List of Famous people named Yukio

Similar names: Yuko, Yuki, Yuka, Yukiya, Yukie, Euke, Yuk, Yukei. Here are some famous Yukios:

Yukio Mishima

平岡 公威
First Name Yukio
Last Name Mishima
Born on January 14, 1925
Died on November 25, 1970 (aged 45)
Born in Japan, Tokyo
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Yukio Mishima , born Kimitake Hiraoka was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, but the award went to his countryman and benefactor Yasunari Kawabata. His works include the novels Confessions of a Mask and The Temple of the Golden Pavilion , and the autobiographical essay "Sun and Steel" . Mishima's work is characterized by "its luxurious vocabulary and decadent metaphors, its fusion of traditional Japanese and modern Western literary styles, and its obsessive assertions of the unity of beauty, eroticism and death".

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Yukio Edano

First Name Yukio
Last Name Edano
Born on May 31, 1964 (age 59)

Yukio Edano is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He served as Chief Cabinet Secretary and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) cabinet between 2010 and 2012. He has served as the head of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan since its formation in October 2017.

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Yukio Hatoyama

First Name Yukio
Last Name Hatoyama
Born on February 11, 1947 (age 77)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Yukio Hatoyama is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 16 September 2009 to 8 June 2010. He was the first Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan.

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Yukio Hashi

橋 幸男
First Name Yukio
Last Name Hashi
Born on May 3, 1943 (age 80)
Born in Japan, Tokyo
Height 167 cm | 5'6

Yukio Hashi is a Japanese enka singer and an actor. Yukio's real name is Yukio Hashi , using a different kanji.

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Yukio Ninagawa

First Name Yukio
Last Name Ninagawa
Born on October 15, 1935
Died on May 12, 2016 (aged 80)

Yukio Ninagawa was a Japanese theatre director, actor and film director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He directed eight distinct renditions of Hamlet. Ninagawa was also emeritus of the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.

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Yukio Okamoto

First Name Yukio
Last Name Okamoto
Born on November 23, 1945
Died on April 24, 2020 (aged 74)
Born in Japan

Yukio Okamoto was a Japanese diplomat, diplomatic analyst, and proponent of strong economic and political Japan–United States relations. Okamoto guided Japanese and American diplomatic relations throughout the 1980s, during an era when both countries simultaneously competed for economic influence on the global stage. He served as a diplomatic advisor and analyst for several Japanese prime ministers, including Ryutaro Hashimoto from 1996 to 1998 and Junichiro Koizumi from 2003 until 2004.

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Yukio Iketani

First Name Yukio
Last Name Iketani
Born in Japan, Tokyo
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Yukio Iketani is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic medalist.

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Yukio Aoshima

First Name Yukio
Last Name Aoshima
Born on July 17, 1932
Died on December 20, 2006 (aged 74)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Yukio Aoshima was a Japanese politician who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1995 to 1999. He is also well known as a TV actor, novelist, film director, screenwriter and songwriter.

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Yukio Sakaguchi

First Name Yukio
Last Name Sakaguchi
Born on July 26, 1973 (age 50)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Yukio Sakaguchi is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, actor and judoka, who is currently signed with DDT Pro-Wrestling and has fought and competed for World Victory Road, DREAM, Pancrase, Pro Wrestling Wave, S-Cup, Shooto, Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Union Pro Wrestling, Kaientai Dojo, Dradition, Legend The Pro-Wrestling and K-1. Sakaguchi is known for his fight with Nigerian K-1 kickboxer, Film actor and male model Andy Ologun. Yukio is the son of former judoka and professional wrestling legend Seiji Sakaguchi and the older brother of actor Kenji Sakaguchi, who notably co-starred in Ikebukuro West Gate Park when the television show made its debut run in 2000 and most recently in 2012 started making regular appearances on the show Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi, he also co-starred in the film Face.

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Yukio Hattori

First Name Yukio
Last Name Hattori
Born on December 16, 1945 (age 78)
Born in Japan, Tokyo
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Dr. Yukio Hattori is best known as an expert commentator on the Japanese television show Iron Chef. Hattori is also the fifth president of the Hattori Nutrition College; the Iron Chef end credits mention that the program is "produced in cooperation with" the College. Hattori received a Ph.D. from Showa University.

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