Okada

Okada (written: 岡田 literally "hill rice-paddy") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Okada Beisanjin (岡田 米山人, 1744–1820), Japanese painter
• Doris Okada Matsui, American politician of the Democratic Party
• Hankō Okada (岡田 半江, 1782–1846), Japanese painter in the Edo period
• Harumitsu Okada (岡田 晴光, born 1960), Japanese cyclist
• Hiroko Okada (岡田 裕子, born 1970), Japanese contemporary artist
• Okada Izō (岡田 以蔵, 1838–1865), Japanese samurai and assassin
• Jisaku Okada (岡田 次作, 1893–1942), IJN Captain
• John Okada (1923–1971), Japanese-American writer
• Junichi Okada (岡田 准一, born 1980), Japanese singer and actor
• Junko Okada (岡田 純子, born 1973), Japanese voice actress
• Katsuya Okada (岡田 克也, born 1953), former Democratic Party of Japan president and foreign minister of Japan
• Kazuchika Okada (岡田 和睦, born 1987), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kazuo Okada (岡田 和生, born 1942), Japanese businessman and billionaire, the biggest project of whom is Okada Manila (see below)
• Keisuke Okada (岡田 啓介, 1868–1952), 31st Prime Minister of Japan
• Kinya Okada (岡田 欣也, born 1992), Japanese professional wrestler
• Kōyō Okada (岡田 紅陽, 1895–1972), Japanese photographer
• Mari Okada (岡田 麿里, born 1976), Japanese screenwriter
• Masaki Okada (岡田 将生, born 1989), Japanese actor
• Masumi Okada (1935–2006), Japanese-Danish actor
• Mokichi Okada (岡田 茂吉, 1882–1955), founder of the Church of World Messianity
• Nana Okada (岡田 奈々, born 1959), Japanese actress and former idol singer
• Nana Okada (岡田 奈々, born 1997), Japanese idol, model and actress
• Rana Okada (岡田 良菜, born 1991), Japanese snowboarder
• Okada Saburōsuke (岡田 三郎助, 1869–1939), Japanese painter
• Satoru Okada (岡田 智, born 1947), general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
• Okada Shigetaka (岡田 重孝, died 1584), Japanese Samurai
• Okada Shinichirō (岡田 信一郎, 1883–1932), Japanese architect
• Shoken Okada (岡田 昌憲, born 1947), Japanese slalom canoeist
• Tadahiko Okada (岡田 忠彦, 1878–1958), Japanese politician
• Tadayuki Okada (岡田 忠之, born 1967), former Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike racing motorcycle racer
• Takeshi Okada (岡田 武史, born 1956), coach of the Japan national football team
• Tasuku Okada (岡田 資, 1890–1949), Japanese general
• Tokihiko Okada (岡田 時彦, 1903–1934), Japanese actor
• Tomohiro Okada (岡田 智博, born 1971), Japanese new media art and design curator
• Toshio Okada (岡田 斗司夫, born 1958), founder of the anime company Gainax
• Ty Okada (born 1999), American football player
• Yaichirō Okada (岡田 彌一郎, 1892–1976), Japanese zoologist
• Yoshiko Okada (岡田 嘉子, 1902–1992), Japanese actress
• Yuki Okada (disambiguation), multiple people
• Yukiko Okada (岡田 有希子, 1967–1986), Japanese idol
• Yusuke Okada (disambiguation), multiple people
• "Okada" noun : is the name of a town in the north east part of the great Benin kingdom, Edo state of Nigeria. The name Okada is two words put together, Oke which means hill, Ada which means junction, a place where two points meet.today in the north eastern part of Benin, Okada is a name of a town on a hill where different rivers meet.

Other uses

• Okada Air, a now defunct airline in Nigeria
• Okada Domain, a Japanese domain in the Edo period
• Okada Museum of Art, an art museum in Kanagawa, Japan
• Okada Manila, a casino resort and hotel complex in Parañaque City, Metro Manila which is the biggest project of Kazuo Okada (see above)
• Okada (motorcycle taxi), a motorcycle taxi used in western Africa
• Okada (Nigeria) a Nigerian town
• Okada Station (Ehime), a railway station in Ehime, Japan
• Okada Station (Kagawa), a railway station in Kagawa, Japan