Japan
People of this nationality
Toshiaki Iwashiro
b. 1977
mangaka
Masonna
b. 1966
musician
Mitsuru Igarashi
b. 1969
composer
Mitsue Ishizu
b. 1914
discus thrower
Katsuaki Matsumoto
1928 – 2021
sport cyclist
Kensuke Nakaniwa
b. 1981
figure skater
Seiji Hibino
b. 1952
archer
Hiroko Minami
b. 1942
nurse scientist
Naruhito
b. 1960
monarch
Yoshikazu Shirakawa
1935 – 2022
photographer
Kentaro Yabuki
b. 1980
mangaka
Satoru Kanemura
b. 1976
baseball player
Princess Tsuguko of Takamado
b. 1986
aristocrat
Shigekazu Mori
b. 1954
professional baseball player
Koken Nosaka
1924 – 2004
politician
Sumiko Deguchi
1883 – 1952
Miyu Kirino
Japanese idol
Natsuha Matsumoto
b. 1995
field hockey player
Masunobu Yoshimura
1932 – 2011
artist
Ken Mogi
b. 1962
cognitive scientist
Kazuaki Okasaki
1960 – 2018
Shinnosuke Abe
b. 1979
baseball player
Daichi Ishii
b. 1997
baseball player
Yasuhiro Yoshigaki
b. 1959
jazz musician
Ken Okamoto
b. 1992
baseball player
Mayu Mineda
b. 1997
seiyū
"Kyoken" Takeuchi Yuji
b. 1983
kickboxer
Nakamura Yoshikoto
1867 – 1927
politician
Emi Kawabata
b. 1970
alpine skier
Koichi Yaguchi
1920 – 2006
judge
Yōko Sugi
1928 – 2019
actor
Hayato Matsuo
b. 1965
composer
Hiroshi Okada
b. 1947
politician
Ryūichi Kosugi
b. 1973
owarai tarento
Ogasawara Tadazane
1596 – 1667
samurai
Takeru Ōtsuka
b. 2001
snowboarder
Kutsuki Mototsuna
1549 – 1632
samurai
Ken Takahashi
b. 1969
baseball player
Akira Kuroiwa
b. 1961
speed skater
Keiichi Hasegawa
b. 1962
screenwriter
Kikuchi Takefusa
1245 – 1285
samurai
Ruriko Kikuchi
b. 1953
pianist
Daisuke Katayama
b. 1966
politician
Koji Kobayashi
b. 1948
businessperson
Jippensha Ikku
1765 – 1831
writer
Emperor Sutoku
1119 – 1164
waka poet
Katakura Muranaga
1667 – 1691
samurai
Noritoshi Furuichi
b. 1985
sociologist
Gen Ōtsuka
1912 – 1992
photographer
Itsurō Terada
b. 1948
judge
Hiroshi Okamoto
b. 1977
seiyū
Nobutaka Hirano
b. 1972
volleyball player
Hiroko Mita
b. 1966
actor
Haruka Ishida
b. 1993
Japanese idol
Toshiyuki Nōtomi
b. 1971
weightlifter
Genta Omotehara
b. 1996
association football player
Kazuyoshi Funaki
b. 1975
ski jumper
Masato Jinbo
b. 1901
anime director
Shun Ikeda
b. 1992
baseball player
Tohru Kino
b. 1901
chemist
Tatsuya Ōishi
b. 1988
baseball player
Passion Yara
b. 1976
owarai tarento
Fujiwara no Fusasaki
681 – 737
politician
Shohei Kawakami
b. 1997
association football player
Junpei Morishita
b. 1990
judoka
Shōzō Fujii
b. 1950
judoka
Yukimi Moriyama
b. 1996
swimmer
Horibe Yasubei
1670 – 1703
samurai
Kansuke Yamamoto
1914 – 1987
collagist
Yūichi Sasamoto
b. 1963
novelist
Masatoshi Mutō
b. 1948
diplomat
Tetsuro Nomura
b. 1943
politician
Tomoko Takahashi
b. 1997
association football player
Satoko Kishimoto
b. 1974
politician
Josetsu
1386 – 1428
painter
Isao Takagi
b. 1961
rikishi
Hatakeyama Masanaga
1442 – 1493
samurai
Tatsunosuke Yamazaki
1880 – 1948
politician
Shoichi Sato
b. 1947
golfer
Junji Nishizawa
b. 1974
association football player
Miyabi Inoue
b. 1991
tennis player
Noboru Kitanonada
1923 – 2002
rikishi
Haruo Sato
b. 1945
water polo player
Tasaku Tsunoda
b. 1946
linguist
Megumi Yamaguchi
b. 1997
actor
Sumomo Yumeka
b. 1977
mangaka
Ayako Yoshitani
b. 1991
actor
Yōsuke Takagi
b. 1959
politician
Shun'ichi Mizuoka
b. 1956
politician
Kazumi Abe
b. 1947
bobsledder
Negishi Shingorō
1844 – 1913
samurai
Akemi Takada
b. 1955
illustrator
Setsuko Yoshida
1942 – 2014
volleyball player
Higashifushimi Yorihito
1867 – 1922
military personnel
Shinji Nagatomo
b. 1977
politician
Hideki Hosaka
1971 – 2021
amateur wrestler
Haruka Kaji
b. 1994
tennis player
Yuki Oshitani
b. 1989
association football player
Takashi Nagatsuka
1879 – 1915
poet
Kozaburo Hirai
1910 – 2002
composer