Japan
People of this nationality
Yōtsukasa Dai
1973 – 2025
rikishi
Tadao Kitajima
b. 1966
professional shogi player
Ren Nagase
b. 1999
singer
Shuto Hira
b. 1994
association football player
Funky Kato
b. 1978
singer
Yuzu Tsutae
mangaka
Katsumi Shibata
1909 – 1942
field hockey player
Toru Taniguchi
b. 1968
golfer
Sae Watanabe
b. 1968
gymnast
Shotaro Shiroyama
b. 1995
athletics competitor
Fukuzo Iwasaki
1925 – 2012
entrepreneur
Miho Komatsu
b. 1974
singer
Sakakibara Yasumasa
1548 – 1606
samurai
Mitsuko Shiga
1885 – 1976
poet
Ayano Ninomiya
violinist
Teiichi Matsumaru
1909 – 1997
association football player
Miyuki Ishikawa
1897 – 1987
midwife
Aki Takajō
b. 1991
Japanese idol
Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka
1927 – 2021
Catholic priest
Tsuneharu Takeda
b. 1944
diplomat
Emperor Kōmei
1831 – 1867
ruler
Range Murata
b. 1968
illustrator
Kōhei Dōjima
b. 1976
singer-songwriter
Hiromi Makihara
b. 1963
baseball player
Saori Atsumi
b. 1989
singer-songwriter
Kiyoshi Imaizumi
b. 1967
rugby union player
Mari Nishio
b. 1974
actor
Yoshiji Soeno
b. 1947
grandmaster
Toku
b. 1973
jazz musician
Akira Akao
b. 1988
association football player
Masatomi Ikeda
1940 – 2021
aikidoka
Keisuke Endo
b. 1989
association football player
Toko Shinoda
1913 – 2021
lithographer
Satoshi Kadokura
b. 1959
composer
Seigo Tarucha
b. 1953
physicist
Hidari Jingorō
1584 – 1645
sculptor
Mina Tanaka
b. 1994
association football player
Tsutomu Mizukami
1919 – 2004
novelist
Manaya Nishikawa
b. 1999
baseball player
Ai Shimizu
b. 1981
seiyū
Kazuko Watanabe
1927 – 2016
nun
Kō Shimozuru
b. 1988
baseball player
Hidetada Ito
b. 1959
handball player
Shin'ichi Kitaoka
b. 1948
political scientist
Emperor Hanzei
336 – 410
ruler
Takayuki Takabayashi
b. 1972
baseball player
Goroku Amemiya
1886 – 1972
photographer
Hideo Hashimoto
b. 1979
association football player
Koji Yamada
1850 – 1941
cue sports player
Masamichi Satō
b. 2000
cinematographer
Keiko Yamada
b. 1965
mangaka
Hiroko Uchida-Yokoyama
b. 1936
athletics competitor
Misaki Oshigiri
b. 1992
speed skater
Mari Asato
b. 1976
film director
Nana Ichise
b. 1997
association football player
Muga Takewaki
1944 – 2011
actor
Masaki Doi
b. 1960
politician
Ichijō Kaneka
1692 – 1751
Masanobu Tsuji
1901 – 1968
politician
Abe no Hirafu
575 – 664
warrior
Kenichi Nishi
b. 1967
video game producer
Ashikaga Yoshihide
1538 – 1568
samurai
Mito Kakizawa
b. 1971
politician
Taichi Takami
b. 1993
professional shogi player
Hora
singer
Koichi Nishimura
b. 1973
volleyball player
Akira Sakuma
b. 1952
board game designer
Hikaru Sugii
b. 1978
novelist
Fumio Hayashi
1900 – 1947
Kento Miyahara
b. 1989
professional wrestler
Tomoyoshi Tsurumi
b. 1979
association football player
Ryuya Ogawa
b. 1991
baseball player
Yūta Toyokawa
b. 1994
association football player
Sukehiro Tomita
b. 1948
screenwriter
Mario Kuroba
b. 1993
actor
Minoru Ozima
b. 1930
geochemist
Akira Miyawaki
1928 – 2021
botanist
Raizo Matsuno
1917 – 2006
politician
Kaori Kishitani
b. 1967
singer-songwriter
Tomoyuki Shiraishi
b. 1993
association football player
Marte Mapu
b. 1999
American football player
Takefumi Aida
b. 1937
architect
Hiyori Hamagishi
b. 2002
Japanese idol
Kotoryū Hiroo
b. 1972
rikishi
Jinzaburō Masaki
1876 – 1956
military personnel
Yusuke Mitsui
b. 2002
Hideki Seo
1974 – 2024
fashion designer
Haco
composer
Yoshio Fujiwara
association football player
Nobuko Fukuda
b. 1980
cross-country skier
Yūji Nunokawa
1947 – 2022
animator
Toshihiko Yamaoka
b. 1941
field hockey player
Itsuko Hasegawa
b. 1941
architect
Hidehiko Yamabe
1923 – 1960
mathematician
Koji Yamamoto
b. 1946
baseball player
Harumitsu Okada
b. 1960
sport cyclist
Takami Ominami
b. 1975
athletics competitor
Mizue Takada
b. 1960
singer
Tsuyoshi Ujiki
b. 1957
actor
Ryo Kawasaki
1947 – 2020
composer