What nationality is Ken Watanabe?

JapaneseKen Watanabe / Nationality

Does Watanabe speak English?

The Japanese actor, whose performance in “The Last Samurai” netted him an Oscar nomination, has only a passing familiarity with English.

How is Ken Watanabe’s health?

The lean, ruggedly handsome Watanabe, who more than twenty years ago survived two bouts of leukemia, was diagnosed “almost miraculously early” with the cancer last month and underwent surgery, he said on Twitter. “I was really shocked, my wife and daughter pushed me to have a health check and the cancer was found.

What does Watanabe mean?

ferrymen’s guild
Watanabe Name Meaning Japanese: one of the ten most common surnames, especially in eastern Japan. The original meaning was occupational: Wataribe ‘ferrymen’s guild’. Some bearers descend from Minamoto no Toru (822–895), a son of Emperor Saga. A common alternate reading is Watabe.

How tall is Watanabe?

6′ 0″Ken Watanabe / Height

How common is Watanabe?

It is the fifth most common Japanese surname. In the context of the Japanese economy, Mrs. Watanabe is a generic name for housewives who deal in foreign exchange.

What does the name Sato mean?

s(a)-to. Gender-Neutral Names. Origin:Japanese. Meaning:sugar.

What does Watanabe mean in English?

渡辺, means ‘to cross over a river’. Even by the standards of Japanese names, there is an unusual degree of variation in the second kanji used to write Watanabe, with at least 51 recorded variants including the common 渡部, 渡邉 and 渡邊.

What does the name Wisteria mean?

Meaning:a vine with purple-blue blossoms.

What does Tanaka mean?

center of the rice paddy
Japanese: usually written with characters meaning ‘center of the rice paddy’. One of the ten most common surnames, it is particularly frequent around the city of Osaka, and is also found in the Ryukyu Islands.