Japan
People of this nationality
Minami Tsukui
b. 1987
actor
Naokazu Takemoto
b. 1940
politician
Isuke Shinmen
1889 – 1967
judoka
Yuji Fujimoto
b. 1957
politician
Yukari Mizuno
b. 1986
actor
Ryuhei Niwa
b. 1986
association football player
Daisaku Ikeda
1928 – 2023
religious person
Seigo Taguchi
1897 – 1943
painter
Suwa Yorishige
1516 – 1542
samurai
Reona Aoki
b. 1995
swimmer
Yasunori Hayashi
b. 1965
neuroscientist
Sōichirō Sorihashi
b. 1987
actor
Kakeru Hatano
b. 2000
seiyū
Kazuhiro Kiyohara
b. 1967
baseball player
Keita Nakajima
b. 2000
golfer
Keiko Yokozawa
b. 1952
seiyū
Motoori Ōhira
1756 – 1833
linguist
Minako Honda
1967 – 2005
singer
Akira Kurosawa
1910 – 1998
film director
Kazuhisa Irii
b. 1970
association football player
Takahiro Tanaka
b. 1993
association football player
Kosuke Matsui
b. 1994
swimmer
Daihachi Oguchi
1924 – 2008
musician
Yujiro Takahashi
b. 1981
professional wrestler
Hiroyuki Arai
b. 1958
politician
Masaru Hashimoto
b. 1945
politician
Masako Kishi
b. 1976
trade unionist
Nobuhiro Sadatomi
b. 1979
association football player
Kyōko Yoshine
b. 1997
actor
Tatsuji Nojima
b. 1998
visual artist
Masao Kiba
b. 1974
association football player
Shigeo Kurata
b. 1939
botanist
Hiroshi Aramata
b. 1947
novelist
Koji Maeda
b. 1969
association football player
Shun'ichi Amari
b. 1936
engineer
Taishi Narikuni
b. 1997
amateur wrestler
Kaori Ishikawa
b. 1984
announcer
Kanō Tan'yū
1602 – 1674
painter
Tatsuo Tanaka
1910 – 1998
politician
Yūki Satō
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Farahnaz Nikray
b. 1994
stage actor
Yoko Aki
b. 1945
actor
T. R. Otsuka
b. 1868
landscape architect
Tokuji Hayakawa
1893 – 1980
businessperson
Eri Tokunaga
b. 1988
actor
Shozo Okuyama
b. 1939
biathlete
Yasushi Fukunaga
b. 1973
association football player
Kenji Tomura
b. 1987
baseball player
Haruo Arima
association football player
Tōru Furuya
b. 1953
seiyū
Yoshiyuki Asai
b. 2000
anime director
Rui Hachimura
b. 1998
basketball player
Kodo Nakano
b. 1993
judoka
Shūsei Nakamura
1935 – 2014
seiyū
Yasuhito Endo
b. 1980
association football player
Kaito Shigeno
b. 1990
rugby union player
Kakuichi Mimura
1931 – 2022
association football player
Masaki Oya
b. 1995
volleyball player
Akiko Naka
b. 1980
athlete
Shigeo Yamada
b. 1964
diplomat
Kawanishi Hide
1894 – 1965
painter
Satoshi Shiki
b. 1970
mangaka
Chiezō Kataoka
1903 – 1983
actor
Yōsuke Kon
b. 1978
ice hockey player
Yoshio Miyake
1913 – 1983
artistic gymnast
Aoba Fujino
b. 2004
association football player
Shinsei Ryū
b. 2000
university teacher
Takanori Ōyama
b. 1974
actor
Fumihiro Joyu
b. 1962
religious leader
Ikeda Tsuneoki
1536 – 1584
samurai
Naoki Yoshida
b. 1973
video game producer
Jin Ueda
b. 1991
table tennis player
Shinobu Kaitani
b. 1967
mangaka
Akira Yanabu
1928 – 2018
academic
Mone Ryokawa
b. 2000
curler
Takashi Takabayashi
1931 – 2009
association football player
Mamoru Kuroiwa
b. 1962
boxer
Kosei Wakimoto
b. 1994
association football player
Hikaru Utada
b. 1983
singer
Fujiwara no Koshi
947 – 979
empress consort
Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
1511 – 1535
samurai
Yohei Naito
b. 1988
association football player
Kai Toews
b. 1998
basketball player
Sara Minami
b. 2002
actor
Shimizu Shikin
1868 – 1933
novelist
Kōichi Kawanishi
b. 1959
drummer
Ryota Watanabe
b. 1991
association football player
Kenzo Yashima
1902 – 1979
marathon runner
Masanori Hata
1935 – 2023
novelist
Kōsaku Yosida
1909 – 1990
mathematician
Tatsuo Umemiya
1938 – 2019
actor
Genshin Takano
1895 – 1969
lawyer
Takahiro Fujioka
b. 1989
baseball player
Norio Ban
rower
Kokoro Saegusa
b. 1987
fashion model
Shōgun Kawakatsu
b. 1974
mixed martial arts fighter
Eiki Matayoshi
b. 1947
writer
Yoshiki Sasai
1962 – 2014
university teacher
Masako Mori
b. 1964
politician
Harumi Yanagawa
b. 1956
athletics competitor