Japan
People of this nationality
Tohru Fukuyama
b. 1948
chemist
Shinji Hashimoto
b. 1968
video game developer
Maya Taguchi
b. 2005
badminton player
Ōtsuki Fumihiko
1847 – 1928
lexicographer
Maika Hamano
b. 2004
association football player
Kazui Nihonmatsu
1922 – 2001
film director
Yasunori Imamura
b. 1953
lutenist
Yūki Munehiro
1266 – 1339
bushi
Keito Yamakita
b. 1996
mixed martial arts fighter
Toyohara Kunichika
1835 – 1900
painter
Hiroki Kasahara
b. 1999
Hayata Komatsu
b. 1997
association football player
Ryota Moriwaki
b. 1986
association football player
Nokko
b. 1963
singer
Seiichi Sakiya
b. 1950
association football player
Azuki Shibuya
b. 1993
seiyū
Yuko Oga
b. 1982
basketball player
Ōnishi Tama
1916 – 1969
religious leader
Daiki Kobayashi
b. 1991
seiyū
Satoshi Matsuoka
b. 1963
computer scientist
Yugo Maeda
b. 2005
professional baseball player
Shota Matsuhashi
b. 1982
association football player
Honinbo Shuwa
1820 – 1873
Go player
Saori Sakoda
b. 1987
volleyball player
Hiro Mashima
b. 1977
mangaka
Yoshihiro Ito
1982 – 2025
baseball player
Masao Ichihara
1913 – 1977
sprinter
Yuka
b. 1994
singer-songwriter
Sota Tsuruga
b. 2002
curler
Takakura
1161 – 1181
ruler
Osamu Nakamata
b. 1942
dressage rider
Tsukumizu
mangaka
Takashi Hiraide
b. 1950
poet
Priyanka Yoshikawa
b. 1994
model
Kōji Fukutani
b. 1991
baseball player
Shin Takahashi
b. 1967
mangaka
Tetsuya Takahashi
b. 1963
composer
Yoshimitsu Fukuzawa
b. 1963
golfer
Etsumi Haruki
b. 1947
mangaka
Daisuke Ishihara
b. 1971
association football player
Fuma Shirasaka
b. 1996
association football player
Yoshihiro Takahashi
b. 1953
mangaka
Kenji Kageyama
b. 1980
association football player
Hiroshi Nakajima
1928 – 2013
neuroscientist
Yūko Shimizu
b. 1988
actor
Yuichi Nakagaichi
b. 1967
volleyball player
Hidetoshi Mitsusada
b. 1970
racing driver
Takashi Shimoda
b. 1975
association football player
Seiko Mikami
1961 – 2015
visual artist
Utako Hanazono
1905 – 1982
writer
Hiroyuki Matsuura
b. 1937
ice hockey player
Shigeo Maruyama
b. 1941
record producer
Honda Masazumi
1565 – 1637
samurai
Morrie
b. 1964
singer
Ryo Hijirisawa
b. 1985
baseball player
Haruka Inoue
b. 1977
tennis player
Kaede Sato
b. 1992
association football player
Masachika Ichimura
b. 1949
actor
Isako Washio
b. 1967
actor
Michi Goto
b. 1990
association football player
Ryūji Kawai
b. 1975
basketball player
Norio Takeuchi
b. 1958
politician
Kanako Omura
b. 1976
volleyball player
Shinji Inoue
b. 1969
politician
Yusuke Muta
b. 1990
association football player
Shigeru Dōko
b. 1952
politician
Sou Fujimoto
b. 1971
architect
Asako Kishi
1923 – 2015
journalist
Zenshirō Kagamiiwa
1902 – 1950
rikishi
Ken Hirano
1907 – 1978
poet
Kiyoshi Nakahata
b. 1954
professional baseball player
Atsumi Mana
b. 1989
softball player
Ikuro Takahashi
1892 – 1981
botanist
Maki Kobayashi
b. 1965
rower
Eriko Ishino
b. 1985
speed skater
Kentaro Nakamoto
b. 1982
marathon runner
Hisatake Sugi
b. 1976
politician
Kazuoki Azuma
b. 1939
mathematician
Shiori Itō
b. 1989
journalist
Yohei Matsumoto
b. 1973
politician
Kazumasa Nagai
1929 – 2026
graphic designer
Kojirō Uchiyama
1859 – 1945
military personnel
Taku Ashibe
b. 1958
crime fiction writer
Iori Katsura
b. 1991
baseball player
Yoshimizu Daichi
b. 1941
Masateru Yugami
b. 1993
athletics competitor
Kikuchi Taketoki
1292 – 1333
samurai
Megumi Murata
b. 1981
singer
Kyoko Mochida
b. 1974
softball player
Taketomi Kunikane
1852 – 1931
military personnel
Kataoka Naoharu
1859 – 1934
businessperson
Takashi Furuya
1936 – 2020
singer
Fujiwara no Shōshi
988 – 1074
Mina Matsushima
b. 1991
swimmer
Fukushiro Nukaga
b. 1944
politician
Seiichi Morimura
1933 – 2023
writer
Takuto Yoshinaga
b. 1999
actor
Yūna Ego
b. 2000
Japanese idol
Honoka
b. 1982
actor
Hayato Okamoto
b. 1995
sport cyclist