Japan
People of this nationality
Hiroyuki Takeda
b. 1983
association football player
Hiroaki Hiraoka
b. 1985
judoka
Kyōko Uchida
b. 1976
announcer
Ken Mizorogi
b. 1980
actor
Nobuyasu Hirayama
b. 1933
swimmer
Hachisuka Tsunamichi
1656 – 1678
samurai
Yuta Konishi
b. 1990
hurdler
Hananokuni Akihiro
b. 1959
rikishi
Takako Katou
b. 1970
actor
Yoshitaka Mizuo
b. 1968
baseball player
Yurika Kubo
b. 1989
seiyū
Kyoko Mano
b. 1956
gymnast
Keisaburo Tanoue
b. 1971
baseball player
Katsu Goto
1862 – 1889
trade unionist
Akiko Koike
b. 1969
seiyū
Hirotaka Tameda
b. 1993
association football player
Yuki Kuniyoshi
b. 1991
baseball player
Takaya Kamikawa
b. 1965
actor
Rempei Uchida
b. 1991
association football player
Shun Nogaito
b. 1986
association football player
Michinori Iwaguro
b. 1966
rower
Morihiro Hosokawa
b. 1938
politician
Riku Furuyado
b. 2001
association football player
Masato Mihara
1959 – 2013
judoka
Lina Arashi
b. 2004
model
Yoshiyuki Fukuda
1931 – 2025
actor
Akiyuki Shinbo
b. 1961
anime director
Ten Miyagi
b. 2001
association football player
Yoshihiko Inohara
b. 1976
actor
Mahiro Maeda
b. 1963
animation director
Shiho Niiyama
1970 – 2000
seiyū
Emperor Kameyama
1249 – 1305
sovereign
Takeshi Hosaka
b. 1945
politician
Yusuke Kizu
b. 1995
rugby union player
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
1659 – 1719
philosopher
Toichi Yamaguchi
b. 1941
runner
Michio Yasuda
b. 1949
association football player
Hiroshi Oguchi
1950 – 2009
actor
Shūji Ono
b. 1958
basketball player
Masato Kamino
b. 1994
professional wrestler
Ayano Hori
b. 1993
female shogi player
Sumire Yamanaka
Minamoto no Kanemasa
1100 – 1200
poet
Muneo Suzuki
b. 1948
politician
Ishida Eiichirō
1903 – 1968
anthropologist
Hiroki Iijima
b. 1996
actor
Kosei Egawa
b. 1901
Para swimmer
Naoko Kume
b. 1963
swimmer
Princess Nobuko, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
b. 1955
royalty
Satoru Sasaki
b. 1985
long-distance runner
Satoshi Tsumabuki
b. 1980
singer
Ashikaga Shigeuji
1434 – 1497
samurai
Sumika Minamoto
b. 1979
swimmer
Yoshio Ishida
b. 1948
Go professional
Keiichi Tsuchiya
b. 1956
racing automobile driver
Shuichi Yoshida
b. 2001
handball player
Norihiro Yagura
b. 1974
professional shogi player
Mamoru Toda
herpetologist
Mahito Tsujimura
1930 – 2018
actor
San'yūtei Enchō
1839 – 1900
rakugoka
Kusunoki Masashige
1294 – 1336
samurai
Kazuki Kaneshiro
b. 1968
novelist
Einosuke Itō
1903 – 1959
novelist
Hiroki Azuma
b. 1971
writer
Ōtani Yoshitsugu
1559 – 1600
samurai
Yukiko Sumiyoshi
b. 1982
mangaka
Nobuya Osodo
b. 1983
association football player
Hideo Hatoyama
1884 – 1946
lawyer
Masaaki Kanagawa
b. 1955
Go player
Kazuma Yamaguchi
b. 1996
association football player
Moka
b. 2004
singer
Kotaro Yamazaki
b. 1978
association football player
Satoomi Kasagi
b. 1946
rower
Osamu Nakako
b. 1954
racing driver
Tomoyuki Higuchi
b. 1984
seiyū
Eijiro Miyama
1934 – 2024
artist
Okada Izō
1838 – 1865
samurai
Tsubasa Yamaguchi
mangaka
Yūto Uemura
b. 1993
actor
Hideyo Sugimoto
b. 1938
golfer
Haruna Murakami
b. 2008
figure skater
Takuto Kato
b. 1999
association football player
Yoshiro Mifune
b. 1945
marathon runner
Mone Kamishiraishi
b. 1998
actor
Sho Omori
b. 1999
association football player
Minamoto no Yoshitsuna
1042 – 1132
samurai
Matsudaira Matsuchiyo
1594 – 1599
daimyo
Kohno Michisei
1895 – 1950
painter
Hiroki Kato
b. 1986
association football player
Akihiro Koike
b. 1962
coxswain
Kunimitsu Itō
b. 1955
long-distance runner
Rei Jimbo
b. 1974
synchronized swimmer
Yoshio Mikami
1875 – 1950
mathematician
Keiji Nishikawa
1961 – 2022
professional shogi player
Satoshi Takeda
b. 1968
swimmer
Toshihiro Iijima
1932 – 2021
screenwriter
Junko Hori
1935 – 2024
seiyū
Fujiwara no Kanefusa
1153 – 1217
samurai
Aya Fujishiro
b. 1974
cricketer
Shōya Yamamoto
b. 1988
baseball player