Japan
People of this nationality
Junzaburō Ban
1910 – 1981
comedian
Michio Watanabe
1923 – 1995
diplomat
Seiko Noda
b. 1960
politician
Riku Masuda
b. 2000
baseball player
Hideki Omoto
b. 1984
rower
Yuriko Hishimi
b. 1947
seiyū
Shizuka Nakamura
b. 1988
actor
Juichi Nagatani
1903 – 1953
athletics competitor
Kōhei Yusa
1883 – 1966
military personnel
Kaori Fujima
b. 1982
handball player
Mizuki Fujii
b. 1988
badminton player
Ryuichi Hirashige
b. 1988
association football player
Yūryaku
418 – 479
ruler
Kanki Izumigawa
1908 – 1969
samurai
Hiroshi Okuda
1932 – 2026
businessperson
Masayuki Miyata
1926 – 1997
artist
Reoto Kodama
b. 2002
association football player
Go Nagai
b. 1945
mangaka
Shūto Yoshihara
b. 1985
actor
Junko Ikeuchi
1933 – 2010
actor
Takashi Okuhara
b. 1972
association football player
Yoshihiko Ito
1937 – 2006
chemist
Madoka Yonezawa
b. 1982
seiyū
Yusei Toshida
b. 1999
association football player
Suwa Yorimitsu
1480 – 1540
samurai
Yasushi Mieno
1924 – 2012
banker
Izo Teragaki
1857 – 1938
teacher
Yutaka Ashikaga
b. 1968
baseball player
Morio Shigematsu
b. 1940
athletics competitor
Nagao Fujikage
samurai
Shunji Miyao
1868 – 1937
politician
Emi Shimizu
b. 1990
curler
Sanma Akashiya
b. 1955
owarai tarento
Yuji Nakazawa
b. 1978
association football player
Akira Kubo
b. 1936
actor
Debuchi Katsuji
1878 – 1947
politician
Takano Chōei
1804 – 1850
physician
Sakanoue no Mochiki
poet
Shigeru Chiba
1919 – 2002
baseball manager
Yūki Tokiwa
b. 1991
actor
Mamoru Kobayashi
1944 – 2023
politician
Yoshie Hayasaka
b. 1975
actor
Yūichi Shikato
b. 1962
jockey
Kouhei Takeda
b. 1986
actor
Michiyo Ishikake
b. 1966
volleyball player
Taro Ueno
b. 1980
sailor
Takashi Shoji
b. 1971
association football player
Toru Kitajima
b. 1982
musician
Takeshi Kawamoto
b. 1995
swimmer
Hidesaburō Kurushima
1888 – 1970
engineer
Ryuji Bando
b. 1979
association football player
Makiko Watanabe
b. 1968
actor
Ruann
b. 2003
singer-songwriter
Kuga
professional wrestler
Tadashi Kanehisa
1906 – 1997
linguist
Yuka Okamoto
b. 1997
association football player
Aimi Ito
b. 1983
handball player
Takashi Yoshida
b. 1973
owarai tarento
Ryū Ryū Ko
1852 – 1930
martial artist
Ii Naotora
politician
Sachi Amma
b. 1989
rock climber
Yōko Kasahara
b. 1945
volleyball player
Akio Suzuki
1929 – 2010
scientist
Kuzushiro
mangaka
Kosugi Hōan
1881 – 1964
painter
Michio Hoshino
1952 – 1996
poet
Yuto Tsunashima
b. 2000
association football player
Issey Maholo
b. 1985
association football player
Harry Sugiyama
b. 1985
tarento
Hiroki Tōchi
b. 1966
seiyū
Shirō Hamaguchi
b. 1969
composer
Ariwara no Motokata
899 – 999
poet
Katsuaki Satō
b. 1946
karateka
Reimy
b. 1965
singer-songwriter
Yūko Mita
b. 1954
seiyū
Yushi Mizobuchi
b. 1994
association football player
Takahiro Toyokawa
b. 1967
professional shogi player
Saburō Nagao
1910 – 1943
athletics competitor
Yūdai Deguchi
b. 1971
baseball player
Norio Taniguchi
1912 – 1999
university teacher
Eiichi Takahashi
b. 1951
earth scientist
Takashi Nishiyama
game designer
Kimihito Nonaka
b. 1968
mixed martial arts fighter
Yōzō Kaneko
1882 – 1941
military personnel
Ayano Shimizu
b. 1998
tennis player
Kimito Funatsu
b. 1955
chemist
Jessicayuri Wulf
b. 2005
association football player
Hayashi Yūzō
1842 – 1921
politician
Chen Ching-Po
1931 – 2025
golfer
Hiroyuki Agawa
1920 – 2015
writer
Kiyoko Arai
mangaka
Daisuke Kobayashi
b. 1987
basketball player
Rikuto Hirose
b. 1995
association football player
Kan Kikuchi
1888 – 1948
writer
Takashi Murakami
b. 1962
sculptor
Yukihide Hidenohana
b. 1965
rikishi
Nobuyuki Tawara
b. 1964
sport cyclist
Nagayo Motoori
1885 – 1945
composer
Dai Yuasa
b. 2000
baseball player
Yuki Togawa
b. 1978
athlete