Japan
People of this nationality
Yoshinaga Sakurai
b. 1949
equestrian
Kotoinazuma Yoshihiro
b. 1962
rikishi
Hishida Shunsō
1874 – 1911
painter
Toki Yorinari
1502 – 1582
samurai
Masaharu Ōhashi
b. 1947
lawyer
Matsudaira Shigemasa
1743 – 1758
samurai
Yutaka Arita
b. 1941
entomologist
Hiroshi Kawashima
b. 1970
boxer
Hisako Mizui
b. 1972
badminton player
Nobuyuki Ōuchi
1941 – 2017
professional shogi player
Gunpei Yokoi
1941 – 1997
game designer
Yukako Hagiwara
1911 – 2007
educator
Jiro Okabe
1864 – 1925
journalist
Cindy
1958 – 2001
singer-songwriter
Hiroshi Suga
1945 – 2013
photographer
Yū Godai
b. 1970
novelist
Jōkei
1155 – 1213
cleric
Rikito Inoue
b. 1997
association football player
Ayumi Nakamura
b. 1990
volleyball player
Shōjirō Asahina
1913 – 2010
entomologist
Shusaku Sugiuchi
b. 1901
swimmer
Yutsuko Chūsonji
1962 – 2005
mangaka
Hirotoki Onozawa
b. 1978
rugby union player
T2ya
b. 1982
composer
Shintaro Kai
b. 1981
golfer
Ryuya Wakaba
b. 1989
actor
Nyozekan Hasegawa
1875 – 1969
journalist
Ichiro Miyashita
b. 1958
politician
Kaz Kuzui
television producer
KM-MARKIT
b. 1976
singer
Kōjirō Ikegaya
b. 1952
baseball player
Reina Scully
b. 1988
YouTuber
Nejiko Suwa
1920 – 2012
violinist
Toshie Uematsu
b. 1974
professional wrestler
Mikio Itakura
b. 1941
sport shooter
Atsuhiro Miura
b. 1974
association football player
Mizuno Tadatomo
1731 – 1802
samurai
Osami Nabe
b. 1939
actor
Etsuji Fujita
b. 1961
water polo player
Reiko Tosa
b. 1976
marathon runner
Masao Nakamura
1892 – 1939
military personnel
Ryōichi Sasakawa
1899 – 1995
politician
Kido Takayoshi
1833 – 1877
politician
Saori Yuki
b. 1948
actor
Hirayama Shin
1867 – 1945
astronomer
Ichirō Fujiyama
1911 – 1993
singer
Kusumoto Ine
1827 – 1903
physician
Kazuo Yana
b. 1979
politician
Honoo Hamaguchi
b. 1971
basketball coach
Shin'ya Kote
b. 1973
actor
Yuko Sano
b. 1979
volleyball player
Takero Doi
b. 1970
economist
Yu Yamada
b. 1984
fashion model
Yosuke Muraki-Iwata
b. 1960
weightlifter
Yu Okazaki
b. 1951
mangaka
Mutsu Munemitsu
1844 – 1897
diplomat
Nobuhiro Shiba
b. 1974
association football player
Daichi Kamada
b. 1996
association football player
Naokuni Nomura
1885 – 1973
military personnel
Gedo
b. 1969
professional wrestler
Yoshikata Yoda
1909 – 1991
screenwriter
Ikoma Chikamasa
1526 – 1603
samurai
Momoyo Koyama
b. 1995
stage actor
Yoshiko Ōta
1932 – 2021
actor
Sakae Kunieda
b. 1955
horse trainer
M. David Mullen
b. 1962
cinematographer
Izumi Matsumoto
1958 – 2020
mangaka
Mitsuki Sumoto
b. 2001
figure skater
Kiyoo Mogi
1929 – 2021
seismologist
Ryo Sakata
b. 1986
baseball player
Haruka Funakubo
b. 1998
judoka
Shin'ya Arino
b. 1972
owarai tarento
Jun Shison
b. 1995
actor
Giichi Dōgane
1900 – 1972
military personnel
Hiromichi Kageyama
b. 1967
volleyball player
Tamio Kawakami
1925 – 2012
politician
Ryota Hayashi
b. 1995
association football player
Yuji Nakamura
b. 1970
athletics competitor
Kujō Michiie
1193 – 1252
kugyō
Rina Fujisawa
b. 1998
Go professional
Gōki Maeda
b. 1991
actor
Yoshio Minato
b. 1949
rower
Masahiro Morioka
b. 1943
politician
Takashi Murayama
b. 1951
rower
Natsuko Matsuda
b. 1947
swimmer
Kazuaki Kiriya
b. 1968
photographer
Kiyotaka Takabayashi
b. 1928
speed skater
Munenori Kawasaki
b. 1981
baseball player
Yasuyuki Kataoka
b. 1983
baseball player
Fujiwara no Yasuko
1095 – 1156
empress consort
Osamu Mandai
b. 1942
rower
Yōsuke Suzuki
b. 1975
journalist
Kaneshiro Kofuku
1953 – 2002
rikishi
Ryuji Ito
b. 1976
professional wrestler
Utami Hayashishita
b. 1998
professional wrestler
Hiroshi Yamato
b. 1983
professional wrestler
Ryo Sugimoto
b. 1976
scenographer
Kazuo Katsuramoto
b. 1934
baseball player
Io Murota
b. 1989
professional shogi player
Michiharu Mishima
1897 – 1965
novelist