This is a list of Japanese people who are famous. The Japanese people ) is the ethnic group that identifies as Japanese by culture or ancestry. ...

All names are in Japanese order, with the surname before the given name.

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 Masanobu Ando. ... Haruka Ayase (Japanese: 綾瀬はるか Ayase Haruka, born on March 24, 1985) is a Japanese actress and model. ... Yuko Fueki (Japanese: 笛木優子, Fueki YÅ«ko, Korean: 유민, born June 21, 1979 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. ... Norika Fujiwara Norika Fujiwara (藤原紀香 Fujiwara Norika, born June 28, 1971 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture) is a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress. ... Maki Goto , born September 23, 1985 in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan) is a J-pop singer and part of Hello! Project. ... Kimiko Ikegami ) (born January 16, 1959) is a Japanese actress. ... Satomi Ishihara is a Japanese actress. ... Yujiro Ishihara (石原裕次郎; Ishihara YÅ«jirō, December 28, 1934–July 17, 1987) was a Japanese actor and singer. ... Saburo Ishikura (石倉 三郎 Ishikura Saburō, born December 16, 1946 in Kagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actor that has acted in several movies directed by Beat Takeshi. ... Misaki Ito Misaki Ito ), born May 26, 1977, is a Japanese actress, model, and celebrity. ... Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史 Kaga Takeshi) is a well known stage and movie actor in Japan, and is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His birth name is Shigekatsu Katsuda (勝田 薫且 Katsuda Shigekatsu). ... Bunko Kanazawa (金沢文子 Kanazawa Bunko) (born April 4, 1979 in Kanagawa prefecture) is a prolific and well-known Japanese adult film actress. ... Takeshi Kaneshiro Takeshi Kaneshiro (Traditional Chinese: 金城武, Simplified Chinese: 金城武, Hepburn: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: JÄ«nchéng WÅ­, born October 11, 1973) is a male actor and model. ... Azumi Kawashima in a Japanese idol magazine in one of her quintessential roles as schoolgirl. ... Rei Kikukawa Rei Kikukawa ), born on February 28, 1978, is a Japanese actress, model and television presenter. ... Takeshi Kitano at Cannes, 2000 Takeshi Kitano (北野 æ­¦, Kitano Takeshi, b. ... Chiaki Kuriyama ), born October 10, 1984 in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and model. ... Ken Matsudaira (松平 健 Matsudaira Ken, born November 28, 1953) is a Japanese actor from Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan. ... Nanako Matsushima Matsushima Nanako) (born October 13, 1973) is a Japanese actress and model. ... Keiko Matsuzaka ) (born July 20, 1952) is an actress from ÅŒta, Tokyo. ... Toshiro Mifune in the film Drunken Angel. ... Masami Nagasawa (長澤まさみ, Nagasawa Masami, born June 3, 1987 in Iwata, Shizuoka) is a Japanese actress. ... Yukie Nakama (仲間 由紀恵 Nakama Yukie, b. ... Erika Sawajiri , born April 8, 1986 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress and model. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ryoko Shinohara (篠原涼子 Shinohara Ryoko, b. ... Hideki Takahashi (高橋英樹 Takahashi Hideki, 1944 – ) is a Japanese actor. ... Ken Takakura (高倉健) (Born 16 February 1931, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) A Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic yet honorable presence he bring to his roles. ... Reiko Takashima (高島礼子 Takashima Reiko; born 25 July 1964 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese actress. ... Mayuko Takata (高田万由子 Takata Mayuko, born January 5, 1971 in Tokyo, Japan-) is a Japanese actress. ... Hayato Tani (è°· 隼人 Tani Hayato) (born on September 9, 1946 as Hajime Iwatani) is a Japanese television actor. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ken Watanabe , born October 21, 1959) is an Oscar-nominated Japanese theater, TV, and film actor. ... See also Category:Japanese actors, List of Japanese actresses Abe Hiroshi Aiba Hiroki Aijima Kazuyuki Aikawa Sho Aizawa Kazunari Akagi Keiichiro Akatsuka Maoto Amano Hironari Anan Kenji Aoyama Sota Arai Hirofumi Arata Asano Tadanobu Ato Kai Atsumi Kiyoshi Azuma Kouhei Ban Daisuke Bannai Matsuo Bessyo Tetsuya Chiba Shinichi (Sonny Chiba... See also Category:Japanese actors, List of Japanese actors. ... This is a list of seiyÅ« (Japanese voice actors). ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... This is a list of Japanese Comedians and their group names. ...

