Japan
People of this nationality
Toshio Yamane
b. 1953
photographer
Naohiro Sugiyama
b. 1998
association football player
Yuichi Honda
b. 1984
baseball player
Andō Shōeki
1703 – 1762
political scientist
Kinichiro Sakaguchi
1897 – 1994
agricultural chemist
Nobuyuki Iida
b. 1945
handball player
Sumika Yanagawa
b. 1991
professional wrestler
Hiromu Fujii
1935 – 2018
baseball player
Masayuki Takagi
1906 – 1978
film producer
Taizan Maezumi
1931 – 1995
Buddhist monk
Kiyotaka Kanai
b. 1951
astronomer
Yuri Yoshikawa
b. 1971
snowboarder
Akihiro Yamaguchi
b. 1994
swimmer
Kamei Koremasa
1617 – 1681
samurai
Megumi Makihara
actor
Takaya Kimura
b. 1998
association football player
Tatsuya Shiokawa
b. 1983
baseball player
Kenichi Ohmae
b. 1943
political scientist
Shōtarō Yasuoka
1920 – 2013
novelist
Gōsei Yamamoto
b. 1972
politician
Hajime Tanabe
1885 – 1962
philosopher
Koo Takahashi
b. 2001
badminton player
Megumi Kamionobe
b. 1986
association football player
Shizuka Ishikawa
b. 1971
seiyū
Junko Moriyama
b. 1975
volleyball player
Takumi Hasegawa
b. 1998
association football player
Kunishirō Mitsutani
1874 – 1936
painter
Keiichi Aichi
1880 – 1923
physicist
Denny Tamaki
b. 1959
politician
Hiroki Iikura
b. 1986
association football player
Shunsuke Kasaya
b. 1997
baseball player
Taro Takemi
1904 – 1983
physician
Yoshiyuki Kono
b. 1953
seiyū
Hideki Nagaoka
b. 2001
baseball player
Ai Morinaga
2000 – 2019
mangaka
Seishirō Itagaki
1885 – 1948
military personnel
Akio Sato
b. 1953
amateur wrestler
Tetsuya Tsutsui
b. 1974
mangaka
Miyu Ueno
b. 2001
curler
Kyōsuke Kindaichi
1882 – 1971
lexicographer
Hiroko Tamoto
b. 1974
softball player
Kaneta Kimotsuki
1935 – 2019
seiyū
Kazunari Sasaki
b. 1962
cross-country skier
Nittatsu
1902 – 1979
high priest
Ryuki Nishimuro
b. 1993
association football player
Matsudaira Tadamasa
1598 – 1645
samurai
Kazuki Nagasawa
b. 1991
association football player
Takayuki Funayama
b. 1987
association football player
Kotono Tanaka
b. 1991
rhythmic gymnast
Hirotaka Uchizono
b. 1987
association football player
Yūsuke Nakamura
b. 1952
surgeon
Yoshito Usui
1958 – 2009
mangaka
Harumi Kohara
b. 1965
badminton player
Tatsuo Nishida
1928 – 2012
linguist
Fujiwara no Shimeko
1131 – 1176
empress consort
Seiko Takata
1895 – 1977
dancer
Kazuo Nagano
1952 – 1985
businessperson
Kimuchi Tani
1948 – 2008
amateur wrestler
Sayuri Uenishi
b. 1983
politician
Amago Katsuhisa
1553 – 1578
samurai
Takashi Sugiura
b. 1970
mixed martial arts fighter
Jinzan Tani
1663 – 1718
Confucian scholar
Masanobu Fuchi
b. 1954
professional wrestler
Wataru Harada
b. 1996
association football player
Koji Chino
1930 – 2022
film director
Sakura Yokomine
b. 1985
golfer
Shigeru Sahashi
1913 – 1993
politician
Mone Chiba
b. 2005
figure skater
Okada Beisanjin
1744 – 1820
painter
Takahiro Shibasaki
b. 1982
association football player
Emi Hasegawa
b. 1986
alpine skier
Kakichi Mitsukuri
1857 – 1909
zoologist
Maho Segawa
b. 1996
field hockey player
Akihiko Yoshida
b. 1967
video game developer
Shota Ogawa
b. 1998
amateur wrestler
Masahiko Tanaka
b. 1982
baseball player
Chōhei Kambayashi
b. 1953
writer
Date Narikuni
1817 – 1841
samurai
Keita Isozaki
b. 1980
association football player
Takahiko Yamamura
b. 1979
sprinter
Takako Mamiya
singer
Tamio Okuda
b. 1965
singer
Shimada Toranosuke
1814 – 1852
Japanese swordmaster
Riku Hirosue
b. 1998
association football player
Shigeki Osawa
b. 1986
mixed martial arts fighter
NoB
1964 – 2025
singer
Kuniko Koda
b. 1965
politician
Yuka Ishigaki
b. 1989
table tennis player
Shinkichi Uesugi
1878 – 1929
legal counselor
Peggy Hayama
1933 – 2017
singer
Naoshi Mizuta
b. 1972
musician
Rino Higa
b. 1992
singer
Kento Masaki
b. 1987
judoka
Kuniyuki Takahashi
record producer
Yasuhiro Nightow
b. 1967
mangaka
Ken Terauchi
b. 1980
competitive diver
Tomomi Yamaki
b. 1971
athletics competitor
Gorō Matsui
b. 1957
lyricist
Haruo Urata
b. 1962
athletics competitor
Takayuki Kinoshita
b. 1960
racing driver