Koki Hirota
1878 - 1948
Prime Minister of Japan
Emperor Komei
1831 - 1867
Emperor of Japan
Ishida Mitsunari
1559 - 1600
Commander of the Western army in the Battle
Sosuke Uno
1922 - 1998
Prime Minister of Japan
Toyotomi Hideyori
1593 - 1615
Samurai lord, last scion of the Toyotomi clan
Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
1886 - 1965
Modern Japanese literature
Kuniaki Koiso
1880 - 1950
General and prime minister of Japan
Akio Morita
1921 - 1999
Co-founder of Sony
Wong Ka Kui
1962 - 1993
Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter
Masaru Ibuka
1908 - 1997
Co-founder of Sony
Osamu Tezuka
1928 - 1989
Manga artist, cartoonist, animator
Eiji Tsuburaya
1901 - 1970
Special effects director, co-creator of Godzilla
Isao Tomita
1932 - 2016
Electronic music pioneer
Eisaku Sato
1901 - 1975
Prime Minister of Japan
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
1892 - 1927
Short story writer
Yasujiro Ozu
1903 - 1963
Film director and screenwriter
Yoichiro Nambu
1921 - 2015
Theoretical physicist
Hirohito
1901 - 1989
Emperor of Japan
Haruma Miura
1990 - 2020
Actor and singer
Ken Takakura
1931 - 2014
Yakuza and action films
Satoshi Kon
1963 - 2010
Anime director and manga artist
Konosuke Matsushita
1894 - 1989
Founder of Panasonic
Daijiro Kato
1976 - 2003
Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Minamoto no Yoritomo
1147 - 1199
Founder of the Kamakura shogunate
Nichiren
1222 - 1282
Buddhist priest and philosopher
Eiji Toyoda
1913 - 2013
President and chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
Kusunoki Masashige
1294 - 1336
Military strategist
Yasuko Namba
1949 - 1996
Businesswoman and climber
Masahiko Kimura
1917 - 1993
Judo champion and professional wrestler
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
1596 - 1680
Emperor of Japan
Isao Takahata
1935 - 2018
Animator, director and producer of Japanese
Kuroda Seiki
1866 - 1924
Western-style painter
Fukuzawa Yukichi
1835 - 1901
Founder of Keio University and Jiji-Shinpō
Masaru Emoto
1943 - 2014
Water researcher and author
Korechika Anami
1887 - 1945
General in the Imperial Japanese Army
Tamon Yamaguchi
1892 - 1942
Naval officer and commander
Masa Saito
1942 - 2018
professional wrestler
Shintaro Ishihara
1932 - 2022
Governor of Tokyo
Emperor Tenji
626 - 672
Emperor of Japan, government reformer
Akira Kurosawa
1910 - 1998
Film director, screenwriter, producer, editor
Miyamoto Musashi
1584 - 1645
Founder of Niten Ichi-ryū swordsmanship
Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi
1840 - 1931
Financier, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Kitagawa Utamaro
1753 - 1806
Woodblock printmaker and painter
Shigeo Shingo
1909 - 1990
Industrial engineer and consultant
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
Ukiyo-e artist and printmaker
Keizo Obuchi
1937 - 2000
Prime Minister of Japan
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
1740 - 1813
Empress regnant of Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
1887 - 1957
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Saionji Kinmochi
1849 - 1940
Prime Minister of Japan
Ii Naomasa
1561 - 1602
General under Tokugawa Ieyasu
Natsume Soseki
1867 - 1916
Novelist and scholar of English literature
Son Byong-hi
1861 - 1922
Third leader of Donghak (Eastern learning)
Shigeru Yoshida
1878 - 1967
Prime minister of Japan
Kiichiro Toyoda
1894 - 1952
Founder and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation
Kitasato Shibasaburo
1853 - 1931
Co-discoverer of the plague bacillus
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
1887 - 1990
Imperial prince and army general
Yusaku Matsuda
1949 - 1989
Action film star and television detective
Kirin Kiki
1943 - 2018
Actress for Japanese cinema and television
Takashi Amano
1954 - 2015
Aquascaping and nature photography
Mutsuhito
1852 - 1912
Emperor of Japan and leader
Empress Suiko
554 - 628
Empress of Japan
Sen Rikyu
1522 - 1591
Tea master who perfected the tea ceremony
Kido Takayoshi
1833 - 1877
One of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration
Gunpei Yokoi
1941 - 1997
Creator of Game Boy and Game & Watch
Mitsuharu Misawa
1962 - 2009
Professional wrestler and promoter
Emperor Go-Daigo
1288 - 1339
Emperor of Japan
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
1358 - 1408
Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
Emperor Shomu
701 - 756
Emperor of Japan
Emperor Sakuramachi
1720 - 1750
Emperor of Japan from 1735 to 1747
Tokugawa Iemochi
1846 - 1866
14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate
Oda Nobunaga
1534 - 1582
Warlord and unifier of Japan
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
Founder of aikido
Okita Soji
1802 - 1868
Captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi
Shumei Okawa
1886 - 1957
Political theorist, historian, Islamic scholar
Emperor Nintoku
