Japanese People

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Everything Japanese Encyclopedia::Japanese People

After 1662 entries, the Everything Japanese Encyclopedia became too big to fit in a single volume. After much deliberation, it was decided that the EJE would be broken up into separate tomes; this is one of those.

This portion of the EJE is devoted to the nihonjin scattered about Everything2. If, during your wanderings through the nodegel, you spot a node that has been overlooked by the watchful eyes of the Encyclopedists, drop me a /msg.

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Japanese People

Artists
- Actors
  - Hanako
  - Ken Takakura (Added by Shro0m)
  - Misora Hibari (Enka musician, actress)
  - Nakamura Utaemon (Kabuki actor)
  - Norika Fujiwara (Actress, commercial superstar)
  - Pat Morita (Added by Shro0m)
  - Shintaro Katsu
  - Takashi Shimura
  - Tomoyasu Hotei (Musician, actor)
  - Toshiro Mifune
- Anime/Manga
  - Anime directors
  - Anno Hideaki (Hideaki Anno) (Writer/producer)
  - Haruhiko Mikimoto (Character designer)
  - Kenji Kawai (Composer)
  - Leiji Matsumoto ("Anime Godfather") (Added by Shro0m, the description is his as well)
  - Mangaka
    - Kia Asamiya (Added by VAG)
    - Masamune Shirow
    - Masakazu Katsura
    - Osamu Tezuka
    - Rumiko Takahashi
    - Satoshi Urushihara
    - Shirato Sanpei
    - Watase Yuu
    - Yoshiki Takaya (Added by Shro0m)
  - Megumi Hayashibara (Seiyuu)
  - Ogata Megumi (Seiyuu, singer)
  - Shinohara Tomoe (Seiyuu, J-pop singer)
  - Utatane Hiroyuki (Illustrator)
  - Yoko Kanno (Soundtrack composer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Yoshitoshi Abe (doujinshi/Character designer)
  - Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Character designer)
- Musicians
  - Ayumi Hamasaki (J-Pop Singer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Cho-Tano Ningen (Japanese name of Del the Funky Homosapien)
  - DJ Krush (DJ)
  - Gackt (Singer)
  - Hip Tanaka (Video-game score composer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Joe Hisaishi (Composer)
  - Kahimi Karie (Pop singer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Kawamoto Makoto (Singer)
  - Ken Ishii (Electronic Musician) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Koji Kondo (Video-game score composer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Kuraki Mai (R&B singer)
  - mana (Bassist for Malice Mizer, guitarist for Moi dix Mois)
  - Masami Akita (Musician)
  - Misora Hibari (Enka musician, actress)
  - Miyuki Nakajima (Pop singer)
  - Namie Amuro (Pop singer)
  - Ogata Megumi (Seiyuu, singer)
  - Nobuo Uematsu (Composer) (Added by Devon_Hart)
  - Ryo Kawasaki (Acid-jazz musician)
  - Ryoji Ikeda (Noise composer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Sakamoto Kyu (Pop singer)
  - Seido Kobayashi (Taiko drummer)
  - Shinohara Tomoe (Seiyuu, J-pop singer)
  - Takako Minekawa (Musician)
  - Takako Nishizaki (Violinist)
  - Tetsu Inoue (Ambient Musician) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Tetsuya Ogawa (Member of L'arc~en~Ciel) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Tim Tamashiro (Musician)
  - Tomoyasu Hotei (Musician, actor)
  - Toru Takemitsu (Composer)
  - Tosha Kiyonari (Taiko drummer)
  - Towa Tei (DJ) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Utada Hikaru (Cubic U) (Musician)
  - Yasunao Tone (Composer)
  - Yoko Ono (Painter, poet, musician)
  - Yuka Honda (Member of Cibo Matto) (Added by Shro0m)
- Visual Artists
  - Akira Kurosawa (Film Director)
  - Ando Hiroshige (Artist)
