Iwane Matsui
1878 - 1948
Commander of the expeditionary force sent to China
Yukio Mishima
1925 - 1970
Novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, critic
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu
1955 - 2016
Sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna
Yusaku Matsuda
1949 - 1989
Action film star and television detective
Emperor Kanmu
735 - 806
Emperor of Japan
Kuniaki Koiso
1880 - 1950
General and prime minister of Japan
Emperor Go-Sai
1638 - 1685
Emperor of Japan
Enomoto Takeaki
1836 - 1908
Naval officer and statesman
Tamon Yamaguchi
1892 - 1942
Naval officer and commander
Kakuei Tanaka
1918 - 1993
Prime Minister of Japan
Dogen Kigen
1200 - 1253
Founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism
Hayato Ikeda
1899 - 1965
Prime minister of Japan
Kinji Fukasaku
1930 - 2003
Director and screenwriter of yakuza and dystopian
Antonio Inoki
1943 - 2022
Professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Akiyuki Nosaka
1930 - 2015
Novelist, singer, lyricist
Isoroku Yamamoto
1884 - 1943
Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Toyotomi Hideyori
1593 - 1615
Samurai lord, last scion of the Toyotomi clan
Emperor Suinin
-69 - 7
Emperor of Japan
Osami Nagano
1880 - 1947
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff
Koki Hirota
1878 - 1948
Prime Minister of Japan
Mitsuru Ushijima
1887 - 1945
Commander of the 32nd Army in the Battle
Mako Iwamatsu
1933 - 2006
Actor and voice actor
Shin'ichiro Tomonaga
1906 - 1979
Quantum electrodynamics
Noboru Takeshita
1924 - 2000
Prime Minister of Japan
Hideki Tojo
1884 - 1948
General of the Imperial Japanese Army
Tokugawa Iemitsu
1604 - 1651
Third shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty
Isao Inokuma
1938 - 2001
Judo champion
Okita Soji
1802 - 1868
Captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
1596 - 1680
Emperor of Japan
Wong Ka Kui
1962 - 1993
Hong Kong musician, singer and songwriter
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
1891 - 1945
Commander of the Japanese garrison at the Battle
Tokugawa Hidetada
1579 - 1632
Second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty
Norio Ohga
1930 - 2011
Former president and chairman of Sony Corporation
Shigeo Shingo
1909 - 1990
Industrial engineer and consultant
Eiko Ishioka
1938 - 2012
Art director, costume designer, graphic designer
Oda Nobunaga
1534 - 1582
Warlord and unifier of Japan
Natsume Soseki
1867 - 1916
Novelist and scholar of English literature
Ishida Mitsunari
1559 - 1600
Commander of the Western army in the Battle
Kenji Mizoguchi
1898 - 1956
Film director and screenwriter
Maurice Paul Krafft
1946 - 1991
Volcanologist
Konosuke Matsushita
1894 - 1989
Founder of Panasonic
Masanobu Fukuoka
1913 - 2008
natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified
Hirohito
1901 - 1989
Emperor of Japan
Ashikaga Takauji
1305 - 1358
Shogun and founder of the Ashikaga shogunate
Doppo Kunikida
1871 - 1908
Novelist and romantic poet
Haruma Miura
1990 - 2020
Actor and singer
Kitasato Shibasaburo
1853 - 1931
Co-discoverer of the plague bacillus
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
1537 - 1598
Feudal lord and chief Imperial minister
Morihei Ueshiba
1883 - 1969
Founder of aikido
Kusunoki Masashige
1294 - 1336
Military strategist
Soichiro Honda
1906 - 1991
Founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Kido Takayoshi
1833 - 1877
One of the leaders of the Meiji Restoration
Emperor Go-Daigo
1288 - 1339
Emperor of Japan
Masako Natsume
1957 - 1985
portrayal of Tripitaka in the TV series Monkey
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
1887 - 1990
Imperial prince and army general
Yasunari Kawabata
1899 - 1972
Novelist and short story writer
Sonny Chiba
1939 - 2021
martial arts cinema star
Taira no Masakado
870 - 940
Provincial magnate and rebel leader
Kyu Sakamoto
1941 - 1985
Singer and actor
Hiroo Onoda
1922 - 2014
Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer
Hideki Yukawa
1907 - 1981
Theoretical physicist and meson theory
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1543 - 1616
Shogun of Japan, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate
Shinzo Abe
1954 - 2022
Prime minister of Japan
Empress Kojun
1903 - 2000
Empress consort of Japan
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
1740 - 1813
Empress regnant of Japan
Nagisa Oshima
1932 - 2013
Film director and screenwriter
Kato Kiyomasa
1562 - 1611
Military leader and feudal lord
Miyamoto Musashi
1584 - 1645
Founder of Niten Ichi-ryū swordsmanship
Kwon Rise
1991 - 2014
Member of Ladies' Code
Utagawa Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
Ukiyo-e artist and printmaker
Shusaku Endo
1923 - 1996
Novelist and essayist
Sessue Hayakawa
1886 - 1973
Silent film star and Academy Award nominee
Takahashi Korekiyo
1854 - 1936
