# List of Japanese people

This is a list of notable Japanese people.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Japanese.

## Authors

* Kobo Abe, author of The Woman in the Dunes
* Ryunosuke Akutagawa
* Matsuo Basho, author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
* Osamu Dazai, author of No Longer Human
* Yasunari Kawabata, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
* Yukio Mishima
* Haruki Murakami
* Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
* Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji
* Sei Shonagon, author of The Pillow Book
* Natsume Soseki, author of Kokoro
* Junichiro Tanizaki
* Kenko Yoshida, author of Essays in Idleness

## Company founders

* Yoshisuke Aikawa (1880–1967), founder of Nissan
* Takeo Fujisawa (1910–1988), co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Honda
* Hirotoshi Honda, founder of Mugen Motorsports
* Konosuke Matsushita, founder of Panasonic
* Hiroshi Mikitani, founder of Rakuten
* Mitsui Takatoshi (1622–1694), founder of Mitsui
* Mikimoto Kokichi (1858–1954), founder of Mikimoto
* Soichiro Honda (1906–1991), co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Honda
* Jujiro Matsuda (1875-1952), founder of Mazda automobile company
* Michio Suzuki (1887–1982), founder of Suzuki
* Eiji Toyoda (1913–2013), founder of luxury automobile manufacturer Lexus
* Kiichiro Toyoda (1894–1952), founder of automobile manufacturer Toyota in 1937
* Sakichi Toyoda (1867–1930), founder of Toyota Industries and Toyota Group

## Educators

* Mori Arinori
* Tsunesaburō Makiguchi
* Midori Suzuki
* Fukuzawa Yukichi
* Tsuda Yukio
* Kanō Jigorō
* Imai Yone

