Japan
People of this nationality
Rian
b. 2005
professional wrestler
Pile
b. 1988
seiyū
Hideki Mutoh
b. 1982
racing automobile driver
Tomoko Okano
b. 1979
volleyball player
Kazunori Komatsu
b. 1948
sailor
Osamu Hosoi
b. 1964
seiyū
Kane Tanaka
1903 – 2022
businessperson
Masato Ide
1920 – 1989
novelist
Masahiko Otsue
b. 1946
alpine skier
Takako Saito
b. 1983
amateur wrestler
Hiroshi Fushida
b. 1946
engineer
Shimotsuma Rairyū
1552 – 1609
Buddhist monk
Kihachi Okamoto
1924 – 2005
film director
Akari Uemura
b. 1998
singer
Magome Togoshi
b. 2000
composer
Hiroaki Okuno
1960 – 2018
volleyball player
Chikako, Princess Kazu
1846 – 1877
calligrapher
Kuroda Kiyotaka
1840 – 1900
politician
Naitō Toyomasa
1773 – 1856
sculptor
Nijō Motohiro
1859 – 1928
politician
Seigo Saito
b. 1977
judoka
Sho Yamamoto
b. 1996
association football player
Ami Saito
b. 1999
athletics competitor
Takashi Hasegawa
electrical engineer
Kaori Sakagami
b. 1974
sprinter
Masafumi Nishi
b. 1960
baseball player
Takakazu Kuriyama
1931 – 2015
diplomat
Sazanami Iwaya
1870 – 1933
folklorist
Miyagawa Issho
1682 – 1752
painter
Naoko Nozawa
b. 1963
singer
Ritsuko Pooh
b. 1960
gynecologist
Jiraiya
b. 1967
mangaka
Tomoya Hoshi
b. 1994
baseball player
Takuma Otake
b. 2002
association football player
Naomi Uemura
1941 – 1984
explorer
Nagayoshi Iwahori
1926 – 2011
mathematician
Torii Tadateru
1665 – 1716
samurai
Shizuka Okazaki
b. 1992
motorcycle racer
Yuri Chinen
b. 1993
actor
Nobuhiko Ōshima
b. 1977
professional wrestler
Katsuyuki Kawai
b. 1963
politician
Birei Kin
b. 1934
critic
Kōji Matsui
b. 1960
bureaucrat
Hirokazu Goshi
b. 1966
association football player
Azusa Kishimoto
1985 – 2025
fashion model
Shigeki Maruyama
b. 1969
golfer
Tatsuo Endō
1928 – 2012
actor
Amago Okihisa
1497 – 1534
samurai
Miyoko Asada
b. 1956
actor
Kunio Suzuki
b. 1976
sailor
Kumiko Nishioka
b. 1954
mathematician
Kozo Haraguchi
1910 – 2011
athletics competitor
Fumi Saimon
b. 1957
mangaka
Tatsuo Kinoshita
b. 1987
baseball player
Katsuyori Shibata
b. 1979
professional wrestler
Haguroyama Masaji
1914 – 1969
rikishi
Kyōko Kishida
1930 – 2006
actor
Miu Watanabe
b. 1999
Japanese idol
Yoshitaka Egawa
1942 – 2024
basketball player
Yuki Kawai
b. 1990
volleyball player
Shunsuke Chijiki
b. 1989
volleyball player
Tomoki Suzuki
b. 1994
wheelchair racer
Megumi Kinukawa
b. 1989
athletics competitor
Satarō Satō
1909 – 1987
waka poet
Kaede Maegawa
b. 1998
sprinter
Atsuko Yamano
b. 1964
musician
Tetsuro Fukuyama
b. 1962
politician
Yotaro Sato
b. 2004
synchronized swimmer
Kazuaki Kimura
1946 – 2015
scientist
Koichi Kawakita
1942 – 2014
film director
Masahisa Fukase
1934 – 2012
photographer
Makoto Rindo
b. 1989
association football player
Yuta Ikeda
b. 1985
golfer
Sakae Osaki
b. 1964
athletics competitor
Kazuya Konno
b. 1997
association football player
Fujiwara no Tadazane
1078 – 1162
writer
Ru Thing
b. 1993
actor
Kanon Mori
b. 1996
field hockey player
Kanako Momota
b. 1994
actor
Yūji Machi
b. 1962
seiyū
Nashiba Tokioki
1850 – 1924
military personnel
Mitsutaka Fujita
1959 – 1998
physicist
Matsudaira Mitsumichi
1636 – 1674
samurai
Ōno Kurobei
1650 – 1751
Ryutaro Hashimoto
1937 – 2006
politician
Mari Hamada
b. 1968
actor
Yukichi Maeda
b. 1960
politician
Kentarō Shimizu
b. 1952
actor
Hiroko Kamada
b. 1953
fencer
Masaki Ōgushi
b. 1966
politician
Minamoto no Yoshiie
1039 – 1106
samurai
Tetsuya Saito
b. 1983
ice hockey player
Eri Yonamine
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Yuka Osaki
b. 1990
basketball player
Hiroshi Hashimoto
b. 1950
water polo player
Motoharu Kawashima
b. 1972
composer
Guts Ishimatsu
1949 – 2026
boxer
Mickey Curtis
b. 1938
actor
Toshiaki Kurasawa
b. 1976
swimmer
Arihiro Hase
1965 – 1996
seiyū