Japan
People of this nationality
Hideo Baba
video game developer
Hirotaka Chiba
b. 1992
actor
Toshiharu Furukawa
b. 1963
politician
Katsuhiro Ueo
b. 1972
racing driver
Miyazono Senju IV
1899 – 1985
artist
Sakura Noshitani
b. 1997
rhythmic gymnast
Minoru Genda
1904 – 1989
military aviator
Hideki Sahara
b. 1978
association football player
Kenji Nishimaki
b. 1999
baseball player
Shigeru Kaga
b. 1985
baseball player
Yoshiyuki Koga
b. 1998
rugby union player
Osamu Nakamura
b. 1962
professional shogi player
Kenji Nakada
b. 1973
association football player
Kanako Fukaura
1960 – 2008
actor
Tomomi Tanaka
b. 1988
athletics competitor
Sueichi Kido
b. 1940
anti–nuclear weapons activist
Peppe
b. 1995
keyboardist
Miwa Morikawa
b. 1999
amateur wrestler
Mitsuharu Inoue
1926 – 1992
novelist
Yoshikazu Cho
b. 1953
sport cyclist
Minoura Katsundo
1854 – 1929
journalist
Daichi Okumiya
b. 1988
association football player
Jochū Tengin
1363 – 1437
monk
Tadayuki Maruyama
b. 1942
boxer
Gen Shirane
1924 – 2005
physicist
Yoshitaka Yamamoto
b. 1951
golfer
Masaya Morita
b. 2003
figure skater
Teru Miyamoto
b. 1947
novelist
Tomomi Ōtaka
b. 1976
biathlete
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
1901 – 1991
actor
Katsuhiko Takahashi
b. 1947
novelist
Shingo Tsurumi
b. 1964
actor
Jōchō
1000 – 1057
busshi
Yū Asagiri
1957 – 2018
novelist
Kineo Kuwabara
1913 – 2007
photographer
Satoshi Kamiya
b. 1981
artist
Tomita Keisen
1879 – 1936
painter
Yūdai Nitta
b. 1986
sport cyclist
Mitsusada Umetani
1880 – 1936
politician
Issei Kato
b. 2003
association football player
Shimamura Toshihiro
1912 – 1991
Go professional
Mitsunori Takaboshi
b. 1993
racing driver
Takehiro Yamamoto
b. 1993
motorcycle racer
Nozomi Masu
b. 1980
seiyū
Misaki Watada
seiyū
Kusuo Oshima
b. 1961
politician
Katsushika Hokusai
1760 – 1849
painter
Nahoko Kinoshita
b. 1980
actor
Takeshi Saito
b. 1981
ice hockey player
Shimanoumi Kōyō
b. 1989
rikishi
Hayashi Hōkō
1644 – 1732
philosopher
Motoka Arai
b. 1974
athletics competitor
Hideaki Nitani
1930 – 2012
actor
Yoshiko Takamatsu
b. 1938
swimmer
Airi Matsui
b. 1996
actor
Seiji Shinkai
b. 1944
chemist
Asaji Honda
tennis player
Airi Nakajima
b. 1990
actor
Kondo Chojiro
1838 – 1866
Hiroo Kanamori
b. 1936
seismologist
Masao Shimizu
1908 – 1975
actor
Riki Onodera
b. 1974
kickboxer
San'yūtei Enraku VI
1950 – 2022
rakugoka
Satoshi Saida
b. 1972
wheelchair tennis player
Naoki Kawamae
b. 1982
badminton player
Sei Ikeno
1931 – 2004
composer
Tatsuya Kinugasa
b. 1974
swimmer
Hiroko Sho
b. 1970
ultramarathon runner
Asanosho Hajime
b. 1969
rikishi
Date Masamune
1567 – 1636
samurai
Harumi Nemoto
b. 1980
model
Daisuke Hayakawa
b. 1975
baseball player
Kensuke Nebiki
b. 1977
association football player
Yasuo Hisamatsu
1919 – 1982
actor
Shoki Hirai
b. 1987
association football player
Maenoshin Yasuo
b. 1961
rikishi
Yuzuru Hanyū
b. 1994
figure skater
Tadashi Yamamoto
1936 – 2012
businessperson
Sasaki Nariyori
976 – 1003
samurai
Kichirō Tazawa
1918 – 2001
politician
Miho Takagi
b. 1994
speed skater
Tadasuke
b. 1986
amateur wrestler
Nangō Jirō
1876 – 1951
military personnel
Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa
b. 1948
politician
Hiromasa Suguri
b. 1976
association football player
Nobuhiko Obayashi
1938 – 2020
film director
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
1891 – 1945
poet
Yuri Suzuki
b. 1980
designer
Satoshi Ogawa
b. 1983
fencer
Honda Tadamasa
1575 – 1631
samurai
Yoshinobu Ikeda
1892 – 1973
film director
Kenichi Kumagai
b. 1927
sport shooter
Hiroshi Nosaka
1914 – 2004
artistic gymnast
Kazuko Takatsukasa
1929 – 1989
aristocrat
Rikako Aikawa
b. 1967
actor
Akari Hibino
b. 1959
seiyū
Mari Akasaka
b. 1964
novelist
Tomokazu Hirota
b. 1976
racing driver
Shinji Komiyama
b. 1985
baseball player
Tomohiro Tsuda
b. 1986
association football player