Japan
People of this nationality
Shoya Nakajima
b. 1994
association football player
Yoshifumi Matsumura
b. 1964
politician
Ken'ichi Yamamoto
1922 – 2017
mechanical engineer
Tsugumi Higasayama
b. 1978
seiyū
Koji Wakasa
b. 1953
ice hockey player
Kana Tomizawa
b. 1999
judoka
Akira Gomi
b. 1953
photographer
Seira Yamamoto
b. 1983
fencer
Hitoshi Fugo
b. 1947
photographer
Ryuko Sakurai
b. 1947
judge
Hiroshi Kawauchi
b. 1961
politician
Akinobu Hiranaka
b. 1963
boxer
Setsuzo Kotsuji
1899 – 1973
linguist
Kensho Sasaki
b. 1945
politician
Rei Hamada
b. 1985
model
Akiyama Yoshifuru
1859 – 1930
military personnel
Takuya Iwabata
seiyū
Hiro
b. 1985
record producer
Hiroto Kōmoto
b. 1963
singer-songwriter
Arata Watanabe
b. 1995
association football player
Yui Ichikawa
b. 1986
actor
Ko Izawa
b. 1970
rugby union player
Susumu Watanabe
b. 1973
association football player
Futoshi Ikeda
b. 1970
association football player
Daiki Sasaki
b. 1991
racing driver
Fujiwara no Kitsushi
1225 – 1292
empress consort
Hidenori Hazama
1822 – 1876
Kokugaku scholar
Masao Harada
1912 – 2000
athletics competitor
Hori Naotora
1836 – 1868
samurai
Naoko Takeuchi
b. 1967
illustrator
Tsunemi Kubodera
b. 1951
biologist
Aquirax Uno
b. 1934
painter
Ryuto Yasuoka
b. 1995
basketball player
Nobuo Noda
1893 – 1993
economist
Masako Chiba
b. 1976
marathon runner
Kaigetsudō Anchi
1650 – 1716
painter
Otokichi Ozaki
1904 – 1983
poet
Keiji Suzuki
1897 – 1967
military personnel
Yutaro Takahashi
b. 1987
association football player
Kentaro Sato
b. 1981
composer
Eitaro Mabuchi
1867 – 1943
politician
Katakura Kita
1538 – 1610
hofmeister
Kazma Sakamoto
b. 1982
professional wrestler
Takisaburo Tobari
b. 1866
judoka
Kyoshi Takahama
1874 – 1959
poet
Sadako Sasaki
1943 – 1955
schoolchild
Chikako Nakamori
b. 1967
swimmer
Yusei Kikuchi
b. 1991
baseball player
Atsushi Mio
b. 1983
association football player
Kōji Komuro
b. 1977
judoka
Musashiyama Takeshi
1909 – 1969
rikishi
Shingo Miyake
b. 1961
politician
Akihide
b. 1977
singer
Rion Ishikawa
b. 2003
association football player
Norihiro Yamagishi
b. 1978
association football player
Kosaku Shimada
1944 – 2008
golfer
Rika Muranaka
b. 1950
composer
Tatsuaki Kuroda
1904 – 1982
joiner
Masao Kawai
1924 – 2021
zoologist
Narasaki Ryō
1841 – 1906
housewife
Akio Matsuba
b. 1914
aircraft pilot
Kōki Ogawa
b. 1998
actor
Aeba Koson
1855 – 1922
journalist
Aina Suzuki
b. 1995
seiyū
Kazaki Nakagawa
b. 1995
association football player
Matsukura Shigemasa
1574 – 1630
samurai
Yukie Ozeki
b. 2000
table tennis player
Mizuki Itagaki
2000 – 2025
actor
Kazuhiro Maeda
b. 1981
marathon runner
Yuki Kaneko
b. 1982
association football player
Miki Mizuno
b. 1974
actor
Fumio Ueda
1948 – 2025
politician
Shigeru Makino
1928 – 1984
baseball player
Daikirin Takayoshi
1942 – 2010
rikishi
Tadamori Ōshima
b. 1946
politician
Yōzaburō Kanari
b. 1965
mangaka
Takahiro Kimura
b. 1957
association football player
Misaki Iwasa
b. 1995
singer
Shōhei Takada
b. 1962
professional shogi player
Takuto Hashimoto
b. 1991
association football player
Haruhiko Jō
b. 1948
actor
Yoneichi Miyazaki
b. 1908
wrestler
Ayako Yoshida
b. 1976
rower
Satoru Kōsaki
b. 1974
composer
Akihiro Kusumi
biologist
Masaaki Murakami
b. 1992
association football player
Tamami Nakada
b. 1997
basketball player
Masako Ikeda
1939 – 2026
seiyū
Tatsurō Matsumae
1927 – 2024
politician
Akihiro Kasamatsu
b. 1976
artistic gymnast
Hiroki Yamada
b. 1988
baseball player
Takahiro Yanagi
b. 1997
association football player
Nanoka Hara
b. 2003
actor
Yurie Kato
b. 1987
triathlete
Yamada Akiyoshi
1844 – 1892
military personnel
Hiro Matsuda
1937 – 1999
professional wrestler
Kenshiro Matsunami
b. 1946
politician
Tomoko Kami
b. 1955
politician
Yumi Natta
b. 1969
volleyball player
Otsuji Taisuke
judoka