Prime Minister of Japan and Minister of Finance
Tura Satana
1938 - 2011
Exploitation film star
Izumo no Okuni
1578 - 1613
Founder of kabuki theatre
Uesugi Kenshin
1530 - 1578
Ruler of Echigo province and Kanto Kanrei
Toshiki Kaifu
1931 - 2022
Prime minister of Japan
Kitagawa Utamaro
1753 - 1806
Woodblock printmaker and painter
Maeda Toshiie
1538 - 1599
General of Oda Nobunaga and founder of Kaga Domain
Mutsuhito
1852 - 1912
Emperor of Japan and leader
Matsuo Basho
1644 - 1694
Haiku poet and traveler
Mamoru Shigemitsu
1887 - 1957
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tomoyuki Tanaka
1910 - 1997
Film producer and creator of the Godzilla franc
Shigeru Yoshida
1878 - 1967
Prime minister of Japan
Akio Morita
1921 - 1999
Co-founder of Sony
Saigo Takamori
1828 - 1877
Samurai, Meiji Restoration leader
Megumi Yokota
1964 - 1994
Japanese language teacher for North Korean spies
Ken Takakura
1931 - 2014
Yakuza and action films
Satoshi Kon
1963 - 2010
Anime director and manga artist
Akiko Yosano
1878 - 1942
Poet, writer, educator, social reformer
Gichin Funakoshi
1868 - 1957
Founder of Shotokan Karate
Date Masamune
1567 - 1636
Regional ruler and founder of Sendai city
Sadao Araki
1877 - 1966
General in the Imperial Japanese Army and Minister
Sen Rikyu
1522 - 1591
Tea master who perfected the tea ceremony
Kiichiro Toyoda
1894 - 1952
Founder and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation
Ken Shimura
1950 - 2020
comedy actor and TV personality
Takashi Shimura
1905 - 1982
Actor in Akira Kurosawa's films
Masahiko Kimura
1917 - 1993
Judo champion and professional wrestler
Emperor Antoku
1178 - 1185
81st emperor of Japan
Fujiko Fujio
1933 - 1996
manga artist and screenwriter
Kenzo Tange
1913 - 2005
Architect and urban planner
Osamu Dazai
1909 - 1948
Novelist, short story writer
Ishiro Honda
1911 - 1993
Director and co-creator of the Godzilla franchise
Juzo Itami
1933 - 1997
Film director, screenwriter, actor
Osamu Tezuka
1928 - 1989
Manga artist, cartoonist, animator
Eiji Toyoda
1913 - 2013
President and chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation
Masaki Kobayashi
1916 - 1996
Film director and screenwriter
Kantaro Suzuki
1868 - 1948
Prime Minister of Japan
Norifumi Yamamoto
1977 - 2018
Mixed martial artist and kickboxer
Inejiro Asanuma
1898 - 1960
Leader of the Japan Socialist Party
Fukuzawa Yukichi
1835 - 1901
Founder of Keio University and Jiji-Shinpō
Isao Tomita
1932 - 2016
Electronic music pioneer
Emperor Taisho
1879 - 1926
Emperor of Japan
Shintaro Ishihara
1932 - 2022
Governor of Tokyo
Edogawa Ranpo
1894 - 1965
Mystery and thriller writer
Jiro Horikoshi
1903 - 1982
Chief engineer of Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter
Junko Tabei
1939 - 2016
First woman to summit Mount Everest
Sosuke Uno
1922 - 1998
Prime Minister of Japan
Himiko
170 - 248
Ruler of Yamatai-koku
Akira Kurosawa
1910 - 1998
Film director, screenwriter, producer, editor
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
1358 - 1408
Shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate
Yoichiro Nambu
1921 - 2015
Theoretical physicist
Shu Uemura
1928 - 2007
Makeup artist and founder of Shu Uemura Cosmetics
Masaru Emoto
1943 - 2014
Water researcher and author
Genda Minoru
1904 - 1989
Planner of the Pearl Harbor attack
Nakano Takeko
1847 - 1868
Leader of the Jōshitai (Girls' Army)
Kirin Kiki
1943 - 2018
Actress for Japanese cinema and television
Yasujiro Ozu
1903 - 1963
Film director and screenwriter
Honda Tadakatsu
1548 - 1610
Samurai, general and daimyo
Eisaku Sato
1901 - 1975
Prime Minister of Japan
Satoru Iwata
1959 - 2015
President and CEO of Nintendo
Shumei Okawa
1886 - 1957
Political theorist, historian, Islamic scholar
Sanada Nobushige
1567 - 1615
Leading general of the Siege of Osaka
Tomisaburo Wakayama
1929 - 1992
Playing Ogami Itto in the Lone Wolf
Hiromi Hayakawa
1982 - 2017
Musical theatre
Shoya Tomizawa
1990 - 2010
Moto2 rider
Imagawa Yoshimoto
1519 - 1560
Feudal lord of Suruga, Totomi
Mas Oyama
1923 - 1994
Karate master and founder of Kyokushin Karate
Kuroda Seiki
1866 - 1924
Western-style painter
Minamoto no Yoritomo
1147 - 1199
Founder of the Kamakura shogunate
Keizo Obuchi
1937 - 2000
Prime Minister of Japan
Inukai Tsuyoshi
1855 - 1932
Prime Minister of Japan
Emperor Shomu
701 - 756
Emperor of Japan
Kon Ichikawa
1915 - 2008
Film director and screenwriter
Emperor Nintoku
-290 - -399
16th Emperor of Japan
Emperor Jimmu
-660 - -585
Founder of the imperial dynasty
Mitsuharu Misawa
1962 - 2009
Professional wrestler and promoter
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1159 - 1189
Military commander of the Minamoto clan
Jigoro Kano
1860 - 1938
Founder of judo and first Asian member of the IOC
Terauchi Masatake
1852 - 1919
Prime Minister of Japan
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