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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 Memorial portrait of Hiroshige by Kunisada. ... Beneath the Great Wave off Kanagawa[1] Katsushika Hokusai, (葛飾北斎), (1760 — 1849[2]), was an Edo period Japanese artist, painter, printmaker and ukiyo-e maker. ... Koji Ishikawa (石川晃治 Ishikawa Koji, 1968-) is a Japanese modern artist. ... c. ... Kano Eitoku (狩野 永徳 Kanō Eitoku, 1543-1590) was a Japanese painter and founder of the Kano school of Japanese-style painting during the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese history. ... Kanō Masanobu (1434 - 1530, Kyoto) was the chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and the founder of the Kanō school of painting. ... Murayama Kaita(村山 槐多, September 15, 1896 - February 20, 1919) is a Japanese author. ... Naoko Takeuchi (武内直子 Takeuchi Naoko), born March 15, 1967, is a manga artist who lives in Tokyo, Japan. ... Eiichiro Oda , born January 1, 1975 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime One Piece. ... Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子 Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist. ... Akira Toriyama Akira Toriyama (鳥山 明 Toriyama Akira, born on April 5, 1955 in Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture) is a Japanese manga artist. ... Shukei-sansui (Autumn Landscape), by Sesshu Toyo Sesshu Toyo (雪舟 等楊 Sesshū Tōyō, lit. ... Toshusai Sharaku (17?? - 1801?) (Japanese: 東洲斎写楽) was one of the great masters - and one of the great innovative and creative geniuses - of the Japanese woodblock print, in addition to being the greatest mystery in the world of ukiyo-e, and one of the great enigmas in all of world art. ... Koun Takamura (1851-1934) was a Japanese sculptor. ... A clock designed by Osamu Tezuka, which stands in the Kyoto Station. ... Yasumasa Morimura (森村 泰昌, born in Osaka, Japan in 1951) is a Japanese appropriation artist. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese musician and artist best known as the widow of John Lennon of The Beatles. ... Manga-ka (漫画家) is the Japanese word for a comic artist. ... Kanō school (狩野派 Kanō-ha) is a school of professional artists in Japan. ...

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 Miki Ando (安藤美姫, Andō Miki, born on December 18, 1987 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antonio Inoki (アントニオ猪木), real name Kanji Inoki (猪木寛至 Inoki Kanji, born February 20, 1943) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist who now resides in New York City. ... Shizuka Arakawa (荒川 静香 Arakawa Shizuka, born December 29, 1981) is a Japanese figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the Ladies Singles event in Turin, Italy on February 23, 2006, and the 2004 World Figure Skating Championship. ... Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (June 1, 1955-) is the 58th Yokozuna of sumo. ... Chuhei Nambu (May 27, 1904 - July 23, 1997) was a Japanese athlete. ... Date Kimiko (伊達公子) (b. ... Shoichi Funaki (born August 24, 1968) is a Japanese American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its SmackDown! brand. ... Takanori Gomi (September 22, 1978-), The Fireball Kid, is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. ... Tadahito Iguchi (井口 資仁 Iguchi Tadahito born December 4, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a second baseman who played his first major league season for the 2005 World Series champions Chicago White Sox. ... Junichi Inamoto , born September 18, 1979) is a Japanese football player who plays in midfield for Galatasaray SK. Inamoto played for Japanese club Gamba Osaka during his last year of high school, signing with the club in 1998. ... Midori Ito , born August 13, 1969) is a former Japanese figure skater. ... Takayuki Kohiruimaki (小比類巻貴之, November 7, 1977) is a Japanese man who originally studied karate. ... Konishiki Yasokichi, (小錦八十吉, formally Salevaa Atisanoe, born December 31, 1963), is a Hawaii-born Samoan sumo wrestler. ... Shigeki Maruyama (born September 12, 1969 in Chiba) is a Japanese golfer. ... Masatos technically sound style and blinding speed contribute to most of his K-1 victories. ... Hideki Godzilla Matsui , born June 12, 1974) is a Japanese Major League Baseball left fielder who plays for the New York Yankees. ... Kazuyoshi Miura (三浦知良 Miura Kazuyoshi, born on February 26, 1967), often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football (soccer) striker. ... Keiichi Tsuchiya , born January 30, 1956, Nagano, Japan) is a professional racing driver. ... nomura sliding his blitz er34 in 2004 Ken Nomura (Japanese: 野村謙, born Fukuoka, 9th May 1965 ) is a drifting driver from Japan. ... Koji Alexander Murofushi (Jpn. ... Musashimaru Koyo was declared the most successful foreign sumo wrestler ever during his retirement ceremony on October 2, 2004. ... Hidetoshi Nakata (中田 英寿 Nakata Hidetoshi; born January 22, 1977 in Yamanashi Prefecture), is a former Japanese soccer player. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Nobuteru Taniguchi - born 18/5/1971, Hiroshima (Japanese 谷口信輝), nicknamed NOB (abbr. ... Yukina Ota (太田由希奈, Ota Yukina; born November 26, 1986) is a Japanese figure skater. ... Kazushi Sakuraba (Japanese: 桜庭和志, Sakuraba Kazushi, born July 14, 1968 in Akita Prefecture) is a Japanese professional mixed martial arts fighter and former professional wrestler. ... Rumina Sato (Born in Tokyo Japan 12-29-1973). ... Takuma Sato (佐藤 琢磨 Satō Takuma, born January 28, 1977 in Tokyo) is a Japanese Formula One automobile racing driver. ... Yuka Sato Yuka Sato (佐藤有香; Satō YÅ«ka, born February 14, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... Kaoru Sugayama (菅山かおる, Sugayama Kaoru, born on December 26, 1978 - ) is a Japanese volleyball player. ... Ai Sugiyama (Japanese: 杉山愛 Sugiyama Ai, born July 5, 1975, Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese professional tennis player. ... Fumie Suguri (村主章枝; Suguri Fumie, born December 31, 1980) is a Japanese figure skater. ... Ichiro Suzuki ), often known simply as Ichiro ), born October 22, 1973 in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is the center fielder for the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team. ... Kozo Takeda(武田幸三,December 27, 1972) is a Japanese kickboxer who shows promise to become a champion of Thailand. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This list consists of players both past and present who have played in Japanese Baseball,. This list include those players who played in other leagues like Major League Baseball in the United States and ignores nationality. ... This is a list of all Sumo wrestlers who have reached the rank of Yokozuna, the highest in the sport. ...

