Japan
People of this nationality
Saiichi Maruya
1925 – 2012
literary critic
Hiroyuki Horibata
b. 1986
athletics competitor
Miho Yamada
b. 1973
seiyū
Noriko Ishigaki
b. 1974
radio personality
Yamayoshi Morisuke
1835 – 1902
politician
Matsumura Jinzō
1856 – 1928
botanist
Nami Iguchi
b. 1967
screenwriter
Kojima Ryūa
1820 – 1882
photographer
Yuki Midorikawa
b. 1973
mangaka
Kentaro Hayashi
b. 1972
association football player
Hiroaki Yokoyama
b. 1980
professional shogi player
Ryotaro Shukuya
b. 1995
curler
Hirokuni Moto
b. 1970
boxer
Taiga Kojima
b. 2003
baseball player
Ōnakatomi no Sukechika
954 – 1038
poet
Kazuo Onoda
1900 – 1983
swimmer
Ishikawa Kinichiro
1871 – 1945
painter
Shirō Fukai
1907 – 1959
composer
Daiki Sato
b. 1999
association football player
Maki Miyamae
b. 1973
tarento
Yuta Izuguchi
b. 1999
professional baseball player
Miho Nakayama
2000 – 2017
comedian
Anna Doi
b. 1995
sprinter
Yutaro Ohsaki
b. 1984
baseball player
Jirō Noguchi
1919 – 2007
baseball player
Jun Tosaka
1900 – 1945
philosopher
Yoshihito Fujita
b. 1983
association football player
Tadao Chino
1934 – 2008
banker
Fusanishiki Katsuhiko
1936 – 1993
rikishi
Akihiro Tabata
b. 1978
association football player
Sadamasa Oue
b. 1959
air force officer
Naitō Genzaemon
b. 1505
samurai
Takatoshi Furukawa
b. 1987
basketball player
Kazumi Tsubota
b. 1956
association football player
Takao Ochi
b. 1964
politician
Ryota Aoki
b. 1996
association football player
Yūnosuke Itō
1919 – 1980
actor
Kana Uemura
b. 1983
singer
Kusunoki Masasue
1250 – 1336
bushi
Asakura Takakage
1428 – 1481
samurai
Masako Mori
b. 1958
actor
Keiichi Hara
b. 1959
film director
Kanichiro Tashiro
1881 – 1937
military personnel
Shogo Sakai
b. 1960
composer
Hifuyo Uchida
association football player
Ayumi Ishida
b. 1997
singer
Aiki Miyahara
b. 2002
association football player
Kaworu Watashiya
b. 1972
mangaka
Ebara Soroku
1842 – 1922
politician
Taiji Kase
1929 – 2004
karateka
Yuui Tsutsumi
b. 1995
racing driver
Kanae Hisami
b. 1987
tennis player
Yusuke Matsui
b. 1987
baseball player
Daisuke Nakamura
b. 1985
seiyū
Takashi Ikenoue
b. 1955
handball player
Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi
1911 – 1943
surgeon
Shigeru Ban
b. 1957
architect
Kiyoshi Igarashi
b. 1969
politician
Yōichi Higashi
1934 – 2026
film director
Mikio Sato
1928 – 2023
mathematician
Morio Takahashi
1883 – 1957
politician
Michiyo Takagi
b. 1952
politician
Naruhisa Arakawa
b. 1964
screenwriter
Taeko Nakanishi
b. 1931
seiyū
Kotogatake Koichi
1952 – 2024
rikishi
Tarō Araki
b. 1961
film director
Emiko Uematsu
b. 1967
politician
Yoko Akino
b. 1957
actor
Tae Satoya
b. 1976
freestyle skier
Tsuneo Matsudaira
1877 – 1949
diplomat
Yohei Nakada
b. 1983
association football player
Kiyoshi Nishikawa
b. 1946
politician
Masumi Ōshima
b. 1962
novelist
Koki Kazama
b. 1991
association football player
Atsuko Seki
b. 1964
pianist
Masanobu Deme
1932 – 2016
film director
Nao Takamori
b. 1973
seiyū
Yōsuke Naka
1930 – 2023
actor
Takeo Takei
1894 – 1983
printmaker
Haruna Sakakibara
b. 1994
rower
Tsuchiya Masanao
1641 – 1722
samurai
Miki Matsubara
1959 – 2004
singer
Shimako Satō
b. 1964
film director
Ayaka Kuno
b. 1987
canoeist
Masahiko Morino
b. 1978
baseball player
Thomas P. Bostick
b. 1956
official
Jun Miki
1919 – 1992
photographer
Yasutaka Murata
1947 – 2018
entrepreneur
Asuka Tasaki
b. 1997
swimmer
Yūki Nakayama
b. 1994
association football player
Hifumi Katō
1940 – 2026
professional shogi player
Hisao Morita
b. 1939
athletics competitor
Yasumi Naomasa
1505 – 1570
samurai
Seiji Takeda
b. 1960
television producer
Yusei Sugiura
b. 1995
basketball player
Namiko Hatsuse
1889 – 1951
actor
Seijun Suzuki
1923 – 2017
film director
Marika Nakamura
b. 1987
professional shogi player
Crea
b. 2000
professional wrestler
Rokkaku Yoshiharu
1545 – 1612
military personnel