Japan
People of this nationality
Shinichi Himori
1907 – 1959
actor
Shota Umino
b. 1997
professional wrestler
Gakuto Wakabayashi
b. 1998
baseball player
Kitamura Tokoku
1868 – 1894
poet
Satoshi Miyagawa
b. 1977
association football player
Samirō Yunoki
1922 – 2024
dyer
Kaname Ide
b. 1947
speed skater
Geoffrey Katsuhisa
b. 1981
basketball coach
Toru Oniki
b. 1974
association football player
Sadanofuji Akihiro
b. 1984
rikishi
Mishima Tokiwa
1854 – 1941
photographer
Fuyue Anzai
1898 – 1965
poet
Nui Sano
1932 – 2023
painter
Yuki Kawakami
b. 1997
association football player
Mieko Fukui
1956 – 1980
basketball player
Yuya Torikai
b. 1988
association football player
Atsushi Okamoto
b. 1981
baseball player
Toshiyuki Nishida
1947 – 2024
actor
Jun Morinaga
1937 – 2018
photographer
Katagiri Katsumoto
1556 – 1615
samurai
Fujiseiun Tatsuki
b. 1997
rikishi
Kaneto Shindō
1912 – 2012
film director
Nakayama Gishu
1900 – 1969
novelist
Hamao Umezawa
1914 – 1986
scientist
Erika Komura
b. 1982
synchronized swimmer
Sadao Yamanaka
1909 – 1938
film director
Hideo Ōba
1910 – 1997
film director
Shikishima Katsumori
b. 1970
rikishi
Sayo Kitamura
1900 – 1967
founder
Takashi Nagase
1918 – 2011
military personnel
Tetsuo Owada
b. 1944
historian
Jūrō Kara
1940 – 2024
novelist
Run Sasaki
b. 1956
seiyū
Ryota Yanagisono
b. 1996
association football player
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
1835 – 1895
military personnel
Shirō Shimomoto
b. 1948
actor
Fujiwara no Sukemasa
944 – 998
calligrapher
Yoshijirō Hamada
1942 – 2013
boxer
Ryosuke Hirata
b. 1988
baseball player
Katsura Utamaru
1936 – 2018
rakugoka
Takuto Koyama
b. 1982
association football player
Katsuhiko Yamada
b. 1979
politician
Katsumi Hirosawa
b. 1962
baseball player
Yumiko Hosono
b. 1981
singer
Toshihiro Hanada
b. 1960
ski jumper
Emperor Junna
786 – 840
ruler
Suehiro Maruo
b. 1956
illustrator
Naomichi Marufuji
b. 1979
professional wrestler
Eisaku Kubonouchi
b. 1966
mangaka
Tsuyako Yamashita
1929 – 2021
figure skater
Shōhei Niimi
b. 1989
announcer
Kenichiro Yoshida
b. 1959
businessperson
Lady Acha
1555 – 1637
Shūichirō Katsumura
b. 1976
mixed martial arts fighter
Kei Inoo
b. 1990
Japanese idol
Noboru Nakaya
1929 – 2006
actor
Kunishirō Hayashi
1939 – 2015
actor
Masayuki Kakefu
b. 1955
baseball player
Alexis Minatoya
b. 1988
basketball player
Tōshi Yoshida
1911 – 1995
painter
Shogo Nakamura
b. 1992
long-distance runner
Hozumi Gōda
b. 1957
actor
Nami Urabe
b. 1978
tennis player
Macoto Takahashi
1934 – 2024
painter
Yoshikazu Uchida
1885 – 1972
architect
Tetsuro Miura
1956 – 2018
association football player
Hideki Ōmori
b. 1938
mathematician
Mona Yamamoto
b. 1976
announcer
Yoshio Kushida
b. 1957
amateur astronomer
Takashi Kitano
b. 1982
association football player
Lien Chen-tung
1904 – 1986
politician
Takuya Shiihara
b. 1980
association football player
Ayari Aoyama
b. 1982
swimmer
Sakumi Yoshino
1959 – 2016
mangaka
Hatsue Nagakubo
b. 1935
speed skater
Yuki Kikuchi
b. 1990
short-track speed skater
Hisayoshi Ogura
b. 1959
composer
Fumihiko Maki
1928 – 2024
architect
Akihiro Asai
b. 1975
engineer
Yasuharu Ōyama
1923 – 1992
professional shogi player
Ryōto Kita
b. 2002
baseball player
Eiji Moriyama
b. 1976
actor
Takeo Mabashi
b. 1971
basketball player
Takeshi Kuwahara
b. 1985
association football player
Chūjō Suketoshi
1872 – 1943
physician
Shūji Hayashi
b. 1979
actor
Rikako Sakata
b. 1993
actor
DJ Kentaro
b. 1982
turntabler
Yuka Yamazaki
b. 1980
association football player
Ryūbi Miyase
b. 2004
actor
Kazuhiko Konishi
entomologist
Takao Kondō
1948 – 2023
microbiologist
Eiji Iwamoto
b. 1980
figure skater
Justin Toshiki Kinjo
b. 1997
association football player
Mikiho Niwa
b. 1989
actor
Aiko Miyake
b. 1978
swimmer
Nagakura Shinpachi
1839 – 1915
samurai
Naoko Kawashima
b. 1981
synchronized swimmer
Yoshio Abe
1891 – 1960
zoologist
Kōzō Takase
b. 1975
announcer