Japan
People of this nationality
Arina Tanemura
b. 1978
mangaka
Masayuki Nagare
1923 – 2018
sculptor
Kagamitarō Konkō
1909 – 1991
waka poet
Mariko Honda
b. 1986
singer
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
b. 1958
executive producer
Takashi Nakano
b. 1984
swimmer
Hiroyuki Kitahara
b. 1971
equestrian
Taketora Ogata
1888 – 1956
journalist
Noriko Ogiwara
b. 1959
novelist
Yuki Kobayashi
b. 1992
association football player
Aika Mitsui
b. 1993
singer
Konishi Hirosada
1810 – 1864
ukiyo-e artist
Masanori Hayashi
b. 1983
baseball player
Tetsuya Chinen
b. 1997
association football player
Shinobu Ishihara
1879 – 1963
ophthalmologist
Kenichi Ito
b. 1982
athletics competitor
Tetsuji Takechi
1912 – 1988
film director
Ryūtarō Matsumoto
b. 1986
amateur wrestler
Edo Shigenaga
bushi
Hashimoto Kansetsu
1883 – 1945
painter
Shinji Kawada
b. 1971
seiyū
Naoyuki Kato
b. 1952
illustrator
Frank Tokunaga
film director
Tsuneo Nakahara
1930 – 2016
engineer
Hiroko Sakurai
b. 1946
actor
Naomi Takewaki
b. 1964
sprinter
Ryōko Watanabe
b. 1966
judoka
Yasuaki Oshima
b. 1981
association football player
Yū Suzunoki
b. 1973
singer-songwriter
Kunisaburo Iizuka
1875 – 1958
judoka
Tomoe Gozen
1157 – 1247
samurai
Sayuri Ichiishi
b. 1964
animator
Tadashi Mihara
b. 1955
boxer
Yoshinori Arai
b. 1948
rower
Ako
b. 1958
actor
Yoshiki Yamamoto
b. 1994
association football player
Yoshinobu Miyazaki
b. 1978
swimmer
Shigeru Okaizumi
b. 1968
judoka
Itsuo Tsuda
1914 – 1984
philosopher
Satsuki Nakayama
b. 1998
actor
Nae Udaka
b. 1985
judoka
Hirokazu Andō
b. 1969
video game composer
Satoru Uyama
b. 1991
fencer
Hiroshi Honda
b. 1947
handball player
Keisuke Miyamoto
b. 1992
kickboxer
Konomi Takeishi
b. 1991
athletics competitor
Hiroko Yasutake
1928 – 2019
politician
Mari Katayama
b. 1987
contemporary artist
Taisei Umei
b. 1998
Thai boxer
Yoshio Tsuchiya
1927 – 2017
actor
Shinji Tajima
b. 1989
baseball player
Masakatsu Funaki
b. 1969
professional wrestler
Yutaka Wada
b. 1962
baseball player
Honda Masanobu
1538 – 1616
samurai
Shunsuke Saito
b. 2005
association football player
Kōichi Mashimo
b. 1952
film director
Shūichi Katō
b. 1947
politician
Mei Yamaguchi
b. 1983
mixed martial arts fighter
Shohei Yokoyama
b. 1993
association football player
Kyoko Hayashi
1930 – 2017
novelist
Naoya Okane
b. 1988
association football player
Yoshie Takeuchi
b. 1932
fencer
Seiya Adachi
b. 1995
water polo player
Eitarō Shindō
1899 – 1977
actor
Beverly
b. 1994
singer-songwriter
KANON
b. 1996
professional wrestler
Kenta Watanabe
b. 1998
association football player
Chirū Yamanaka
1905 – 1977
poet
Dai Shimamura
1960 – 2023
politician
Katsuya Iwatake
b. 1996
association football player
Tonari no Sakata
b. 1991
singer
Shūzō Oshimi
b. 1981
mangaka
Kosuke Yamamoto
b. 1989
association football player
Hidenori Inatsu
b. 1938
ice hockey player
Ryosuke Takeda
b. 1979
politician
Mariko Gotō
b. 1982
singer
Yō Kitazawa
b. 1963
actor
Tetsuya Shibata
b. 1973
composer
Shiho Fukada
b. 1953
photographer
Motoko Kotani
b. 1960
mathematician
Yuki Nofuji
b. 1987
snowboarder
Yoshiaki Unetani
1944 – 2022
marathon runner
Hōmei Iwano
1873 – 1920
poet
Koshiro Sumi
b. 2002
association football player
Takashi Sasagawa
b. 1935
politician
Arisa Higashino
b. 1996
badminton player
Masafumi Makiyama
b. 1979
archer
Manabu Horii
b. 1972
speed skater
Chūsei Mannami
b. 2000
baseball player
Shunnosuke Matsuki
b. 1996
association football player
Kiichirō Hatoyama
b. 1976
politician
Mayumi Itsuwa
b. 1951
singer-songwriter
Mao Sasagawa
b. 1995
singer-songwriter
Yasuto Wakizaka
b. 1995
association football player
Kōji Morooka
1914 – 1991
photographer
Ichirō Yamamoto
1918 – 1944
flying ace
Minoru Miki
1902 – 1968
cinematographer
Akira Watanabe
b. 1972
chess player
Natsuko Tōra
b. 1991
professional wrestler
Yūki Tai
b. 1977
actor