## Emperors

| No. | Reign | Portrait | Posthumous name | Personal name (imina) | Notes |
| Legendary Emperors ||||||
| 1 | 660 BC–585 BCE | | Emperor Jimmu | Kan'yamato Iwarebiko | presumed legendary; claimed descent from the sun goddess, Amaterasu |
| 2 | 581 BCE–549 BCE | | Emperor Suizei | Kamu Nunagawamimi no Mikoto | presumed legendary; 3rd son of Jimmu |
| 3 | 549 BCE–511 BCE | | Emperor Annei | Shikitsuhiko Tamademi no Mikoto | presumed legendary; son and heir of Suizei |
| 4 | 510 BCE–476 BCE | | Emperor Itoku | Oho Yamatohiko Sukitomo no Mikoto | presumed legendary; 2nd son of Annei |
| 5 | 475 BCE–393 BCE | | Emperor Kōshō | Mimatsuhiko Kaeshine no Mikoto | presumed legendary; son and heir of Itoku |
| 6 | 392 BCE–291 BCE | | Emperor Kōan | Oho Yamato Tarasihiko Kunioshi Hito no Mikoto | presumed legendary; 2nd son of Kōshō |
| 7 | 290 BCE–215 BCE | | Emperor Kōrei | Oho Yamato Nekohiko Futoni no Mikoto | presumed legendary |
| 8 | 214 BCE–158 BCE | | Emperor Kōgen | Oho Yamato Nekohiko Kuni Kuru no Mikoto | presumed legendary |
| 9 | 157 BCE–98 BCE | | Emperor Kaika | Waka Yamato Nekohiko Oho Bibino no Mikoto | presumed legendary |
| 10 | 97 BCE–30 BCE | | Emperor Sujin | Mimaki Irihiko Inie no Mikoto | first emperor with a direct possibility of existence |
| 11 | 29 BCE–70 CE | | Emperor Suinin | Ikume Irihiko Isachi no Mikoto | |
| 12 | 71–130 | | Emperor Keikō | Oho Tarasihiko Osirowake no Mikoto | |
| 13 | 131–191 | | Emperor Seimu | Waka Tarasihiko | |
| 14 | 192–200 | | Emperor Chūai | Tarasi Nakatsuhiko no Mikoto | |
| | 201–269 | | Empress Jingū | Okinaga Tarashihime no Mikoto | Served as regent for Emperor Ōjin; not counted among the officially numbered emperors |
| Kofun period ||||||
| 15 | 270–310 | | Emperor Ōjin | Honda no Sumera-mikoto / Ōtomowake no Mikoto / Homutawake no Mikoto | Last proto-historical emperor, deified as Hachiman |
| 16 | 313–399 | | Emperor Nintoku | Ō Sazaki no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 17 | 400–405 | | Emperor Richū | Isaho Wake no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 18 | 406–410 | | Emperor Hanzei | Tajihi Mizuha Wake no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates |
| 19 | 411–453 | | Emperor Ingyō | Wo Asazuma Wakugo no Sukune | Inaccurate dates. |
| 20 | 453–456 | | Emperor Ankō | Anaho no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates. |
| 21 | 456–479 | | Emperor Yūryaku | Oho Hatsuse Wakatakeru no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates. |
| 22 | 480–484 | | Emperor Seinei | Siraka Takehiro Kuni Osi Waka Yamato Neko no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates. |
| 23 | 485–487 | | Emperor Kenzō | Ohoke no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates. |
| 24 | 488–498 | | Emperor Ninken | Ohosi(Ohosu) no Mikoto/ Simano Iratsuko | Inaccurate dates. |
| 25 | 498–506 | | Emperor Buretsu | Wohatsuse Wakasazaki | Inaccurate dates. |
| 26 | 507–531 | | Emperor Keitai | Ōto/Hikofuto (Hikofuto no Mikoto/Ōdo no Sumera Mikoto) | Genealogy from this point is considered accurate. |
| 27 | 531–535 | | Emperor Ankan | Hirokuni Oshitake Kanahi no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates. |
| 28 | 535–539 | | Emperor Senka | Takeo Hirokuni Oshitate no Mikoto | Inaccurate dates. |
| Asuka period (592–710) ||||||
| 29 | 539–571 | | Emperor Kinmei | Amekuni Oshiharuki Hironiwa no Sumera Mikoto | Traditional dates. |
| 30 | 572–585 | | Emperor Bidatsu | Osada no Nunakura no Futotamashiki no Mikoto | Traditional dates. |
| 31 | 585–587 | | Emperor Yōmei | Ooe/Tachibana no Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto | Traditional dates. |
| 32 | 587–592 | | Emperor Sushun | Hatsusebe no (Wakasasagi) Mikoto | Traditional dates. |
| 33 | 592–628 | | Empress Suiko | Nukatabe/Toyomike Kashikiyahime | First non-legendary female emperor (Prince Shotoku acted as her regent); traditional dates. |
| 34 | 629–641 | | Emperor Jomei | Tamura (Oki Nagatarashihi Hironuka no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 35 | 642–645 | | Empress Kōgyoku | Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates, reigned twice |
| 36 | 645–654 | | Emperor Kōtoku | Karu (Ame Yorozu Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 37 | 655–661 | | Empress Saimei | Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Second reign of Empress Kōgyoku (35), traditional dates. |
| 38 | 661–672 | | Emperor Tenji | Katsuragi/Nakano-ooe (Ame Mikoto Hirakasuwake no Mikoto/Amatsu Mikoto Sakiwake no Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 39 | 672 | | Emperor Kōbun | Ōtomo | Posthumously named (1870), usurped by Temmu |
| 40 | 672–686 | | Emperor Tenmu | Ōama/Ohoshiama/Ōsama (Ame no Nunahara Oki no Mahito no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 41 | 686–697 | | Empress Jitō | Unonosarara (Takama no Harahiro no Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 42 | 697–707 | | Emperor Monmu | Karu (Ame no Mamune Toyoohoji no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 43 | 707–715 | | Empress Genmei | Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| Nara period (710–794) ||||||
| 43 | 707–715 | | Empress Genmei | Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 44 | 715–724 | | Empress Genshō | Hidaka/Niinomi (Yamatoneko Takamizu Kiyotarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 45 | 724–749 | | Emperor Shōmu | Obito (Ameshirushi Kunioshiharuki Toyosakurahiko no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 46 | 749–758 | | Empress Kōken | Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto) | Traditional dates, reigned twice |
| 47 | 758–764 | | Emperor Junnin | Ōi | Posthumously named (1870), dethroned by Shōtoku |
| 48 | 764–770 | | Empress Shōtoku | Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto) | Second reign of Empress Kōken (46), traditional dates. |
| 49 | 770–781 | | Emperor Kōnin | Shirakabe (Amemune Takatsugi no Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 50 | 781–806 | | Emperor Kanmu | Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| Heian period (794–1185) ||||||
| 50 | 781–806 | | Emperor Kanmu | Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 51 | 806–809 | | Emperor Heizei | Ate (Yamatoneko Ameoshikuni Takahiko no Mikoto) | Traditional dates. |
| 52 | 809–823 | | Emperor Saga | Kamino | Traditional dates. |
| 53 | 823–833 | | Emperor Junna | Ōtomo | Traditional dates. |
| 54 | 833–850 | | Emperor Ninmyō | Masara | Traditional dates. |
| 55 | 850–858 | | Emperor Montoku | Michiyasu | Traditional dates. |
| 56 | 858–876 | | Emperor Seiwa | Korehito | Traditional dates. |
| 57 | 876–884 | | Emperor Yōzei | Sadaakira | Traditional dates. |
| 58 | 884–887 | | Emperor Kōkō | Tokiyasu | Traditional dates. |
| 59 | 887–897 | | Emperor Uda | Sadami | Traditional dates. |
| 60 | 897–930 | | Emperor Daigo | Atsuhito | Traditional dates. |
| 61 | 930–946 | | Emperor Suzaku | Yutaakira | Traditional dates. |
| 62 | 946–967 | | Emperor Murakami | Nariakira | Traditional dates. |
| 63 | 967–969 | | Emperor Reizei | Norihira | Traditional dates. |
| 64 | 969–984 | | Emperor En'yū | Morihira | Traditional dates. |
| 65 | 984–986 | | Emperor Kazan | Morosada | Traditional dates. |
| 66 | 986–1011 | | Emperor Ichijō | Yasuhito/Kanehito | Traditional dates. |
| 67 | 1011–1016 | | Emperor Sanjō | Okisada/Iyasada | Traditional dates. |
| 68 | 1016–1036 | | Emperor Go-Ichijō | Atsuhira | Traditional dates. |
| 69 | 1036–1045 | | Emperor Go-Suzaku | Atsunaga/Atsuyoshi | Traditional dates. |
| 70 | 1045–1068 | | Emperor Go-Reizei | Chikahito | Traditional dates. |
| 71 | 1068–1073 | | Emperor Go-Sanjō | Takahito | Traditional dates. |
| 72 | 1073–1086 | | Emperor Shirakawa | Sadahito | Traditional dates. |
| 73 | 1087–1107 | | Emperor Horikawa | Taruhito | Traditional dates. |
| 74 | 1107–1123 | | Emperor Toba | Munehito | Traditional dates. |
| 75 | 1123–1142 | | Emperor Sutoku | Akihito | Traditional dates. |
| 76 | 1142–1155 | | Emperor Konoe | Narihito | Traditional dates. |
| 77 | 1155–1158 | | Emperor Go-Shirakawa | Masahito | Traditional dates. |
| 78 | 1158–1165 | | Emperor Nijō | Morihito | Traditional dates. |
| 79 | 1165–1168 | | Emperor Rokujō | Yorihito | Traditional dates. |
| 80 | 1168–1180 | | Emperor Takakura | Norihito | Traditional dates. |
| 81 | 1180–1185 | | Emperor Antoku | Tokihito | Traditional dates. |
| Kamakura period (1185–1333) ||||||
| 82 | 1183–1198 | | Emperor Go-Toba | Takahira | Traditional dates. |
| 83 | 1198–1210 | | Emperor Tsuchimikado | Tamehito | Traditional dates. |
| 84 | 1210–1221 | | Emperor Juntoku | Morihira/Morinari | Traditional dates. |
| 85 | 1221 | | Emperor Chūkyō | Kanehira/Kanenari | Posthumously named (1870) |
| 86 | 1221–1232 | | Emperor Go-Horikawa | Yutahito | Traditional dates. |
| 87 | 1232–1242 | | Emperor Shijō | Mitsuhito/Hidehito | Traditional dates. |
| 88 | 1242–1246 | | Emperor Go-Saga | Kunihito | Traditional dates. |
| 89 | 1246–1260 | | Emperor Go-Fukakusa | Hisahito | Traditional dates. |
| 90 | 1260–1274 | | Emperor Kameyama | Tsunehito | Traditional dates. |
| 91 | 1274–1287 | | Emperor Go-Uda | Yohito | Traditional dates. |
| 92 | 1287–1298 | | Emperor Fushimi | Hirohito | Traditional dates. |
| 93 | 1298–1301 | | Emperor Go-Fushimi | Tanehito | Traditional dates. |
| 94 | 1301–1308 | | Emperor Go-Nijō | Kuniharu | Traditional dates. |
| 95 | 1308–1318 | | Emperor Hanazono | Tomihito | Traditional dates. |
| 96 | 1318–1339 | | Emperor Go-Daigo | Takaharu | Traditional dates; Southern Court |
| Northern Court (1333–1392) ||||||
| | 1331–1333 | | Emperor Kōgon | Kazuhito | |
| | 1336–1348 | | Emperor Kōmyō | Yutahito | |
| | 1348–1351 | | Emperor Sukō | Okihito | |
| | 1351–1352 | Interregnum | Interregnum | Interregnum |
| | 1352–1371 | | Emperor Go-Kōgon | Iyahito | |
| | 1371–1382 | | Emperor Go-En'yū | Ohito | |
| | 1382–1392 | | Emperor Go-Komatsu | Motohito | Reunified courts in 1392, see 100 below |
| Muromachi period (1333–1573) ||||||
| 96 | 1318–1339 | | Emperor Go-Daigo | Takaharu | Traditional dates; Southern Court |
| 97 | 1339–1368 | | Emperor Go-Murakami | Norinaga/Noriyoshi | Southern Court |
| 98 | 1368–1383 | | Emperor Chōkei | Yutanari | Southern Court |
| 99 | 1383–1392 | | Emperor Go-Kameyama | Hironari | Southern Court |
| 100 | 1392–1412 | | Emperor Go-Komatsu | Motohito | Reunified courts, see also entry in Northern Court section. |
| 101 | 1412–1428 | | Emperor Shōkō | Mihito | Traditional dates. |
| 102 | 1428–1464 | | Emperor Go-Hanazono | Hikohito | Traditional dates. |
| 103 | 1464–1500 | | Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado | Fusahito | Traditional dates. |
| 104 | 1500–1526 | | Emperor Go-Kashiwabara | Katsuhito | Traditional dates. |
| 105 | 1526–1557 | | Emperor Go-Nara | Tomohito | Traditional dates. |
| 106 | 1557–1586 | | Emperor Ōgimachi | Michihito | Traditional dates. |
| Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573–1603) ||||||
| 106 | 1557–1586 | | Emperor Ōgimachi | Michihito | Traditional dates. |
| 107 | 1586–1611 | | Emperor Go-Yōzei | Kazuhito/Katahito | Traditional dates. |
| Edo period (1603–1868) ||||||
| 107 | 1586–1611 | | Emperor Go-Yōzei | Kazuhito/Katahito | Traditional dates. |
| 108 | 1611–1629 | | Emperor Go-Mizunoo (Go-Minoo) | Kotohito | Traditional dates. |
| 109 | 1629–1643 | | Empress Meishō | Okiko | Traditional dates. |
| 110 | 1643–1654 | | Emperor Go-Kōmyō | Tsuguhito | Traditional dates. |
| 111 | 1655–1663 | | Emperor Go-Sai | Nagahito | Traditional dates. |
| 112 | 1663–1687 | | Emperor Reigen | Satohito | Traditional dates. |
| 113 | 1687–1709 | | Emperor Higashiyama | Asahito | Traditional dates. |
| 114 | 1709–1735 | | Emperor Nakamikado | Yasuhito | Traditional dates. |
| 115 | 1735–1747 | | Emperor Sakuramachi | Teruhito | Traditional dates. |
| 116 | 1747–1762 | | Emperor Momozono | Toohito | Traditional dates. |
| 117 | 1762–1771 | | Empress Go-Sakuramachi | Toshiko | Traditional dates. |
| 118 | 1771–1779 | | Emperor Go-Momozono | Hidehito | Traditional dates. |
| 119 | 1780–1817 | | Emperor Kōkaku | Tomohito | Traditional dates. |
| 120 | 1817–1846 | | Emperor Ninkō | Ayahito | Traditional dates. |
| 121 | 1846–1867 | | Emperor Kōmei | Osahito |
| Modern Japan (Imperial and Postwar) (1867–present) ||||||
| 122 | 1867–1912 | | Emperor Meiji | Mutsuhito | First Emperor of the Empire of Japan. |
| 123 | 1912–1926 | | Emperor Taishō | Yoshihito | Crown Prince Hirohito served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926. |
| 124 | 1926–1989 | | Emperor Shōwa | Hirohito | Served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926. Last Emperor of the Empire of Japan. |
| 125 | 1989–2019 | | Emperor Akihito | Akihito | Referred to as 'the Emperor Emeritus' or Daijō Tennō (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus) in Japanese and as Emperor Akihito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Heisei. He abdicated in 2019 in favor of his eldest son Naruhito. He was the first monarch since Emperor Kōkaku to do so. |
| 126 | 2019–present | | Emperor "Kinjō" (Reigning monarch) | Naruhito | Referred to as 'the Present Emperor' or Tenno Heika (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor) in Japanese and as Emperor Naruhito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Reiwa. |

