Japan
People of this nationality
Kentaro Sonoura
b. 1972
politician
Toshizō Matsuoka
1880 – 1955
journalist
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1159 – 1189
samurai
Tomoko Nagai
b. 1981
swimmer
Takuya Akaguma
b. 1989
beach soccer player
Yorihiko Kojima
b. 1941
engineer
Koh Nakagawa
b. 1999
professional baseball player
Ryoya Tachibana
b. 1996
association football player
Kei Ōura
1828 – 1884
businessperson
Hiroshi Noma
1915 – 1991
poet
Hiroshi Ishii
1941 – 2006
golfer
Obaku Dokuryu
1596 – 1672
painter
Tokugawa Yoshitomo
1950 – 2017
photographer
Nagisa Arakaki
b. 1980
baseball player
Shion Shinkawa
b. 2007
association football player
Shōko Kubo
b. 2006
female shogi player
Arimasa Osawa
b. 1956
novelist
Noriaki Kumagai
b. 1970
drummer
Brandon Tysinger
b. 1998
baseball player
Chieko Hosokawa
b. 1935
mangaka
Kendi Oiwa
b. 1978
mangaka
Takashi Kurihara
b. 1947
professional golfer
Toshio Irie
1901 – 1972
politician
Kōji Yakusho
b. 1956
actor
Yumeji Takehisa
1884 – 1934
poet
Takayuki Hattori
b. 1965
conductor
Ryūji Miyade
b. 1977
baseball player
Takashi Okamura
1927 – 2014
photographer
Ryuya Nishio
b. 2001
association football player
Shōtarō Uzawa
b. 1997
seiyū
Seamo
b. 1975
singer
Masao Sasakibara
1921 – 2005
aircraft pilot
Takanori Sugeno
b. 1984
association football player
Natsuki Mizu
b. 1972
actor
Kentarō Abiko
b. 1991
rikishi
Hirotaka Mita
b. 1990
association football player
Hachiro Kasuga
1924 – 1991
singer
Ryūji Satomi
b. 1967
politician
Yukihiro Matsushita
b. 1973
swimmer
Hayato Aoki
b. 1977
baseball player
Yamakawa Kenjirō
1854 – 1931
physicist
Kiyoshi Ejima
b. 1957
politician
Ao Jūmonji
novelist
Masaru Takeda
b. 1978
baseball player
Mori Arinori
1847 – 1889
diplomat
Masami Fukushima
1929 – 1976
linguist
Akiko Matsuura
b. 1980
drummer
Ayumi Tsunematsu
b. 1981
seiyū
Masako Miura
b. 1959
seiyū
Hōchū Ōtsuka
b. 1954
seiyū
Ryuta Koike
b. 1995
association football player
Takuya Uchida
b. 1998
association football player
Hitoshi Kumano-Go
1935 – 1982
mathematician
Miyamoto Naoki
1934 – 2012
Go player
Kanbei Hanaya
1903 – 1991
photographer
Keizō Kitajima
b. 1954
photographer
Nao Asahi
b. 1994
seiyū
Sawako Yasumoto
b. 1990
association football player
Akari Takaishi
b. 2002
actor
Sae Ōtsuka
b. 1995
seiyū
Ukō Washio
1892 – 1951
novelist
Sanpei Hayashiya II
b. 1970
rakugoka
Satoshi Fujimoto
b. 1975
judoka
Masumi Okawa
b. 1978
artistic gymnast
Chiyomatsu Ishikawa
1860 – 1935
zoologist
Ōta Chōfu
1865 – 1938
journalist
Tatsukichi Nishiura
b. 1976
rugby union player
Kazuhiko Wakasugi
b. 1947
fencer
Takeaki Hommura
b. 1997
association football player
Masahiro Tanaka
b. 1988
professional baseball player
Nao Sakamoto
b. 1987
singer
Yasunori Oshima
1950 – 2021
baseball player
Ōno Gorōemon
sculptor
Mariko Oi
b. 1981
journalist
Prince Yamashina Akira
1816 – 1898
politician
Katsuhiko Shinzato
b. 1939
karateka
Tōson Shimazaki
1872 – 1943
poet
Hironobu Takesaki
b. 1944
lawyer
Seiko Obonai
1940 – 2023
athletics competitor
Isao Hosoe
1942 – 2015
engineer
Mako Komuro
b. 1991
aristocrat
Hiroki Ueda
b. 1975
biologist
Sharaku
printmaker
Yukio Futatsugi
b. 1970
video game developer
Yuma Murakami
b. 1992
speed skater
Emi Kinuko
1923 – 2015
painter
Yūki Harutomo
1534 – 1614
samurai
Maho Matsunaga
b. 1993
seiyū
Takkō Ishimori
1932 – 2013
seiyū
Naomi Ōzora
b. 1989
seiyū
Haruka Terui
b. 1987
seiyū
Tarō Suruga
b. 1978
actor
Yoko Wanibuchi
b. 1972
politician
Shiho
b. 1992
actor
Riku Yanagisawa
b. 2001
curler
Satomi Ishihara
b. 1986
actor
Mitsuo Iwata
b. 1967
actor
Hiroyuki Suzuki
b. 1989
entertainer
Mayumi Sako
b. 1978
actor
Haruya Ide
b. 1994
association football player