Famous People

Actors

• Ando Masanobu
• Ayase Haruka
• Fueki Yuko
• Fujiwara Norika
• Goto Maki
• Ikegami Kimiko
• Ishihara Satomi
• Ishihara Yujiro
• Ishikura Saburo
• Ito Misaki
• Kaga Takeshi
• Kanazawa Bunko
• Kaneshiro Takeshi
• Kawashima Azumi
• Kikukawa Rei
• Kitano (Beat) Takeshi
• Kuriyama Chiaki
• Matsudaira Ken
• Matsushima Nanako
• Matsuzaka Keiko
• Mifune Toshiro
• Nagasawa Masami
• Nakama Yukie
• Sawajiri Erika
• Shibasaki Ko
• Shinohara Ryoko
• Takahashi Hideki
• Takakura Ken
• Takashima Reiko
• Takata Mayuko
• Tani Hayato
• Taro Yamamoto
• Ueto Aya
• Watanabe Ken

Artists

• Hiroshige
• Hokusai
• Ishikawa Koji
• Iwasa Matabei
• Kano Eitoku
• Kano Masanobu
• Murayama Kaita
• Takeuchi Naoko
• Oda Eiichiro
• Takahashi Rumiko
• Toriyama Akira
• Sesshu Toyo
• Sharaku
• Takamura Koun
• Tezuka Osamu
• Yasumasa Morimura
• Yoko Ono

Economists

• Fujita Masahisa
• Morishima Michio
• Uekusa Kazuhide
• Uzawa Hirofumi

Educators

• Fukuzawa Yukichi
• Iida Yoshiaki
• Mori Arinori
• Nakamura Shuichi
• Tsuda Yukio
• Wada Shigeho
• Midori Suzuki
• Entrepreneurs
• Busujima Kunio
• Enomoto Daisuke
• Fujita Den
• Fukuda Yoshitaka
• Honda Soichiro
• Horie Takafumi
• Ibuka Masaru
• Ito Joi
• Ito Masatoshi
• Iwasaki Fukuzo
• Iwasaki Yataro
• Jinnai Ryoichi
• Kawakami Gen'ichi
• Matsushita Konosuke
• Mikimoto Kokichi
• Mitsui Takatoshi
• Mori Minoru
• Mori Taikichiro
• Morita Akio
• Nomura Tokushichi II
• Ojima Susumu
• Saji Nobutaka
• Sasakawa Ryoichi
• Son Masayoshi
• Tohmatsu Nobuzo
• Toyoda Eiji
• Tsutsumi Yoshiaki
• Yamaha Torakusu
• Yamauchi Hiroshi
• Yanai Tadashi
• Yasuda Zenjiro

Filmmakers

• Honda Ishiro
• Ichikawa Kon
• Kitano Takeshi
• Kurosawa Akira
• Miyazaki Hayao
• Tsuburaya Eiji
• Ozu Yasujiro

Historians

• Ienaga Saburo
• Kanda Nobuo
• Maruyama Masao
• Naito Torajiro
• Mathematicians
• Hironaka Heisuke
• Isasawa Kenkichi
• Kodaira Kunihiko
• Mori Shigefumi
• Sato Mikio
• Seki Kowa
• Shimura Goro
• Takagi Teiji
• Taniyama Yutaka
• Yoneda Nobuo

Military Leaders

Pre-Modern

• Kusunoki Masashige
• Taira no Kiyomori
• Taira no Masakado
• Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Toda)

Modern

• Anami Korechika
• Doihara Kenji
• Enomoto Takeaki
• Kuroki Itei (Kuroki Tamemoto)
• Matsui Iwane
• Ota Minoru
• Suzuki Kantaro
• Togo Heihachiro
• Tojo Hideki
• Yamamoto Isoroku
• Ishiwara Kanji