  - Eiko Ishioka (Costume Designer)
  - Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (Poet, calligrapher)
  - Hiroshi Teshigahara (Film director)
  - Hiroyuki Nakano (Media producer/film director) (Added by VAG)
  - Katsushika Hokusai (Hokusai) (Artist)
  - Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Director)
  - Kotondo Torii (Printmaker, painter)
  - Minoru Yamasaki (Architect) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Ozu Yasujiro (Film director)
  - Shigeru Miyamoto (Video game designer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Shinya Tsukamoto (Film-maker) (Added by Rufus42)
  - Takeshi Kitano (Film-maker)
  - Toru Iwatani (Video game designer)
  - Yoshiki Okamoto (Video game designer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Yoko Ono (Painter, poet, musician)
  - Yu Suzuki (Video game designer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Yuji Naka (Video game designer)
- Writers
  - Akio Morita (Writer, cofounder of Sony)
  - Akutagawa Ryunosuke (Poet and Author)
  - Amy Yamada (Novelist) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Basil Hall Chamberlain (Writer on Japanese culture, translator)
  - Chikamatsu Monzaemon (Playwright)
  - Edogawa Ranpo (Detective Story Author) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Edwin O. Reischauer (US ambassador to Japan, author)
  - Endo Shusaku (Author)
  - Ichiyo Higuchi (Poet and novelist)
  - Ishihara Shintaro (Writer, Governor of Tokyo)
  - Junichiro Tanizaki (Novelist)
  - Kakuzo Okakura (Cultural conservationist, art historian, author) (Added by Oolong)
  - Kawahigashi Hekigodo
  - Kenzaburo Oe (Author)
  - Kobo Abe (Novelist) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Lafcadio Hearn (1st to write about Japanese culture in English) (Added by mauler)
  - Murakami Haruki (Author)
  - Murakami Ryu (Novelist)
  - Murasaki Shikibu (Author)
  - Natsume Soseki (Novelist, poet, essayist) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Osamu Dazai (Author) (Added by gn0sis)
  - Ougai Mori (Author)
  - Poets
    - Akutagawa Ryunosuke (Poet and Author)
    - Dogen (Founder of Soto Zen, poet)
    - Fujiwara no Shunzei
    - Fujiwara no Teika
    - Fujiwara no Toshiyuki (Poet, calligrapher)
    - Hino Sojo
    - Ichiyo Higuchi (Poet and novelist)
    - Iida Dakotsu (Poet and Essayist)
    - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
    - Kamo no Chomei (Poet and author)
    - Ki no Tomonori
    - Kobayashi Issa
    - Kyogoku Tamekane (Tanka poet)
    - Lady Daibu
    - Lady Ise
    - Lady Izumi
    - Masaoka Shiki
    - Matsuo Basho
    - Mibu no Tadamine
    - Murakami Kijo
    - Myoe Shonin (Buddhist monk, poet)
    - Natsume Soseki (Novelist, poet, essayist) (Added by Shro0m)
    - Ono no Komachi (Member of the Heian era Imperial Court, poet)
    - Oshikochi no Mitsune
    - Otomo no Sakenoue Iratsume
    - Ozaki Hosai
    - Princess Shikishi
    - Ryokan
    - Saigyo, poet and monk (Poet and Monk)
    - Saito Sanki
    - Sei Shonagon (Poet and Essayist)
    - Takahama Kyoshi
    - Tawara Machi
    - Teishin (Zen nun and poet)
    - Yoko Ono (Painter, poet, musician)
    - Yosano Akiko (Poet and Prose Author)
    - Yosha Buson
  - Tawada Yoko (Novelist)
  - Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Author of Hagakure, Samurai, Buddhist Monk)
  - Yasunari Kawabata (Author, Winner of the Nobel Prize)
  - Yoichiro Kondo (Bartender, writer) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Yoshida Kenko (Zen Monk, Poet, Essayist)
  - Yukio Mishima (Hiraoka Kimitake) (Novelist)
Athletes
- Baseball players