-290 - -399
16th Emperor of Japan
Hideto Matsumoto
1964 - 1998
Lead guitarist of X Japan and solo artist
Koichi Kido
1889 - 1977
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
Kristian Birkeland
1867 - 1917
Physicist and inventor
Uesugi Kenshin
1530 - 1578
Ruler of Echigo province and Kanto Kanrei
Mitsuru Ushijima
1887 - 1945
Commander of the 32nd Army in the Battle
Vasily Vereshchagin
1842 - 1904
War artist
Kijuro Shidehara
1872 - 1951
Prime minister of Japan
Mako Iwamatsu
1933 - 2006
Actor and voice actor
Sonny Chiba
1939 - 2021
martial arts cinema star
Fumimaro Konoe
1891 - 1945
Prime Minister of Japan
Hanzo HATTORI
1542 - 1596
Ninja master and tactician
Iwane Matsui
1878 - 1948
Commander of the expeditionary force sent to China
Emperor Jimmu
-660 - -585
Founder of the imperial dynasty
Maurice Paul Krafft
1946 - 1991
Volcanologist
Doppo Kunikida
1871 - 1908
Novelist and romantic poet
Tomoyuki Yamashita
1885 - 1946
General in the Imperial Japanese Army
Koji Wada
1974 - 2016
Singer of Digimon theme songs
Kenzo Tange
1913 - 2005
Architect and urban planner
Antonio Inoki
1943 - 2022
Professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Taishi Shotoku
574 - 622
Regent, politician, and author
Tokugawa Iemitsu
1604 - 1651
Third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty
Shintaro Katsu
1931 - 1997
Zatoichi, the blind swordsman
Emperor Sutoku
1119 - 1164
Emperor of Japan
Fujiko Fujio
1933 - 1996
manga artist and screenwriter
Nobuhiko Obayashi
1938 - 2020
director, screenwriter and editor of films
Setsuko Hara
1920 - 2015
Actress in Yasujirō Ozu's films
Togo Heihachiro
1848 - 1934
Admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy
Mitsuyo Maeda
1878 - 1941
Judo expert and pioneer of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Hiromi Hayakawa
1982 - 2017
Musical theatre
Inejiro Asanuma
1898 - 1960
Leader of the Japan Socialist Party
Matsuo Basho
1644 - 1694
Haiku poet and traveler
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1159 - 1189
Military commander of the Minamoto clan
Emperor Go Momozono
1758 - 1779
Emperor of Japan from 1771 to 1779
Shizo Kanakuri
1891 - 1983
Marathon runner and one of the early leaders
Taira no Masakado
870 - 940
Provincial magnate and rebel leader
Kakuei Tanaka
1918 - 1993
Prime Minister of Japan
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
1955 - 2016
Sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna
Masako Natsume
1957 - 1985
portrayal of Tripitaka in the TV series Monkey
Chuya Nakahara
1907 - 1937
Poet, translator
Akiko Yosano
1878 - 1942
Poet, writer, educator, social reformer
Osami Nagano
1880 - 1947
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
Noboru Takeshita
1924 - 2000
Prime Minister of Japan
Saigo Takamori
1828 - 1877
Samurai, Meiji Restoration leader
Isao Inokuma
1938 - 2001
Judo champion
Hiroo Onoda
1922 - 2014
Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer
Junko Tabei
1939 - 2016
First woman to summit Mount Everest
Sadao Araki
1877 - 1966
General in the Imperial Japanese Army and Minister
Kenji Mizoguchi
1898 - 1956
Film director and screenwriter
Kobo Abe
1924 - 1993
Novelist, playwright, photographer, inventor
Tsuguharu Foujita
1886 - 1968
Painter and printmaker
Kato Kiyomasa
1562 - 1611
Military leader and feudal lord
Jiro Horikoshi
1903 - 1982
Chief engineer of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
1891 - 1945
Commander of the Japanese garrison at the Battle
Kazuo Koike
1936 - 2019
Manga writer, novelist, entrepreneur
Kyu Sakamoto
1941 - 1985
Singer and actor
Toshiki Kaifu
1931 - 2022
Prime minister of Japan
Hideki Tojo
1884 - 1948
General of the Imperial Japanese Army
Juzo Itami
1933 - 1997
Film director, screenwriter, actor
Osamu Dazai
1909 - 1948
Novelist, short story writer
Izumo no Okuni
1578 - 1613
Founder of kabuki theatre
Imagawa Yoshimoto
1519 - 1560
Feudal lord of Suruga, Totomi
Hideki Irabu
1969 - 2011
Pitcher
Yasuhiro Nakasone
1918 - 2019
Prime Minister of Japan
Enomoto Takeaki
1836 - 1908
Naval officer and statesman
Saito Makoto
1858 - 1936
Prime Minister of Japan, Governor-General of Korea
Hayato Ikeda
1899 - 1965
Prime minister of Japan
Mas Oyama
1923 - 1994
Karate master and founder of Kyokushin Karate
Kaneto Shindo
1912 - 2012
Film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer
Yukio Mishima
1925 - 1970
Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, critic
Emperor Suinin
-69 - 7
Emperor of Japan
Hideki Yukawa
1907 - 1981
Theoretical physicist and meson theory
Edogawa Ranpo
1894 - 1965
Mystery and thriller writer
Shoya Tomizawa
1990 - 2010
Moto2 rider
Sugawara Michizane
845 - 903
Scholar, poet, and politician
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1543 - 1616
Shogun of Japan, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate
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