Japan
People of this nationality
Kenryo Kanamatsu
1915 – 1986
translator
Kana Hanazawa
b. 1989
seiyū
Mamoru Mohri
b. 1948
astronaut
Yasutaka Ihara
b. 1938
mathematician
Yurie Watabe
b. 1989
freestyle skier
Haruka Nakanishi
b. 1977
seiyū
Sayaka Sasaki
b. 1982
singer
Hidemitsu Nakano
1890 – 1982
military personnel
Kazuyo Hayashida
b. 1953
basketball player
Hideki Chiba
b. 1983
baseball player
Nakamura Jakuemon IV
1920 – 2012
actor
Susumu Sugiyama
1932 – 2025
alpine skier
Toshiki Kashū
b. 1979
actor
Tamao Ozawa
b. 1985
basketball player
Shigeki Hosokawa
b. 1971
actor
Shōji Itō
b. 1980
rugby union player
Chihiro Hamana
b. 1969
baseball player
Hiromasa Ōgikubo
b. 1987
mixed martial arts fighter
Oda Ujiharu
1534 – 1602
samurai
Seiji Kameda
b. 1964
DJ producer
Chiaki Yamada
b. 1966
association football player
Yasuhira Kiyohara
1914 – 2001
military personnel
Masao Gozu
b. 1946
photographer
Yoko Ogawa
b. 1962
novelist
Gamō Ujisato
1556 – 1595
samurai
Kazuhiko Shingyoji
b. 1986
association football player
Takuya Sugai
b. 1991
association football player
Rikichi Andō
1884 – 1946
military personnel
Noriko Matsumoto
b. 1968
tarento
Akihiko Honda
b. 1947
promoter
Tetsuro Nariyama
b. 1947
aikidoka
Ryoma Kimata
b. 2002
snowboarder
Masao Yamaguchi
1931 – 2013
anthropologist
Ken Namba
b. 1983
composer
Kinshi Tsuruta
1911 – 1995
singer
Utako Takeuchi
b. 1915
journalist
Mina Kurobe
b. 1977
mixed martial arts fighter
Caol Uno
b. 1975
mixed martial arts fighter
Hong Young-hee
actor
Hajime Kiso
b. 1978
rugby union player
Yoshie Taira
b. 1954
actor
Yuriko Miyamoto
1899 – 1951
novelist
Hidetaka Nishiyama
1928 – 2008
karateka
Yoshio Shiga
1901 – 1989
politician
Tokio Shikama
1912 – 1978
malacologist
Naoki Tsubaki
b. 2000
association football player
Ai Kawanaka
b. 1985
model
Masao Mukai
b. 1958
conductor
Kazuya Sasahara
b. 1971
film director
Kei Koizumi
b. 1995
association football player
Ryo Takahashi
b. 1993
association football player
Tomie Nishimura
b. 2000
table tennis player
Tetsuya Chaen
b. 1973
tennis player
Kanzō Uchimura
1861 – 1930
writer
Yuma Obata
b. 2001
association football player
Takayo Hashi
b. 1977
mixed martial arts fighter
Toshifumi Baba
b. 1965
baseball player
Keita Goto
b. 1986
association football player
Fumi Dan
b. 1954
actor
Ayaka Miyoshi
b. 1996
Japanese idol
Masayuki Imai
1961 – 2015
actor
Nanami Yanagawa
b. 2002
Japanese idol
Mami Koyama
b. 1955
seiyū
Takushi Izawa
b. 1994
tarento
Kenta Ishida
b. 1993
baseball player
Rino Matsuike
b. 2004
figure skater
Ramo Nakajima
1952 – 2004
novelist
Natsuki Aizawa
b. 1999
handball player
Jun Shibata
b. 1976
singer-songwriter
Ryutaro Kuno
b. 1999
Para athlete
Misaki Matsumura
b. 2005
rugby union player
Toda Ujikane
1576 – 1655
samurai
Hiroto Tanaka
b. 1990
association football player
Naoki Okada
b. 1962
politician
Teruaki Masumoto
b. 1955
human rights defender
Kazuyoshi Saitō
b. 1966
singer-songwriter
Takumi Fujiwara
b. 1962
sailor
Nanami Irie
b. 1995
amateur wrestler
Ota Yamamoto
b. 2004
association football player
Daisuke Itō
1898 – 1981
film director
Ichijō Teruyoshi
1756 – 1795
aristocrat
Ryoken Kawagishi
b. 1966
golfer
Ryota Yamagata
b. 1992
athletics competitor
Keisuke Tsubaki
1924 – 2005
botanist
Tomoyuki Nishita
b. 1949
computer scientist
Tsai Jui-yueh
1921 – 2005
dancer
Asahiyutaka Katsuteru
b. 1968
rikishi
Misa Watanabe
b. 1964
seiyū
Takeyuki Nakayama
b. 1959
marathon runner
Junko Maya
1942 – 2017
actor
Katō Mitsuyasu
1537 – 1593
samurai
Bakarhythm
b. 1975
comedian
Hisayoshi Harasawa
b. 1992
judoka
Ai Ōkawa
b. 1993
singer
Nakamura Shikan VII
1928 – 2011
kabuki actor
Norifumi Takamoto
b. 1967
association football player
Girō Seno’o
1890 – 1961
Jirō Tsunoda
b. 1936
mangaka
Naomi Morinaga
b. 1965
actor
Yuto Koizumi
b. 1995
association football player