Japan
People of this nationality
Joji Yuasa
1929 – 2024
composer
Honinbo Shuhaku
1716 – 1741
Go player
Feng Tian
b. 1992
singer
Yonehiko Kitagawa
1931 – 2026
actor
Yukito Kishiro
b. 1967
mangaka
Kousuke Atari
b. 1980
singer
Tomoyasu Ando
b. 1974
association football player
Yukiko Nikaidō
b. 1940
actor
Takahiko Masuda
psychologist
Kenji Imai
1895 – 1987
architect
Shu Takumi
b. 1971
video game producer
Katō Tadahiro
1601 – 1653
Makoto Tateno
b. 1950
mangaka
Kenji Yoshida
1924 – 2009
painter
Ohara Koson
1877 – 1945
printmaker
Zonkaku
1290 – 1373
monk
Tomoya Ando
b. 1999
association football player
Tomoki Ikemoto
b. 1985
association football player
Natsuko Imamura
b. 1980
novelist
Sachie Abe
b. 1974
professional wrestler
Paru Itagaki
b. 1993
mangaka
Hikaru Saeki
b. 1943
naval officer
Yō Sano
1928 – 2013
novelist
Hisao Arakane
b. 1978
baseball player
Hayao Kinugasa
1915 – 2007
military personnel
Koichi Oita
1914 – 1996
association football player
Gisaburō Sugii
b. 1940
screenwriter
Yoshiki Takahashi
b. 1985
association football player
Hiroyuki Doi
b. 1946
draftsperson
Yōko Yamamoto
1942 – 2024
actor
Yotaro Kobayashi
1933 – 2015
businessperson
Taku Yamasaki
b. 1936
politician
Asaka Seto
b. 1976
actor
Yuna Kasai
b. 2004
ski jumper
Akiko Morishima
b. 1973
mangaka
Reiko Sakamoto
table tennis player
Akimasa Nakamura
b. 1961
amateur astronomer
Senshō Murakami
1851 – 1929
religious studies scholar
Tadashi Murakami
b. 1912
athletics competitor
Mai Yamane
b. 1958
singer
Shōtarō Ikenami
1923 – 1990
writer
Princess Akiko of Mikasa
b. 1981
aristocrat
Junichi Yamakawa
mangaka
Miki Shimomura
b. 1998
singer
Rieko Matsunaga
b. 1979
rhythmic gymnast
Susumu Hamamura
b. 1975
politician
Akira Ōtaka
b. 1957
actor
Eitaro Suzuki
1899 – 1979
wrestler
Ayana Sakai
b. 1985
actor
Hiroaki Katō
b. 1983
singer-songwriter
Kaoru Morioka
b. 1979
association football player
Kiyokazu Chiba
b. 1961
mangaka
Takurō Morinaga
1957 – 2025
economic pundit
Masahito Anzai
b. 1945
archaeologist
Haruto Yamada
b. 2004
baseball player
Nitta Yoshiaki
1318 – 1338
samurai
Reiko Nakamura
b. 1982
swimmer
Masami Shiratama
b. 1974
singer-songwriter
Takehiko Inoue
b. 1967
mangaka
Akechi Mitsutada
1540 – 1582
samurai
Gosho no Gorōmaru
1176 – 1193
military commander
Toshiyuki Tsuru
film director
Terukuni Manzō
1919 – 1977
rikishi
Ken'ichi Imaizumi
1934 – 2018
basketball player
Yasuko Kobayashi
b. 1965
screenwriter
Nōin
988 – 1050
poet
Kanji Kubomura
b. 1943
sport cyclist
Yohei Iwasaki
b. 1987
association football player
Hiroki Narabayashi
b. 1988
association football player
Eri Yamaguchi
b. 1973
athletics competitor
Ryoko Kobayashi
b. 1989
actor
Mamare Touno
b. 1973
writer
Keigo Higashi
b. 1990
association football player
Matsudaira Yasutō
1779 – 1841
samurai
Aki Maeda
b. 1985
actor
Hakuo Iriyama
1904 – 1991
artist
Uchida Ryogoro
1837 – 1921
activist
Minoru Koga
b. 1996
badminton player
Anon Matsufuji
b. 2003
competition climber
Masatoshi Ishida
b. 1995
association football player
Hirokazu Sawamura
b. 1988
baseball player
Enju Kato
1919 – 2021
politician
Inoe-naishinnō
717 – 775
Shinya Mitsuoka
b. 1976
association football player
Seiko Tanabe
1928 – 2019
novelist
Takeshi Hino
b. 1990
rugby union player
Junichiro Ito
b. 1954
psychiatrist
Takahiro Kawai
b. 1945
university teacher
Michiru Jo
b. 1957
actor
Yoshinori Hurube
b. 1970
association football player
Takuo Godō
1877 – 1956
businessperson
Takashi Kawano
b. 1996
association football player
Toshirō Ino
b. 1980
politician
Yūsuke Kobayashi
b. 1983
association football player
Shigetarō Yoshimatsu
1859 – 1935
teacher
Hako Yamasaki
b. 1957
singer-songwriter
Yasuo Kuwahara
1946 – 2003
composer
Ii Naomasa
1561 – 1602
samurai
Kento Takeuchi
b. 1987
tennis player
Hiroshi Kobayashi
b. 1944
boxer