Sakai is both a Japanese surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Yamamoto is the 9th most common Japanese surname.
Kobayashi is the 8th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 古林. Notable people with the surname include:
Takahashi is the third most common Japanese surname. Less common variants include 髙橋, 高梁, 孝橋, 鷹橋, 高槁, 高端, 鷹啄, 喬橋 and 鷹羽司.
Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India.
Tanaka (たなか) is the fourth most common Japanese surname. It is typically written with the kanji for ricefield & middle (田中). Less common variants include many & middle (多中), many & relationship (多仲), another & middle (他中), shelf & low (棚下), shelf & summer (棚夏) and many & name & congratulation (多名賀).
Satō is the most common Japanese surname, often romanized as Sato, Satou or Satoh. A less common variant for a pen name is 佐島.
Yoshida is the 11th most common Japanese surname. A less common variant is 芳田.
Hayashi, is the 19th most common Japanese surname. It shares the same character as the Chinese surname Lin and the Korean surname Im.
Sasaki (佐々木) is the 13th most common Japanese surname. Less common variants are 佐咲, 佐佐木 and 笹木.
Kimura is the 17th most common Japanese surname.
Ishida is a Japanese surname. The name is sometimes romanized as Isida. Notable people with the surname include:
Ishii is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Tatsuya is a common masculine Japanese given name.
Gotō, also spelled Gotou or Gotoh, is a Japanese surname. People with the name include:
Events in the year 1982 in Japan.
Saitō, Saito, Saitou or Saitoh are the 10th most common Japanese surnames respectively. Less common variants are 齋藤, 齊藤, 才藤 and 齎藤. Notable people with the surname include:
Honda (Hondo) (written: 本田 literally "root ricefield" or "origin ricefield", 本多 lit. "root/origin many" or 誉田 lit. "honor ricefield") is a Japanese surname.
Yuki and Yūki/Yuuki are separate Japanese given names used for females or males, though they can be romanized the same way when vowel length is not transliterated.
Suzuki is a Japanese surname. As of 2008, it is the second most common surname in Japan, after Satō, with 1.9 million people registered. It is said to have been named by the Hozumi clan (穂積氏) in the Heian period (794-1185), after suzuki, which means "the ears of rice piled up" in the dialect of southern Wakayama and Mie prefectures. 鈴木 are ateji.
Shimada is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: