List of Japanese people
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This is a list of Japanese people who are famous.
All names are in Japanese order, with the surname before the given name.
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[edit] Actors
- Andō Masanobu
- Ayase Haruka
- Fueki Yūko
- Fujiwara Norika
- Gotō Maki
- Ikegami Kimiko
- Ishihara Satomi
- Ishihara Yūjirō
- Ishikura Saburō
- Itō Misaki
- Kaga Takeshi
- Kanazawa Bunko
- Kaneshiro Takeshi
- Kawashima Azumi
- Kikukawa Rei
- Kitano (Beat) Takeshi
- Kuriyama Chiaki
- Matsudaira Ken
- Matsushima Nanako
- Matsuzaka Keiko
- Mifune Toshirō
- Nagasawa Masami
- Nakama Yukie
- Nakamura Kichiemon
- Satomi Kōtarō
- Sawajiri Erika
- Shibasaki Kō
- Shinohara Ryōko
- Takahashi Hideki
- Takakura Ken
- Takashima Reiko
- Takata Mayuko
- Tani Hayato
- Taro Yamamoto
- Ueto Aya
- Watanabe Ken
See also: List of Japanese actors, List of Japanese actresses, List of seiyū (Japanese voice actors), List of Japanese Comedians
[edit] Artists
- Hiroshige
- Hokusai
- Ishikawa Kōji
- 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
- Yuri Mastui
See also: List of Manga-ka, Kano school
[edit] Athletes
- Ando Miki (1987-), Figure skater
- Antonio Inoki
- Arakawa Shizuka
- Asai Yoshirō
- Chiyonofuji
- Chuhei Nambu
- Date Kimiko
- Funaki Shōichi
- Gomi Takanori
- Iguchi Tadahito
- Inamoto Junichi
- Itō 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
- Ōta Yukina
- Sakuraba Kazushi
- Sato Rumina
- Satō Takuma (1977-), Formula 1 driver
- Sato Yuka
- Sudō Genki
- Sugayama Kaoru
- Sugiyama Ai (1975-), Tennis player
- Suguri Fumie
- Suzuki Ichirō
- Takeda Kōzō (1972-), Kickboxer
- Yasuyuki Kazama - D1 Grand Prix driver
See also: List of Japanese baseball players, List of Yokozuna
[edit] Authors
[edit] Educators
[edit] Emperors
See: List of Japanese Emperors
[edit] Entrepreneurs
- Asano Shoichiro
- Busujima Kunio
- Enomoto Daisuke
- Fujita Den
- Fukuda Yoshitaka
- Honda Soichirō
- Horie Takafumi
- Ibuka Masaru
- Itō Joi
- Itō Masatoshi
- Iwasaki Fukuzo
- Iwasaki Yataro
- Jinnai Ryōichi
- Kawakami Gen'ichi
- Matsushita Konosuke
- Mikimoto Kokichi
- Mitsui Takatoshi
- Mori Minoru
- Mori Taikichirō
- Morita Akio
- Nomura Tokushichi II
- Ojima Susumu
- Saji Nobutaka
- Sasakawa Ryōichi
- Son Masayoshi
- Tohmatsu Nobuzo
- Toyoda Eiji
- Tsutsumi Yoshiaki
- Yamaha Torakusu
- Yamauchi Hiroshi
- Yanai Tadashi
- Yasuda Zenjirō
[edit] Filmmakers
See also: List of Japanese Directors
[edit] Historians
[edit] Military leaders
[edit] Pre-modern
See List of samurai for all leaders with samurai status. See Kamakura shogunate, Ashikaga shogunate, and Tokugawa shogunate for list of those who became shogun.