Authors

See: List of Japanese authors This is an alphabetical list of authors who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language. ...

Educators

• Fukuzawa Yukichi
• Iida Yoshiaki
• Mori Arinori
• Nakamura Shuichi
• Tsuda Yukio
• Wada Shigeho
• Midori Suzuki

Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤 諭吉 Yukichi Fukuzawa, January 10, 1835 - February 3, 1901) was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, entrepreneur and political theorist and founder of the Keio University whose ideas about government and social institutions made a lasting impression on a rapidly changing Japan during the period known as the Meiji Era. ... Yoshiaki Iida(飯田 良明,いいだ よしあき,1946-) is a Japanese sociologist from Chiba, Chuo University graduation. ... Baron Mori Arinori ), (23 August 1847 – 12 February 1889) was a Meiji period Japanese statesman, diplomat and founder of Japans modern educational system. ... Shuichi Nakamura(中村 秀一,なかむら しゅういち,1950-) is a Japanese economist from Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Tokyo Keizai University graduation. ... Yukio Tsuda (津田幸雄) is a professor in the Department of International Communication at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University. ... Shigeho Wada (和田茂穂, 1935- ) is a Japanese circulation scholar from Tokyo. ... (鈴木みどり 1941- July 23, 2006) Midori Suzuki was a Japanese media educator, feminist and media researcher. ...

Emperors

See: List of Japanese Emperors History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The following is a traditional list of Emperors of...

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

Kunio Busujima (1926-). Founder and chairman of Sankyo, one of the three major pachinko (slot) machine makers in Japan. ... Daisuke Enomoto (榎本大輔 Enomoto Daisuke, born April 22, 1971, nicknamed Dice-K) is a Japanese businessman and former Livedoor executive who is in line to become the fifthspace tourist. ... Den Fujita (藤田 ç”° Fujita Den, March 3, 1926 - April 21, 2004) was a wealthy Japanese founder of McDonalds Japan. ... Yoshitaka Fukuda (1948-). Founded Aiful when he was a teenager; now Japans fifth-largest consumer finance company. ... The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ... Takafumi Horie Takafumi Horie (堀江貴文: Horie Takafumi; October 29, 1972–) is a Japanese entrepreneur who won a name for himself as the former CEO of Livedoor (officially: livedoor Co. ... Masaru Ibuka (April 11, 1908 in Nikko City, Japan - December 19, 1997 in Tokyo) was a Japanese electronics industrialist. ... Joi Ito at the Ars Electronica Joichi Ito (伊藤穰 Itō Jōichi, born June 19, 1966), more commonly known as Joi Ito, is a Japanese-born, American-educated, activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. ... Masatoshi Ito (1925-) Is the owner and honorary chairman of $30 billion (sales) Ito-Yokado retailing group, which includes more than 10,000 7-Elevens in Japan and the U.S. See also List of billionaires External links Forbes. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | People stubs | Forbes Worlds Richest People ... Yataro Iwasaki (1835 - 1885) was a Japanese financier and shipping industrialist. ... Ryoichi Jinnai (神内良一) is the founder of Promise, Japans third-largest consumer finance company, of which he is honorary chairman. ... Genichi Kawakami (川上源一 Kawakami Genichi, January 30, 1912 – May 25, 2002) was the president of the Yamaha Corporation from 1950 to 1977, and again from 1980 to 1983. ... Konosuke Matsushita (松下 幸之助 Matsushita Kōnosuke, November 27, 1894 – April 27, 1989) was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Matsushita Electric, a company based in the suburb of Kadoma (on the Keihan line), Osaka in Japan. ... Kokichi Mikimoto (御木本 幸吉 Mikimoto Kōkichi, March 10, 1858 – September 21, 1954) is the Japanese inventor of the cultured pearl. ... Minoru Mori (1934 - ) is considered to be Japans most powerful and influential building tycoon. ... Taikichiro Mori (森泰吉郎, Mori Taikichirou, born 1 March 1904, died 30 January 1993) was the founder of Mori Building. ... Akio Morita (盛田昭夫 Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 in Nagoya, Japan - October 3, 1999 in Tokyo) was a co-founder of Sony Corporation. ... Tokushichi Nomura II (1878-1945) is the founder of the Nomura Zaibatsu who formed Nomura Securites in 1925. ... Susumu Ojima in a summons of a witness by the Diet Susumu Ojima（小嶋進 Ojima Susumu, born June 4, 1953 in Shikama, Miyagi Prefecture-） is a Japanese entrepreneur who is a founder and chairman of Huser Co. ... Nobutada Saji (佐治 信忠) is a Japanese businessman. ... Ryōichi Sasakawa (笹川良一 Sasakawa Ryōichi) (May 18, 1899 – July 14, 1995) was a Japanese businessman, fascist, organized crime figure, renowned shipbuilder, philanthropist and goodwill ambassador. ... Masayoshi Son (Japanese: 孫正義, Son Masayoshi; Korean hangul: 손정의; revised: Son Jeongeui; McCune-Reischauer: Son ChŏngÅ­i; born August 11, 1957 in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, Japan) is a third generation Korean-Japanese and the founder and current chief executive officer of Softbank Capital, and the chief executive officer of Vodafone K... Admiral Nobuzo Tohmatsu (等松 農夫蔵, April 25, 1896 - December 28, 1980) was a paymaster in the Imperial Japanese Navy who went on to become an accountant and a namesake of the global auditing firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. ... Eiji Toyoda (豊田英二 Toyoda Eiji), born 12 September 1913, near Nagoya in Japan, is a prominent Japanese industrialist, and is largely responsible for the success of car manufacturer Toyota. ... Yoshiaki Tsutsumi (堤 義明, born May 29, 1934) is a Japanese businessman. ... Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 Yamaha Torakusu; April 20, 1851 – August 8, 1916) was the founder of the Yamaha Corporation. ... Image:Yamauchi. ... Tadashi Yanai (柳井正, Yanai Tadashi) is the founder and president Fast Retailing, of which of Uniqlo (ユニクロ, unique clothing) is a subsidiary. ... Yasuda Zenjirō (安田善次郎, b. ...

Filmmakers

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

See also: List of Japanese Directors Ishirō Honda (本多 猪四郎 Honda Ishirō, May 7, 1911 in Yamagata Prefecture - February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. ... Kon Ichikawa (市川 å´‘ Ichikawa Kon) (born November 20, 1915, Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture) is one of the better known Japanese film directors. ... Takeshi Kitano at Cannes, 2000 Takeshi Kitano (北野 æ­¦, Kitano Takeshi, b. ... Akira Kurosawa , 23 March 1910—6 September 1998) was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. ... Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao), born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, is a director of animation films and a co-founder of the animation studio, Studio Ghibli. ... Eiji Tsuburaya (円谷 英二 Tsuburaya Eiji) (July 7, 1901 – January 25, 1970) was responsible for the special effects on many Japanese movies, including the Godzilla series (1954–??). Born in Sukagawa, Fukushima prefecture, He worked as a cinematographer in Kyoto from 1919, joining Shochiku Kyoto Studios in... Yasujiro Ozu (小津 安二郎 Ozu Yasujirō) (December 12, 1903 - December 12, 1963) was an influential Japanese film director. ... A Abe Yutaka Anno Hideaki F Fukasaku Kinji Furuhata Yasuo H Harada Masato Hirayama Hideyuki I Ichikawa Kon Imamura Shohei Ishii Sogo Itami Juzo Ito Shunya Iwai Shunji K Kasugi Nozumi Kawase Naomi Kinusaga Teinosuke Kitamura Ryuhei Kitano Takeshi Kobayashi Masaki Koizumi Takashi Kon Satoshi Koreeda Hirokazu Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa...

Historians

• Ienaga Saburo
• Kanda Nobuo
• Maruyama Masao
• Naito Torajiro

Ienaga Saburo (家永三郎: September 3, 1913 - November 29, 2002) was a Japanese historian. ... Professor Kanda Nobuo (神田 信夫 Kanda Nobuo; October 2 1921-December 30 2003) was a Japanese historian who specialized in early Manchu history. ... Maruyama Masao (丸山眞男, March 22, 1914-August 15, 1996) was a leading Japanese political scientist and political theorist. ... Naitō Torajirō (内藤 虎二郎 Naitō Torajirō; 1866-1934), commonly known as a pseudonym Naitō Konan (内藤 湖南 Naitō Konan), was a Japanese historian. ...

Military leaders

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. This is a list of Samurai and their wives. ... This wooden Kongorikishi statue was created during the Kamakura shogunate during 14th century Japan. ... The Ashikaga shogunate (Jp. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ...

• Emperor Go-Toba
• Kusunoki Masashige
• Taira no Kiyomori
• Taira no Masakado
• Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda)

Emperor Go-Toba ) (August 6, 1180 – March 28, 1239) was the 82nd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Kusunoki Masashige (楠木 正成, 1294-1336, also Nankō or Dai-Nankō) was a 14th century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in his attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate, then under the leadership of the Hojo clan. ... Statue of Taira no Kiyomori, Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture Taira no Kiyomori (å¹³ 清盛 1118 - 1181) was a general of the late Heian period of Japan. ... Taira no Masakados tomb(Burial only his head). ... Fujiwara no Hidesato (藤原英聡) was a kuge (court bureaucrat) of tenth century Heian Japan. ...

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

Korechika Anami Korechika Anami (阿南 惟幾 Anami Korechika, February 21st 1887- August 15th 1945) was a Japanese general in World War II. Military Career 2dLt (Infantry),December 1906; was graduated from War College, November 1918; attached to Army General Staff, April 1919; Member, same, December 1919; Major, February 1922; Staff Officer, Sakhalin... Kenji Doihara (土肥原 賢二 Doihara Kenji, 1883 - December 23, 1948) was a Japanese spy who served in northeastern China since 1913. ... Enomoto Takeaki at the time of Republic of Ezo in 1869. ... Kuroki Tamemoto (黒木為楨 Kuroki Tamemoto; 1844-?) was a Japanese general. ... Gen. ... Rear Admiral Ota Minoru (大田 実 Ōta Minoru, 1919 - 1945) commanded the Naval Base Force that defended the Oroku Peninsula on Okinawa. ... Admiral Kantarō Suzuki (鈴木 貫太郎 Kantarō Suzuki, December 24, 1867 - April 17, 1948) was the 42nd Prime Minister of Japan from April 7, 1945 to August 17, 1945. ... Admiral Togo at the age of 55, shortly before the Russo-Japanese War Fleet Admiral Count Tōgō Heihachirō (東郷 平八郎 Tōgō Heihachirō OM, January 27, 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Japanese Admiral and one of Japans greatest naval heroes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Isoroku Yamamoto ) (4 April 1884 – 18 April 1943) was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II, graduate of Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and alumnus of the U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University (1919 - 1921). ... Kanji Ishiwara (石原 莞爾, January 18, 1889 - August 15, 1949) was a Japanese military officer in the Guandong Army. ...

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
• 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 Namie Amuro is a Japanese pop singer of Ryukyuan ancestry. ... Akino Arai (新居昭乃) a singer, song-writer, and lyricst, Akino Arai is best know for her works in anime such as Outlaw Star, Noir, Macross Plus, and many others. ... This is a Japanese name; the family name is Asada. ... Gackt Camui , but most often written in Latin alphabet) is a Japanese songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Hiromi Go (郷ひろみ Gō Hiromi, real name: Hiromi Haratake (原武裕美 Haratake Hiromi) born on October 18, 1955 in Sue, Kasuya, Fukuoka Prefecture -) is a Japanese singer. ... Maki Goto , born September 23, 1985 in Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan) is a J-pop singer and part of Hello! Project. ... Taro Hakase (葉加瀬太郎 Hakase Tarō, January 23, 1968 in Suita, Osaka Prefecture) is a Japanese musician who specialises as a violinist. ... Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese pop singer. ... Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤 守 Fujisawa Mamoru), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 è­² Hisaishi Jō, born December 6, 1950) is a composer and director responsible for over 100 soundtracks and conventional albums dating back to 1981. ... Ken Hirai ) is a Japanese R&B and pop singer. ... Kyosuke Himuro (氷室京介 Himuro Kyōsuke, born on October 7, 1960 in Takasaki, Gunma, real name Osamu Teranishi (寺西 ä¿® Teranishi Osamu), is a Japanese singer. ... Minako Honda ), real name Minako Kudo (工藤美奈子 Kudō Minako, July 31, 1967 - November 6, 2005) was a Japanese pop-star and musical singer. ... Tomoyasu Hotei (布袋寅泰 Hotei Tomoyasu, born on February 1, 1962 in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture) is a Korean Japanese musician, guitarist and actor. ... Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭 Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer of classical music and film scores, perhaps best known for his work on the soundtracks of the Godzilla movies. ... Koshi Inaba , born on September 23, 1964 in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture) is a Japanese vocalist. ... Yoko Kanno (菅野 よう子 Kanno Yōko), born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, is a composer and performer of musical scores for Japanese film and television. ... Yuri Kasahara (笠原 ゆり Kasahara Yuri) is a Japanese opera singer. ... Koda Kumi ), (born Kōda Kumiko ) November 13, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan), is a Japanese solo R&B and pop female singer and also the older sister of J-pop star misono, of the former J-pop band day after tomorrow. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The correct title of this article is . ... Takahiro Tak Matsumoto , born on March 27, 1961 in Toyonaka, Osaka) is a Japanese guitarist, producer, and songwriter. ... Minmi is a Japanese hip hop singer. ... Hibari Misora (美空 ひばり, May 29, 1937 - June 24, 1989) was a Japanese singer and the predominant figure in postwar enka music. ... Kaori Mochida (持田香織), born March 24, 1978, is the female lead singer of Every Little Thing, a Japanese pop group. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese musician and artist best known as the widow of John Lennon of The Beatles. ... Ami as she appeared on Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. ... Seiji Ozawa , born September 1, 1935) is a Japanese conductor. ... Hideki Saijō (西城 秀樹) is a Japanese singer and television celebrity most famous for singing the Japanese version of the Village Peoples hit song YMCA, called Young Man. Although the original version was gay-inspired, Saijōs version was intended to seriously inspire young men. Saijōs career went downwards after... Kyu Sakamoto 1980 Kyu Sakamoto (坂本九 Sakamoto KyÅ«), born Hisashi Oshima (大島九, ÅŒshima Hisashi, November 10, 1941 - August 12, 1985) was a popular Japanese singer and actor. ... Ryuichi Sakamoto at his New York City studio September 2003 Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 Sakamoto RyÅ«ichi, born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. ... Shiina Ringo performing in concert with her band, Tokyo Jihen (2005) Shiina Ringo ) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born on November 25, 1978. ... Hitomi Shimatani ) (real name: Hitomi Shimatani ), born September 4, 1980 in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan) is a female J-pop singer signed to the Avex Trax label. ... Keiichi Suzuki is a Japanese composer and performer, most familiar to US audiences from his music for the Super Nintendo game EarthBound. ... A singer of former Rats & Star. ... Akiko Suwanai , born February 7, 1972) is a Japanese classical violinist. ... Taki Rentaro (滝廉太郎, August 24, 1879 - June 29, 1903) is a pianist, and one of the most well-known composers of Japan. ... Isao Tomita (冨田 勲; Tomita Isao, born April 22, 1932), is a renowned electronic music composer. ... Nobuo Uematsu , born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. ... Utada (宇多田ヒカル Utada Hikaru, born January 19, 1983) is a J-Pop star. ... Hitomi Yaida (矢井田瞳 Yaida Hitomi born July 28, 1978 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan[1]) is a Japanese folk rock singer/songwriter and guitarist. ... Eikichi Yazawa (矢沢永吉 Yazawa Eikichi, born September 14, 1949 in Hiroshima) is a Japanese rock singer. ... Yoshiki Hayashi ) is a Japanese musician-superstar and rock icon. ... Yumi Sue Yoshimura (吉村 由美 Yoshimura Yumi, born January 30, 1975) is thought of as the cool half of the J-Pop duo Puffy AmiYumi (known in Japan as Puffy). She was born in Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan. ... This is a list of notable Japanese rock bands and solo artists. ... This is a comprehensive list of Japanese artists and groups, including Japanese Rock, Visual Kei, and Japanese hip hop artists and groups. ...

