Japan
People of this nationality
Uemura Masakatsu
1535 – 1592
samurai
Yūko Takeuchi
1980 – 2020
actor
Motonaga Arito
b. 2002
speed skater
Nozomi Furuki
b. 1988
seiyū
Masao Itō
1928 – 2018
neurobiologist
Katsuyuki Kondo
b. 1945
athlete
Ippo Yamada
b. 1950
composer
Takanohana Kenshi
1950 – 2005
rikishi
Yuka Tsuji
b. 1974
mixed martial arts fighter
Gen Fukuda
b. 1981
politician
Hinata Komaki
b. 2001
rugby union player
Kazuo Shii
b. 1954
politician
Keiko Onidani
b. 1994
athletics competitor
Nanae Takizawa
b. 1987
volleyball player
Sae Tsuji
b. 1994
handball player
Sensui Shōji
1903 – 1991
editor
Akio Takamori
1950 – 2017
sculptor
Yasushi Kita
b. 1978
association football player
Akihito Ozawa
b. 1992
association football player
Hiroki Uchida
b. 1990
association football player
Yasumasa Nagamine
b. 1954
diplomat
Yoshiki Torikai
b. 1998
association football player
Koto Okubo
1897 – 2013
Keita Satoh
curler
Shingo Hirafuji
b. 1963
professional shogi player
Gorō Masaki
b. 1957
writer
Hideaki Motoyama
1969 – 2009
badminton player
Katakura Kagenori
1838 – 1902
samurai
Yoma Komatsu
b. 1974
singer
Hidekatsu Yoshii
b. 1942
politician
Tomohiro Yamamoto
b. 1975
politician
Hisashi Ogura
b. 1968
professional shogi player
Hajime Katoki
b. 1963
illustrator
Jirō Akagawa
b. 1948
novelist
Yoshimi Gōda
1935 – 2012
civil engineer
Masaharu Homma
1887 – 1946
military personnel
Kanaria
b. 2002
composer
Saburō Itō
1915 – 1978
swimmer
Ay-O
b. 1931
painter
Aska
b. 1958
singer-songwriter
Hiroo Unoura
b. 1949
businessperson
Yoriko Shida
b. 1935
athletics competitor
Riko Marumoto
b. 1990
singer-songwriter
Pete Izumikawa
b. 1956
golfer
Mizuno Katsutomo
1838 – 1919
samurai
Katsutoshi Shiina
b. 1961
karateka
Shūka Fujii
b. 1994
fashion model
Yuji Unozawa
b. 1983
association football player
Kōichi Hamada
1928 – 2012
politician
Kei Kobayashi
b. 1976
seiyū
Takehiro Ishii
b. 1964
baseball player
Bungo Tsuda
1918 – 2007
politician
Inoue Kenkabō
1870 – 1934
poet
Kazuo Tsukuda
b. 1943
businessperson
Masashi Tanaka
b. 1962
mangaka
Takie Okumura
1865 – 1951
Christian minister
Kunio Nakamura
1939 – 2022
businessperson
Kosuke Saito
b. 1983
disc jockey
Yokozawa Shōgen
b. 1600
samurai
Takeo Ishii
b. 1947
musician
Keiji Hase
1935 – 2024
swimmer
Yōichi Shiraishi
b. 1963
politician
Yūna Inamura
b. 1982
seiyū
Tadaaki Hirakawa
b. 1979
association football player
Seizo Onoe
b. 1957
businessperson
Yu Asai
b. 1996
field hockey player
Koshiro Itohara
b. 1998
association football player
Yuji Hirama
b. 1982
curler
Ōoka Tadasuke
1677 – 1752
samurai
Kai Shibato
b. 1995
association football player
Yūta Takahashi
b. 1984
actor
Yuya Takazawa
b. 1997
association football player
Asuka Kuramochi
b. 1989
tarento
Yuto Oshiro
b. 1996
association football player
Date Kunishige
1841 – 1904
samurai
Yu Hirakawa
b. 2001
association football player
Reiji Okazaki
1930 – 1975
biologist
Minoru Murata
1894 – 1937
film director
Shokichi Hata
1882 – 1966
sculptor
Ken Shimizu
b. 1979
pornographic film actor
Shunsuke Takeuchi
b. 1997
seiyū
Mikio Aoki
1934 – 2023
politician
Zenjirō Watanabe
1914 – 1998
figure skater
Toshiyuki Yamamura
b. 1964
handball player
Daichi Tani
b. 2008
association football player
Isshiki Yoshisada
1550 – 1582
samurai
Shoki Kasahara
b. 1991
baseball player
Saeko Ura
b. 1989
singer
Yutaka Ohashi
1923 – 1989
painter
Hideo Gotoh
table tennis player
Hajime Mizoguchi
b. 1960
composer
Miki Narahashi
b. 1960
seiyū
Daichi Shimoyama
b. 1989
basketball player
Noriyoshi Sakai
b. 1992
association football player
Mamoru Kanbe
b. 1962
film director
Ken Kutaragi
b. 1950
computer scientist
Daishiro Miyazaki
b. 1983
association football player
Yukiko Yoshida
b. 1989
handball player
Asahiko Mihara
b. 1947
politician
Masato Shimon
b. 1944
singer