Japan
People of this nationality
Tōshichi Iwata
1893 – 1980
glass artist
Masakatsu Aoki
b. 1957
astronomer
Norimasa Fujisawa
b. 1983
singer
Eimi Kuroda
b. 1988
model
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
b. 1973
animator
Gichin Funakoshi
1868 – 1957
karateka
Takeda Izumo II
1691 – 1756
playwright
Shiina Natsukawa
b. 1996
seiyū
Hokuto Nakamura
b. 1985
association football player
Yūta Matsukihira
b. 2003
professional baseball player
Mizuno Tadakiyo
1833 – 1884
samurai
Takeaki Harigaya
b. 1998
association football player
Katsuhiro Otomo
b. 1954
screenwriter
Toshitada Yoshida
b. 1947
amateur wrestler
Eri Yanetani
b. 1984
snowboarder
Kazuha Nakamura
b. 2003
singer
Shinri Shioura
b. 1991
swimmer
Alex Kouto Horio Pisano
b. 2006
association football player
Sushun
520 – 592
ruler
Kosuke Taketomi
b. 1990
association football player
Takemitsu Uranishi
b. 1940
golfer
Eriko Fujimaki
b. 1974
seiyū
Kiyotaka Miyoshi
b. 1985
association football player
Ikue Asazaki
b. 1935
singer
Setsuo Matsura
rower
Kushibiki Yumindo
1859 – 1924
impresario
Akihiko Ureshino
b. 1971
novelist
Princess Tashiraka
b. 450
Minamoto no Hitoshi
880 – 951
poet
Takumi Sasaki
b. 1998
association football player
Tomomi Mochizuki
b. 1958
film director
Masashi Wada
b. 1997
association football player
Kaito Kuwahara
b. 2000
association football player
Sara Takatsuki
b. 1997
actor
Mitsuhiro Kitta
b. 1942
golfer
Hara Masatane
1531 – 1575
samurai
Hitomi Shiode
b. 1999
volleyball player
Emperor Chūkyō
1218 – 1234
sovereign
Takao Kisugi
b. 1950
composer
Ryogo Yamasaki
b. 1992
association football player
Nana Seino
b. 1994
actor
Maica n
b. 2000
singer-songwriter
Keiichirō Yamamiya
b. 1972
mixed martial arts fighter
Kazue Tomimoto
1893 – 1966
essayist
Maki Asakawa
1942 – 2010
singer
Kunitarō Sawamura
1905 – 1974
actor
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
b. 1973
association football player
Jun Mayuzumi
b. 1948
singer
Hideki Uchidate
b. 1974
association football player
Hori
b. 1977
seiyū
Machiko Hasegawa
1920 – 1992
mangaka
Saburō Kurusu
1886 – 1954
diplomat
Abe no Yoritoki
950 – 1057
samurai
Shunpei Uto
1918 – 2010
swimmer
Prince Kadobe
650 – 745
poet
Rikidōzan
1924 – 1963
rikishi
Kazuki Saito
b. 1996
association football player
Tadashi Nakamura
1929 – 2019
seiyū
Masayoshi Shintani
b. 1975
politician
Kamio Mitsuomi
1856 – 1927
military personnel
Takayuki Sugō
b. 1952
actor
Shogo Sasaki
b. 2000
association football player
Yuko Kawai
b. 2000
pianist
Shirotomo Aizawa
b. 1962
conductor
Kaung Zan Mara
b. 2002
association football player
Yudai Furukawa
b. 1998
baseball player
Akira Takayama
b. 1969
theatre director
Chihiro Suzuki
b. 1999
kickboxer
Saki Fujita
b. 1984
seiyū
Haruno Nemoto
b. 1995
basketball player
Ōta Tokitoshi
1839 – 1915
Tsuneo Ogasawara
b. 1942
rower
Somei Satoh
b. 1947
composer
Shun Ito
b. 1987
association football player
Susumu Taira
1934 – 2024
actor
Katsuo Haga
1938 – 2000
boxer
Shunsuke Ishikawa
b. 1985
baseball player
Rin Saitō
b. 1950
mangaka
Rikiya Higashihara
b. 1956
drummer
Tetsuya Nakashima
b. 1959
film director
Ryōji Morimoto
b. 1982
actor
Hirotaka Izumi
1958 – 2021
composer
Kazumi Kawai
1964 – 1997
singer
Ai Kuwabara
b. 1991
jazz musician
Osamu Hayaishi
1920 – 2015
biochemist
Junsaku Koizumi
1924 – 2012
painter
Itō Sachio
1864 – 1913
poet
Akiko Takojima
b. 1946
professional shogi player
Naokiyo Hashisako
b. 1971
sport cyclist
Meisei Chikara
b. 1995
rikishi
Yasuhiro Masuda
b. 1997
professional shogi player
Daisuke Uekado
b. 1993
long-distance runner
Isao Sasaki
b. 1942
singer
Jurato Ikeda
b. 1996
association football player
Masatake Kimura
b. 1990
handball player
Hazuki Yuda
b. 1989
field hockey player
Yoshinori Taguchi
b. 1965
association football player
Soki Yatagai
b. 1998
association football player
Koki Ishii
b. 1995
association football player
Tomohiro Kojiri
1957 – 1987
journalist