List of Japanese people

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.
Architects
Artists
Athletes
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 the 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
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
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
Musicians
Personalities
Comedians
Idols (male)
Idols (female)
Models
Musicians and singers (male)
Musicians and singers (female)
Tarento
Aya Ueto
Becky
Kazushige Nagashima
Kano sisters
Matt Kuwata
Mina Fukui
Momoiro Clover Z
Naomi Watanabe
Roland (Japanese host)
Actors
Actresses
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
Prime Ministers
Prime Ministers during the Meiji period (1868–1912)
Under the Meiji Emperor
Prime Ministers during the Taishō period (1912–1926)
Under the Taishō Emperor
Prime Ministers during the Shōwa period (1926–1947)
Under the Shōwa Emperor
Prime Ministers during the Shōwa period (1947–1989)
Under the Emperor Shōwa
Prime Ministers during the Heisei period (1989–2019)
Under the Emperor Akihito
Prime Ministers during the Reiwa period (2019–present)
Under the Emperor Naruhito
Politicians
Religious leaders
Scientists
Mathematicians
Economists
Other notables
Other Japanese
See also
List of people by nationality
References