What is "okada"

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

• Doris Matsui (Doris Okada Matsui), American politician of the Democratic Party
• John Okada, Japanese-American writer
• Junichi Okada, Japanese singer and actor
• Katsuya Okada, former Democratic Party of Japan president and foreign minister of Japan
• Kazuchika Okada, Japanese professional wrestler
• Kazuo Okada, Japanese businessman and billionaire
• Keisuke Okada, 31st Prime Minister of Japan
• Mari Okada, Japanese screenwriter
• Masaki Okada, Japanese actor
• Masumi Okada, Japanese-Danish actor
• Mokichi Okada, founder of the Church of World Messianity
• Okada Izō, member of the Hitokiri
• Satoru Okada, general manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering
• Tadayuki Okada, former Grand Prix motorcycle racing and Superbike racing motorcycle racer
• Takeshi Okada, coach of the Japanese national football team
• Tokihiko Okada, a silent Japanese actor
• Tomohiro Okada, Japanese new media art and design curator, thinker of creative economics
• Toshio Okada, founder of the anime company Gainax
• Yaichiro Okada, Japanese zoologist
• Yoshiko Okada, Japanese actress.
• Yukiko Okada, a Japanese idol

In Nigeria, an okada (also: achaba, going, inaga) is a motorcycle taxi. The name was borrowed from Okada Air, a Nigerian local airline, now defunct.

Motorcycle taxis or Okadas are also commonly used in some other West African countries, including Togo (Oléyia), Benin ( Zémidjans), Burkina Faso, Liberia (Phen-Phen) and Sierra Leone.