## Historians

* Ienaga Saburō
* Kanda Nobuo
* Maruyama Masao
* Naitō Torajirō
* Ikuhiko Hata
* Shinichi Kitaoka
* Kan Kimura
* Ichirō Inaba
* Naoki Inose

## Military leaders
### Samurai
#### A

* Abe Masakatsu
* Adachi Kagemori
* Adams, William (foreign born)
* Akao Kiyotsuna
* Akechi Mitsuhide
* Akiyama Nobutomo
* Amago Haruhisa
* Amago Yoshihisa
** See also Amago clan
* Ankokuji Ekei
* Aochi Shigetsuna
* Arai Hakuseki
* Araki Murashige
* Arima Kihei
* Asakura Yoshikage
* Azai Hisamasa
* Azai Nagamasa
* Azai Sukemasa

#### B

* Baba Nobufusa
* Bessho Nagaharu

#### C

* Chōsokabe Morichika
* Chōsokabe Kunichika
* Chōsokabe Motochika
* Chōsokabe Nobuchika
* Collache, Eugène

#### D

* Date Masamune
** See also Date clan
* Doi Toshikatsu

#### E

* Endō Naotsune
* Enomoto Takeaki

#### F

* Fūma Kotarō
* Fuwa Mitsuharu
* Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda)
* Fukushima Masanori

#### G

* Gamō Katahide
* Gamō Ujisato

#### H

* Hasekura Tsunenaga
* Hattori Hanzō
* Hatano Hideharu
* Hirate Masahide
* Hitotsubashi Keiki
* Hōjō Masako
* Hōjō Tokimune
* Hōjō Ujiyasu
* Hōjō Ujimasa
* Honda Tadakatsu
* Honda Komatsu (Inahime)
* Honganji Kennyo
* Hosokawa Fujitaka
* Hosokawa Gracia
* Hosokawa Tadaoki
* Hotta Masatoshi

#### I

* Ii Naomasa
* Ii Naomori
* Ii Naosuke
* Ii Naotaka
* Ii Naoyuki
* Iizasa Ienao
* Ijuin Tada'aki
* Imagawa Yoshimoto
* Imai Kanehira
* Ishida Mitsunari
* Itagaki Nobukata
* Itagaki Taisuke
* Itō Hirobumi
* Iwanari Tomomichi

#### K

* Kaneko Ietada
* Katagiri Katsumoto
* Katō Kiyomasa
* Kawakami Gensai
* Kido Takayoshi
* Kikkawa Hiroie
* Kimotsuki Kanetsugu
* Kobayakawa Hideaki
* Kobayakawa Hidekane
* Kobayakawa Takakage
* Kojima Toyoharu
* Kuroda Denta
* Kuroda Kanbei Don Sim(e)on Josui Yoshitaka
* Kuroda Kiyotaka
* Kusunoki Masashige
* Kumagai Naozane

#### M

* Maeda Keiji
* Maeda Nagatane
* Maeda Toshiie
* Maeda Toshinaga
* Maeda Toshitsune
* Manabe Akifusa
* Matsudaira Nobutsuna
* Matsudaira Nobuyasu
* Matsudaira Higo no Kami Katamori
* Matsudaira Sadanobu
* Matsudaira Tadayoshi
* Matsudaira Teru
* Matsunaga Hisahide
* Matsuo Bashō
* Matsudaira Motoyasu
* Minamoto no Mitsunaka
* Minamoto no Yoshiie
* Minamoto no Yoshimitsu
* Minamoto no Yoshinaka
* Minamoto no Yoshitomo
* Minamoto no Yoshitsune
* Minamoto no Tameyoshi
* Minamoto no Yorimasa
* Minamoto no Yorimitsu
* Minamoto no Yoritomo
* Minamoto no Noriyori
* Mirei Kiritani
* Miura Anjin
* Miura Yoshimoto
* Miyamoto Musashi
* Miyoshi Chōkei
* Miyoshi Yoshitsugu
* Mizuno Tadakuni
* Mōri Motonari
* Mori Nagayoshi
* Mōri Okimoto
* Mori Ranmaru
* Mōri Takamoto
* Mōri Terumoto
* Mori Yoshinari

#### N

* Nagakura Shinpachi
* Nagao Harukage
* Nagao Masakage
* Nagao Tamekage
* Naoe Kanetsugu
* Nakagawa Kiyohide
* Naoe Kagetsuna
* Naoe Kanetsugu
* Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu
* Niimi Nishiki
* Niiro Tadamoto
* Niwa Nagahide
* Niwa Nagashige

#### O

* Oda Nobuhide
* Oda Nobunaga
* Oda Nobutada
* Oda Nobutomo
* Oda Nobukatsu
* Ogasawara Shōsai
* Ōishi Kuranosuke
* Okada Izō
* Judge Ōoka
* Ōta Dōkan
* Ōtomo Sōrin
* Okita Sōji
* Ōkubo Toshimichi
* Ōuchi Yoshitaka

#### R

* Rokkaku Yoshitaka
* Rusu Masakage
* Ryūzōji Takanobu
** See also Ryūzōji clan

#### S

* Saigo Kiyokazu
* Sagara Taketō
* Saigō Takamori
* Saigō Yoshikatsu
* Saitō Dōsan
* Saitō Hajime
* Saitō Yoshitatsu
* Sakai Tadakiyo
* Sakai Tadashige
* Sakai Tadayo
* Sakamoto Ryōma
* Sakuma Morimasa
* Sakuma Nobumori
* Sanada Masayuki
* Sanada Nobuyuki
* Sanada Yukimura
* Sasaki Kojirō
* Sasaki Yoshikiyo
* Serizawa Kamo
* Shibata Katsuie
* Shima Sakon
* Shimada Ichirō
* Shimazu Katsuhisa
* Shimazu Tadahisa
* Shimazu Tadatsune
* Shimazu Tadayoshi
* Shimazu Takahisa
* Shimazu Yoshihiro
* Shimazu Yoshihisa
* Sue Yoshitaka

