Japan
People of this nationality
Ryū Saitō
1879 – 1953
waka poet
Yasuko Mizui
b. 1975
badminton player
Shigeaki Saegusa
b. 1942
composer
Shogo Ichimaru
b. 1992
sport cyclist
Shizuo Yokoyama
1890 – 1961
military personnel
Takuo Okubo
b. 1989
association football player
Hanaoka Seishū
1760 – 1835
physician
Yuki Yoshimura
b. 1981
artistic gymnast
Tokugawa Tsunenari
b. 1940
environmentalist
Osamu Yoshioka
1934 – 2010
lyricist
Eri Shingyōji
b. 1974
singer
Masatō Ibu
b. 1949
actor
Flavio Shiro
b. 1928
painter
Shogo Nonomura
b. 1993
artistic gymnast
Tatsuo Hori
1904 – 1953
writer
Takayuki Godai
b. 1956
actor
Nanami Seki
b. 1999
volleyball player
Yuka Takeshima
b. 1986
actor
Seishichi Inuma
1907 – 1973
sprinter
Yūko Andō
b. 1977
actor
Sakura Motoki
b. 2002
amateur wrestler
Kawanabe Kyōsai
1831 – 1889
painter
Maro Kannagi
b. 1995
singer
Rino Katase
b. 1957
actor
Noriko Tsukase
1945 – 1989
singer
Michio Ariyoshi
1935 – 2022
professional shogi player
Masataka Okano
b. 1964
diplomat
Kunio Shiota
b. 1950
biologist
Seiichi Ogawa
b. 1970
association football player
Kazuki Someya
b. 1986
association football player
Mihiro Kaneko
b. 1982
pornographic film actor
Kafka Asagiri
b. 1984
novelist
Masanori Tanimoto
b. 1945
politician
Tatsuko Hoshino
1903 – 1984
haiku poet
Ryo Kawamura
b. 1981
mixed martial arts fighter
Koyoharu Gotōge
b. 1989
mangaka
Sachi Mochida
b. 1999
swimmer
Yoshizumi Takeda
b. 1991
rugby union player
Shinya Ono
b. 1955
politician
Hitoki Iwase
b. 1974
baseball player
Shion Niwa
b. 1994
association football player
Akashi Kaijin
1901 – 1939
poet
Yusuke Kishi
b. 1959
crime fiction writer
Takuzō Nagano
b. 1979
illustrator
Tarō Gomi
b. 1945
writer
Harukiirario Koppu
b. 1998
water polo player
Takashi Uchiyama
b. 1974
artistic gymnast
Nobuhiro Kawasato
b. 2000
astronomer
Asano Naganao
1610 – 1672
samurai
Ryūichi Sekine
b. 1988
professional wrestler
Naoki Tanizaki
b. 1978
professional wrestler
Kitarō Kōsaka
b. 1962
film director
Shuichi Akai
b. 1981
association football player
Kan Sawada
b. 1968
composer
Fumika Moriya
b. 1992
volleyball player
Takanoshō Nobuaki
b. 1994
rikishi
Takuro
b. 1971
guitarist
Satake Yoshiatsu
1748 – 1785
painter
Hiroaki Kumon
b. 1966
association football player
Hayato Nukui
b. 1996
association football player
Kōno Michiari
1250 – 1311
bushi
Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa
b. 1998
association football player
Taiki Kawayoke
b. 2001
cross-country skier
Yoshimasa Kondo
b. 1961
actor
Yoshimura Hisato
1907 – 1990
physician
Ayako Wakao
b. 1933
actor
Jirō Tsuji
1927 – 2022
chemist
Natsumi Okamoto
b. 1998
actor
Shoko Sakurai
b. 1984
politician
Fujiwara no Yoshisuke
813 – 867
Issei Takahashi
b. 1998
association football player
Takayuki Yamaguchi
b. 1973
association football player
Mushitarō Oguri
1901 – 1946
novelist
Sota Tanoue
b. 2002
professional baseball player
Yukio Morikawa
b. 1993
rugby union player
Fuminori Nakamura
b. 1977
novelist
Kazuto Ioka
b. 1989
boxer
Akiya Anzawa
b. 1981
professional wrestler
Matsugoro Okuda
1854 – 1931
judoka
Ayako Hirose
b. 1972
tennis player
Takehiro Kodera
b. 1978
speed skater
Katsu Kanai
1936 – 2026
film director
Adachi Kenzō
1864 – 1948
politician
Ryoichi Nakagawa
1913 – 1998
military flight engineer
Takahiro Shiraishi
1990 – 2025
serial killer
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
b. 1955
economist
Kenji Tohira
1941 – 2024
racing driver
Hiroki Mihara
b. 1978
association football player
Toshitaka Kajino
b. 1956
astronomer
Yuki Matsumoto
b. 1989
association football player
Heishiro Ogawa
1916 – 1997
diplomat
Naoko Kamata
b. 1983
sailor
Yasuo Ikenaka
1914 – 1992
marathon runner
Airi Tōriyama
b. 1989
actor
Kokoro Kikuchi
b. 1982
seiyū
Makoto Yamaguchi
b. 1944
artist
Yasuhiro Yamada
1968 – 2013
association football player
Anna Umemiya
b. 1972
model
Nagare Hagiwara
1953 – 2015
actor
Kujira
b. 1960
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