Kodama (written: , or ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arata Kodama
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is the currently an assistant manager of Gamba Osaka.
Playing career
Kodama was born in Takatsuki on October 8, 1982. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from youth team in 2001. Although ...
(born 1982), Japanese football defender
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Fusako Kodama (born 1945), Japanese photographer
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Kodama Gentarō
Viscount was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a government minister during the Meiji period. He was instrumental in establishing the modern Imperial Japanese military.
Early life
Kodama was born on March 16, 1852, in Tok ...
(1852–1906), Japanese general of the Russo-Japanese War
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Haruka Kodama
is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was a member of Team H.
She has been the lead performer of three HKT48 singles: "Hikaeme I Love You!" (2014), "12 Byō" (2015, with Sakura Miyawaki), ...
(born 1996), Japanese idol singer, member of HKT48 and AKB48
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Hideo Kodama
Count , was a politician, and wartime cabinet minister in the Empire of Japan. He was the eldest son of famed Russo-Japanese War general Kodama Gentarō, and his wife was the daughter of Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake.
Biography
Kodama was ...
(1876–1947), pre-World War II Japanese politician and cabinet minister
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Hideo Kodama (designer) (born 1944), Japanese General Motors Europe automobile designer
*, Japanese sociologist
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Kazuoki Kodama
(born June 8, 1965) is a Japanese nordic combined skier who competed from 1989 to 1991. He won a bronze medal in the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1991 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di Fiemme. He also competed at the 1988 Winte ...
(born 1965), Japanese Nordic combined skier
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Kenji Kodama
is a Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist. He is best known for being one of the main directors on the long-running anime ''Case Closed'', as well as the '' City Hunter'' series and '' Lupin III Part III''. Kodama is also a member of t ...
(born 1949), Japanese anime director, and storyboard artist best known for directing the anime ''Case Closed'' and working with the anime ''Lupin III''
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Kiyoshi Kodama
was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show '' Panel Quiz Attack 25'' continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the ...
(1934–2011), Japanese actor and TV personality
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Mari Kodama, international pianist born in Osaka, Japan and raised in Paris
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María Kodama
María Kodama Schweizer (10 March 1937 – 26 March 2023) was an Argentine writer and translator. The widow of author Jorge Luis Borges, she was the sole owner of his estate after his death in 1986. Borges had bequeathed to Kodama his rights a ...
(1937-2023), personal assistant and later wife of Jorge Luis Borges
* , Japanese classical pianist
* , Japanese alpine skier
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Rieko Kodama
, also known as Phoenix Rie, was a Japanese video game artist, director, and producer employed by Sega from 1984 until her death. She is primarily known for her work on role-playing video games including the original ''Phantasy Star'' series, t ...
(born 1963), video game designer involved with some of Sega's high-profile projects
*, Japanese footballer
*, Japanese rower
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Yoshio Kodama
was a Japanese right-wing Ultranationalism (Japan), ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous ''Fixer (person), kuromaku'', or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was act ...
(1911–1984), prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan
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Yuichi Kodama
, is a Japanese video director. He has mainly directed music videos and ads. He often produces music videos and ads that are strongly connected or "tied-up" to each other, such as Perfume's "Secret Secret" and Morinaga Milk's "Eskimo Pino", or Amur ...
, Japanese video director
*, Japanese manga artist
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