Kataoka (written: 片岡) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Azusa Kataoka , previously known as , is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Some of her major roles are Nagisa Saitou in '' Squid Girl'', Sakura Nankyoku in ''Penguin Musume'', Uta Yumeno in '' Onegai My Melody'', Ko ...

(born 1988), Japanese voice actress and singer *

Chiezō Kataoka Masayoshi Ueki (植木正義, ''Ueki Masayoshi''; March 30, 1903 – March 31, 1983), known professionally as , was a Japanese film and television actor most famous for his starring roles in jidaigeki. Career Born as Masayoshi Ueki in 1903, in G ...

(1903–1983), Japanese actor *, Japanese golfer *

Drue Kataoka Drue Kataoka (born ) is a Japanese American visual artist and political commentator. She is known for her Sumi-e art and interest in technology. In 2012, Kataoka was chosen as the Young Global Leader for the World Economic Forum summit at Davo ...

, Japanese American visual artist *

Hiroji Kataoka is a Japanese professor of Urdu at Daito Bunka University, where he also serves as dean of the Faculty of International Relations and director of the Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies. Early life and career Kataoka was born in Saitama Prefe ...

(born 1941), Japanese academic *

Kataoka Ainosuke VI is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and TV host. His ''yagō'' is ''matsushimaya''. His ''mon'' is the ''Oikake Go-mai Ichō''. His current stage name is Ainosuke Kataoka. He is a renowned ''tachiyaku'', specializing in both the ''aragoto , or ...

(born 1972), Japanese actor and

kabuki is a classical form of Theatre of Japan, Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with Japanese traditional dance, traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is known for its heavily stylised performances, its glamorous, highly decorated costumes ...

actor * Kataoka Nizaemon XII (1882–1946), Japanese kabuki actor *

Kataoka Shichirō Baron was an early admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Biography Early career Born to a ''samurai'' family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima prefecture), Kataoka entered the 3rd class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 18 ...

(1854–1920), Imperial Japanese Navy officer * Koji Kataoka (born 1977), Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *

Reiko Kataoka is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 45th Blue Ribbon Awards for '' Hush!''. Filmography Film *''A Touch of Fever'' (1993) *''New Love in Tokyo'' (1994) *'' Kamikaze Taxi'' (1995) *''Two Punks'' (1996) *'' Gonin 2'' ...

(born 1971), Japanese actress * Satoshi Kataoka (born 1958), Japanese Go player * Shinwa Kataoka (born 1985), Japanese actor *

Shuji Kataoka a.k.a. Yasui Shūchi is a Japanese director and screenwriter primarily known for his work in ''pink films'' but who has also worked in adult videos (AV) and in mainstream film. Life and career Kataoka was born in Hokkaido on November 23, 1950. ...

(born 1950), Japanese film director and screenwriter * Tadasu Kataoka (1915–1963), Imperial Japanese Army officer *

Kataoka Tamako (5 January 1905 in Sapporo – 16 January 2008) was a Japanese ''Nihonga'' painter. She is known for her series of Mount Fuji and other mountains, painted in bold colours such as red. Biography Tamako Kataoka was born in Sapporo, Japan in 190 ...

, (1905–2008), Japanese ''

Nihonga ''Nihonga'' () is a Japanese style of painting that typically uses mineral pigments, and occasionally ink, together with other organic pigments on silk or paper. The term was coined during the Meiji period (1868–1912) to differentiate it from ...

'' painter *

Tsurutarō Kataoka is a Japanese television personality, actor, artist, and former professional boxer. For his role in the 1988 film '' The Discarnates'', he won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards, at the 13th Hochi Film Award, and at ...

(born 1954), Japanese actor *

Yasushi Kataoka (4 June 1876 – 26 May 1946) was a Japanese architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings an ...

(1876–1946), Japanese architect *

Yasuyuki Kataoka is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Seibu Lions in Japan’s Pacific League and the Yomiuri Giants in the Central League The or , also known as the for sponsorship reasons, is one of the two profe ...

(born 1983), Japanese baseball player *

Yoshirō Kataoka , also known by the nickname Hagera, is an anime producer and production designer. He has worked for the Tōkyū Agency, Asatsu DK, and NAS, and he currently works as a full-time advisor at Marvelous Entertainment. His proactive approach to plan ...

(born 1945), Japanese anime producer *

Yōsuke Kataoka is a former Japanese football player who lastly featured for Gainare Tottori. Career After a five-years tenure and ten years with Omiya Ardija, Kataoka signed for Gainare Tottori are a Japanese football club, based in Tottori, capital of ...

(born 1982), Japanese footballer

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*, a character in the ''

Assassination Classroom is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. The series follows the daily life of an extremely powerful octopus-like being working as a junior high homeroom teacher, and his students dedicated to the task of ass ...

'' anime and manga

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