# 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

## 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