Japan
People of this nationality
Kentaro Sawada
b. 1970
association football player
Natsuko Godai
b. 1961
singer
Munehiro Kaneko
b. 1968
athletics competitor
Nobuhiro Matsuda
b. 1983
baseball player
Sayaka Ishii
b. 2005
tennis player
Takashi Ono
1928 – 2026
mathematician
Satoshi Tsunami
b. 1961
association football player
Mayumi Someya
b. 1993
karateka
Takeshi Murakami
b. 1964
writer
Kansuke Naka
1885 – 1965
poet
Takeshi Koshida
b. 1960
association football player
Nahoko Uehashi
b. 1962
writer
Hayato Sasaki
b. 1982
association football player
Tomohiro Fukaya
b. 1990
sport cyclist
Tokitsunada Hironori
1969 – 2019
rikishi
Yutaka Tsuchiya
b. 1966
film director
Hiroaki Kuzuhara
b. 1983
motorcycle racer
Sota Koshimichi
b. 2004
association football player
Yoko Kojima
b. 1991
sport cyclist
Yukiko Fujisawa
b. 1995
figure skater
Asano Nagaakira
1586 – 1632
samurai
Kazuo Nishii
1946 – 2001
critic
Yumiko Fujita
b. 1945
actor
Hirochika Miyoshi
b. 1987
association football player
Shigeyuki Miya
b. 1975
animator
Takeshi Hamada
b. 1982
association football player
Teisuke Tanaka
1937 – 2015
motorcycle racer
Hiroshi Teshigahara
1927 – 2001
film director
Eiji Morioka
1946 – 2004
boxer
Mitsuru Kohno
b. 1946
table tennis player
Ken'ichirō Matsuoka
1914 – 1994
businessperson
Ikue Ōtani
b. 1965
seiyū
Yutaka Yamaguchi
b. 1940
Koji Ishikawa
b. 1963
writer
Takashi Matsumoto
1906 – 1956
poet
Chikage Awashima
1924 – 2012
actor
Fumio Gotō
1884 – 1980
politician
Konoka Matsuda
b. 1999
Japanese idol
Masayoshi Ōhira
1910 – 1980
politician
Hideyuki Fujisawa
1925 – 2009
Go professional
Yuya Uemura
b. 1994
professional wrestler
Hiroshi Toyooka
b. 1969
keirin cyclist
Yoshihiro Kawano
b. 1943
speed skater
Shuhei Matsuhashi
b. 1993
rugby union player
Hiroaki Takahashi
b. 1976
judoka
Mari Kumamoto
b. 1964
pianist
Giga
b. 1991
composer
Sou Nishimura
b. 1936
mangaka
Kyūichi Kodama
1893 – 1960
bureaucrat
Kosei Nakamura
b. 1981
association football player
Hiroshi Michinaga
b. 1956
archer
Noriko Nishimoto
1940 – 2016
marionetteist
Ikuko Kitamori
b. 1963
athletics competitor
Akira Eguchi
b. 1963
pianist
Akihiko Saito
1961 – 2005
military personnel
Kōhei Uchimura
b. 1989
artistic gymnast
Yūsuke Imai
b. 1977
speed skater
Shinobu Ichiyanagi
b. 1952
karateka
Riku Handa
b. 2002
association football player
Hachisuka Mochiaki
1846 – 1918
diplomat
Tatsumi Hijikata
1928 – 1986
choreographer
Daisuke Sekimoto
b. 1981
professional wrestler
Miyuki Uehara
b. 1995
long-distance runner
Nagano Narimasa
1491 – 1561
military engineer
Takashi Miyazawa
b. 1978
sport cyclist
Tatsuki Mizuno
b. 2000
baseball player
Stan Sakai
b. 1953
comics artist
Saburō Murakami
1925 – 1996
painter
Hirokazu Mizuta
1937 – 2026
business manager
Atsuo Inoue
b. 1947
writer
Isamu Matsuura
b. 1991
association football player
Keiji Nakazawa
1939 – 2012
mangaka
Tadao Oda
b. 1940
mathematician
Jun Takaku
b. 1984
basketball player
Asako Takakura
b. 1968
association football player
Kiyotaka Ishimaru
b. 1973
association football player
Kin'ichi Sawaki
1919 – 2001
poet
Kiyotaka Hisauti
1884 – 1981
botanist
Masashi Eriguchi
b. 1988
athletics competitor
Kyotaro
b. 1986
boxer
Tomomi Miyamoto
b. 1978
association football player
Erika Kamimura
b. 1992
kickboxer
Takashi Matsunaga
b. 1986
jazz musician
Tomoyuki Yamashita
1885 – 1946
military officer
Naoko Kawai
b. 1963
actor
Satoshi Takayama
b. 1970
politician
Yutaka Hara
b. 1953
writer
Kota Mori
b. 1997
association football player
Hiromi Takahari
b. 1987
athletics competitor
Osamu Ishiguro
1936 – 2016
tennis player
Keita Tosaki
b. 1980
jockey
Jun Takami
1907 – 1965
poet
Shiho Yano
b. 1976
model
Hisashi Hieda
b. 1937
businessperson
Ren Nikaidō
b. 2001
ski jumper
Honda Toshinaga
1635 – 1693
samurai
Emiko Okazaki
b. 1949
athlete
Matsudaira Tadanari
1850 – 1895
politician
Kyoko Iwasaki
b. 1978
swimmer
Daizō Nozawa
1933 – 2024
politician