Japan
People of this nationality
Atsushi Kashimoto
b. 1988
rugby union player
Tetsuzo Hirose
b. 1939
rower
Tsuboi Kōzō
1843 – 1898
samurai
Eriko Kimura
b. 1961
director of audiography
Katsuhiko Sugita
b. 1946
basketball player
Shotaro Ide
b. 1983
baseball player
Kenta Chatani
b. 1998
baseball player
Wakana Ōtaki
b. 1984
singer
Kajikawa Yoriteru
1647 – 1723
samurai
Prince Ōtsu
663 – 686
poet
Gaishi Nagaoka
1858 – 1933
military personnel
Emiko Taguchi
b. 1951
speed skater
Yumeno Kyūsaku
1889 – 1936
novelist
Akira Sasō
b. 1961
mangaka
Tazuko Sakane
1904 – 1975
film director
Mayuko Arisue
b. 1992
actor
Takao Fujii
1943 – 2026
politician
Yukihide Matsuno
b. 1961
tarento
Nobuko Tsuchiya
b. 1972
sculptor
Genta Masuno
b. 1993
athletics competitor
Nobuaki Futami
b. 1935
politician
Shori Hamada
b. 1990
judoka
Momoko Osato
b. 1998
golfer
Kiyoshi Arakaki
b. 1954
karateka
Hayate Tsuta
b. 1995
association football player
Mori Chack
b. 1973
artist
Toshio Shimakawa
b. 1990
association football player
Akihiro Hino
b. 1968
entrepreneur
Kotaro Sakurai
b. 1994
racing automobile driver
Shota Kawanishi
b. 1988
association football player
Sanpo Toku
1887 – 1945
judoka
Saki Minami
b. 1995
rugby union player
Motoo Fujii
1932 – 2009
table tennis player
Kazuhiro Kuroda
1924 – 2007
baseball player
Masato Furuno
b. 1986
baseball player
Iroha-hime
1594 – 1661
Momo Koseki
b. 1982
boxer
Masashi Mikami
b. 1983
actor
Naoto Sawai
b. 1995
association football player
Morihiko Saitō
b. 1961
mathematician
Kenichiro Fumita
b. 1995
amateur wrestler
Michi Takahashi
b. 1963
artist
Ayumu Iwasa
b. 2001
racing driver
Toshiko Koshijima
b. 1980
singer
Kumiko Okae
1956 – 2020
actor
Ayako Kitamoto
b. 1983
association football player
Ishin Iihashi
b. 1997
professional wrestler
Emiko Yagumo
1903 – 1979
actor
Jun Itoda
b. 1972
actor
Akito Arima
1930 – 2020
physicist
Mikiko Hara
b. 1967
photographer
Tatsuya Tanimoto
b. 1966
politician
Masakazu Natsuda
b. 1968
conductor
Sayuri Osuga
b. 1980
speed skater
Koki Saito
b. 1989
equestrian
Atsushi Abe
b. 1981
seiyū
Kana Mannami
b. 1983
Go professional
Katsukiyo Kubomatsu
1894 – 1941
Go player
Imaoka Shinji
b. 1965
film director
Hiroshi Hara
1936 – 2025
architect
Yūtarō Miura
b. 1984
actor
Mineo Maya
b. 1953
mangaka
Shinya Kawashima
b. 1978
association football player
Kei Sakamoto
b. 2001
association football player
Takeshi Aono
b. 1983
baseball player
Masaya Oki
1952 – 1983
actor
Makino Tadayuki
1824 – 1878
samurai
Hiromichi Kunikawa
b. 1981
motorcycle racer
Kazuo Uchida
b. 1962
association football player
Hikaru Ito
b. 1989
baseball player
Seiya Kitano
b. 1997
association football player
Yutaka Minowa
b. 1965
animator
Tansō Hirose
1782 – 1856
poet
Santa Inoue
b. 1968
mangaka
Katsuhiro Maeda
b. 1971
baseball player
Yoshihiro Murakami
b. 1976
modern pentathlete
Sakuramachi
1720 – 1750
sovereign
Arisa Satō
b. 1988
model
Makoto Katamine
1956 – 2023
politician
Torakichi Nakamura
1915 – 2008
golfer
Yoshiyuki Kamei
1936 – 2006
politician
Atsuhiko Mori
b. 1972
association football player
Naoya Kikuchi
b. 1984
association football player
Kazuhiro Sato
b. 1967
speed skater
Takahiro Tanaka
b. 1962
Nordic combined skier
Manabu Saito
b. 1990
association football player
Kanon Miyahara
b. 1996
fashion model
Mayumi Nagisa
b. 1944
actor
Takako Kunigoshi
1909 – 2000
aikidoka
Junichi Inagaki
b. 1953
singer
Mana Sasaki
b. 1997
sprinter
Stomu Takeishi
b. 1964
jazz musician
Yasuharu Nakajima
b. 1984
sport cyclist
Sasaki Hideyoshi
1112 – 1184
samurai
Ryūzō Kikushima
1914 – 1989
screenwriter
Keisuke Ota
b. 1979
association football player
Yoriyuki Kuroda
1851 – 1917
judge
Shingai Tanaka
1942 – 2007
calligrapher
Tsuruyo Kondō
1901 – 1970
politician
Minoru Takeuchi
b. 1971
volleyball player