- Emperor Go-Toba
- Kusunoki Masashige
- Taira no Kiyomori
- Taira no Masakado
- Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda)
[edit] 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
[edit] Musicians
- Amuro Namie
- Akino Arai
- Bonnie Pink
- Gackt
- Gō Hiromi
- Gotō Maki
- Hakase Tarō
- Hamasaki Ayumi
- Hisaishi Joe
- Hirai Ken
- Himuro Kyōsuke
- Honda Minako
- Hotei Tomoyasu
- Ifukube Akira
- Inaba Kōshi
- Kanno Yoko
- Kasahara Yuri
- Kōda Kumi
- Komuro Tetsuya
- Kondo Koji
- Kuraki Mai
- Matsumoto Hideto
- Matsumoto Takahiro
- Minmi
- Misora Hibari
- Mochida Kaori
- Ono Yōko
- Ōnuki Ami
- Ozawa Seiji
- Saijō 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
See also List of Japanese rock bands, List of J-Pop artists
[edit] Personalities
- Akashiya Sanma
- Chōshū Koriki
- Fujii Takashi
- Hanawa
- Hata Yōku
- Kitano Takeshi
- Kurihara Harumi
- Kuwano Nobuyoshi
- Ōta Hikari
- Shimura Ken
- Sumitani Masaki
- Tamori
- Tashiro Masashi
See also List of Japanese celebrities, List of Japanese comedians
[edit] Politicians
This is a list of Japanese politicians who have not served as Prime Minister of Japan.
- Abe Shintaro
- Arai Hakuseki
- Doi Takako
- Enomoto Takeaki
- Fujino Makiko
- Fujio Masayuki
- Fukuda Yasuo (current Head of LDP Cabinet)
- Ishihara Shintarō
- Itō Kōsuke
- Itō Masayoshi
- Kajiyama Seiroku
- Kan Naoto
- Kanemaru Shin
- Katayama Satsuki
- Kuranari Tadashi
- Okazaki Katsuo
- Ōta Fusae
- Ōwada Hisashi
- Ozawa Ichirō
- Satō Yukari
- Shibusawa Eiichi
- Shiokawa Masajurō
- Sugimura Taizō
- Takemaru Masayoshi
- Takenaka Heizo
- Tanaka Makiko
- Tanaka Yasuo
- Tsurunen Marutei
- Uchida Yasuya
- Watanabe Michio
- Yamamoto Tatsuo
- Yokoyama "Knock" Nokku
See also: List of Prime Ministers of Japan
[edit] Religious leaders
- Dogen
- Eisai
- Kūkai
- Nichiren
- Nikkō
- Ryōkan
- Saigyo
- Shinran
- Asahara Shōko
- Takuan Sōhō
- Teshima Ikurō
- Uchimura Kanzo
- Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
[edit] Scientists
- Esaki Leo
- Honda Kotarō
- Ikeda Kikunae
- Kitasato Shibasaburō
- Mikimoto Kokichi
- Mishima Tokuhichi
- Niwa Yasujirō
- Sugimoto Kyōta
- Tago Akihiko
- Takamine Jokichi
- Tanaka Kōichi
- Tonegawa Susumu
- Fujita Tetsuya
- Tomonaga Shinichiro
- Toyoda Sakichi
- Yagi Hidetsugu
- Yai Senzo
- Yukawa Hideki
- Shinchi Masaru
[edit] Mathematicians
- Hironaka Heisuke
- Isasawa Kenkichi
- Kodaira Kunihiko
- Mori Shigefumi
- Sato Mikio
- Seki Kōwa
- Shimura Gorō
- Takagi Teiji
- Taniyama Yutaka
- Yoneda Nobuo
[edit] Economists
See also: List of Japanese Economists
[edit] Other Notables
- Aneha Hidetsugu
- Hiramatsu Takashi
- Jake Kajiyama
- Kawakami Kiyoshi
- Matsugane Yōko
- Nitobe Inazo
- Onoda Hirō
- Takabori Yoshiya
- Osugi Sakae
- Sakai Toshihiko
- Sakamura Ken
- Sanyutei Encho
- Satoshi Tajiri
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- Soeda Azenbo
- Sonoda Tenkoko
- Sugihara Chiune
- Tamiya Maya
- Tanaka Shozo
- Terada Torahiko
- Uchimura Kanzo
- Yoshikawa Takeo
- Yuasa Takashi
- Daiki Ishikawa
