Chishu Ryu
1904 - 1993
Film actor
Toshiki Kaifu
1931 - 2022
Prime minister of Japan
Shumei Okawa
1886 - 1957
Political theorist, historian, Islamic scholar
Hirohito
1901 - 1989
Emperor of Japan
Isao Takahata
1935 - 2018
Animator, director and producer of Japanese
Mitsuyo Maeda
1878 - 1941
Judo expert and pioneer of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
1887 - 1990
Imperial prince and army general
Osami Nagano
1880 - 1947
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
Miyamoto Musashi
1584 - 1645
Founder of Niten Ichi-ryū swordsmanship
Kenzo Tange
1913 - 2005
Architect and urban planner
Emperor Tenji
626 - 672
Emperor of Japan, government reformer
Shu Uemura
1928 - 2007
Makeup artist and founder of Shu Uemura Cosmetics
Kido Takayoshi
1833 - 1877
One of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration
Genda Minoru
1904 - 1989
Planner of the Pearl Harbor attack
Ryutaro Hashimoto
1937 - 2006
Prime minister of Japan
Inejiro Asanuma
1898 - 1960
Leader of the Japan Socialist Party
Izumo no Okuni
1578 - 1613
Founder of kabuki theatre
Saionji Kinmochi
1849 - 1940
Prime Minister of Japan
Akira Yoshizawa
1911 - 2005
Origami master
Fusajiro Yamauchi
1859 - 1940
Founder of Nintendo
Kon Ichikawa
1915 - 2008
Film director and screenwriter
Eisaku Sato
1901 - 1975
Prime Minister of Japan
Tsuguharu Foujita
1886 - 1968
Painter and printmaker
Matsuo Basho
1644 - 1694
Haiku poet and traveler
Wong Ka Kui
1962 - 1993
Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter
Kyu Sakamoto
1941 - 1985
Singer and actor
Kitasato Shibasaburo
1853 - 1931
Co-discoverer of the plague bacillus
Shin'ichiro Tomonaga
1906 - 1979
Quantum electrodynamics
Konosuke Matsushita
1894 - 1989
Founder of Panasonic
Hideto Matsumoto
1964 - 1998
Lead guitarist of X Japan and solo artist
Shintaro Katsu
1931 - 1997
Zatoichi, the blind swordsman
Satoshi Kon
1963 - 2010
Anime director and manga artist
Gichin Funakoshi
1868 - 1957
Founder of Shotokan Karate
Fujiko Fujio
1933 - 1996
manga artist and screenwriter
Emperor Go Momozono
1758 - 1779
Emperor of Japan from 1771 to 1779
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
Founder of aikido
Okita Soji
1802 - 1868
Captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi
Emperor Jimmu
-660 - -585
Founder of the imperial dynasty
Nobusuke Kishi
1896 - 1987
Prime minister of Japan
Takashi Shimura
1905 - 1982
Actor in Akira Kurosawa's films
Hanzo HATTORI
1542 - 1596
Ninja master and tactician
Kazuo Koike
1936 - 2019
Manga writer, novelist, entrepreneur
Tamon Yamaguchi
1892 - 1942
Naval officer and commander
Noboru Takeshita
1924 - 2000
Prime Minister of Japan
Shunroku Hata
1879 - 1962
Field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army
Kenji Mizoguchi
1898 - 1956
Film director and screenwriter
Osamu Dazai
1909 - 1948
Novelist, short story writer
Nagisa Oshima
1932 - 2013
Film director and screenwriter
Chuya Nakahara
1907 - 1937
Poet, translator
Taira no Masakado
870 - 940
Provincial magnate and rebel leader
Tomoyuki Tanaka
1910 - 1997
Film producer and creator of the Godzilla franc
Tomisaburo Wakayama
1929 - 1992
Playing Ogami Itto in the Lone Wolf
Tokugawa Iemitsu
1604 - 1651
Third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty
Yasuko Namba
1949 - 1996
Businesswoman and climber
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
1646 - 1709
Fifth shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty
Hana Kimura
1997 - 2020
Professional wrestler
Mamoru Shigemitsu
1887 - 1957
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Saigo Takamori
1828 - 1877
Samurai, Meiji Restoration leader
Kato Kiyomasa
1562 - 1611
Military leader and feudal lord
Mitsuharu Misawa
1962 - 2009
Professional wrestler and promoter
Setsuko Hara
1920 - 2015
Actress in Yasujirō Ozu's films
Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi
1840 - 1931
Financier, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Maurice Paul Krafft
1946 - 1991
Volcanologist
Mas Oyama
1923 - 1994
Karate master and founder of Kyokushin Karate
Ii Naomasa
1561 - 1602
General under Tokugawa Ieyasu
Kusunoki Masashige
1294 - 1336
Military strategist
Edogawa Ranpo
1894 - 1965
Mystery and thriller writer
Masaru Emoto
1943 - 2014
Water researcher and author
Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki
1870 - 1966
Zen scholar and translator
Enomoto Takeaki
1836 - 1908
Naval officer and statesman
Shinzo Abe
1954 - 2022
Prime minister of Japan
Date Masamune
1567 - 1636
Regional ruler and founder of Sendai city
Kwon Rise
1991 - 2014
Member of Ladies' Code
Kantaro Suzuki
1868 - 1948
Prime Minister of Japan
Ishida Mitsunari
1559 - 1600
Commander of the Western army in the Battle
Haruma Miura
1990 - 2020
