Japan
People of this nationality
Yukio Sakurauchi
1880 – 1947
businessperson
Reishin Kawai
1931 – 2010
aikidoka
Ekai Kawaguchi
1866 – 1945
explorer
Akemi Matsunae
b. 1956
mangaka
Seishiro Etō
b. 1941
politician
Hiroki Noda
b. 1997
association football player
Hideki Saijō
1955 – 2018
singer
Hirofumi Nakasone
b. 1945
politician
Hiroshi Matsuura
b. 1968
ice hockey player
Masanobu Andō
b. 1975
film director
Junko Minagawa
b. 1975
seiyū
Keita Yano
b. 1988
professional wrestler
Fujiko Fujima
1907 – 1998
dancer
Hideo Yamamoto
b. 1955
karateka
Ayumi Ishida
1948 – 2025
actor
Takako Uehara
b. 1983
singer
Yoshifumi Hattori
photographer
Ru Kuwahata
b. 1900
film director
Takayuki Nakamura
b. 1967
engineer
Shunsuke Fujikawa
b. 1987
baseball player
Takanobu Hayashi
b. 1946
photographer
Nofomuli Taumoefolau
b. 1956
rugby union player
Masahiko Kimura
1917 – 1993
judoka
Yūichirō Okano
b. 1994
baseball player
Shio Fujii
b. 1985
handball player
Ryūhei Ueshima
1961 – 2022
actor
No Kum-sok
1932 – 2022
aircraft pilot
Yoshihiro Azuma
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Kazutaka Komori
1943 – 1971
Matsuyo Akimoto
1911 – 2001
playwright
Sadakichi Hartmann
1867 – 1944
actor
Kazumi Kazui
mangaka
Kosuke Kimura
b. 1984
association football player
Kakeru Okumura
b. 1998
rugby union player
Norio Azuma
1928 – 2004
artist
Yuki Uchiyama
b. 1995
association football player
Daichi Hayashi
b. 1997
association football player
Sunao Yoshida
1969 – 2004
writer
Ichijō Uchitsune
1291 – 1325
samurai
Riko Urakawa
b. 1998
association football player
Masanobu Ogura
b. 1981
politician
Kazuki Nakajima
b. 1985
racing automobile driver
Ryota Doi
b. 1987
association football player
Yoshisada Shimizu
b. 1943
astronomer
Matasaburō Watanabe
1850 – 1910
politician
Satoshi Iriki
1967 – 2023
baseball player
Utako Yamada
b. 1963
linguist
Ryo Takano
b. 1994
association football player
Ageha Tanigawa
b. 2003
swimmer
Hideo Hosono
b. 1953
physicist
Katō Yoshiaki
1563 – 1631
samurai
Masato Yamanouchi
1929 – 2003
actor
Shiro Amano
b. 1976
illustrator
Saori
b. 1988
actor
Fujiwara no Ritsushi
1192 – 1248
empress consort
Erika Ishitobi
b. 1997
Japanese idol
Masao Maruyama
b. 1941
animator
Jiro Barriga Toyama
b. 1995
association football player
Makoto Moroi
1930 – 2013
composer
Michiru Noroi
mangaka
Takuji Kawakubo
b. 1981
actor
Ami Otaki
b. 1989
association football player
Jun Ishiwara
1881 – 1947
poet
Akira Kudo
b. 1954
amateur wrestler
Uno Kanda
b. 1975
actor
Yaho Kitabatake
1903 – 1982
writer
Yoshikawa Akimasa
1842 – 1920
politician
Shūma Naka
b. 1998
professional wrestler
Mōri Motonari
1497 – 1571
daimyo
Yoshihiko Takahashi
b. 1957
baseball player
Momoe Nakanishi
b. 1980
professional wrestler
Yoshiko Mibuchi
1914 – 1984
lawyer
Haruyasu Nakajima
1909 – 1987
baseball player
Shohei Mishima
b. 1995
association football player
Shozo Shiraishi
1958 – 2010
tennis player
Taku Ishihara
b. 1988
association football player
Sena Miyake
b. 2002
figure skater
Yūki Baba
b. 1992
politician
Ryota Wakiya
b. 1981
baseball player
Kichiji Tamasu
1935 – 1956
table tennis player
Benkyo Tamaoki
b. 1973
mangaka
Hiroyuki Ebihara
1940 – 1991
boxer
Saori@destiny
b. 1901
street artist
Anji Ikehata
b. 2007
fashion model
Teruyoshi Ishii
film director
Hiroto Goya
b. 1994
association football player
Tōru Takeuchi
1867 – 1929
military personnel
Tsutomu Koyama
1936 – 2012
volleyball player
Shuhei Takizawa
b. 1993
association football player
Kokomi Naruse
b. 1989
AV idol
Hoshi Tōru
1850 – 1901
lawyer
Tadao Ishihata
b. 1941
speed skater
Jin Murai
b. 1937
politician
Masato Morishige
b. 1987
association football player
Haruko Saida
b. 1966
professional shogi player
Hiroko Mima
b. 1986
model
Atsushi Fukuda
b. 1965
businessperson
Bisco Hatori
b. 1975
mangaka
Iizasa Ienao
1387 – 1488
military personnel
Prince Yamashiro