#### T

* Tachibana Muneshige
* Tachibana Dōsetsu
* Tachibana Ginchiyo
* Taigen Sessai
* Taira no Kiyomori
* Taira no Masakado
* Takahashi Shigetane
* Takenaka Shigeharu
* Takaoka Muneyasu
* Takasugi Shinsaku
* Takayama Justo (Shigetomo)
* Takayama Ukon
* Takechi Hanpeita
* Takeda Katsuyori
* Takeda Nobushige
* Takeda Shingen
* Tani Tateki
* Toki Yorinari
* Tokugawa Ieyasu
* Tokugawa Hidetada
* Tokugawa Nariaki
* Tokugawa Yoshinobu
* Toyotomi Hideyoshi
* Toyotomi Hideyori
* Tozuka Tadaharu
* Tsukahara Bokuden

#### U

* Uesugi Kagekatsu
* Uesugi Kagetora
* Uesugi Kenshin
* Ukita Naoie
* Umezawa Michiharu
* Usami Sadamitsu

#### W

* Watanabe Kazan
* Watanabe no Tsuna

#### Y

* Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
* Yasuke (foreign born)
* Yamada Arinaga
* Yamada Arinobu
* Yamada Nagamasa
* Yamagata Masakage
* Yamanami Keisuke
* Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
* Yonekura Shigetsugu
* Yagyū Munenori
* Yamauchi Kazutoyo
* Yūki Hideyasu

### Kamakura shōguns

* Minamoto no Yoritomo, r. 1192–1199
* Minamoto no Yoriie, r. 1202–1203
* Minamoto no Sanetomo, r. 1203–1219
* Kujō Yoritsune, r. 1226–1244
* Kujō Yoritsugu, r. 1244–1252
* Prince Munetaka, r. 1252–1266
* Prince Koreyasu, r. 1266–1289
* Prince Hisaakira, r. 1289–1308
* Prince Morikuni, r. 1308–1333
* Prince Morinaga, r.1333–1334
* Prince Norinaga, r. 1334–1338

#### Kamakura shikken

* Hōjō Tokimasa, r. 1203–1205
* Hōjō Yoshitoki, r. 1205–1224
* Hōjō Yasutoki, r. 1224–1242
* Hōjō Tsunetoki, r. 1242–1246
* Hōjō Tokiyori, r. 1246–1256
* Hōjō Tokimune, r. 1268–1284
* Hōjō Sadatoki, r. 1284–1301
* Hōjō Morotoki, r. 1301–1311
* Hōjō Takatoki, r. 1316–1326

### Ashikaga shōguns

* Ashikaga Takauji, ruled 1338–1358
* Ashikaga Yoshiakira, r. 1359–1368
* Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, r. 1368–1394
* Ashikaga Yoshimochi, r. 1395–1423
* Ashikaga Yoshikazu, r. 1423–1425
* Ashikaga Yoshinori, r. 1429–1441
* Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, r. 1442–1443
* Ashikaga Yoshimasa, r. 1449–1473
* Ashikaga Yoshihisa, r. 1474–1489
* Ashikaga Yoshitane, r. 1490–1493, 1508–1521
* Ashikaga Yoshizumi, r. 1494–1508
* Ashikaga Yoshiharu, r. 1521–1546
* Ashikaga Yoshiteru, r. 1546–1565
* Ashikaga Yoshihide, r. 1568
* Ashikaga Yoshiaki, r. 1568–1573

### Tokugawa shōguns

| Number | Tokugawas | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 1603 | 1605 |
| 2 | Tokugawa Hidetada | 1605 | 1623 |
| 3 | Tokugawa Iemitsu | 1623 | 1651 |
| 4 | Tokugawa Ietsuna | 1651 | 1680 |
| 5 | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | 1680 | 1709 |
| 6 | Tokugawa Ienobu | 1709 | 1712 |
| 7 | Tokugawa Ietsugu | 1713 | 1716 |
| 8 | Tokugawa Yoshimune | 1716 | 1745 |
| 9 | Tokugawa Ieshige | 1745 | 1760 |
| 10 | Tokugawa Ieharu | 1760 | 1786 |
| 11 | Tokugawa Ienari | 1786 | 1837 |
| 12 | Tokugawa Ieyoshi | 1837 | 1853 |
| 13 | Tokugawa Iesada | 1853 | August 14, 1858 |
| 14 | Tokugawa Iemochi | August 14, 1858 | August 29, 1866 |
| 15 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | August 29, 1866 | November 19, 1867 |
Over the course of the Edo period, influential relatives of the shōgun included:
* Tokugawa Mitsukuni of the Mito domain
* Tokugawa Nariaki of the Mito domain
* Tokugawa Mochiharu of the Hitotsubashi branch
* Tokugawa Munetake of the Tayasu branch.
* Matsudaira Katamori of the Aizu branch.
* Matsudaira Sadanobu, born into the Tayasu branch, adopted into the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira of Shirakawa.

### Pre-modern
#### Emperors

* Emperor Jinmu
* Emperor Kōbun
* Emperor Tenmu
* Emperor Go-Toba
* Emperor Go-Daigo

#### Commanders from loyal family

* Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto
* Yamato Takeru
* Empress Jingū

#### Commanders in Thirty-Eight Years' War

* Ōtomo no Otomaro
* Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
* Aterui

### Modern

* Anami Korechika
* Doihara Kenji
* Enomoto Takeaki
* Kuroki Itei (Kuroki Tamemoto)
* Matsui Iwane
* Ōta Minoru
* Suzuki Kantarō
* Tōgō Heihachirō
* Tōjō Hideki
* Yamamoto Isoroku
* Shiro Kawase
* Ishiwara Kanji

## Personalities
### Comedians
### Idols (male)

* Daiki Arioka
* Goro Inagaki
* Hikaru Yaotome
* Hiroki Uchi
* Jin Akanishi
* Jun Matsumoto
* Junnosuke Taguchi
* Junichi Okada
* Kanata Hongō
* Katori Shingo
* Kazunari Ninomiya
* Kazuya Kamenashi
* Kei Inoo
* Keiichiro Koyama
* Keita Tachibana
* Keito Okamoto
* Kimura Takuya
* Koichi Domoto
* Koike Teppei
* Kota Yabu
* Kusano Hironori
* Masahiro Nakai
* Masaki Aiba
* Ryutaro Morimoto
* Shingo Murakami
* Ryo Nishikido
* Ryohei Chiba
* Ryuichi Ogata
* Ryosuke Yamada
* Satoshi Ohno
* Shigeaki Kato
* Shingo Murakami
* Sho Sakurai
* Shota Yasuda
* Subaru Shibutani
* Takahisa Masuda
* Tanaka Koki
* Tatsuya Ueda
* Tsuyoshi Domoto
* Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
* Tomohisa Yamashita
* Toma Ikuta
* Yu Yokoyama
* Yuichi Nakamaru
* Yuma Nakayama
* Yuto Nakajima
* Yuuri Chinen
* Yuya Tegoshi
* Yuya Takaki

### Idols (female)

* Sayaka Akimoto
* Rina Akiyama
* Momoka Ariyasu
* Mizuki Fukumura
* Yui Hiwatashi
* Haruna Iikubo
* Erina Ikuta
* Ayumi Ishida
* Tomomi Itano
* Tomomi Kasai
* Yuki Kashiwagi
* Umika Kawashima
* Rie Kitahara
* Eiko Koike
* Haruna Kojima
* Haruka Kudo
* Koharu Kusumi
* Atsuko Maeda
* Erina Mano
* Jurina Matsui
* Rena Matsui
* Aya Matsuura
* Sayumi Michishige
* Minami Minegishi
* Kanako Momota
* Haruka Nakagawa
* Shoko Nakagawa
* Chise Nakamura
* Jun Natsukawa
* Yuko Oshima
* Ayaka Sasaki
* Masaki Sato
* Riho Sayashi
* Rino Sashihara
* Mariko Shinoda
* Kanon Suzuki
* Reni Takagi
* Aki Takajo
* Minami Takahashi
* Shiori Tamai
* Takako Uehara
* Aya Ueto
* Mayu Watanabe
* Azusa Yamamoto