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 Sanma Akashiya (明石家さんま Akashiya Sanma, born July 3, 1955 in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, raised up in Nara) is a Japanese TV comedian and actor. ... Koriki Chōshū dancing Para Para Koriki Chōshū (Ja: 長州小力, Chōshū Koriki; real name Kazuteru Kubota (久保田和輝, Kubota Kazuteru), born February 5, 1972 in western Tokyo) is a Japanese comedian. ... Takashi Fujii Takashi Fujii (Japanese: 藤井隆, Fujii Takashi, born March 10, 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and singer who belongs to the Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo and is the popular host of Matthews Best Hit TV (as the character マシュー南, Mashū Minami or Matthew Minami) and... Hanawa (はなわ, real name Naoki Hanawa 塙 尚輝, born July 20, 1976 in Saitama Prefecture) is a Japanese singer and comedian raised in Saga city. ... Yōku Hata (波田陽区, Hata Yōku, real name: Akira Hada (波田 晃, Hada Akira), born June 5, 1975 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture) is a stand up comedian in Japan. ... Takeshi Kitano at Cannes, 2000 Takeshi Kitano (北野 武, Kitano Takeshi, b. ... Harumi Kurihara (栗原はるみ Kurihara Harumi, born 1947) is a celebrity homemaker and television personality in Japan. ... Nobuyoshi Kuwano (桑野信義 Kuwano Nobuyoshi, born April 4, 1957 in Ota, Tokyo -) is a Japanese television performer, former member of Rats & Star. ... Hikari Ōta Hikari Ota (太田光, Ōta Hikari, born May 13, 1965, in Saitama) is a Japanese comedian and is currently one of the most recognized faces on prime-time Japanese television. ... Ken Shimura as Bakatono-sama. ... A picture of Hard Gay in action, taken from the Japanese television show Bakuten. ... Tamori (タモリ) is a Japanese celebrity. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of Japanese celebrities (geinōjin, 芸能人). Individuals YOSHIKI Matsumoto Hideto Sanma Akashiya (Sanma) Norika Fujiwara Hiromi Go Kano sisters Eiko Koike Takeshi Kitano (Beat Takeshi) Ai Iijima Waka Inoue Misaki Ito Masami Hisamoto (Machami) Masashi Tashiro (Marcy) Minomonta Hideki Saijo Kaoru Sugita Masaki Sumitani (Razor Ramon) Papaya... This is a list of Japanese Comedians and their group names. ...

Politicians

This is a list of Japanese politicians who have not served as Prime Minister of Japan. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This is a historical list of individuals who have 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 Shintarō Abe (安倍 晋太郎; Abe Shintarō, April 29, 1924 - May 15, 1991) was a Japanese politician. ... Arai Hakuseki (新井 白石 March 24, 1657-June 29, 1725) is a Confucianist, poet and politician in Japan during the middle of Edo Period, who advised the Shogun, Ienobu. ... Takako Doi (土井 たか子 Doi Takako, born November 30, 1928) is a Japanese politician. ... Enomoto Takeaki at the time of Republic of Ezo in 1869. ... Masayuki Fujio (藤尾 正行 Fujio Masayuki, born January 1, 1917) was the Japanese Minister of Education, under the government of Yasuhiro Nakasone until 1986. ... Yasuo Fukuda (福田康夫 Fukuda Yasuo, born July 16, 1936) is a Japanese politician. ... Shintaro Ishihara , born September 30, 1932) is the governor of Tokyo, Japan, and one of Japans most widely known nationalist and populist politicians. ... Masayoshi Ito (1913 - 1994) was a Japanese political figure. ... Naoto Kan (菅 直人 Kan Naoto, b. ... Shin Kanemaru (金丸 ä¿¡ Kanemaru Shin), September 17, 1914 - March 28, 1996, was a Japanese politician. ... Tadashi Kuranari , August 31, 1918 - July 3, 1996) was a Japanese politician. ... Katsuo Okazaki (1897 - 1965) was a Japanese political figure. ... Fusae Ōta (太田 房江 Ōta Fusae) is a Japanese politician and the countrys first female prefectural governor. ... Hisashi Owada (小和田 恆) (b. ... Ichiro Ozawa (小沢一郎, Ozawa Ichirō, 1942 - ) is a Japanese politician, formerly the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and later of the Japan Liberal Party. ... Statue of Shibusawa Eiichi Shibusawa Eiichi (渋沢 栄一 Shibuzawa Eiichi, March 16, 1840 - November 11, 1931) was a Japanese industrialist. ... Masajuro Shiokawa (塩川正十郎, b. ... Taizo Sugimura Taizo Sugimura (杉村太蔵 Sugimura Taizou, born 13 August 1979 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido) is a Japanese politician and a member of the Diet of Japan, representing the Liberal Democratic Party. ... Heizo Takenaka (b. ... Makiko Tanaka (田中 真紀子 Tanaka Makiko, born in Nishiyama, Niigata,January 14, 1944) is a Japanese politician, the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. ... For the astrophysicist, see Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer) Yasuo Tanaka (田中康夫 Tanaka Yasuo) is a Japanese novelist who became governor of Nagano prefecture, Japan in 2000. ... Marutei Tsurunen (ツルネン マルテイ or 弦念 丸呈 Tsurunen Marutei, born April 30, 1940) is the first foreign-born Japanese member of the Diet of Japan. ... Yasuya Uchida ,or Kōsai Uchida (内田 康哉 Uchida Yasuya, November 17, 1865 - March 12, 1936) was a Japanese diplomat. ... Michio Watanabe (born 1923) was a Japanese political figure. ... Tatsuo Yamamoto (山本 達雄 Yamamoto Tatsuo, April 7, 1856 - November 2, 1947) was a Japanese financial administrator and political figure. ... Knock Yokoyama (横山ノック Yokoyama Nokku, b. ... This is a historical list of individuals who have served as Prime Minister of Japan. ...

