Japan
People of this nationality
Keita Amemiya
b. 1959
film director
Yoshimi Yamashita
b. 1986
association football referee
Katsuyoshi Shinto
b. 1960
association football player
Masahiro Okamoto
b. 1983
association football player
Hosokawa Narishige
1755 – 1835
samurai
Makoto Atsuta
b. 1976
association football player
Yuta Abe
b. 1974
association football player
Kuroda Yoshitaka
1546 – 1604
samurai
Tetsuo Kanao
b. 1950
actor
Megu Uyama
b. 1996
trampoline gymnast
Novala Takemoto
b. 1968
novelist
Go Mishima
1924 – 1988
illustrator
Yurika Yoshida
b. 1993
curler
Gotō Shinpei
1857 – 1929
diplomat
Go-Reizei
1025 – 1068
ruler
Celeina Ann
b. 1996
singer-songwriter
Nakamura Fusetsu
1866 – 1943
painter
Tsuyoshi Tomii
b. 1971
alpine skier
Matsusaburō Fujiwara
1881 – 1946
mathematician
Shin'ichi Kondō
b. 1968
baseball player
Shogo Onishi
b. 1990
association football player
Prince Fushimi Kuniie
1802 – 1872
Haruna Kojima
b. 1988
Japanese idol
Kan Ishii
1921 – 2009
composer
Shin Amano
b. 1973
figure skater
Kaori Takahashi
b. 1975
actor
Yuki Furuta
1942 – 2025
judge
Ryuta Heinai
b. 1998
professional baseball player
Yushi Tanaka
b. 1999
badminton player
Daiki Yamagiwa
b. 1997
rugby union player
Mary Sara
b. 1986
singer
Kosuke Aita
b. 1998
curler
Osamu Tada
b. 1935
alpine skier
Takanori Ito
b. 1993
professional wrestler
Hina
b. 2006
professional wrestler
Kotofuji Takaya
1964 – 2025
rikishi
Stalker Ichikawa
b. 1974
professional wrestler
Hiroyuki Hamada
1925 – 2003
karateka
Ai Tasaka
b. 1991
rugby union player
Sanae Jōnouchi
b. 1968
singer
Kitagawa Utamaro
1753 – 1806
ukiyo-e artist
Keiji Sada
1926 – 1964
actor
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka
1939 – 2017
swimmer
Hirata Tosuke
1849 – 1925
politician
Masuiyama Daishirō I
1919 – 1985
rikishi
Kazuo Echigo
b. 1965
association football player
Tensen Ogyu
1882 – 1947
painter
Kyukichi Kishida
1888 – 1968
zoologist
Hattori Ichizō
1851 – 1929
politician
Yoshihiko Miyauchi
b. 1935
businessperson
Masashi Kuriyama
b. 1988
volleyball player
Hitomi Nakajima
b. 1995
athletics competitor
Ryuichi Kihara
b. 1992
figure skater
Shiho Kawaragi
b. 1976
seiyū
Nishio Tadamitsu
1716 – 1789
samurai
Yoshiaki Katoh
b. 1965
motorcycle racer
Shungo Tamashiro
b. 1991
association football player
Kiichi Nakai
b. 1961
actor
Takeshi Iwaya
b. 1957
politician
Nio Nakatani
b. 1987
mangaka
Go Aruga
b. 1983
rugby union player
Yūichirō Saitō
b. 1976
manufacturer
Daiki Matsumoto
b. 1991
association football player
Kaori
b. 1976
seiyū
Yayoi Jinguji
1965 – 2017
seiyū
Kohmi Hirose
b. 1966
singer
Mitsuyo Maeda
1878 – 1941
judoka
Honda Yasutoshi
1569 – 1622
samurai
Kyoko Yano
b. 1984
association football player
Takeshi Takashina
1891 – 1944
military personnel
Setsu Tanno
1902 – 1987
nurse
Onogawa Kisaburō
1758 – 1806
rikishi
Sakugen Shūryō
1501 – 1579
diplomat
Yurio Akitomi
b. 1950
golfer
Shin'ichi Satō
b. 1982
professional shogi player
Ryoji Fukui
b. 1987
association football player
Tsunao Okumura
1903 – 1972
businessperson
Shimazu Narioki
1791 – 1859
samurai
Noguchi Yuka
1866 – 1950
educator
Ayumi Karino
b. 1984
softball player
Shunsuke Maeda
b. 1986
association football player
Yasufumi Nishimura
b. 1999
association football player
Eiji Funakoshi
1923 – 2007
actor
Yuki Takahashi
b. 1984
motorcycle racer
Kenji Kosaka
1939 – 2023
psychiatrist
Bandō Mitsugorō X
1956 – 2015
actor
Reina Ueda
b. 1994
seiyū
Kenta Yamazaki
b. 1987
association football player
Kenji Eto
b. 1948
equestrian
Miwa Sato
b. 1970
professional wrestler
Yukari Fujimoto
b. 1959
editing staff
Marina Kumamoto
Japanese idol
Sumio Hirota
b. 1949
baseball player
Noda Hideki
b. 1955
theatre director
Yuzuki Muroi
b. 1970
novelist
Misuzu Kaneko
1903 – 1930
poet
Tadayuki Naitoh
b. 1941
photographer
Hiroshi Tanahashi
b. 1976
professional wrestler
Tsujimura Shiro
b. 1947
artist
Genki Sudo
b. 1978
composer