Japan
People of this nationality
Hitomi Kaneko
b. 1965
composer
Yuka Kanematsu
b. 1982
rugby sevens player
Shōgo Hamada
b. 1952
singer
Sachio Kinugasa
1947 – 2018
baseball player
Shintaro Ejiri
b. 1977
baseball player
Joe Hisaishi
b. 1950
composer
Shoot Ogawa
b. 1975
magician
Yoshiyuki Kato
b. 1964
association football player
Yoshikuni Araki
1921 – 1997
landscape architect
Wataru Ishizaka
b. 1976
politician
Satoshi Umemura
b. 1975
politician
Atsuko Ishizuka
b. 1981
film director
Mami Uchiseto
b. 1991
volleyball player
Kusumoto Masataka
1838 – 1902
politician
Yasuka Saitō
b. 1987
actor
Tamori
b. 1945
owarai tarento
Tōru Emori
b. 1944
actor
Yukie Nakayama
b. 1979
sport shooter
Taiji Nojima
1896 – 1970
dermatologist
Yuki Kajiura
b. 2004
association football player
Mineo Higashi
b. 1938
novelist
Saki
b. 1988
professional wrestler
Yasuaki Kurata
b. 1946
judoka
Moe Meguro
b. 1984
curler
Chiharu Kawai
b. 1973
actor
Tachibana no Kachiko
786 – 850
Kazuo Yokoyama
b. 1993
jockey
Saki Takaoka
b. 1972
actor
Yuichi Hirano
b. 1996
association football player
Daisuke Ikeda
b. 1968
professional wrestler
Takumi Kitamura
b. 1997
actor
Shin Yoshida
b. 1966
screenwriter
Taiyo Koga
b. 1998
association football player
Yoyoka Soma
b. 2009
YouTuber
Mizuki
b. 1995
professional wrestler
Kō Nakajima
1941 – 2025
video artist
Komaki Kikuchi
b. 1997
fencer
Shinji Saito
b. 1989
entertainer
Daijiro Kato
1976 – 2003
motorcycle racer
Tomihisa Taue
b. 1956
politician
Miki Hayasaka
b. 1955
mangaka
Yorikatsu Tsujiko
b. 1984
racing automobile driver
Niina Hanamiya
seiyū
Yukiyoshi Karashima
b. 1997
association football player
Uwe Helu
b. 1990
rugby union player
Hiroshi Sekita
b. 1989
association football player
Yoko Ono
b. 1933
peace activist
Takako Kotorida
b. 1977
athletics competitor
Shōhei Ōoka
1909 – 1988
translator
Ryūji Miyajima
b. 1967
film editor
Yoshikazu Suzuki
b. 1982
association football player
Shōko Tsuda
b. 1963
seiyū
Hajime Narukawa
b. 1971
architect
Shiro Izumi
b. 1961
actor
Kenkichi Sonogashira
b. 1931
chemist
Hotta Masayoshi
1810 – 1864
samurai
Kiyoshi Arai
b. 1969
baseball player
Mie Kitahara
b. 1933
actor
Hiromi Nagano
b. 1971
tennis player
Daimonji Kenji
b. 1940
rikishi
Ryōko Ono
b. 1977
seiyū
Toshikazu Sunada
b. 1948
mathematician
Baku Akae
1933 – 2012
novelist
Hayao Miyazaki
b. 1941
film director
Közi
b. 1972
guitarist
Naoko Kouda
b. 1959
seiyū
Tomomi Miyashita
b. 1982
actor
Masayoshi Nagata
1927 – 2008
mathematician
Kento Momota
b. 1994
badminton player
Nobuki Iketaka
b. 2000
association football player
Hironari Yamazaki
b. 1976
owarai tarento
Michiru Shimada
1959 – 2017
screenwriter
Sumiko Yokoyama
b. 1974
cross-country skier
Neko Hiroshi
b. 1977
actor
Fujiwara no Ariko
1207 – 1286
empress consort
Eiji Sato
b. 1971
association football player
Chōzaburō Tanaka
1885 – 1976
botanist
Katō Sadakichi
1861 – 1927
military personnel
Kōichirō Yoshinaga
b. 1969
baseball player
Yosuke Miyaji
b. 1987
association football player
Shunsuke Matsumoto
1912 – 1948
painter
Hideharu Miyahira
b. 1973
ski jumper
Yasunari Iwata
b. 1974
jockey
Ayumi Hamasaki
b. 1978
seiyū
Ryōsuke Tatsumi
b. 1996
baseball player
Takayoshi Ishihara
b. 1992
association football player
Daisuke Hirakawa
b. 1973
seiyū
Yurin
b. 1981
singer
Yuki Okada
b. 1996
association football player
Abi Masatora
b. 1994
rikishi
Daichi Azegami
b. 1974
cross-country skier
Wakamisugi Akiteru
1937 – 1983
rikishi
Tetsuya Funatsu
b. 1987
association football player
Arata Tatsukawa
b. 1997
judoka
Mai Goto
b. 1982
seiyū
Kiriko Nananan
1972 – 2024
mangaka
Minoru Minami
1887 – 1948
photographer
Taku Sugimoto
b. 1965
musician
Fuka Kono
b. 1998
association football player
Kanako Kondō
b. 1981
seiyū