- 100 Japanese respected by the world
is a list of 100 prominent
Japanese people published annually by the Japanese edition of "Newsweek ". The list contains both living and dead people, fictional characters such asDoraemon andGodzilla and a racehorse.2005
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Yoshizawa Akira , original origami creator
*Ushio Amagatsu , director ofSankai Juku
*Isao Aoki , golfer
*Nobuyoshi Araki , photographer
*Madama Butterfly , geisha in an opera
*Mitsuko Coudenhove , wife ofHeinrich Coudenhove-Kalergi
*Doraemon , anime character
*Eiko and Koma , dancer
*Leo Esaki , physicist
*Leonard Eto , wadaiko performer
*Takahisa Fujinami , motorcycle trials rider
*Kinji Fukasaku , film director
*Godzilla
*Sesshu Hayakawa , first Japanese Hollywood star
*Hiromix , photographer
*Tokugawa Ieyasu , founder of theTokugawa shogunate
*Daisuke Inoue , inventor of karaoke
* Kaio, sumo wrester
*Yuriko Kajiya , ballerina
*Mayuko Kamio , violist
*Yutaka Katayama , first president of America Nissan
*Hokusai Katsushika , painter
*Natsuo Kirino , novelist
*Kitaro , composer
*Kobori
*Junichiro Koizumi , then prime minister of Japan
*Yakumo Koizumi , writer
*Masayuki Komatsu , agronomist
*Michiko Koshino , fashion designer
*Mamoru Kotake , president of a manufacturer of croquette
*Koxinga , military leader of the Chinese dynasty Ming
*DJ Krush , DJ, producer
*Aki Kuroda , artist
*Haruhiko Kuroda , president ofAsia Development Bank
*John Manjiro , translator and teacher
*Yoshihide Matsumura , counterfeit detector
*Koichiro Matsuura , director general of UNESCO
*Toshiro Mifune , actor
*Atsuko Miyaji , cryptologist
*Amon Miyamoto , stage director
*Hayao Miyazaki , animator
*Michio Morishima , economist
*Chiaki Mukai , astronaut
*Masanori Murakami , first Japanese major league player
*Lady Murasaki , writer, poet
*NIGO , designer
*Ikuo Nakamura , photographer
*Ganjiro Nakamura , kabuki actor
*Hideo Nakata , film director
*Takeshi Nakatani
*Keiji Nakazawa , mangaka
*Tomohiro Nishikado , game creator
*Keiji Nishioka , instructor of agricultural technologies
*Takako Nishizaki , violist
*Suwa Nobuhiko , film director
*Yuta Nobuse , first Japanese NBA player
*Hideyo Noguchi , medical researcher, bacteriologist
*Takayuki Noguchi , humanitarianist
*Eiji Oe , conductor
*Issei Ogata , actor
*Masao Ogura , former chief executive ofYamato Transport
*Akihiko Okamura , photographer
*Shinji Ono , footballer
*Rainstick Orchestra , band
*Yasujiro Ozu , film director
*Puffy , pop duo
*Sen no Rikyu , tea practitioner
*Ruson Sukezaemon , trader of the Sengoku period
*Anna Saeki , Tango singer
*Ryoma Sakamoto , samurai of theTosa domain
*Hatsue Sato , chief
*Takuma Sato , F1-driver
*Kazuyo Sejima , architect
*Toko Shinoda , painter
*Kenzo Suzuki , wrestler
*Muneo Suzuki , member of the Diet (parliament)
*Yu Suzuki , game creator
*Shinichi Suzuki , violin educator
*Kenzo Takada , fashion designer
*Kazuki Takahashi , mangaka
*Tomoko Takahashi , artist
*Hisao Takashi , repairer of wall painting
*Nobukazu Takemura , DJ, composer, mucisian
*Yoshio Taniguchi , architect
*Akira Toriyama , mangaka
*Ayako Uehara , pianist
*Yoshiho Umeda ,
*Tetsuya Wakuda , owner chief of restaurant Tetsuyazu
*Sadao Watanabe , jazz musician
*Junichi Watanabe , author
*Hiro Yamagata , painter
*Isoroku Yamamoto , Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
*Iwao Yamawaki , architect
*Munayoshi Yanagi
*Munetaka Yokota , pipe organ builder
*Junki Yoshida , CEO of Yoshida group
*Tateru Yoshino , French chief
*Uesugi Yozan , feudal lord of Yonezawa domain2007
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Takeo Okamoto , sculptor
*Toshiko Akiyoshi , juzz pianist
*Nobuo Uematsu , game music composer
*SINCO , creator of FleeceDog
*Kouichi Honda , Arabian calligrapher
*Aoki Sadaharu , pâtissier
*Shigeaki Aso , glove designer
*Shark , a protagonist of the 2004 filmBondi Tsunami
* Domo, NHK character
*Akio Kanei , president ofFujimegane
*Marie Okabe , second spokeswoman for United Nations Secretary-General
*Yosuke Daichi , air guitarist
*Shunpei Kobe , veterinarian
*Yuki Okayama , soprano singer
*Tetsuya Yamashita , garson
*Mayuko Fujiki , couch for the Spanish national synchronize swimming team
*Kuheiji Kuno , a manufacturer of a local sake
*Gamarjobat , pantomime group
*Tsunemi Kubodera , marine zoologist
*Aya Uekawa , artist
*Yuki Atae , doll creator
*Fumiyuki Beppu , road racer
*Delta Blues, Pop Rock , racehorse
*DJ Scotch Egg , techno artists
*Shuichi Endo , cameraman
*Dai Fujikura , composer
*Shunsuke Fujisawa , NPO Tanzania Polepole Club
*Keiko Fukuda , judoka
*Takumi Gima , winner of the teen division of the world championship for whistling
*Takahiro Hamaguchi , watchmaker
*Magoichi Hasebe , builder of optical equipments
*Masaaki Hatsumi , martial artist
*Yukichi Hattori , ballet dancer
*Taizo Hirabayashi , rugby referee
*Joji Hirota , musician
*Miyuki Kobayashi , biathlete, andTakuji, Kobayashi , couch and guide
*Isezaki Kenji , professor atTokyo University of Foreign Studies
*Masayo Ishigure ,koto andshamisen performer
*Toyoo Ito , architect
*Yuko Sumida Jackson , dancer
*Akira Jinbo , drummer
*Kage , illustrator of satirical portraits
*Megumi Kanda , trombone performer
*Hisatoyo Kato , who contributed to the development of digitalization of medical X-ray image processing
*Kenji Kato , executive concierge forCapitol Tokyu Hotel References
*2005 list and comments on it: [http://tokimaru.livedoor.biz/archives/50193282.html 世界が尊敬する日本人] , "Oyaji raitā, kaku katariki" (blog), October 23, 2005. ja icon
*2007 list and comments on it: [http://blog.goo.ne.jp/django_5/e/5df59d3c13a911ee75afda4d88a24aa5 世界が尊敬する日本人100人] , "Bonryaku wain kurabu" (blog), January 17, 2008. ja icon
* [http://japanese.joins.com/article/article.php?aid=82029&servcode=700§code=710 ユミン、ＮＷ日本版「世界が尊敬する日本人１００人」に選ばれる] , "JoongAng Ilbo ". ja icon
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