List of famous Japanese people

Actors

• Takeshi Kitano
• Toshiro Mifune

See also: Seiyuu (Japanese voice actors)

Artists

• Hiroshige
• Hokusai
• Murayama Kaita
• Takamura Koun
• Sharaku

Athletes

• Akebono
• Hasegawa Shigetoshi
• Irabu Hideki
• Nomo Hideo
• Ishii Kazuhisa
• Konishiki
• Hideki Matsui
• Musashimaru
• Ohka Tomokazu
• Komiyama Satoru
• Sasaki Kazuhiro
• Shinjo Tsuyoshi
• Suzuki Ichiro
• Suzuki Mac
• Taguchi So
• Yoshii Masato

Authors

See: List of Japanese authors

Educators

• Fukuzawa Yukichi
• Yukio Tsuda

Emperors

See: List of Japanese Emperors

Entrepreneurs

• Yataro Iwasaki
• Soichiro Honda
• Genichi Kawakami
• Konosuke Matsushita

• Takatoshi Mitsui
• Akio Morita
• Kokichi Mikimoto
• Eiji Toyoda
• Torakusu Yamaha

Filmmakers

• Kurosawa Akira
• Miyazaki Hayao
• Ozu Yasujiro

Historians

• Maruyama Masao
• Naito Torajiro

Military leaders

Pre-modern

• William Adams (Miura Anjin)
• Miyamoto Musashi
• Oda Nobunaga
• Saigo Takamori
• Sakamoto Ryoma
• Taira Kiyomori
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi

See also: Kamakura shogunate, Ashikaga shogunate, Tokugawa shogunate

Modern

• Anami Korechika
• Doihara Kenji
• Enomoto Takeaki
• Matsui Iwane
• Suzuki Kantaro
• Togo Heihachiro
• Tojo Hideki
• Yamamoto Isoroku

Musicians

• Amuro Namie
• Hamasaki Ayumi

• Joe Hisaishi
• Kuraki Mai
• Misora Hibari
• Yoko Ono
• Sakamoto Kyu
• Taki Rentaro
• Tomita Isao
• Ozawa Seiji
• Nobuo Uematsu
• Utada Hikaru

Politicians

See: List of Japanese politicans

Religious leaders

• Dogen Zenji
• Eisai
• Joshu
• Kukai
• Nichiren
• Ryokan
• Saigyo
• Shinran
• Shoko Asahara
• Takuan Soho

Scientists

• Leo Esaki
• Hideki Yukawa

Other Notables

• Sugihara Chiune
• Nitobe Inazo
• Miyatake Gaikotsu
• Osugi Sakae
• Sakai Toshihiko
• Sakamoto Ryoma

• San'yutei Encho
• Soeda Azenbo
• Tanaka Shozo
• Terada Torahiko
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Ueda Bin
• Yamagata Hiroo

See also

• List of people by nationality