Okada Explained

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

• , Japanese painter
• Doris Okada Matsui, American politician of the Democratic Party
• , Japanese painter in the Edo period
• , Japanese cyclist
• , Japanese contemporary artist
• , Japanese samurai and assassin
• , IJN Captain
• John Okada (1923–1971), Japanese-American writer
• , Japanese singer and actor
• , Japanese voice actress
• , former Democratic Party of Japan president and foreign minister of Japan
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese businessman and billionaire, the biggest project of whom is Okada Manila (see below)
• , 31st Prime Minister of Japan
• , Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese photographer
• , Japanese screenwriter
• , Japanese actor
• Masumi Okada (1935–2006), Japanese-Danish actor
• , founder of the Church of World Messianity
• , Japanese actress and former idol singer
• , Japanese idol, model and actress
• , Japanese snowboarder
• , Japanese painter
• , general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
• , Japanese Samurai
• , Japanese architect
• , Japanese slalom canoeist
• , Japanese politician
• , former Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike racing motorcycle racer
• , coach of the Japan national football team
• , Japanese general
• , Japanese actor
• , Japanese new media art and design curator
• , founder of the anime company Gainax
• Ty Okada (born 1999), American football player
• , Japanese zoologist
• , Japanese actress
• Yuki Okada (disambiguation), multiple people
• , 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