Japan
People of this nationality
Kurama Tatsuya
1952 – 1995
rikishi
Rion Taki
b. 1992
association football player
Tadayoshi Sano
1889 – 1945
military personnel
Takao Nakano
b. 1962
film director
Momoka Hanazono
b. 1999
professional wrestler
Kanō Jigorō
1860 – 1938
judoka
Uesugi Kagekatsu
1556 – 1623
samurai
Soichi Tanaka
b. 1989
association football player
Akihito
b. 1933
monarch
Mana Okamura
b. 2005
artistic gymnast
Kichitarō Negishi
b. 1950
film director
Seiji Takaiwa
b. 1968
actor
Manabu Murakami
b. 1984
professional wrestler
Chiaki Tomita
b. 1993
rower
Kazuhisa Yamani
b. 1970
rower
Hidehiko Yoshida
b. 1969
judoka
Sumire Kita
b. 2001
rhythmic gymnast
Sone Arasuke
1849 – 1910
diplomat
Kenichiro Sasae
b. 1951
diplomat
Hiromi Suzuki
b. 1968
marathon runner
Erina Yashima
b. 1986
conductor
Yuma Yahagi
b. 1990
motorcycle racer
Kenji Ogusu
b. 1971
mixed martial arts fighter
Mizuta Masahide
1657 – 1723
haiku poet
Amakasu Kagemochi
1501 – 1604
samurai
Chiaki Mukai
b. 1952
astronaut
Naoko Matsumoto
b. 1968
archaeologist
Yoshiro Noda
b. 1936
swimmer
Seiko Lee
opera singer
Moe Tsurumi
b. 1996
Japanese idol
Michiko Miyagi
b. 1993
professional wrestler
Taiki Yamazaki
b. 1995
actor
samfree
1984 – 2015
composer
Fumio Kishida
b. 1957
diplomat
Tōru Ōkawa
b. 1960
seiyū
Kan'in-no-miya Naohito-shinnō
1704 – 1753
Yasuhiko Niimura
b. 1970
association football player
Hanako Utsumi
b. 2000
rugby sevens player
Keiko Kitagawa
b. 1986
actor
Kako Tomotaki
b. 1995
figure skater
Riichi Arai
b. 1933
basketball player
Sara Saito
b. 2006
tennis player
Kyōko Hashimoto
b. 1964
pornographic film actor
Matsudaira Ietada
1555 – 1600
diarist
Kiyozawa Manshi
1863 – 1903
philosopher
Hajime Sono
b. 1993
politician
Yoshiyuki Shirate
b. 1947
biathlete
Tatsuya Enomoto
b. 1979
association football player
Chū Kudō
1882 – 1965
politician
Takeshi Honda
b. 1981
figure skater
Hideto Aki
b. 1970
film director
Inokichi Kubo
1874 – 1939
university teacher
Sueki Yonemura
1879 – 1941
military personnel
Hideo Hamamura
1928 – 2000
marathon runner
Yoshiki Fujimoto
b. 1994
association football player
Haruhiko Nishi
1893 – 1986
diplomat
Yoshiya Nishizawa
b. 1987
association football player
Eiji Shimomura
b. 1959
volleyball player
Norio Shioyama
1940 – 2017
illustrator
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu
1938 – 2017
rikishi
Shūdō Higashinakano
b. 1947
historian
Naoya Matsumoto
b. 1997
association football player
Masaya Takahashi
1930 – 2014
actor
Kento Hashimoto
b. 1993
association football player
Douki
b. 1991
professional wrestler
Yūji Okabayashi
b. 1982
professional wrestler
Hiromitsu Kadota
1948 – 2023
baseball player
Matsudaira Sukekuni
1700 – 1752
samurai
Yasuharu Fujiwara
b. 1958
sailor
Masuzo Madono
association football player
Kouki Idoki
b. 1961
golfer
Kensuke Kazama
1960 – 2017
photographer
Kenzō Matsumura
1883 – 1971
politician
Masanobu Fukuoka
1913 – 2008
agronomist
Michiko Hirai
1935 – 1984
actor
Maeda Shigenobu
1735 – 1753
samurai
Akemi Ishii
b. 1965
singer
Shūmei Miyamoto
b. 1996
baseball player
Shūichi Ikeda
b. 1949
seiyū
Kanata Konami
b. 1958
mangaka
Kengo Yoshida
b. 2001
baseball player
Tadashi Nakamura
b. 1942
karateka
Murakami Namiroku
1865 – 1944
novelist
Asahi Sakano
2005 – 2025
ski jumper
Toshikatsu Matsuoka
1945 – 2007
politician
Miho Kawabe
b. 1974
synchronized swimmer
Hiroe Nakai
b. 1969
professional shogi player
Kosuke Okahara
b. 1980
photographer
Yoshie Ueno
flautist
Soga Sukenobu
gokenin
Toda Katsushige
1557 – 1600
samurai
Ayuru Ōhashi
b. 1984
singer
Kaoru Kobayashi
1968 – 2013
Eriko Sato
b. 1981
model
Bin Ueda
1874 – 1916
poet
Takayoshi Ohmura
b. 1983
guitarist
Takashi Inoue
b. 1944
businessperson
Ken Horiuchi
b. 1969
actor
Jun Mitsui
b. 1955
architect
Gan Tanigawa
1923 – 1995
poet