Japan
People of this nationality
Shigeo Sawairi
b. 1963
association football player
MoJo
b. 1952
singer
Kyuichi Tokuda
1894 – 1953
politician
Katsuya Toida
b. 1977
mixed martial arts fighter
Kenji Kasai
table tennis player
Yoshiya Takemura
b. 1973
association football player
Toru Yonezawa
b. 1958
tennis player
Fumihiko Imamura
b. 1961
engineer
Rie Aruga
mangaka
Vanesa Oshiro
b. 1981
singer
Kawabata Ryushi
1885 – 1966
painter
Yoshitaka Susanoumi
b. 1972
rikishi
Osamu Inoue
b. 1932
athletics competitor
Chihiro Sasakawa
b. 1948
biologist
Atsushi Sawada
b. 1958
athlete
Saburō Hasegawa
1906 – 1957
painter
Miki Nishino
b. 1999
Japanese idol
Shimon Sakaguchi
b. 1951
physician
Hiroshi Nishio
b. 1974
film director
Shiro Kikuhara
b. 1969
association football player
Yūsuke Ishijima
b. 1984
volleyball player
Akeo Watanabe
1919 – 1990
conductor
Hiromi Amada
b. 1973
kickboxer
Kazurou Inoue
b. 1972
mangaka
Yoshihiro Momota
1946 – 2000
professional wrestler
Shoma Kamata
b. 1989
association football player
Ano
b. 1997
model
Yoshimasa Torii
b. 1942
athletics competitor
Shun Yoshida
b. 1996
association football player
Kenji Akashi
b. 1986
baseball player
Kikuo Arakawa
1929 – 2026
Tadashi Okamoto
b. 1947
boxer
Mitsuhiro Kitamiya
b. 1988
professional wrestler
Kujō Masatada
1439 – 1488
politician
Masahiro Yamamoto
b. 1983
kickboxer
Kōki Harasawa
b. 1971
seiyū
Erika Yazawa
b. 1990
actor
Naomi Taniguchi
b. 1936
motorcycle racer
Sayumi Watabe
b. 1950
seiyū
Masaki Iwai
b. 1985
curler
Hiro Mizushima
b. 1984
actor
Takuya Fujiwara
b. 1992
association football player
Nene Otsuka
b. 1968
actor
Kanamori Nagachika
1524 – 1608
samurai
Katsuya Terada
b. 1963
mangaka
Kenichi Yamakawa
b. 1953
novelist
Yusuke Kanamaru
b. 1979
judoka
Kaoru Ishikawa
1915 – 1989
chemist
Makoto Yano
b. 1952
economist
Naoki Nokubo
b. 1981
actor
Shosei Koda
1979 – 2004
explorer
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama
b. 1965
golfer
Nobutaka Tomatsu
b. 1962
weightlifter
Kenta Nishimura
1967 – 2022
novelist
Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
1902 – 1953
politician
Kaito Abe
b. 1999
association football player
Tsubasa Aizawa
b. 1988
baseball player
Yusuke Nakano
b. 1970
politician
Masakatsu Ueda
b. 1977
mixed martial arts fighter
Jun Yoshino
b. 1981
video game producer
Yutaka Hirose
b. 1962
actor
Masaaki Ōsumi
b. 1934
film director
Maki Ikeda
b. 1972
civil servant
Tetsuhiro Kina
b. 1976
association football player
Teizo Matsumura
1929 – 2007
poet
Kunitomo Ikkansai
1778 – 1840
gunsmith
Mitakeumi Hisashi
b. 1992
rikishi
Aki Sakai
b. 2001
sport cyclist
Takuto Oshima
b. 1998
association football player
Tatsumi Kasahara
b. 1977
biathlete
Fumio
illustrator
Hayato Horioka
b. 1998
baseball player
Fukusaburo Harada
association football player
Reina Sumi
b. 1990
announcer
Tomoyasu Hotei
b. 1962
guitarist
Togoro Usaki
1870 – 1930
pastor
Toshikazu Sano
1940 – 2000
association football referee
Dohzi-T
b. 1969
rapper
Yutaka Sado
b. 1961
conductor
Yamazaki Sōkan
1465 – 1553
poet
Michiko Hirayama
1923 – 2018
vocalist
Aka Plu
b. 1977
owarai tarento
Kento Sasano
Rina Ōta
b. 1988
actor
Junichi Masuda
b. 1968
composer
Masanori Taguchi
b. 1970
baseball player
Taizō Kawabe
b. 1982
basketball player
Shuko
b. 1991
actor
Kaito Hirata
b. 2001
association football player
Azai Sukemasa
1491 – 1542
samurai
Yoshihisa Furukawa
b. 1965
politician
Nicholas Edwards
b. 1992
actor
Shōta Nakata
b. 1990
baseball player
Koji Ito
b. 1970
sports commentator
Yuji Kitajima
b. 2000
association football player
Yuki Konagaya
b. 1957
cultural anthropologist
Yoshiteru Abe
1941 – 2009
Go professional
Wakana Sakai
b. 1980
actor
Chako Abeno
mangaka
Hajime Kanzaka
b. 1964
writer