Japan
People of this nationality
Masakatsu Miyamoto
1938 – 2002
association football player
Shoko Takahashi
b. 1955
table tennis player
DJ Matsunaga
b. 1990
disc jockey
Sada Abe
1905 – 2000
geisha
Gota Yashiki
b. 1962
jazz musician
Michio Kushi
1926 – 2014
writer
Natsumi Haruse
b. 1994
seiyū
Satoru Kobayashi
1930 – 2001
film director
Toshio Matsumoto
1932 – 2017
film director
Masaru Furukawa
1936 – 1993
swimmer
Akira Ōta
b. 1957
amateur wrestler
Tomoki Hasegawa
b. 1957
composer
Shibue Chūsai
1805 – 1858
physician
Nobuaki Nakanishi
b. 1901
animation director
Riko Kohara
b. 1990
actor
Yuka Kashino
b. 1988
singer
Tomoya Ochiai
b. 1987
basketball player
Ayumi Sato
b. 1977
ice hockey player
Nao Ikeda
illustrator
Yoshihiro Onishi
1941 – 2003
rower
Takaki Katō
b. 1988
basketball official
Kōji Yamamoto
1951 – 2016
baseball player
Shu Watanabe
b. 1961
politician
Kōhei Akagi
1891 – 1949
politician
Hiroyuki Noake
b. 1974
speed skater
Kenichi Sasaki
b. 1950
handball player
Yuriko Miki
b. 1989
badminton player
Junko Mabuki
b. 1955
actor
Tsurugizan Taniemon
1803 – 1854
rikishi
Machiko Kyō
1924 – 2019
actor
Chikashi Masuda
b. 1985
association football player
Chōgen
1121 – 1206
Buddhist monk
Kiki Sukezane
b. 1989
actor
Yuhei Nakaushiro
b. 1989
baseball player
Shinko Matayoshi
1888 – 1947
karateka
Kohei Kono
b. 1980
boxer
Takehito Shigehara
b. 1981
association football player
Super Crazy-kun
b. 1986
politician
Yukiko Takaguchi
b. 1974
seiyū
Prince Kaya Tsunenori
1900 – 1978
military personnel
Kichisaburō Nomura
1877 – 1964
politician
Yōhei Fujita
b. 1988
professional wrestler
Miho Yoshikawa
b. 1993
sport cyclist
Kazuki Kijima
b. 1998
association football player
Candy Miyuki
artist
Kuni Taka
1875 – 1937
politician
Shiro Sokabe
1865 – 1949
Christian minister
Kazuna Takase
b. 1999
association football player
Akiho Yoshizawa
b. 1984
actor
Natsuki Toda
b. 2000
professional baseball player
Katsu Kaishū
1823 – 1899
politician
Fujio Shido
1901 – 1986
chef
Ikuko Nishikoori
b. 1980
athletics competitor
Miho Shingu
b. 1991
sprinter
Yuya Taguchi
b. 2001
association football player
Shin'ya Ueda
b. 1970
owarai tarento
Tsubasa Nabatame
b. 1995
baseball player
Taeko Tomiyama
1921 – 2021
painter
Ryoji Fujiki
b. 1951
cross-country skier
Daisei Suzuki
b. 1996
association football player
Kyoko Sato
b. 1901
athletics competitor
Hoshino Hisashi
1839 – 1917
historian
Nobuyuki Uenoyama
b. 1957
association football player
Yanagiman
b. 1960
musician
Yushi Yamaya
b. 2000
association football player
Masayuki Suzuki
b. 1972
musician
Hideko Nihei
b. 1971
teacher
Aiko Saito
b. 1958
sailor
Shintaro Ito
b. 1953
politician
Koji Matsui
b. 1957
handball player
Hiroki Oka
b. 1988
association football player
Sumire Haruno
b. 1972
actor
Kazuhiro Kiuchi
b. 1960
novelist
Shūgo Nakamura
b. 1988
seiyū
Tetsurō Tamba
1922 – 2006
actor
Hisajo Sugita
1890 – 1946
writer
Isao Matsushita
b. 1947
businessperson
Kabukidō Enkyō
1749 – 1803
artist
Akihiro Fukatsu
b. 1987
volleyball player
Satoru Ienishi
b. 1960
politician
Midori Naka
1909 – 1945
actor
Minoru Terada
b. 1958
politician
Harue Sato
b. 1976
association football player
Yuki Honda
b. 1991
association football player
Masahiko Fujiwara
b. 1943
mathematician
Matsudaira Naritaka
1788 – 1838
samurai
Sinali Latu
b. 1965
rugby union player
Momo Hayashi
b. 1995
association football player
Mami Shimamoto
b. 1987
weightlifter
Yuji Sugano
b. 1961
association football player
Rusher Itamae
b. 1963
owarai tarento
Tetsuya Nomura
b. 1970
illustrator
Masayasu Nomura
1927 – 2011
molecular biologist
Ōuchi Yoshitaka
1507 – 1551
samurai
Tadao Tsuge
b. 1941
mangaka
Aya Miyama
b. 1985
association football player
Sara Ito
b. 2001
association football player
Yoshiko Sengen
b. 1994
actor
Aki Mitsuhashi
b. 1989
field hockey player
Kiyoshi Maekawa
b. 1948
singer