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Keiiti Aki
Keiiti Aki (1930–2005) was a Japanese-born seismologist, professor at MIT and USC, who created the seismic moment concept behind the moment magnitude scale, pioneered seismic tomography, and co-authored Quantitative Seismology.
Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治)
Keiji Fujiwara (藤原啓治), 1964–2020, Japanese voice actor and AIR AGENCY founder; Hiroshi Nohara in Crayon Shin-chan, Maes Hughes, Leorio, Axel, and Robert Downey Jr.'s Japanese dub voice.
Keiji Hase
Keiji Hase (長谷 景治), born 3 July 1935, is a Japanese former backstroke swimmer for Waseda University who placed =9th in the 100 m backstroke at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and won three Asian Games golds.
Keiji Inafune (稲船敬二)
Keiji Inafune (稲船敬二), Japanese game designer and producer, core artist and producer of Capcom's Mega Man series and head of Capcom R&D until 2010; founded Comcept, whose Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter raised $4 million but released to poor reviews; Comcept dissolved January 2026.
Keiji Maruoka
Keiji Maruoka (丸岡 啓二, born 1953) is a Japanese organic chemist at Kyoto University known for designing the chiral phase-transfer catalysts sold as the Maruoka Catalyst.
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma (諸熊奎治, 1934–2017) was a Japanese theoretical chemist who developed the ONIOM multiscale method, taught at Emory University, and won the 2008 Imperial Prize.
Keiji Nakazawa (中沢啓治)
Keiji Nakazawa (中沢啓治, 1939–2012), Hiroshima-born manga artist and atomic-bomb survivor 1.3 km from the hypocenter, creator of the autobiographical Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no Gen), serialized 1973–1985, translated worldwide and adapted to film, TV, and opera.
Keiji Shirahata
Keiji Shirahata (白幡圭史), born 1973 in Kushiro, Japan, is a speed skater who competed at the 1992, 1998, and 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in the 2002 10,000 m, and won World Allround and 5,000 m single-distances medals.
Keiji Suzuki
Keiji Suzuki (鈴木桂治), Japanese judoka born 1980 in Ibaraki; 2004 Athens Olympic +100 kg gold medalist, 2003 and 2005 world champion, later coach of Japan's men's national judo team and 7th dan.
Keiji Tanaka
Keiji Tanaka (田中啓二; 1949–2024) was a Japanese molecular biologist who discovered and characterized the proteasome, the cell's protein-degrading machinery, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, winning the Japan Academy Prize.
Keijo (manga)
Keijo!!!!!!!! (競女!!!!!!!!) is Daichi Sorayomi's sports comedy manga serialized in Weekly Shōnen Sunday 2013-2017, 177 chapters in 18 volumes, about women fighting on floating pool platforms using breasts and buttocks; adapted as a 2016 Xebec anime.
Keijō Imperial University
Keijō Imperial University (경성제국대학) was the only university in Japanese colonial Korea, opened in Seoul in 1924 and absorbed into Seoul National University in 1946.
Keiki Kobayashi
Keiki Kobayashi (小林啓樹) is a Japanese video game composer best known for the Ace Combat series music since Ace Combat 04, including his role as main composer of Ace Combat 7.
Keiko (orca)
Keiko, male orca (Orcinus orca) captured off Iceland in 1979, star of Free Willy, held in Mexico City 1985–1996; first captive orca returned to home waters, released near Iceland 1998–2002, swam to Norway, died of pneumonia December 2003 aged about 26 without joining a wild pod.
Keiko Fujimori
Keiko Fujimori (Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi) is a Peruvian politician and leader of Fuerza Popular who won the 2026 election to become the first woman elected president of Peru.
Keiko Han (潘 恵子)
Keiko Han (潘恵子), born 1953 in Tokyo, is a Japanese voice actress and astrologer, anime debut 1977 in Sazae-san; famed as Lalah Sune in Gundam, Luna in Sailor Moon, Athena in Saint Seiya; mother of voice actress Megumi Han.
Keiko Kitagawa (北川景子)
Keiko Kitagawa (北川景子, born 1986, Hyogo) is a Japanese actress who debuted as a Seventeen model and in the 2003 live-action Sailor Moon, known for Ie Uru Onna, taiga dramas, and 2025 Night Flower awards.
Keiko Ozato
Keiko Ozato is a senior investigator in immunology at NIH's NICHD, where she has led the Section on Molecular Genetics of Immunity for over 30 years and discovered IRF8.
Keiko U. Torii
Keiko U. Torii (鳥居 啓子) is a plant developmental biologist known for her work on stomatal patterning and ERECTA receptor kinase signaling, and an HHMI investigator at UT Austin.
Keikyu (京急)
Keikyu, formally Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway, is a Japanese private railway company founded in 1899 that runs from Shinagawa through Yokohama to the Miura Peninsula and serves Haneda Airport.
Keikyū Airport Line (京急空港線)
Keikyū Airport Line, or 京急空港線, is a 6.5 km Keikyu railway line in Ōta, Tokyo, from Keikyu Kamata to Haneda Airport's terminals, opened in 1902.
Keikyū Main Line (京急本線)
Keikyū Main Line (京急本線), also called the Keihin Kyuko Main Line, is a 56.7 km commuter and airport-access railway in Tokyo and Kanagawa, running from Shinagawa through Yokohama to Uraga.
Keikyu N1000 series
The Keikyu N1000 series (京急新1000形) is a commuter electric multiple unit run by Keikyu since 2002, built for through services onto the Toei Asakusa Line.
Keilah
Keilah (Hebrew קְעִילָה) was an ancient city of Judah in the Shephelah, identified with Khirbet Qeyla near Hebron, first mentioned in the Amarna letters and the setting of David's Philistine campaign in 1 Samuel 23.
Keilani Elizabeth Rose
Keilani Elizabeth Rose (birth name Keilani Elizabeth Rose Jung) is a Canadian actress, dancer, choreographer, and DJ of Lheidli T'enneh and Native Hawai'ian heritage, known for Miigwan in Shoresy and leads in The Sinners and Within the Silence.
Keily Blair
Keily Blair is an Irish lawyer and business executive who has been chief executive officer of OnlyFans since July 2023, promoted from leading the platform's trust and safety operations.
KeiLyn Durrel Jones
KeiLyn Durrel Jones, American actor (NYU Grad Acting '15), known as Terrance in Hulu's How to Die Alone (2024) and Bill Bray in the 2026 Michael Jackson biopic Michael; recurring roles in Succession, Better Call Saul, The I-Land, The Other Two.
Keinemusik
Keinemusik is a Berlin-based electronic music label and DJ collective founded in 2009 by &ME, Adam Port, Rampa, and Reznik, known for blending techno and deep house with Afrobeats.
Keinohrhasen
Keinohrhasen (Rabbit Without Ears) is Til Schweiger's 2007 German romantic comedy, written with Anika Decker, in which gossip reporter Ludo serves 300 hours of kindergarten community service under Anna (Nora Tschirner); it drew over 6 million admissions and spawned Zweiohrküken.
Keio Gijuku
Keio Gijuku (慶應義塾) is a Japanese educational institution founded by Fukuzawa Yukichi in 1858 as a Dutch studies school in Edo, later becoming Keio University.