List of Japanese people

List of Japanese people

This is a list of Japanese people who are notable.

If a sub-list is indicated, names should be placed in the sub-list instead of this list.

All names are in Japanese order, with the surname before the given name.

Actors

See List of Japanese actors, List of Japanese actresses, List of Japanese Comedians

Artists

See also: List of Japanese artists, List of Manga-ka, Kano school

* Roger Shimomura

Athletes

See

Authors

See: List of Japanese authors

Educators

*Fukuzawa Yukichi
*Iida Yoshiaki
*Mori Arinori
*Nakamura Shuichi
*Tsuda Yukio
*Wada Shigeho
*Midori Suzuki

Emperors

See: List of Japanese Emperors

Entrepreneurs

See List of Japanese Entrepreneurs

Filmmakers

See List of Japanese film directors

Historians

*Ienaga Saburo
*Kanda Nobuo
*Maruyama Masao
*Naito Torajiro

Military leaders

Pre-modern

See List of samurai for all leaders with samurai status.See Kamakura shogunate, Ashikaga shogunate, and Tokugawa shogunate for list of those who became shogun.

*Emperor Go-Toba
*Kusunoki Masashige
*Taira no Kiyomori
*Taira no Masakado
*Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda)

Modern

*Anami Korechika
*Doihara Kenji
*Enomoto Takeaki
*Kuroki Itei (Kuroki Tamemoto)
*Matsui Iwane
*Ota Minoru
*Suzuki Kantaro
*Togo Heihachiro
*Tojo Hideki
*Yamamoto Isoroku
*Ishiwara Kanji

Musicians

See

Personalities

See also List of Japanese celebrities, List of Japanese comedians

Politicians

See List of Prime Ministers of Japan, List of Japanese politicans

Religious leaders

* Dogen
* Eisai
* Kūkai
* Nichiren
* Nikkō
* Ryōkan
* Saigyo
* Shinran
* Asahara Shōko
* Takuan Sōhō
* Teshima Ikurō
* Uchimura Kanzo
* Yoshihiko Kikuchi
* Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
* Kikuchi Yoshihiko

cientists

*Esaki Leo
*Honda Kotarō
*Ikeda Kikunae
*Kitasato Shibasaburō
*Mikimoto Kokichi
*Mishima Tokuhichi
*Nakaya Ukichiro
*Niwa Yasujirō
*Sugimoto Kyōta
*Tago Akihiko
*Takamine Jokichi
*Tanaka Kōichi
*Tonegawa Susumu
*Fujita Tetsuya
*Tomonaga Shinichiro
*Toyoda Sakichi
*Yagi Hidetsugu
*Yai Senzo
*Yukawa Hideki
*Shinchi Masaru

Mathematicians

*Hironaka Heisuke
*Iwasawa Kenkichi
*Kodaira Kunihiko
*Mori Shigefumi
*Sato Mikio
*Seki Kōwa
*Shimura Gorō
*Takagi Teiji
*Taniyama Yutaka
*Yoneda Nobuo

Economists

See List of Japanese Economists

Other Notables

*Gordon Hirabayashi
*Kenneth Nakazawa
*Aneha Hidetsugu
*Hiramatsu Takashi
*Horie Kenichi
*Jake Kajiyama
*Kawakami Kiyoshi
*Fred Korematsu
*Matsugane Yōko
*Nitobe Inazo
*Onoda Hirō
*Takabori Yoshiya
*Sakae Osugi
*Sakai Toshihiko
*Sakamura Ken
*Sanyutei Encho
*Satoshi Tajiri
*Shigeru Miyamoto
*Soeda Azenbo
*Sonoda Tenkoko
*Sugihara Chiune
*Tamiya Maya
*Tanaka Shozo
*Terada Torahiko
*Uchimura Kanzo
*Yoshikawa Takeo
*Yuasa Takashi
*Daiki Ishikawa
*Hirofumi Yamashita
*Hatta Yoichi

ee also

*List of people by nationality
*100 Japanese respected by the world


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