### Models

* Seika Furuhata
* Kanata Hongō
* Aki Hoshino
* May J.
* Meisa Kuroki
* Riyo Mori
* Suzuka Morita
* Mariya Nishiuchi
* Fujiwara Norika
* Tao Okamoto
* Oshikiri Moe
* Umemiya Anna
* Inoue Waka
* Yamada Yu
* Ebihara Yuri

### Musicians and singers (male)

* Eiichi Ohtaki
* Eikichi Yazawa
* Gackt
* Haruomi Hosono
* hide
* Hiromi Go
* Kiyoshiro Imawano
* Hideaki Tokunaga
* Hyde
* Kazumasa Oda
* Keisuke Kuwata
* Koshi Inaba
* Kōji Tamaki
* Kyosuke Himuro
* Miyavi
* Noriyuki Makihara
* Ryuichi Sakamoto
* Saijo Hideki
* Takanori Nishikawa
* Tamio Okuda
* Tatsuya Ishii
* Tatsuro Yamashita
* Tomoyasu Hotei
* Toshi Kubota
* Toshiki Kadomatsu
* Yasuyuki Okamura
* Yoshiki
* Yōsui Inoue
* Yukihiro Takahashi

### Musicians and singers (female)

* Ai Otsuka
* Ai Takahashi
* Aiko Kayō
* Akiko Wada
* Alisa Durbrow
* Angela Aki
* Anna Tsuchiya
* Airi Suzuki
* Aya Hirano
* Aya Matsuura
* Aya Ueto
* Ayaka Hirahara
* Ayaka Komatsu
* Ayaka
* Ayumi Hamasaki
* Ayumi Kinoshita
* Beni Arashiro
* Bonnie Pink
* Chiaki Kuriyama
* Chihiro Onitsuka
* Chisaki Hama
* Chitose Hajime
* Crystal Kay
* Erika Sawajiri
* Emi Hinouchi
* Emi Maria
* Eri Ito
* Emyli
* Garnet Crow
* Goto Maki
* Hagiwara Mai
* Halna
* Hikaru Nishida
* Hiro
* Hiroko Anzai
* Hiroko Shimabukuro
* Hitomi
* Ikue Sakakibara
* Imai Eriko
* JASMINE
* Jhené Aiko
* Jun Natsukawa
* Junko Sakurada
* JYONGRI
* Kanako Enomoto
* Kanbe Miyuki
* Kanon Wakeshima
* Kawabe Chieco
* Kawase Tomoko
* Keiko Kitagawa
* Kumi Koda
* Kusumi Koharu
* Lia
* Maaya Sakamoto
* Maeda Atsuko
* May J.
* Mari Amachi
* Masako Mori
* Meisa Kuroki
* Megumi Odaka
* Megumi
* Megumi Hayashibara
* Melody.
* Mew Azama
* Mihiro Taniguchi
* Miho Komatsu
* Miho Nakayama
* Miki Fujimoto
* Miki Jinbo
* Miliyah Kato
* MINMI
* Miyuu Sawai
* Mizuki Nana
* Momoe Yamaguchi
* Myco
* Mika Nakashima
* Namie Amuro
* Natsuyaki Miyabi
* Noriko Sakai
* Reina Tanaka
* Reon Kadena
* Ribbon
* Ryōko Hirosue
* Saori Minami
* Sayaka
* Sayumi Michishige
* Seiko Matsuda
* Shoko Nakagawa
* Takako Ōta
* Takako Uehara
* Thelma Aoyama
* Toko Yasuda
* Tomomi Itano
* Tsugunaga Momoko
* Hikaru Utada
* Waka Inoue
* Yui
* Yui Makino
* Yukiko Okada
* Yuko Ogura
* Yuna Ito

### Tarento

* Aya Ueto
* Becky
* Kazushige Nagashima
* Kano sisters
* Matt Kuwata
* Mina Fukui
* Momoiro Clover Z
* Naomi Watanabe
* Roland (Japanese host)

### TV and radio personalities

* Iijima Ai
* Mao Inoue
* Kano sisters
* Sugita Kaoru
* Mino Monta
* Shinohara Tomoe

### Others

* Kurihara Harumi
* Ghib Ojisan
* Papaya Suzuki
* Rina Gonoi

## Prime Ministers
### Meiji period (1868–1912)

Prime Ministers of Emperor Meiji
| No. | Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref |
| 1 | | Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909) | 22 December 1885 | 30 April 1888 | 860 | None | 1. Itō I | — | |
| 2 | | Kuroda Kiyotaka 黑田 清隆 Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840–1900) | 30 April 1888 | 25 October 1889 | 543 | None | 2. Kuroda | — | |
| — | | Sanjō Sanetomi 三條 實美 Sanjō Sanetomi (1837–1891) | 25 October 1889 | 24 December 1889 | 60 | None | Sanjō (interim) | — | |
| 3 | | Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922) | 24 December 1889 | 6 May 1891 | 498 | None | 3. Yamagata I | 1890 | |
| 4 | | Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 Matsukata Masayoshi (1835–1924) | 6 May 1891 | 8 August 1892 | 460 | None | 4. Matsukata I | 1892 | |
| (1) | | Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909) | 8 August 1892 | 31 August 1896 | 1484 | None | 5. Itō II | Mar. 1894 Sept. 1894 | |
| During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Kuroda Kiyotaka (黑田 清隆 Kuroda Kiyotaka) was the Acting Prime Minister. ||||||||||
| (4) | | Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 Matsukata Masayoshi (1835–1924) | 18 September 1896 | 12 January 1898 | 481 | None | 6. Matsukata II | — | |
| (1) | | Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909) | 12 January 1898 | 30 June 1898 | 169 | None | 7. Itō III | Mar. 1898 | |
| 5 | | Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922) | 30 June 1898 | 8 November 1898 | 131 | Kenseitō | 8. Ōkuma I | Sept. 1898 | |
| (3) | | Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922) | 8 November 1898 | 19 October 1900 | 710 | None | 9. Yamagata II | — | |
| (1) | | Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909) | 19 October 1900 | 10 May 1901 | 203 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 10. Itō IV | — | |
| During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望 Saionji Kinmochi) was the Acting Prime Minister. ||||||||||
| 6 | | Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 Katsura Tarō (1848–1913) | 2 June 1901 | 7 January 1906 | 1680 | None (Retired General) | 11. Katsura I | 1902 1903 1904 | |
| 7 | | Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 Saionji Kinmochi (1849–1940) | 7 January 1906 | 14 July 1908 | 919 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 12. Saionji I | 1908 | |
| (6) | | Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 Katsura Tarō (1848–1913) | 14 July 1908 | 30 August 1911 | 1142 | None (Retired General) | 13. Katsura II | — | |
| (7) | | Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 Saionji Kinmochi (1849–1940) | 30 August 1911 | 21 December 1912 | 479 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 14. Saionji II | 1912 | |

