Japan
People of this nationality
Tomoaki Shimada
b. 1969
politician
Shimazu Nariakira
1809 – 1858
samurai
Tatsuji Nomura
1922 – 2013
scientist
Masaki Hayamizu
b. 1984
basketball coach
Yūka Sugai
b. 1995
Japanese idol
Yasutaka Sasakura
b. 1988
rugby sevens player
Koji Inada
b. 1964
mangaka
Tsuyoshi Nakasako
b. 1974
kickboxer
Shigekatsu Kuroda
1905 – 1972
mathematician
Sho Sotodate
b. 1991
swimmer
Zeus
b. 1982
professional wrestler
Emiko Okagawa
b. 1964
tennis player
Takeo Hiranuma
b. 1939
politician
Hitoshi Motoshima
1922 – 2014
politician
Takaaki Sugino
b. 1998
artistic gymnast
Taku Suzuki
b. 1975
actor
Ai Satō
b. 1955
seiyū
Satoshi Fujimaru
b. 1960
politician
Maho Toyota
b. 1967
model
Jun Natsukawa
b. 1980
gravure idol
Hōjō Tokimura
1242 – 1305
Satori Kato
1801 – 1902
chemist
Ryuzo Kikuchi
b. 1942
rower
Masaji Hiramatsu
b. 1947
baseball player
Katsuki Hagiwara
1949 – 2013
music critic
Satoshi Nakamura
b. 1958
computer scientist
Oinu no Kata
1550 – 1582
Yamanoue no Okura
660 – 733
waka poet
Momozono
1741 – 1762
sovereign
Izumi Yukimura
b. 1937
singer
Missa Johnouchi
b. 1960
conductor
Kiyuna Tsugumasa
1916 – 1989
politician
Fumiya Kogure
b. 1989
association football player
Ancham
b. 1998
professional wrestler
Tsuyoshi Yanagidate
b. 1957
swimmer
Tatsuya Oe
b. 1969
composer
Mari Henmi
b. 1950
singer
Shinobu Sekine
1943 – 2018
judoka
Sei Hatsuno
b. 1973
novelist
Kirara Shiraishi
b. 1996
sprinter
Shion Omata
b. 2006
competition climber
Yasuhiro Yoshida
b. 1969
association football player
Akinari Kawazura
b. 1994
association football player
Takahiro Yamada
b. 1972
association football player
Kiyohiro Hirabayashi
b. 1984
association football player
Katsumi Satō
1929 – 2013
human rights defender
Yagyū Mitsuyoshi
1607 – 1650
samurai
Takeo Otsuka
b. 1966
professional wrestler
Yuna Sonoda
b. 1999
association football player
Kōtoku
596 – 654
ruler
Hideo Usui
b. 1939
politician
Yoshiro Watanabe
b. 1997
athletics competitor
Kakunoshin Ohta
b. 1999
racing driver
Ogimachi Machiko
1650 – 1724
writer
Asakura Ujikage
1449 – 1486
samurai
Kanichi Kashimura
1913 – 1943
aircraft pilot
Shūji Miyamoto
b. 1971
politician
Kanna Mori
b. 1988
actor
Hiromichi Fuyuki
1960 – 2003
professional wrestler
Hitomi Katayama
b. 1980
actor
Yuki Nishiya
b. 1993
association football player
Sessue Hayakawa
1889 – 1973
actor
Toshio Mura
1925 – 2009
Uzi
b. 1974
master of ceremonies
Shotaro Ashino
b. 1990
professional wrestler
Tomohiro Kamiyama
b. 1993
actor
Sayaka Kitahara
b. 1993
singer
Miku Ito
b. 1999
association football player
Chōnen
938 – 1016
Riichirō Manabe
1924 – 2015
composer
Kyoko Okazaki
b. 1963
mangaka
Ryo Chonan
b. 1976
mixed martial arts fighter
Naoto Ohshima
b. 1964
video game artist
Go-Kōmyō
1633 – 1654
ruler
Taisuke Matsugae
b. 1982
association football player
Akira Sasanuma
b. 1973
seiyū
Mariko Masubuchi
b. 1980
softball player
Princess Yōko of Mikasa
b. 1983
aristocrat
Hisao Hayashi
1881 – 1963
businessperson
Yukiko Miyake
1965 – 2020
politician
Fumio Asakura
1883 – 1964
sculptor
Atsuji Yamamoto
b. 1959
mangaka
Yūka
b. 1980
actor
Kinya Miyazaki
b. 1938
athletics competitor
Yasuhiro Tsuji
b. 1955
politician
Kazue Ito
b. 1977
softball player
Fujiwara no Mototoshi
1060 – 1142
poet
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
662 – 710
writer
Shinya Sogame
b. 1987
athletics competitor
Daigaku Munemasa
b. 1965
rikishi
Tochinowaka Kiyotaka
b. 1962
rikishi
Yohei Ono
b. 1994
association football player
Masatsune Ogura
1875 – 1961
politician
Kenya Mitsuhashi
b. 1997
badminton player
Emi K. Nishimura
biologist
Yamamoto Tatewaki
1845 – 1868
samurai
Kiyoshi Takayama
b. 1947
yakuza
Hisaki Kato
b. 1982
mixed martial arts fighter
Tetsurō Itodani
b. 1988
professional shogi player
Ryō Tamura
b. 1972
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