Japan
People of this nationality
Koki Eto
b. 1988
boxer
Masayuki Hiizumi
b. 1978
jazz musician
Maruoka Kanji
1836 – 1898
waka poet
Rumi Ōkubo
b. 1989
seiyū
Den Kenjirō
1855 – 1930
politician
Harumi Sakurai
b. 1982
seiyū
Kokoro Kageura
b. 1995
judoka
Ryo Takeuchi
b. 1978
film director
Kenjiro Jitsui
b. 1968
athletics competitor
Shōma Doi
b. 1992
association football player
Mitsuo Yanagimachi
b. 1945
film director
Toshihiro Nagoshi
b. 1965
designer
Satoru Iwata
1959 – 2015
entrepreneur
Kotomi Aoki
b. 1980
mangaka
Maeda Shigemichi
1741 – 1786
samurai
Iinuma Sadakichi
1854 – 1931
samurai
SHELLY
b. 1984
fashion model
Takashi Mizunuma
b. 1960
association football player
Sumio Mabuchi
b. 1960
civil engineer
Elina Mizuno
b. 1993
singer
Eiji Tomii
b. 1987
association football player
Nakajima Natsu
1943 – 2024
dancer
Noriko Kajiwara
b. 1901
swimmer
Hosokawa Takakuni
1484 – 1531
samurai
Masako Jō
b. 1978
seiyū
Morinaga Sōkō
1925 – 1995
writer
Fujita Hayato
b. 1986
professional wrestler
Yashichiro Takahashi
b. 1972
writer
Toru Sakai
b. 1958
Miyataka Shimizu
b. 1981
sport cyclist
Chocolat
b. 1978
singer
Seiji Kobayashi
b. 1989
baseball player
Shoya Tomizawa
1990 – 2010
motorcycle racer
Miyabi Natsuyaki
b. 1992
singer
Ryuhei Sotani
b. 2000
professional baseball player
Masatoshi Kawahara
b. 1960
mangaka
Yukiko Inui
b. 1990
synchronized swimmer
Yuken Teruya
b. 1973
painter
Tsukiyama-dono
1542 – 1579
seishitsu
Yuta Bando
b. 1996
long-distance runner
Jutaro Kimura
b. 1968
baseball player
Koshiro Shimada
b. 2001
figure skater
Naoki Nakamura
Hōjō Hirotoki
1279 – 1315
Fumiko Shinpo
table tennis player
Kento Nagasaki
b. 1990
association football player
Tetsuya Asano
b. 1967
association football player
Shane Williamson
b. 1995
speed skater
Daishin Nakamura
b. 1966
baseball player
Mayu Shinjo
b. 1973
mangaka
Kanako Haginaga
b. 1975
marathon runner
Kunihiro Shibazaki
b. 1985
association football player
Yuichi Nemoto
b. 1981
association football player
Kaneshichi Masuda
1898 – 1985
politician
Sadaaki Akamatsu
1910 – 1980
meteorologist
Hiroto Ohhara
b. 1996
surfer
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi
1896 – 1960
rikishi
Rin Kadokura
b. 1993
Yukari Kawase
b. 1967
volleyball player
Yamato Shiroki
b. 2003
professional baseball player
Akifumi Takahashi
b. 1983
baseball player
Jo Iimura
1888 – 1976
military personnel
Hiroiki Ariyoshi
b. 1974
owarai tarento
Hendrik Tui
b. 1987
rugby union player
Matsudaira Katataka
1806 – 1852
samurai
Shingo Adachi
b. 1901
animator
Kota Sasaki
b. 1974
racing driver
Takeshi Urakami
b. 1969
association football player
Hung Wen-tung
1937 – 2018
physician
Shun'ichi Toki
b. 1989
seiyū
Akiko Akazome
1974 – 2017
novelist
Hirofumi Nojima
b. 1973
seiyū
Takato Ihara
b. 2000
baseball player
Ayano Fukuda
b. 1988
owarai tarento
Rei
b. 2004
rapper
Hirofumi Kudō
b. 1959
curler
Hiroaki Morishima
b. 1972
association football player
Kuninori Marumo
1891 – 1985
military personnel
Shinobu Iwane
b. 1981
professional shogi player
Hiroshi Aro
b. 1959
mangaka
Yuzo Iwakami
b. 1989
association football player
Yoshihiko Umakoshi
b. 1968
animator
Yoshito Kajiya
1938 – 2018
politician
Masayo Ōsawa
1913 – 1946
competitive diver
Toyohiro Akiyama
1942 – 2026
journalist
Yanagiwara Sukeakira
1297 – 1353
Kugyō
Nobuyuki Suzuki
b. 1992
actor
Kiyoshi Maita
b. 1959
golfer
Seiichirō Yasui
1891 – 1962
politician
Noritoshi Ishida
b. 1951
politician
Kuroi Senji
b. 1932
novelist
Hiroki Hajikano
b. 1977
politician
Toshiyuki Takamiya
b. 1944
academic
Riko Kawaguchi
b. 2004
ice hockey player
Tōyama Mitsuru
1855 – 1944
businessperson
Jū Ayakura
b. 1981
illustrator
Shōta Suzuki
b. 1995
baseball player
Tatsuya Yasuda
b. 1952
mangaka
Motoatsu Sakurai
b. 1944
diplomat
Ayuri Konno
b. 1997
actor