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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 (surname)
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