Actor and singer
Gunpei Yokoi
1941 - 1997
Creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch
Shoya Tomizawa
1990 - 2010
Moto2 rider
Emperor Suinin
-69 - 7
Emperor of Japan
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
1358 - 1408
Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
Kuroda Seiki
1866 - 1924
Western-style painter
Honda Tadakatsu
1548 - 1610
Samurai, general and daimyo
Ichiyo Higuchi
1872 - 1896
Writer and poet
Isao Tomita
1932 - 2016
Electronic music pioneer
Nobuhiko Obayashi
1938 - 2020
director, screenwriter and editor of films
Takashi Amano
1954 - 2015
Aquascaping and nature photography
Masa Saito
1942 - 2018
professional wrestler
Isoroku Yamamoto
1884 - 1943
Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Sen Rikyu
1522 - 1591
Tea master who perfected the tea ceremony
Kobo Abe
1924 - 1993
Novelist, playwright, photographer, inventor
Eiko Ishioka
1938 - 2012
Art director, costume designer, graphic designer
Emperor Nakamikado
1702 - 1737
Emperor of Japan from 1709 to 1735
Yi Ku
1931 - 2005
Architect and head of the House of Yi
Emperor Sutoku
1119 - 1164
Emperor of Japan
Son Byong-hi
1861 - 1922
Third leader of Donghak (Eastern learning)
Koxinga
1624 - 1662
Southern Ming general and ruler of Taiwan
Ken Takakura
1931 - 2014
Yakuza and action films
Sadao Araki
1877 - 1966
General in the Imperial Japanese Army and Minister
Yasujiro Ozu
1903 - 1963
Film director and screenwriter
Masanobu Fukuoka
1913 - 2008
natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified
Eiji Toyoda
1913 - 2013
President and chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
Jiro Horikoshi
1903 - 1982
Chief engineer of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter
Taishi Shotoku
574 - 622
Regent, politician, and author
Tomoyuki Yamashita
1885 - 1946
General in the Imperial Japanese Army
Emperor Antoku
1178 - 1185
81st emperor of Japan
Keizo Obuchi
1937 - 2000
Prime Minister of Japan
Emperor Go-Daigo
1288 - 1339
Emperor of Japan
Tokugawa Iemochi
1846 - 1866
14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate
Dogen Kigen
1200 - 1253
Founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism
Himiko
170 - 248
Ruler of Yamatai-koku
Akechi Mitsuhide
1528 - 1582
Samurai general and assassin of Oda Nobunaga
Vasily Vereshchagin
1842 - 1904
War artist
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1159 - 1189
Military commander of the Minamoto clan
Kitagawa Utamaro
1753 - 1806
Woodblock printmaker and painter
Junko Tabei
1939 - 2016
First woman to summit Mount Everest
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
Ukiyo-e artist and printmaker
Takahashi Korekiyo
1854 - 1936
Prime Minister of Japan and Minister of Finance
Kuniaki Koiso
1880 - 1950
General and prime minister of Japan
Oda Nobunaga
1534 - 1582
Warlord and unifier of Japan
Hiroo Onoda
1922 - 2014
Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
1740 - 1813
Empress regnant of Japan
Saito Makoto
1858 - 1936
Prime Minister of Japan, Governor-General of Korea
Sessue Hayakawa
1886 - 1973
Silent film star and Academy Award nominee
Sonny Chiba
1939 - 2021
martial arts cinema star
Shusaku Endo
1923 - 1996
Novelist and essayist
Hideki Irabu
1969 - 2011
Pitcher
Doppo Kunikida
1871 - 1908
Novelist and romantic poet
Takeda Shingen
1521 - 1573
Feudal lord and military leader
Akio Morita
1921 - 1999
Co-founder of Sony
Hayato Ikeda
1899 - 1965
Prime minister of Japan
Ishiro Honda
1911 - 1993
Director and co-creator of the Godzilla franchise
Sanada Nobushige
1567 - 1615
Leading general of the Siege of Osaka
Emperor Komei
1831 - 1867
Emperor of Japan
Masako Natsume
1957 - 1985
portrayal of Tripitaka in the TV series Monkey
Shizo Kanakuri
1891 - 1983
Marathon runner and one of the early leaders
Minamoto no Yoritomo
1147 - 1199
Founder of the Kamakura shogunate
Megumi Yokota
1964 - 1994
Japanese language teacher for North Korean spies
Eiji Tsuburaya
1901 - 1970
Special effects director, co-creator of Godzilla
Mitsuru Ushijima
1887 - 1945
Commander of the 32nd Army in the Battle
Shigeo Shingo
1909 - 1990
Industrial engineer and consultant
Toyotomi Hideyori
1593 - 1615
Samurai lord, last scion of the Toyotomi clan
Koichi Kido
1889 - 1977
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
1892 - 1927
Short story writer
Shigeru Mizuki
1922 - 2015
Manga artist and historian
Mako Iwamatsu
1933 - 2006
Actor and voice actor
Ken Shimura
1950 - 2020
comedy actor and TV personality
Isao Inokuma
1938 - 2001
Judo champion
Masanobu Tsuji
1901 - 1961
Army officer and tactical planner
Koji Wada
1974 - 2016
Singer of Digimon theme songs
Uesugi Kenshin
1530 - 1578
Ruler of Echigo province and Kanto Kanrei
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