
Shinji Okazaki
Shinji Okazaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Huesca and the Japan national team.
Taiiku Okazaki
Akitoshi Oka , known professionally by the stage name Taiiku Okazaki , is a Japanese musician and songwriter who is signed to SME Records. Beginning his career as an independent musician in 2012, he made his major debut with the release of his first major album Basin Techno in 2016. The album includes the song "Music Video", which became a viral hit in Japan for parodying common tropes used in music videos. That same year, he performed the song "Pose", which was used as the first closing theme for the anime series Pokémon: Sun & Moon. He has also written music for commercials and for other musicians.
Satoko Okazaki
Satoko Okazaki is a Japanese gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Tomomi Okazaki
Tomomi Okazaki 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 at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Tsuneko Okazaki
Tsuneko Okazaki is a Japanese pioneer of molecular biology known for her work on DNA replication and specifically for discovering Okazaki fragments, along with her husband Reiji. Dr. Tsuneko Okazaki has continued to be involved in academia, contributing to more advancements in DNA research.
Kyoko Okazaki
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. Okazaki is one of the early forebears of the gyaru manga style.
Taichi Okazaki
Taichi Okazaki is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He has played in his entire career with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.
Shizuka Okazaki
Shizuka Okazaki is a Japanese motorcycle racer. In 2016, she became the first Japanese female rider to compete in a Grand Prix in 21 years. She currently competes aboard a TSR3 Honda in the MFJ All-Japan Road Race J-GP3 Championship.
Momoko Okazaki
Kenjiro Okazaki
Kenjirō Okazaki is a Japanese visual artist and robotics designer whose works span several genres, including painting, sculpture, as well as landscape design and architecture.