What is "okazaki"

Okazaki may refer to:

• Okazaki (surname)
• Okazaki, Aichi, a city in Japan
• Okazaki Castle, a castle in Japan
• Okazaki fragments, DNA fragments formed during DNA replication (biology)
• Reiji Okazaki, the Japanese molecular biologist who discovered the role of Okazaki fragments

Okazaki (written: 岡崎) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Chieko N. Okazaki (1926–2011), former counselor in the General Relief Society Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Dai Okazaki (AKA "Smelly", born 1971), Japanese comedic performer and former manga artist
• Isao Okazaki (1920–2006), Japanese right-wing activist
• Katsuo Okazaki (1897–1965), served as the Japanese Foreign Minister between 1952 and 1954
• Kenjiro Okazaki (born 1955), Japanese visual artist
• Kyoko Okazaki (born 1963), a Japanese manga artist, winner of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2004
• Makoto Okazaki (born 1976), Japanese figure skater
• Miles Okazaki (born 1974), American guitarist, arranger, and composer
• Reiji Okazaki (1930–1975) and Tsuneko Okazaki (born 1933), husband and wife discoverers of the Okazaki fragments.
• Ritsuko Okazaki (1959–2004), Japanese singer-songwriter
• Seishiro Okazaki (1890–1951), founder of the Danzan Ryu school of Jūjutsu
• Shinji Okazaki (born 1986), Japanese football player
• Steven Okazaki (born 1952), Japanese-American Academy Award winning filmmaker
• Takashi Okazaki, Japanese manga artist known for Afro Samurai
• Teruyuki Okazaki (born 1931), founder, chairman and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation
• Tomiko Okazaki (born 1944), Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
• Tomomi Okazaki (born 1971), Japanese speed skater

Fictional characters:

• Jen Okazaki, character in the Australian mockumentary series Angry Boys
• Tim Okazaki, Jen's son, also from Angry Boys
• Tomoya Okazaki, the main character from the visual novel and anime Clannad
• Yumemi Okazaki, a character from the Touhou Project series