### Taishō period (1912–1926)

Prime Ministers of Emperor Taishō
| No. | Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref |
| (6) | | Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 Katsura Tarō (1848–1913) | 21 December 1912 | 20 February 1913 | 61 | None (Retired General) | 15. Katsura III | — | |
| 8 | | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852–1933) | 20 February 1913 | 16 April 1914 | 420 | Military (Navy) | 16. Yamamoto I | — | |
| (5) | | Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922) | 16 April 1914 | 9 October 1916 | 907 | Rikken Dōshikai | 17. Ōkuma II | 1915 | |
| 9 | | Terauchi Masatake 寺内 正毅 Terauchi Masatake (1852–1919) | 9 October 1916 | 29 September 1918 | 720 | Military (Army) | 18. Terauchi | 1917 | |
| 10 | | Hara Takashi 原 敬 Hara Takashi (1856–1921) | 29 September 1918 | 4 November 1921 | 1132 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 19. Hara | 1920 | |
| During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (内田 康哉 Uchida Kōsai) was the Acting Prime Minister. ||||||||||
| 11 | | Takahashi Korekiyo 高橋 是清 Takahashi Korekiyo (1854–1936) | 13 November 1921 | 12 June 1922 | 220 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 20. Takahashi | — | |
| 12 | | Katō Tomosaburō 加藤 友三郎 Katō Tomosaburō (1861–1923) | 12 June 1922 | 24 August 1923 | 438 | Military (Navy) | 21. Katō To. | — | |
| During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (内田 康哉 Uchida Kōsai) was the Acting Prime Minister. ||||||||||
| (8) | | Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852–1933) | 2 September 1923 | 7 January 1924 | 125 | Military (Navy) | 22. Yamamoto II | — | |
| 13 | | Kiyoura Keigo 清浦 奎吾 Kiyoura Keigo (1850–1942) | 7 January 1924 | 11 June 1924 | 156 | None | 23. Kiyoura | 1924 | |
| 14 | | Katō Takaaki 加藤 高明 Katō Takaaki (1860–1926) | 11 June 1924 | 2 August 1925 | 596 | Kenseikai | 24. Katō Ta. | — | |
| 14 | | Katō Takaaki 加藤 高明 Katō Takaaki (1860–1926) | 2 August 1925 | 28 January 1926 | 596 | Kenseikai | 24. Katō Ta. | — | |
| During this interval, Interior Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎 Wakatsuki Reijirō) was the Acting Prime Minister. ||||||||||
| 15 | | Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866–1949) | 30 January 1926 | 20 April 1927 | 445 | Kenseikai | 25. Wakatsuki I | — | |

### Shōwa period under 1890 Constitution (1926–1947)

Prime Ministers of Emperor Shōwa under 1890 Constitution
| No. | Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Political Party | Government | Elected | Ref |
| 16 | | Tanaka Giichi 田中 義一 Tanaka Giichi (1864–1929) | 20 April 1927 | 2 July 1929 | 804 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 26. Tanaka G. | 1928 | |
| 17 | | Osachi Hamaguchi 濱口 雄幸 Hamaguchi Osachi (1870–1931) | 2 July 1929 | 14 April 1931 | 651 | Rikken Minseitō | 27. Hamaguchi | 1930 | |
| (15) | | Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866–1949) | 14 April 1931 | 13 December 1931 | 243 | Rikken Minseitō | 28. Wakatsuki II | — | |
| 18 | | Inukai Tsuyoshi 犬養 毅 Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855–1932) | 13 December 1931 | 15 May 1932 | 154 | Rikken Seiyūkai | 29. Inukai | 1932 | |
| During this interval, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋 是清 Takahashi Korekiyo) was the Acting Prime Minister. ||||||||||
| 19 | | Saitō Makoto 齋藤 實 Saitō Makoto (1858–1936) | 26 May 1932 | 8 July 1934 | 773 | Military (Navy) | 30. Saitō | — | |
| 20 | | Keisuke Okada 岡田 啓介 Okada Keisuke (1868–1952) | 8 July 1934 | 9 March 1936 | 610 | Military (Navy) | 31. Okada | 1936 | |
| 21 | | Kōki Hirota 廣田 弘毅 Hirota Kōki (1878–1948) | 9 March 1936 | 2 February 1937 | 330 | None | 32. Hirota | — | |
| 22 | | Senjūrō Hayashi 林 銑十郎 Hayashi Senjūrō (1876–1943) | 2 February 1937 | 4 June 1937 | 122 | Military (Army) | 33. Hayashi | 1937 | |
| 23 | | Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro (1891–1945) | 4 June 1937 | 5 January 1939 | 580 | None | 34. Konoe I | — | |
| 24 | | Hiranuma Kiichirō 平沼 騏一郎 Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867–1952) | 5 January 1939 | 30 August 1939 | 237 | None | 35. Hiranuma | — | |
| 25 | | Nobuyuki Abe 阿部 信行 Abe Nobuyuki (1875–1953) | 30 August 1939 | 16 January 1940 | 139 | Military (Army) | 36. Abe N. | — | |
| 26 | | Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 Yonai Mitsumasa (1880–1948) | 16 January 1940 | 22 July 1940 | 188 | Military (Navy) | 37. Yonai | — | |
| (23) | | Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro (1891–1945) | 22 July 1940 | 18 July 1941 | 453 | Taisei Yokusankai | 38. Konoe II | — | |
| (23) | | Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro (1891–1945) | 18 July 1941 | 18 October 1941 | 453 | Taisei Yokusankai | 39. Konoe III | — | |
| 27 | | Hideki Tōjō 東條 英機 Tōjō Hideki (1884–1948) | 18 October 1941 | 22 July 1944 | 1008 | Taisei Yokusankai | 40. Tōjō | 1942 | |
| 28 | | Kuniaki Koiso 小磯 國昭 Koiso Kuniaki (1880–1950) | 22 July 1944 | 7 April 1945 | 259 | Military (Army) | 41. Koiso | — | |
| 29 | | Kantarō Suzuki 鈴木 貫太郎 Suzuki Kantarō (1868–1948) | 7 April 1945 | 17 August 1945 | 132 | Taisei Yokusankai | 42. Suzuki K. | — | |
| 30 | | Higashikuni Naruhiko 東久邇宮 稔彦 王 Higashikuni no miya Naruhiko ō (1887–1990) | 17 August 1945 | 9 October 1945 | 53 | Imperial Family | 43. Higashikuni | — | |
| 31 | | Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郎 Shidehara Kijūrō (1872–1951) | 9 October 1945 | 22 May 1946 | 225 | None | 44. Shidehara | — | |
| 32 | | Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967) | 22 May 1946 | 24 May 1947 | 367 | Japan Liberal | 45. Yoshida I | 1946 | |