Musicians

• Amuro Namie
• Akino Arai
• Bonnie Pink
• Gackt
• Go Hiromi
• Goto Maki
• Hakase Taro
• Hamasaki Ayumi
• Hisaishi Joe
• Hirai Ken
• Himuro Kyosuke
• Honda Minako
• Hotei Tomoyasu
• Ifukube Akira
• Inaba Koshi
• Kanno Yoko
• Kasahara Yuri
• Koda Kumi
• Komuro Tetsuya
• Kondo Koji
• Kuraki Mai
• Matsumoto Hideto
• Matsumoto Takahiro
• Minmi
• Misora Hibari
• Mochida Kaori
• Ono Yoko
• Onuki Ami
• Ozawa Seiji
• Saijo Hideki
• Sakamoto Kyu
• Sakamoto Ryuichi
• Shiina Ringo
• Shimatani Hitomi
• Suzuki Keiichi
• Suzuki Masayuki
• Suwanai Akiko
• Taki Rentaro
• Tomita Isao
• Uematsu Nobuo
• Utada Hikaru
• Yaida Hitomi
• Yazawa Eikichi
• Yoshiki Hayashi
• Yumi Yoshimura

Personalities

• Akashiya Sanma
• Choshu Koriki
• Fujii Takashi
• Hanawa
• Hata Yoku
• Kitano Takeshi
• Kurihara Harumi
• Kuwano Nobuyoshi
• Ota Hikari
• Shimura Ken
• Sumitani Masaki
• Tamori
• Tashiro Masashi

Politicians

• Abe Shintaro
• Arai Hakuseki
• Doi Takako
• Enomoto Takeaki
• Fujio Masayuki
• Fukuda Yasuo
• Ishihara Shintaro
• Ito Masayoshi
• Kan Naoto
• Kanemaru Shin
• Kuranari Tadashi
• Okazaki Katsuo
• Ota Fusae
• owada Hisashi
• Ozawa Ichiro
• Shibusawa Eiichi
• Shiokawa Masajuro
• Sugimura Taizo
• Takenaka Heizo
• Tanaka Makiko
• Tanaka Yasuo
• Tsurunen Marutei
• Uchida Yasuya
• Watanabe Michio
• Yamamoto Tatsuo
• Yokoyama "Knock" Nokku

Religious Leaders

• Dogen
• Eisai
• Kukai
• Nichiren
• Nikko
• Ryokan
• Saigyo
• Shinran
• Asahara Shoko
• Takuan Soho
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Yoshihiko Kikuchi
• Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
• Kikuchi Yoshihiko

Scientists

• Esaki Leo
• Honda Kotaro
• Ikeda Kikunae
• Kitasato Shibasaburo
• Mikimoto Kokichi
• Mishima Tokuhichi
• Niwa Yasujiro
• Sugimoto Kyota
• Tago Akihiko
• Takamine Jokichi
• Tanaka Koichi
• Tonegawa Susumu
• Fujita Tetsuya
• Tomonaga Shinichiro
• Toyoda Sakichi
• Yagi Hidetsugu
• Yukawa Hideki

Sportspeople

• Ando Miki (1987-), Figure skater
• Antonio Inoki
• Arakawa Shizuka
• Chiyonofuji
• Chuhei Nambu
• Date Kimiko
• Funaki Shoichi
• Gomi Takanori
• Iguchi Tadahito
• Inamoto Junichi
• Ito Midori
• Kohiruimaki Tayakuki
• Konishiki
• Maruyama Shigeki
• Masato
• Matsui Hideki
• Miura Kazuyoshi
• Keiichi Tsuchiya - retired racing driver, D1 Grand Prix judge
• Ken Nomura - D1 Grand Prix driver
• Koji Murofushi
• Musashimaru
• Nakata Hidetoshi - football (soccer) player
• Nobuteru Taniguchi - racing driver
• Ota Yukina
• Sakuraba Kazushi
• Sato Rumina
• Sato Takuma (1977-), Formula 1 driver
• Sato Yuka
• Sudo Genki
• Sugayama Kaoru
• Sugiyama Ai (1975-), Tennis player
• Suguri Fumie
• Suzuki Ichiro
• Takeda Kozo (1972-), Kickboxer
• Yasuyuki Kazama - D1 Grand Prix driver

Other Famous Japanese People

• Aneha Hidetsugu
• Kawakami Kiyoshi
• Matsugane Yoko
• Nitobe Inazo
• Onoda Hiro
• Osugi Sakae
• Sakai Toshihiko
• Sakamura Ken
• Sanyutei Encho
• Satoshi Tajiri
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Sugihara Chiune
• Terada Torahiko
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Yoshikawa Takeo
• Yuasa Takashi