Japan
People of this nationality
Dankan
b. 1959
actor
Kreva
b. 1976
rapper
Shogo Asada
b. 1998
association football player
Yuko Ohtsubaki
b. 1973
politician
Riko Narumi
b. 1992
actor
Takaku Fuke
b. 1969
mixed martial arts fighter
Etsuko Inoue
b. 1964
tennis player
Kazuhiko Aomoto
b. 1939
mathematician
Stephanie Mawuli
b. 1998
basketball player
Osamu Saito
b. 1938
rower
Mutsuki Kato
b. 1997
association football player
Kiyoshi Shiga
1871 – 1957
physician
Aida Yūji
1916 – 1997
historian
Ōshima Joun
1858 – 1940
sculptor
Noriaki Kano
b. 1940
business theorist
Seita Watanabe
b. 2000
tennis player
Tadayuki Takahashi
b. 1956
figure skater
Nanae Takahashi
b. 1978
professional wrestler
Yuki Chiba
b. 1990
rapper
Kōji Yada
1933 – 2014
seiyū
Kazuki Inoue
b. 1971
baseball player
Daigo Saito
b. 1980
racing driver
Shin'ichirō Tominaga
b. 1987
professional wrestler
Minamoto no Yoshitaka
1173 – 1184
military commander
Toshimitsu Yoshida
b. 1963
association football referee
Tsuyoshi Nishioka
b. 1984
professional baseball player
Yūdai Tatsumi
b. 1986
actor
Ryuji Yamane
1948 – 2022
politician
Nagai Naotsune
1631 – 1677
samurai
Shingo Yamashiro
1938 – 2009
actor
Yuichi Yoda
b. 1977
association football player
Yoshinari Ogawa
b. 1966
professional wrestler
Kagemasa Kozuki
b. 1940
businessperson
Sayoko Kitabatake
b. 1978
archer
Hiro Sachiya
1936 – 2022
critic
Etsuko Komiya
1919 – 2014
athlete
Yuji Tachikawa
b. 1975
racing driver
Rika Nomoto
b. 1991
volleyball player
Rōki Sasaki
b. 2001
baseball player
Junko Kawano
video game producer
Shohaku Okumura
b. 1948
Buddhist monk
Nobuchiyo Kishi
b. 1991
secretary
Ogasawara Nagatoki
1519 – 1583
samurai
Shiro Nakamura
b. 1950
designer
Kaori Ito
b. 1979
choreographer
Liu Ts'ui-jung
b. 1941
historian
Hiroshi Kudo
b. 1974
athlete
Hiromi Ōtsu
b. 1984
speed skater
Yōjirō Muro
b. 1933
athletics competitor
Nana Sakaki
b. 2003
female shogi player
Yamakawa Hiroshi
1845 – 1898
military personnel
Tomohiro Nioka
b. 1976
baseball player
Yū Terashima
b. 1949
mangaka
Masami Yokoyama
b. 1981
volleyball player
Ryo Yokoyama
b. 1995
actor
Koji Aihara
b. 1963
mangaka
Hakyō Ishida
1913 – 1969
poet
Yuichi Ogawa
1946 – 2024
politician
Kiyomi Sakamoto
b. 1969
volleyball player
Tsuneo Enari
b. 1936
photographer
Koki Sakamoto
b. 1999
association football player
Konoe Motohiro
1648 – 1722
Daijō-daijin
Yamaga Sokō
1622 – 1685
Confucian scholar
Tensai Okamura
b. 1961
film director
Haruka Aoki
b. 2011
voice actor
Hidetoshi Nishijima
b. 1948
politician
Hiroko Sadakane
b. 1986
short-track speed skater
Yawara Hata
1910 – 1996
politician
Naoto Misawa
b. 1995
association football player
Uwai Satokane
1545 – 1589
military commander
Miyo Yamada
b. 1976
softball player
Toyoji Aihara
b. 1914
sprinter
Taiga Nishiyama
b. 1999
association football player
Tsutomu Sakamoto
b. 1962
sport cyclist
Yasuji Kiyose
1900 – 1981
composer
Maeda Yoshinori
1690 – 1745
samurai
Yorozu Oda
1868 – 1945
legal counselor
Tetsuro Ota
b. 1989
association football player
Keisai Eisen
1790 – 1848
ukiyo-e artist
Haruki Murakami
b. 1949
linguist
Hideo Gosha
1929 – 1992
film director
Yūki Kuwahara
b. 1991
seiyū
Kenichi Matsuyama
b. 1985
actor
Miyuki Watanabe
b. 1993
Japanese idol
Yurina Imai
b. 1998
association football player
Yasushi Miyake
b. 1974
amateur wrestler
Shiho Nishioka
b. 1989
fencer
Mariko Yoshikawa
b. 1951
fencer
Koichi Suzuki
b. 1956
golfer
Taira no Tsunemori
1124 – 1185
samurai
Tetsuhiro Monna
b. 1970
baseball player
Yukimitsu Kano
1932 – 2020
judoka
Yodoya Kotomasa
1576 – 1643
businessperson
Yukio Sakaguchi
b. 1973
civil engineer
Hiroshi Nagao
b. 1979
mixed martial arts fighter
Yasuaki Shimizu
b. 1954
composer
Taichi Teshima
b. 1968
golfer
Eiko Yamada
b. 1953
seiyū
Katsu Ryūzaki
1940 – 1984
actor
Hiroyuki Nakamura
b. 1961
politician