Japan
People of this nationality
Yusuke Tanaka
b. 1989
artistic gymnast
Noboru Tanaka
1937 – 2006
film director
Ippei Ogawa
b. 1997
baseball player
Shunsuke Kondō
1890 – 1966
politician
Minamoto no Yorimasa
1106 – 1180
poet
Rie Sato
b. 1972
speed skater
Kana Kobayashi
b. 2001
long-distance runner
Yuki Kadono
b. 1996
snowboarder
Ayana Onozuka
b. 1988
freestyle skier
Yoichi Iijima
b. 1978
sailor
Akari Kurishima
b. 1994
association football player
Daiya Seto
b. 1994
swimmer
Hirokazu Shiba
1950 – 2025
politician
Pata
b. 1965
composer
Hisae Mitsuishi
1927 – 2023
politician
Tsurutarō Kataoka
b. 1954
actor
Kenzo Fujisue
b. 1964
politician
Yuki Tsuji
b. 1983
botanical illustrator
Kazuya Tsurumaki
b. 1966
film director
Hiroki Tanaka
b. 1991
association football player
Mima Shimoda
b. 1970
professional wrestler
Fujiwara no Shunshi
1209 – 1233
empress consort
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
1852 – 1933
politician
Takashi Odawara
b. 1992
association football player
Toshio Nobe
b. 1957
mangaka
Iwao Taki
1901 – 1984
malacologist
Fujita Haruko
1918 – 2001
pianist
Tsunehisa Uchino
b. 1965
canoeist
Takuya Matsunaga
b. 1990
association football player
Momo Watanabe
b. 2000
professional wrestler
Ogawa Seiyō
1894 – 1960
photographer
Sakari Suzuki
1899 – 1995
painter
Tetsumi Nabeya
1930 – 2010
artistic gymnast
Kosuke Nishi
b. 1998
association football player
Yosuke Tsukada
b. 1985
golfer
Nobumitsu Yuhara
b. 1957
golfer
Karen Gomyo
b. 1982
musician
Yuki Kotani
b. 1991
association football player
Genki Omae
b. 1989
association football player
Nobutake Ōkōchi
1902 – 1990
critic
Koji Nakata
b. 1979
association football player
Yoshihisa Maitani
1933 – 2009
designer
Natsumi Asano
b. 1997
association football player
Akira Kanbe
mangaka
Sayaka Osakabe
b. 1977
women's rights activist
Yasuhiro Takeda
b. 1957
film director
Tsutomu Sonobe
b. 1958
association football player
Toyoju Sasaki
1853 – 1901
temperance worker
Saburo Kamei
1938 – 2013
actor
Noriyo Hiroi
b. 1976
alpine skier
Sachiko Kamo
1926 – 2003
tennis player
Rumi Shishido
b. 1973
actor
Yota Sato
b. 1984
boxer
Reiji Hiramatsu
b. 1941
artist
Takuya Izawa
b. 1984
racing driver
Tsuyaka Uchino
b. 2002
sport cyclist
Yukiko Okamoto
b. 1974
marathon runner
Mitsuru Adachi
b. 1951
mangaka
Ryōki Kamitsubo
b. 1901
animator
Jamzvillage
b. 1978
singer
Akira Kubo
b. 1943
modern pentathlete
Genki Abe
1894 – 1989
lawyer
Takeshi Mizuuchi
b. 1972
association football player
Yoshinofuji Naoya
b. 2001
rikishi
Fumihisa Yumoto
b. 1984
ski jumper
Kenichi Kimura
b. 1968
rugby union player
Takeshi Mori
1894 – 1945
military personnel
Tokuitsu
749 – 843
Buddhist monk
Tatsuya Takahashi
1931 – 2008
saxophonist
Seiji Matsunaga
b. 1954
amateur wrestler
Moe Kiyooka
b. 2003
amateur wrestler
Genshō
680 – 748
politician
Daniel (Nushiro)
1938 – 2023
theologian
Matsudaira Narisawa
1820 – 1838
samurai
Hōjō Tamio
1914 – 1937
novelist
Kiyoteru Higuchi
b. 1981
taekwondo athlete
Ryō Asai
b. 1979
baseball player
Kiyofumi Ohno
b. 1978
singer
Isato Nakagawa
1947 – 2022
singer-songwriter
Sputniko!
b. 1985
designer
Junnosuke Taguchi
b. 1985
singer
Takahiro Matsuba
b. 1990
baseball player
Hajime Kōmoto
mangaka
Kaisei Sone
b. 1995
baseball player
Aoi Fujino
1998 – 2026
gravure idol
Shuhei Aoyama
b. 1984
motorcycle racer
Norikatsu Saikawa
b. 1986
amateur wrestler
Ryusuke Hamamoto
b. 1981
mangaka
Satoshi Sumita
1916 – 2008
businessperson
Kazuya Kato
b. 1952
mathematician
Tetsuya Totsuka
b. 1961
association football player
Yasuhiro Kanō
b. 1970
mangaka
Daisuke Tenbata
b. 1981
Fujiwara no Atsutada
906 – 943
poet
Hideki Sunaga
b. 1985
baseball player
Saburō Tokitō
b. 1958
actor
Shizuo Yamashita
b. 1975
politician
Tsukasa Ozawa
b. 1988
association football player
Aya Ogawa
b. 2007
Japanese idol
Rikuya Ito
b. 1998
sprinter