Religious leaders

• Dogen
• Eisai
• Kūkai
• Nichiren
• Nikkō
• Ryōkan
• Saigyo
• Shinran
• Asahara Shōko
• Takuan Sōhō
• Teshima Ikurō
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Dōgen Zenji Dōgen Zenji (道元禅師; also Kigen Dōgen 希玄道元) (19 January 1200–22 September 1253) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher born in Kyōto, and the founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. ... Myōan Eisai, founder of the Rinzai School of Zen, 12th century. ... Painting of Kukai (774-835). ... Nichiren (日蓮) (February 16, 1222 – October 13, 1282), born Zennichimaro (善日麿), later Zeshō-bō Renchō (是生房蓮長), and finally Nichiren (日蓮), was a Buddhist monk of 13th century Japan. ... Nikkō (日興) (1246-1333), also known as Nikkō Shōnin, is the founder of a major branch of Nichiren Buddhism that includes the present-day Nichiren Shoshu school of Japanese Buddhism. ... A statue of Ryōkan. ... Saigyō Hōshi (Japanese: 西行法師) (1118 - 1190) is a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. ... Shinran Shonin (親鸞聖人) (1173-1263) was a pupil of Honen and the founder of the Jodo Shinshu (or True Pure Land) sect in Japan. ... Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃 Asahara Shōkō) (born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本智津夫 Matsumoto Chizuo) on March 2, 1955) is the founder of Japans controversial Buddhist religious group Aum Shinrikyo (now known as Aleph). ... Takuan Sōhō ), 1573 - 1645) was a major figure in the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. ... Uchimura Kanzo (内村 鑑三 Uchimura Kanzō, March 26, 1861 - March 28, 1930) was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, the founder of Non-church (Mukyoukai) Christianity movement. ... Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (October 18, 1870, Kanazawa, Japan – July 22, 1966; standard transliteration: Suzuki Daisetsu, 鈴木大拙) was a famous author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. ...

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

Leo Esaki (江崎 玲於奈; correct transcription Esaki Reona; also known as Esaki Leona) (born March 12, 1925) is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his discovery of the phenomenon of electron tunneling. ... --64. ... Kikunae Ikeda (池田 菊苗 Ikeda Kikunae, October 8, 1864 – May 3, 1936) was a Tokyo Imperial University professor who discovered the umami flavor. ... Shibasaburo Kitasato (北里 柴三郎) (1852-1931) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. ... Kokichi Mikimoto (御木本 幸吉 Mikimoto Kōkichi, March 10, 1858 – September 21, 1954) is the Japanese inventor of the cultured pearl. ... Tokuhichi Mishima (三島 徳七 Mishima Tokuhichi, February 24, 1893 – November 19, 1975) was a Japanese metallurgist. ... Yasujiro Niwa (丹羽 保次郎 Niwa Yasujirō, April 1, 1893 – February 28, 1975) was a Japanese electrical scientist. ... Kyota Sugimoto (杉本 京太 Sugimoto Kyōta, September 20, 1882 – December 26, 1972) was a Japanese inventor who developed the first practical Japanese typewriter. ... Akihiko Tago (多胡 昭彦 Tago Akihiko) is a Japanese astronomer. ... Jokichi Takamine (高峰 譲吉 Takamine Jōkichi, December 22, 1854 – July 22, 1922) was a Japanese chemist. ... Koichi Tanaka (田中 耕一, born August 3, 1959) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for developing a novel method for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules. ... Susumu Tonegawa (利根川 進 Tonegawa Susumu, born September 6, 1939) is a Japanese scientist who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987 for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity. ... Tetsuya Theodore Ted Fujita (藤田哲也 Fujita Tetsuya, October 23, 1920–November 19, 1998) was one of the great severe storms researchers of the twentieth century. ... Sin-Itiro Tomonaga or Shinichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎 Tomonaga Shinichirō, March 31, 1906–July 8, 1979) was a Japanese physicist, influential in the development of quantum electrodynamics, work for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 along with... Sakichi Toyoda (豊田 佐吉 Toyoda Sakichi, February 14, 1867 – October 30, 1930)He was born in Kosai city. ... Hidetsugu Yagi (八木 秀次 Yagi Hidetsugu, January 28, 1886 - January 19, 1976) was a Japanese electrical scientist who wrote several important articles that led to the development of the Yagi antenna, which allows directional communication with electromagnetic waves. ... Hideki Yukawa Hideki Yukawa FRSE (湯川 秀樹, January 23, 1907 - September 8, 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese to win the Nobel prize. ...

