Japan
People of this nationality
Nobu Matsuhisa
b. 1949
chef
Suematsu Kenchō
1855 – 1920
politician
Yūgo Bandō
b. 1995
baseball player
Kōji Kojima
1930 – 2014
volleyball player
Wataru Yokoo
b. 1986
actor
Wakamatsu Kaneshige
b. 1955
politician
Momoko Nakamura
b. 1987
professional shogi player
Fujiwara no Kamatari
614 – 669
politician
Rikako Aida
b. 1992
seiyū
Yuya Tanaka
b. 2000
association football player
Hiroyuki Kawazoe
b. 1952
modern pentathlete
Fujiwara no Nakanari
764 – 810
kugyō
Yoshihiro Sakata
b. 1942
rugby union player
Reina Asami
b. 1983
actor
Masayuki Sakoi
b. 1974
film director
Akira Nakao
b. 1909
boxer
Ōnu
650 – 724
Tsurugamine Akio
1929 – 2006
rikishi
Sayaka Hobara
b. 1998
badminton player
Rei Takemura
b. 1919
swimmer
Takahiro Miura
b. 1985
actor
Fumiaki Kobayashi
b. 1983
politician
Wataru Iwashita
b. 1999
association football player
Toshiki Onozawa
b. 1998
association football player
Yasuko Konoe
b. 1944
aristocrat
Takehiro Yamamura
b. 1995
professional wrestler
Kazuya Shiraishi
b. 1974
film director
Yu Yokoya
1891 – 1969
marine biologist
Yōsui Inoue
b. 1948
singer
Mitsutake Makita
b. 1908
ski jumper
Masako Kisaki
b. 1943
athletics competitor
Ryō Hirakawa
b. 1994
racing driver
Three
Vocaloid producer
Hatano Hideharu
1541 – 1579
samurai
Norihiko Kurahashi
b. 1932
swimmer
Shinji Hosokawa
b. 1960
judoka
Mia Naruse
b. 1978
seiyū
Junko Furuta
1971 – 1989
student
Yamaji Nushizumi
1704 – 1773
mathematician
Daisuke Sakuma
b. 1992
singer
Nao Furuhata
b. 1996
singer
Tomomitsu Niimi
1964 – 2018
Chiyo Mikami
1891 – 1978
nurse
Hiroshi Shirai
1937 – 2024
karateka
Kiyoshi Tomizawa
b. 1943
association football player
Toranosuke Katayama
1935 – 2025
politician
Yoshimura Chōgi
1866 – 1945
karateka
Shūhei Sakaguchi
b. 1977
seiyū
Hōjō Morotoki
1275 – 1311
Kim Tal-su
1920 – 1997
novelist
Maeda Toshitsugu
1617 – 1674
samurai
Kazuya Myodo
b. 1986
association football player
Ryūichi Kaneko
1948 – 2021
critic
Sagami
998 – 1061
poet
Shunji Masuda
b. 1998
association football player
Akihiko Shiota
b. 1961
film director
Rina Gonoi
b. 1999
Ground Self-defense Official
Rumi Ide
b. 1967
journalist
Wakashimazu Mutsuo
1957 – 2026
rikishi
Satoru Kikugawa
b. 1965
businessperson
Keita Watanabe
b. 1992
short-track speed skater
Junichi Yamaguchi
b. 1940
field hockey player
Izumi Aki
b. 1960
actor
Rizaburō Toyoda
1884 – 1952
entrepreneur
Yōka Wao
b. 1968
actor
Go Higaki
b. 1976
golfer
Koki Ueyama
b. 1999
athletics competitor
Paul Kazuhiro Mori
1938 – 2023
Catholic priest
Kyoko Katashita
b. 1989
volleyball player
Yoshima Suga
b. 1947
amateur wrestler
Takamichi Sasaki
b. 1983
rugby union player
Kaito Ishida
b. 1995
professional wrestler
Mayumi Horikawa
b. 1958
composer
Shoma Uno
b. 1997
figure skater
Shingo Nishimura
b. 1948
politician
Mio Tsuneyasu
b. 2001
association football player
Takeharu Ishimoto
b. 1970
composer
Yasuharu Kawase
b. 1964
rugby union player
Seiko Hashimoto
b. 1964
speed skater
Hideyuki Hirose
b. 1989
athletics competitor
Makoto Yukimura
b. 1976
mangaka
Sena Suzuki
b. 1991
ice hockey player
Yumi Obe
b. 1975
association football player
Katsuhiro Suzuki
b. 1977
association football player
Nobutaka Suzuki
b. 1983
association football player
Ataru Esaka
b. 1992
association football player
Susumu Terajima
b. 1963
actor
Ōzutsu Man'emon
1869 – 1918
rikishi
Naomi Nishida
b. 1972
actor
Kosugi Tengai
1865 – 1952
novelist
Takahiro Shimada
b. 1965
association football player
Mayu Yoshioka
b. 1995
actor
Yurika Nakamura
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Usamaru Furuya
b. 1968
mangaka
Shoko Kashiki
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Tsukasa Nakagawa
b. 2000
volleyball player
Makoto Ōoka
1931 – 2017
poet
Kiyotaka Nambara
b. 1965
actor
Issei Ouchi
b. 2000
association football player
Chihei Hatakeyama
b. 1978
musician