### Shōwa period under 1947 Constitution (1947–1989)

Prime Ministers of Emperor Shōwa under 1947 Constitution
| № | Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Elected | Ref |
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Political Party | Government | Gen. | Coun. | Ref |
| 33 | | Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 Katayama Tetsu (1887–1978) Rep for Kanagawa 3rd | 24 May 1947 | 10 March 1948 | 291 | JSP Nihon Shakaitō | 46. Katayama JSP–DP–PCP | 1947 | 1947 | |
| 34 | | Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 Ashida Hitoshi (1887–1959) Rep for Kyōto 2nd | 10 March 1948 | 15 October 1948 | 219 | DP Minshutō | 47. Ashida DP–JSP–PCP | — | — | |
| (32) | | Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967) Rep for Kōchi at-large | 15 October 1948 | 16 February 1949 | 2247 | DLP Minshu Jiyūtō (until 1950); Liberal Jiyūtō | 48. Yoshida II DLP | — | — | |
| (32) | | Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967) Rep for Kōchi at-large | 16 February 1949 | 30 October 1952 | 2247 | DLP Minshu Jiyūtō (until 1950); Liberal Jiyūtō | 49. Yoshida III (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) DLP/Liberal–DP | 1949 | 1950 | |
| (32) | | Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967) Rep for Kōchi at-large | 30 October 1952 | 21 May 1953 | 2247 | DLP Minshu Jiyūtō (until 1950); Liberal Jiyūtō | 50. Yoshida IV Liberal | 1952 | — | |
| (32) | | Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967) Rep for Kōchi at-large | 21 May 1953 | 10 December 1954 | 2247 | DLP Minshu Jiyūtō (until 1950); Liberal Jiyūtō | 51. Yoshida V Liberal | 1953 | 1953 | |
| 35 | | Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō (1883–1959) Rep for Tokyo 1st | 10 December 1954 | 19 March 1955 | 744 | JDP Nihon Minshutō | 52. Hatoyama I. I JDP | — | — | |
| 35 | | Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō (1883–1959) Rep for Tokyo 1st | 19 March 1955 | 22 November 1955 | 744 | JDP Nihon Minshutō | 53. Hatoyama I. II JDP | 1955 | — | |
| | | Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō (1883–1959) Rep for Tokyo 1st | 22 November 1955 | 23 December 1956 | 744 | LDP Jimintō | 54. Hatoyama I. III LDP | — | — | |
| 36 | | Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋 湛山 Ishibashi Tanzan (1884–1973) Rep for Shizuoka 2nd | 23 December 1956 | 25 February 1957 | 64 | LDP Jimintō | 55. Ishibashi LDP | — | 1956 | |
| 37 | | Nobusuke Kishi 岸 信介 Kishi Nobusuke (1896–1987) Rep for Yamaguchi 1st | 25 February 1957 | 12 June 1958 | 1240 | LDP Jimintō | 56. Kishi I (Reshuffle) LDP | — | — | |
| 37 | | Nobusuke Kishi 岸 信介 Kishi Nobusuke (1896–1987) Rep for Yamaguchi 1st | 12 June 1958 | 19 July 1960 | 1240 | LDP Jimintō | 57. Kishi II (Reshuffle) LDP | 1958 | 1959 | |
| 38 | | Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 Ikeda Hayato (1899–1965) Rep for Hiroshima 2nd | 19 July 1960 | 8 December 1960 | 1574 | LDP Jimintō | 58. Ikeda I LDP | — | — | |
| 38 | | Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 Ikeda Hayato (1899–1965) Rep for Hiroshima 2nd | 8 December 1960 | 9 December 1963 | 1574 | LDP Jimintō | 59. Ikeda II (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) LDP | 1960 | 1962 | |
| 38 | | Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 Ikeda Hayato (1899–1965) Rep for Hiroshima 2nd | 9 December 1963 | 9 November 1964 | 1574 | LDP Jimintō | 60. Ikeda III (Reshuffle) LDP | 1963 | — | |
| 39 | | Eisaku Satō 佐藤 榮作 Satō Eisaku (1901–1975) Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd | 9 November 1964 | 17 February 1967 | 2797 | LDP Jimintō | 61. Satō I (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) LDP | — | 1965 | |
| 39 | | Eisaku Satō 佐藤 榮作 Satō Eisaku (1901–1975) Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd | 17 February 1967 | 14 January 1970 | 2797 | LDP Jimintō | 62. Satō II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP | 1967 | 1968 | |
| 39 | | Eisaku Satō 佐藤 榮作 Satō Eisaku (1901–1975) Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd | 14 January 1970 | 7 July 1972 | 2797 | LDP Jimintō | 63. Satō III (Reshuffle) | 1969 | 1971 | |
| 40 | | Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 Tanaka Kakuei (1918–1993) Rep for Niigata 3rd | 7 July 1972 | 22 December 1972 | 885 | LDP Jimintō | 64. Tanaka K. I LDP | — | — | |
| 40 | | Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 Tanaka Kakuei (1918–1993) Rep for Niigata 3rd | 22 December 1972 | 9 December 1974 | 885 | LDP Jimintō | 65. Tanaka K. II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP | 1972 | — | |
| 40 | | Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 Tanaka Kakuei (1918–1993) Rep for Niigata 3rd | resigned in the midst of scandal. Later, "shadow shogun". | resigned in the midst of scandal. Later, "shadow shogun". | resigned in the midst of scandal. Later, "shadow shogun". | resigned in the midst of scandal. Later, "shadow shogun". | resigned in the midst of scandal. Later, "shadow shogun". | resigned in the midst of scandal. Later, "shadow shogun". | resigned in the midst of scandal. Later, "shadow shogun". | |
| 41 | | Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 Miki Takeo (1907–1988) Rep for Tokushima at-large | 9 December 1974 | 24 December 1976 | 746 | LDP Jimintō | 66. Miki (Reshuffle) LDP | — | 1974 | |
| 42 | | Takeo Fukuda 福田 赳夫 Fukuda Takeo (1905–1995) Rep for Gunma 3rd | 24 December 1976 | 7 December 1978 | 713 | LDP Jimintō | 67. Fukuda T. (Reshuffle) LDP | 1976 | 1977 | |
| 43 | | Masayoshi Ōhira 大平 正芳 Ōhira Masayoshi (1910–1980) Rep for Kagawa 2nd | 7 December 1978 | 9 November 1979 | 553 | LDP Jimintō | 68. Ōhira I LDP | — | — | |
| 43 | | Masayoshi Ōhira 大平 正芳 Ōhira Masayoshi (1910–1980) Rep for Kagawa 2nd | 9 November 1979 | 12 June 1980 | 553 | LDP Jimintō | 69. Ōhira II LDP | 1979 | — | |
| During this interval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Ito (伊東 正義 Itō Masayoshi) was the Acting Prime Minister. |||||||||||
| 44 | | Zenkō Suzuki 鈴木 善幸 Suzuki Zenkō (1911–2004) Rep for Iwate 1st | 17 July 1980 | 27 November 1982 | 863 | LDP Jimintō | 70. Suzuki Z. (Reshuffle) LDP | 1980 | 1980 | |
| 45 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曽根　康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro (1918–2019) Rep for Gunma 3rd | 27 November 1982 | 27 December 1983 | 1805 | LDP Jimintō | 71. Nakasone I LDP | — | — | |
| 45 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曽根　康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro (1918–2019) Rep for Gunma 3rd | 27 December 1983 | 22 July 1986 | 1805 | LDP Jimintō | 72. Nakasone II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–NLC | 1983 | 1983 | |
| 45 | | Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曽根　康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro (1918–2019) Rep for Gunma 3rd | 22 July 1986 | 6 November 1987 | 1805 | LDP Jimintō | 73. Nakasone III LDP | 1986 | 1986 | |
| 46 | | Noboru Takeshita 竹下 登 Takeshita Noboru (1924–2000) Rep for Shimane at-large | 6 November 1987 | 3 June 1989 | 575 | LDP Jimintō | 74. Takeshita (Reshuffle) LDP | — | — | |