Mathematicians

• Hironaka Heisuke
• Isasawa Kenkichi
• Kodaira Kunihiko
• Mori Shigefumi
• Sato Mikio
• Seki Kōwa
• Shimura Gorō
• Takagi Teiji
• Taniyama Yutaka
• Yoneda Nobuo

Heisuke Hironaka (広中 平祐 Hironaka Heisuke, born April 9, 1931) is a Japanese mathematician. ... Kenkichi Iwasawa (岩澤 健吉 Iwasawa Kenkichi, September 11, 1917 - October 26, 1998) was a Japanese mathematician who is known for his influence on algebraic number theory. ... Kunihiko Kodaira (小平 邦彦 Kodaira Kunihiko, 16 March 1915 – 26 July 1997) was a Japanese mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds; and as the founder of the Japanese school of algebraic geometers. ... Shigefumi Mori (森 重文 Mori Shigefumi, born February 23, 1951) is a Japanese mathematician, known for his work in algebraic geometry, particularly in relation to the classification of three-folds. ... Mikio Sato (佐藤 幹夫, born April 18, 1928) is a Japanese mathematician, working in what he calls algebraic analysis. ... Kowa Seki (Seki Takakazu, 関 孝和) (1642? – October 24, 1708) was a Japanese mathematician. ... Goro Shimura (志村 五郎, 1930 -) is a Japanese-American mathematician, and currently a professor of mathematics at Princeton University. ... Teiji Takagi (高木 貞治 Takagi Teiji, April 21, 1875 - February 28, 1960) was a Japanese mathematician, best known for proving the Takagi existence theorem in class field theory. ... A sketch of Yutaka Taniyama Yutaka Taniyama (Japanese: è°·å±± 豊 Taniyama Yutaka[1]; November 12, 1927 – November 17, 1958) was a Japanese mathematician, best known for conjecturing, in modern language, automorphic properties of L-functions of elliptic curves over any number field. ... Yoneda Nobuo (米田 信夫, March 28, 1930 – April 21, 1996) was a Japanese mathematician and computer scientist. ...

Economists

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

See also: List of Japanese Economists Masahisa Fujita (born in 1943) is a Japanese economist and professor at Kyoto university, who has studied regional science and Urban Economics and International Trade, Spatial Economy (New Economic Geography). ... Michio Morishima (July 18, 1923 - July 13, 2004) was Japanese economist and emeritus professor of LSE, Sir John Hicks Professor of LSE. He was also emeritus professor of Osaka University and a member of the British Academy. ... Kazuhide Uekusa ) was born December 18, 1960 in Edogawa, Tokyo. ... Hirofumi Uzawa (宇沢弘文 1928 - ) is a Japanese economist, professor emeritus of Tokyo University, and a member of the Japan Academy. ... Below is a list of well-known economists. ...

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

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup, as it does not appear to have been written by a native English speaker. ... Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami (河上清 Kawakami Kiyoshi) (8 August 1873 - 12 October 1949) was a Japanese Christian journalist who published several anti-war books in the United States and the United Kingdom. ... Yoko Matsugane (松金 洋子, Matsugane Yōko) (born May 26, 1982) is a Japanese gravure (or bikini) idol from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ... Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933) Inazo Nitobe (1862-1933) Inazo Nitobe (新渡戸 稲造; Nitobe Inazō, September 1, 1862 - October 15, 1933) was a Christian Japanese agriculturist, philosopher, educator and international political activist from Morioka, Iwate. ... Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda (小野田 寛郎 Onoda Hirō; born March 19, 1922) is a former Japanese army intelligence officer who was stationed on Lubang Island in the Philippines. ... Yoshiya Takabori (born December 4, 1990 in RiverVale, New Jersey - died November 17, 2006 in Huntsville, New Jersey) was a New Jersey serial killer. ... Osugi Sakae (大杉 æ „ ÅŒsugi Sakae, January 17, 1885 - September 16, 1923) was a radical individualist, socialist and anarchist. ... Hiroyuki Sakai Toshihiko (堺 利彦, January 15, 1871 - January 23, 1933) is a Japanese socialist. ... Ken Sakamura (坂村 健 Sakamura Ken, July 25, 1951 - ) is a Japanese professor in electrical engineering. ... Sanyutei Encho (三遊亭 円朝 Sanyūtē Enchō, April 1, 1839 — August 11, 1900) was a Japanese author of the late Edo and early Meiji eras. ... Satoshi Tajiri , born on August 28, 1965) is a Japanese electronic game designer and the creator of Pocket Monsters, better known as Pokémon. ... Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese electronic game designer. ... Chiune Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原千畝, Sugihara Chiune; January 1, 1900 – July 31, 1986) was a Japanese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during World War II while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. ... Terada Torahiko (寺田 寅彦 Terada Torahiko, November 28, 1878 - December 31, 1935) is a Japanese physicist and author. ... Uchimura Kanzo (内村 鑑三 Uchimura Kanzō, March 26, 1861 - March 28, 1930) was a Japanese author, Christian evangelist, the founder of Non-church (Mukyoukai) Christianity movement. ... Takeo Yoshikawa before his death in 1984 Takeo Yoshikawa (吉川 猛夫 Yoshikawa Takeo, born 1916) was a Japanese spy in Hawaii during World War II. He arrived in Hawaii by on March 27, 1941, as Tadashi Morimura (森村 æ­£ Morimura Tadashi). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

See also

• List of people by nationality