Japan
People of this nationality
Yaeko Yamazaki
b. 1950
volleyball player
Kōsuke Komiyama
b. 1986
kickboxer
Aoyama Tanemichi
1859 – 1917
internist
Leon Niihama
b. 1996
musician
Susumu Chiba
b. 1970
seiyū
Hideki Naganuma
b. 1972
composer
Hiroya Takada
b. 1977
mixed martial arts fighter
Moriuchi Toshiyuki
b. 1970
professional shogi player
Keisuke Kaneko
b. 1985
baseball player
Mikoi Sasaki
b. 1991
seiyū
Katsuko Kanesaka
b. 1954
volleyball player
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
1948 – 2014
aristocrat
Hiromi Hara
b. 1958
association football player
Akira Takatsuki
b. 1959
film director
Chikurin-in
1579 – 1649
Katsunori Kikuno
b. 1981
judoka
Kimiko Nishimoto
1928 – 2025
track cyclist
Nobuo Hara
1926 – 2021
saxophonist
Takamasa Kitagawa
b. 1996
sprinter
Koichi Ose
b. 1937
actor
Hidenori Isa
b. 1976
biathlete
SAGAT
b. 1990
professional wrestler
Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
1873 – 1950
novelist
Juichi Maruyama
b. 1945
alpine skier
Ai Murakami
b. 1985
field hockey player
Yumi Ohka
b. 1979
singer
Ryo Ishibashi
b. 1956
actor
Hachisuka Muneteru
1684 – 1743
samurai
Rika Fujiwara
b. 1981
tennis player
Kaori Matsumura
b. 1990
Japanese idol
Mitsuo Mitani
b. 1959
politician
Yoshinori Shimizu
b. 1947
novelist
Ryōsuke Yasunami
b. 1957
judge
Mitsuru Hattori
b. 1977
mangaka
Mori Koben
1869 – 1945
explorer
Yuki Maki
b. 1984
association football player
Kikuchi Dairoku
1855 – 1917
mathematician
Kota Yoshihara
b. 1978
association football player
Mayu Matsumoto
b. 1995
badminton player
Kyoko Kobayashi
b. 1972
softball player
Keisuke Moriya
b. 1994
rugby union player
Tetsuya Nishio
b. 1968
animator
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
1955 – 2016
rikishi
An Nanba
b. 1984
pornographic film actor
Tomu Mutō
b. 1994
tarento
Rika Usami
b. 1986
karateka
Masafumi Takada
b. 1970
composer
Michihiro Kandori
b. 1959
economist
Kōji Yamamura
b. 1964
film director
Nagi Inoue
b. 2005
Japanese idol
Jiichirō Date
1952 – 2018
amateur wrestler
Ichirō Tsuda
b. 1953
mathematician
Naomasa Yamasaki
1870 – 1929
geographer
Koji Nakanishi
1925 – 2019
chemist
Shozo Fujita
1927 – 2003
political scientist
Takashi Kako
b. 1947
composer
Tsunesaburō Makiguchi
1871 – 1944
philosopher
Takashi Masuzaki
b. 1962
record producer
Kazuki Ōmori
1952 – 2022
film director
Toshiaki Fushimi
1976 – 2026
sport cyclist
Isamu Imakake
b. 1968
animator
Hideki Niwa
b. 1972
politician
Tomoki Okayama
b. 1996
actor
Kinji Fukasaku
1930 – 2003
film director
Nobuko Kondo
b. 1956
association football player
Shigeo Tanaka
1907 – 1992
film director
Kazuo Takahashi
b. 1969
mixed martial arts fighter
Kaho Sunami
b. 1993
handball player
Naoko Moto
mangaka
Masahiro Fujita
b. 1970
basketball player
Mitsuhiro Sato
b. 1980
athletics competitor
Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda
1926 – 2003
mathematician
Ryutaro Morimoto
b. 1995
singer
Unoko Tsuboi
1917 – 1940
swimmer
Hitoshi Fujie
b. 1986
baseball player
Jun Kawagoe
b. 1957
film director
Tatsuo Takahashi
1928 – 2001
politician
Miyozo Yamazaki
1931 – 2018
anthropologist
Noboru Ishiguro
1938 – 2012
screenwriter
Akira Oze
b. 1947
mangaka
Shimazu Tadayoshi
1493 – 1568
samurai
Asukai Masatsune
1170 – 1221
poet
Hiromasa Yamamoto
b. 1979
association football player
Hayden Hopgood
b. 1980
rugby union player
Paul Tuschihashi
1866 – 1965
lexicographer
Yoshiki Nakamura
b. 1969
mangaka
Tetsuya Kumakawa
b. 1972
actor
Kenichi Ebina
b. 1974
dancer
Julietta Suzuki
b. 2000
mangaka
Masahiro Momitani
b. 1981
association football player
Tsugaru Nobumasa
1646 – 1710
samurai
Tachibana no Naramaro
721 – 757
aristocrat
Kanō Mitsunobu
1561 – 1608
painter
Hideo Murai
1958 – 1995
conspiracy theorist
Takeya Mizugaki
b. 1983
mixed martial arts fighter
Konosuke Sano
1894 – 1975
long-distance runner
Yudai Nagano
b. 1998
fencer
Taishi Kusumoto
b. 1995
baseball player
Fujiwara no Tanetsugu
737 – 785
Yoshitsugu Yamashita
1865 – 1935
judoka