### Heisei period (1989–2019)

Prime Ministers of Emperor Akihito
| № | Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Elected | Ref |
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Political Party | Government | Gen. | Coun. | Ref |
| 47 | | Sōsuke Uno 宇野 宗佑 Uno Sōsuke (1922–1998) Rep for Shiga at-large | 3 June 1989 | 10 August 1989 | 68 | LDP Jimintō | 75. Uno LDP | — | 1989 | |
| 48 | | Toshiki Kaifu 海部 俊樹 Kaifu Toshiki (1931–) Rep for Aichi 3rd | 10 August 1989 | 28 February 1990 | 817 | LDP Jimintō | 76. Kaifu I LDP | — | — | |
| 48 | | Toshiki Kaifu 海部 俊樹 Kaifu Toshiki (1931–) Rep for Aichi 3rd | 28 February 1990 | 5 November 1991 | 817 | LDP Jimintō | 77. Kaifu II (Reshuffle) LDP | 1990 | — | |
| 49 | | Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤 喜一 Miyazawa Kiichi (1919–2007) Rep for Hiroshima 3rd | 5 November 1991 | 9 August 1993 | 643 | LDP Jimintō | 78. Miyazawa (Reshuffle) LDP | — | 1992 | |
| 50 | | Morihiro Hosokawa 細川 護熙 Hosokawa Morihiro (1938–) Rep for Kumamoto 1st | 9 August 1993 | 28 April 1994 | 262 | JNP Nihon Shintō | 79. Hosokawa JNP–JSP–JRP–Komeitō–NPS–DSP–SDF | 1993 | — | |
| 51 | | Tsutomu Hata 羽田 孜 Hata Tsutomu (1935–2017) Rep for Nagano 2nd | 28 April 1994 | 30 June 1994 | 63 | JRP Shinseitō | 80. Hata JRP–JNP–JSP–SDP–SDF–Komeitō–NPS | — | — | |
| 52 | | Tomiichi Murayama 村山 富市 Murayama Tomiichi (1924–) Rep for Ōita 1st | 30 June 1994 | 11 January 1996 | 560 | JSP Nihon Shakaitō | 81. Murayama (Reshuffle) JSP–LDP–NPS | — | 1995 | |
| 53 | | Ryūtarō Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 Hashimoto Ryūtarō (1937–2006) Rep for Okayama 4th | 11 January 1996 | 7 November 1996 | 931 | LDP Jimintō | 82. Hashimoto I LDP–JSP–NPS | — | — | |
| 53 | | Ryūtarō Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 Hashimoto Ryūtarō (1937–2006) Rep for Okayama 4th | 7 November 1996 | 30 July 1998 | 931 | LDP Jimintō | 83. Hashimoto II (Reshuffle) LDP–NPS | 1996 | 1998 | |
| 54 | | Keizō Obuchi 小渕 恵三 Obuchi Keizō (1937–2000) Rep for Gunma 5th | 30 July 1998 | 5 April 2000 | 615 | LDP Jimintō | 84. Obuchi (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–(Lib.–Komeitō) | — | — | |
| 55 | | Yoshirō Mori 森 喜朗 Mori Yoshirō (1937–) Rep for Ishikawa 2nd | 5 April 2000 | 4 July 2000 | 386 | LDP Jimintō | 85. Mori I LDP–Komeitō–NCP | — | — | |
| 55 | | Yoshirō Mori 森 喜朗 Mori Yoshirō (1937–) Rep for Ishikawa 2nd | 4 July 2000 | 26 April 2001 | 386 | LDP Jimintō | 86. Mori II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–Komeitō–NCP | 2000 | — | |
| 56 | | Junichirō Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Jun'ichirō (1942–) Rep for Kanagawa 11th | 26 April 2001 | 19 November 2003 | 1979 | LDP Jimintō | 87. Koizumi I (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–Komeitō–NCP | — | 2001 | |
| 56 | | Junichirō Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Jun'ichirō (1942–) Rep for Kanagawa 11th | 19 November 2003 | 21 September 2005 | 1979 | LDP Jimintō | 88. Koizumi II (Reshuffle) LDP–Komeitō | 2003 | 2004 | |
| 56 | | Junichirō Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Jun'ichirō (1942–) Rep for Kanagawa 11th | 21 September 2005 | 26 September 2006 | 1979 | LDP Jimintō | 89. Koizumi III (Reshuffle) LDP–Komeitō | 2005 | — | |
| 57 | | Shinzō Abe 安倍 晋三 Abe Shinzō (1954–2022) Rep for Yamaguchi 4th | 26 September 2006 | 26 September 2007 | 365 | LDP Jimintō | 90. Abe S. I (Reshuffle) LDP–Komeitō | — | 2007 | |
| 58 | | Yasuo Fukuda 福田 康夫 Fukuda Yasuo (1936–) Rep for Gunma 4th | 26 September 2007 | 24 September 2008 | 364 | LDP Jimintō | 91. Fukuda Y. (Reshuffle) LDP–Komeitō | — | — | |
| 59 | | Tarō Asō 麻生 太郎 Asō Tarō (1940–) Rep for Fukuoka 8th | 24 September 2008 | 16 September 2009 | 357 | LDP Jimintō | 92. Asō LDP–Komeitō | — | — | |
| 60 | | Yukio Hatoyama 鳩山 由紀夫 Hatoyama Yukio (1947–) Rep for Hokkaido 9th | 16 September 2009 | 8 June 2010 | 265 | DPJ Minshutō | 93. Hatoyama Y. DPJ–SDP–PNP | 2009 | — | |
| 61 | | Naoto Kan 菅 直人 Kan Naoto (1946–) Rep for Tokyo 18th | 8 June 2010 | 2 September 2011 | 451 | DPJ Minshutō | 94. Kan (Reshuffle 1 · 2) DPJ–PNP | — | 2010 | |
| 62 | | Yoshihiko Noda 野田 佳彦 Noda Yoshihiko (1957–) Rep for Chiba 4th | 2 September 2011 | 26 December 2012 | 481 | DPJ Minshutō | 95. Noda (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) DPJ–PNP | — | — | |
| (57) | | Shinzō Abe 安倍 晋三 Abe Shinzō (1954–2022) Rep for Yamaguchi 4th | 26 December 2012 | 24 December 2014 | 2821 | LDP Jimintō | 96. Abe S. II (Reshuffle) LDP–Komeitō | 2012 | 2013 | |
| (57) | | Shinzō Abe 安倍 晋三 Abe Shinzō (1954–2022) Rep for Yamaguchi 4th | 24 December 2014 | 1 November 2017 | 2821 | LDP Jimintō | 97. Abe S. III (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) LDP–Komeitō | 2014 | 2016 | |
| (57) | | Shinzō Abe 安倍 晋三 Abe Shinzō (1954–2022) Rep for Yamaguchi 4th | 1 November 2017 | 16 September 2020 | 2821 | LDP Jimintō | 98. Abe S. IV (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–Komeitō | 2017 | 2019 | |

### Reiwa period (2019–present)

Prime Ministers of Emperor Naruhito
| № | Prime Minister | Prime Minister | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political Party | Government | Elected | Elected | Ref |
| № | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took Office | Left Office | Days | Political Party | Government | Gen. | Coun. | Ref |
| 63 | | Yoshihide Suga 菅 義偉 Suga Yoshihide (1948–) Rep for Kanagawa 2nd | 16 September 2020 | 4 October 2021 | 383 | LDP Jimintō | 99. Suga LDP–Komeitō | — | — | |
| 64 | | Fumio Kishida 岸田 文雄 Kishida Fumio (1957–) Rep for Hiroshima 1st | 4 October 2021 | 10 November 2021 | 1241 | LDP Jimintō | 100. Kishida I LDP–Komeitō | — | — | |
| 64 | | Fumio Kishida 岸田 文雄 Kishida Fumio (1957–) Rep for Hiroshima 1st | 10 November 2021 | Incumbent | 1241 | LDP Jimintō | 101. Kishida II (Reshuffle) LDP–Komeitō | 2021 | 2022 | |

## Religious leaders

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* Daisaku Ikeda
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* Kōshū Itabashi
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* Petro Kasui Kibe
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* Sōyū Matsuoka
* Paulo Miki
* Joseph Atsumi Misue
* Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe
* Magdalene of Nagasaki
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* Yoshihiko Kikuchi
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* Kōdō Sawaki
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* Paul Tsuchihashi
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## Scientists

* Esaki Leo
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* Ikeda Kikunae
* Kitasato Shibasaburō
* Shinji Kawasaki
* Mikimoto Kōkichi
* Yamada Kōrin
* Mishima Tokuhichi
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* Tonegawa Susumu
* Fujita Tetsuya
* Tomonaga Shin'ichirō
* Toyoda Sakichi
* Yagi Hidetsugu
* Yukawa Hideki
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## Mathematicians

* Heisuke Hironaka
* Kenkichi Iwasawa
* Masaki Kashiwara
* Takahiro Kawai
* Kunihiko Kodaira
* Shigefumi Mori
* Mikio Sato
* Seki Kōwa
* Goro Shimura
* Teiji Takagi
* Yutaka Taniyama
* Nobuo Yoneda

## Economists

* Takeshi Amemiya
* Masahiko Aoki
* Masahisa Fujita
* Fumio Hayashi
* Charles Horioka
* Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
* Michio Morishima
* Morito Tatsuo
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* Osamu Shimomura
* Yasuma Takada
* Heizō Takenaka
* Takano Iwasaburo
* Shigeto Tsuru
* Yoshihiro Tsurumi
* Yukihiro Torikai
* Kazuhide Uekusa
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## Other notables

* Tomohiro Hase
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* Shigeru Miyamoto
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* Sakae Ōba
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* Onoda Hirō
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* Airi Ōtsu, organic farmer
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* Lady Saigō
* Sakamura Ken
* San'yūtei Enchō
* Sugihara Chiune
* Satoshi Tajiri
* Hisao Taoka, engineer
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* Hiro Matsushita
* Terada Torahiko
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* Yasutaro Koide
* Yoshikawa Takeo
* Yuasa Takashi
* Hitomi Watanabe
* Masumi Watanabe
* Hirofumi Yamashita
* Naoki Urasawa
* Masashi Usami, engineer

## Other Japanese

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