Japan
People of this nationality
Daihi Susumu
b. 1952
rikishi
Akira Hamashita
b. 1995
association football player
Sanshiro Murao
b. 2000
judoka
Inoue Masasada
1754 – 1786
samurai
Kusunoki Masanori
1330 – 1380
samurai
Daiki Ogawa
b. 1991
association football player
Mayu Ikejiri
b. 1996
association football player
Yoshio Shigezono
1908 – 1980
lyricist
Shōko Kikuchi
b. 1970
seiyū
Isamu Kenmochi
1912 – 1971
designer
Lee Seong-gu
1911 – 2002
basketball player
Yukio Makino
b. 1980
sailor
Yamada Sōbi
1871 – 1916
sculptor
Hiroyuki Imai
b. 1970
cross-country skier
Machiko Satonaka
b. 1948
mangaka
Kazuhiko Torishima
b. 1952
editor
Yoshinori Watanabe
1941 – 2012
criminal
Eiji Ezaki
1968 – 2016
professional wrestler
Mieko Hirota
1947 – 2020
singer
Naoe Kinoshita
1869 – 1937
journalist
Daisuke Nakashima
b. 2001
baseball player
Kōsuke Okano
b. 1969
seiyū
Noboru Aomi
b. 1938
amateur wrestler
Kakou Senda
1924 – 2000
novelist
Rina Amikura
b. 1995
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
1939 – 2017
singer
Chikako Urano
b. 1946
mangaka
Hiroki Ino
b. 1992
actor
Kazuyuki Morisaki
b. 1981
association football player
Yūko Araki
b. 1993
actor
Ōtomo no Satehiko
b. 550
military officer
Mariko Iwadate
b. 1957
mangaka
Ken'ichi Hosoda
b. 1964
politician
Nagino Maruyama
b. 1999
pianist
Akira Kojima
mangaka
Bassui Tokushō
1327 – 1387
Buddhist monk
Minene Sakurano
b. 1973
mangaka
Kazufumi Miyazawa
b. 1966
actor
Arisa Satō
b. 1989
volleyball player
Hayato Nakamura
b. 1993
kabuki actor
Yukio Kamimura
b. 1947
field hockey player
Kōtarō Yoshida
1883 – 1966
jujutsuka
Shōgo Arai
b. 1972
baseball player
Ryosuke Hisadomi
b. 1991
association football player
Shotaro Ihata
b. 1987
association football player
R-Shitei
b. 1991
rapper
Hiromitsu Takano
b. 1959
judoka
Daigo Furukawa
b. 1999
association football player
Hatsu Imai
1901 – 1971
politician
Hiroyuki Morita
b. 1964
animator
Noboru Kawasaki
b. 1941
mangaka
Rikei
1530 – 1611
poet
Sumire Morohoshi
b. 1999
seiyū
Sakahoko Nobushige
1961 – 2019
rikishi
Kakunyo
1271 – 1351
Buddhist monk
Motokazu Mori
1890 – 1958
surgeon
Ryūshi Yanagisawa
b. 1972
professional wrestler
Masato Sagawa
b. 1943
physicist
Daiji Yamada
b. 1981
basketball player
Atsunobu Ogata
b. 1948
canoeist
Nobuo Kaneko
1923 – 1995
actor
Ai Kago
b. 1988
TikToker
Kyōgoku Tatsuko
1550 – 1634
concubine
Ryoko Urakami
b. 1947
swimmer
Hiroshi Morita
b. 1978
association football player
Nobuyuki Kobushi
b. 1974
seiyū
Shigehito Takayanagi
anime director
Kubo Shunman
1757 – 1820
painter
Manabu Murakami
b. 1936
researcher
Shima Iwashita
b. 1941
actor
Chang Hsing-hsien
1910 – 1989
athletics competitor
Eiko Kakehata
b. 1993
athlete
Shinobu Akiyama
b. 1957
botanist
Ryoff Karma
b. 1983
rapper
Nagata Mikihiko
1887 – 1964
poet
Keisuke Kurihara
b. 1997
motorcycle racer
Sanpei Shirato
1932 – 2021
mangaka
Uta Isaki
illustrator
Naoko Shinoda
b. 1972
politician
Susumu Tonegawa
1939 – 2026
molecular biologist
Hiraku Hori
b. 1982
kickboxer
Mansai Nomura II
b. 1966
nōgaku artist
Masako Hozumi
b. 1986
speed skater
Fūma Kikuchi
b. 1995
singer
Kōji Yoshimoto
b. 1980
kickboxer
Enzo Matsunaga
1895 – 1938
novelist
Misako Katayama
b. 1944
athletics competitor
Kisaburō Yokota
1896 – 1993
judge
Kenta Izumi
b. 1974
politician
Keisuke Takano
b. 1991
baseball player
Shinichiro Kuwada
b. 1986
association football player
Tsunamasa Shidei
1895 – 1945
military personnel
Manabu Ikezoe
b. 1980
horse trainer
Sora Matsushima
b. 2007
table tennis player
Nijō Narinobu
1788 – 1847
Sosuke Sumitani
b. 1980
announcer
Seihaku Irako
1877 – 1946
poet
Izumi Eto
b. 1935
canoeist
Mitsunori Yamao
b. 1973
association football player
Takeomi Ito
b. 1971
rugby union player