  - Hideo Nomo (Added by mauler)
  - Ichiro Suzuki (Added by mauler)
  - Sadaharu Oh
  - Shigeo Nagashima
  - Tsuyoshi Shinjo (Added by Shro0m)
- Wrestlers
  - sumotori (Sumo Wrestlers)
    - Akebono Taro (Added by Shro0m)
    - Konishiki Yasokichi
    - Musashimaru Koyo (Added by Shro0m)
    - raiden (Added by tWD)
    - Takanohana (Added by VAG)
    - Terao (Added by liveforever)
  - Professionals
    - Antonio Inoki (Professional Wrestler, Member of the Japanese Diet) (Added by Shro0m)
    - Atsushi Onita (Added by Shro0m)
    - Masato Tanaka (Added by Shro0m)
    - Mitsuharu Misawa
    - Toshiaki Kawada
    - Yoshihiro Tajiri (Added by Shro0m)
Chushiro Hayashi (Astrophysicist) (Added by liveforever)
Fukuzawa Yukichi (Scholar)
Hideki Yukawa (Theoretical Physicist) (Added by Shro0m)
Ishikawa Goemon (Legendary thief)
Kukai (Creator of Hiragana and Katakana)
Matthew Perry ('Opener' of Japan)
Nude Models/Porn Stars
- Akira Fubuki (Porn star) (Added by Shro0m)
- Akira Watase (Nude Model)
- Maiko Yuki (Nude Model)
- Natsuko Tohno (Nude Model)
Philip Franz von Siebold (Collector of Japanese cultural artifacts)
Politics
- Antonio Inoki (Professional Wrestler, Member of the Japanese Diet) (Added by Shro0m)
- Edwin O. Reischauer (US ambassador to Japan, author)
- Inoue Kaoru (Genro)
- Ishihara Shintaro (Writer, Governor of Tokyo)
- Kawaguchi Yoriko (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
- Makiko Tanaka (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
- Prime ministers of Japan
  - Hamaguchi Osachi
  - Hashimoto Ryutaro
  - Hideki Tojo (Prime minister, war criminal)
  - Hirota Koki
  - Hosokawa Morihiro
  - Ito Hirobumi
  - Junichiro Koizumi
  - Kishi Nobusuke
  - Matsukata Masayoshi
  - Murayama Tomiichi
  - Nakasone Yasuhiro (Added by Shro0m)
  - Naruhiko
  - Obuchi Keizo
  - Sato Eisaku (Added by Shro0m)
  - Takeo Miki (Prime Minister, Diet member, cabinet member) (Added by Shro0m)
  - Tanaka Kakuei
  - Yoshida Shigeru
  - Yoshiro Mori (Added by Shro0m)
- Tsurunen Marutei (First caucasian Diet member)
Religion
- Dogen (Founder of Soto Zen, poet)
- En no Gyoja (Priest)
- Gyogi (Priest)
- Joshu (Zen Master) (Added by gn0sis)
- Myoe Shonin (Buddhist monk, poet)
- Nichiren (Buddhist Reformer (Added by liveforever)
- Saigyo, poet and monk (Poet, Monk, obviously)
- Shoko Asahara (Religious Leader)
- Takuan (Zen Monk)
- Teishin (Zen nun and poet)
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Author of Hagakure, Samurai, Buddhist Monk)
- Yoshida Kenko (Zen Monk, Poet, Essayist)
Royalty
- Aiko (Princess)
- Emperors
  - Akihito
  - Emperor Gotoba
  - Empress Jingu (Added by bobbb21)
  - Go-Sakuramachi (Added by mauler)
  - Hirohito
  - Horikawa
  - Imperial family
  - Jimmu
  - koken
  - Konoe (Added by mauler)
  - Meiji (Added by Shro0m)
  - Nakamikado (Added by mauler)
  - Ojin Tenno
  - Shomu
  - Sutoku
  - Taisho (Yoshihito)
  - Temmu
  - Toba (Added by mauler)
- Prince Shotoku
- Princess Shikishi
Sada Abe
Seiji Koga
Shibasaburo Kitasato (Microbiologist) (Added by liveforever)
Takuma Mamoru (Mass murderer)
Toshihiro Nagoshi (Video game designer)
Warriors/Martial Artists
- Akechi Mitsuhide (Samurai)
- Benkei (Warrior-Monk)
- Gichin Funakoshi (Father of Modern Karate)
- Jigoro Kano (Founder of judo) (Added by _chaotic_)
- Jubei (Samurai Warrior)
- Kato Kiyomasa ("Demon general") (Added by Shro0m)
- Kusunoki Masashige (Samurai)
- Masaaki Hatsumi (Martial arts master)
- Masamune (Swordsmith)
- Masamune Date (Feudal lord)
- Minamoto no Sanetomo (3rd Kamakura shogun, poet)
- Minamoto Yoritomo (1st Kamakura shogun)
- Minamoto Yoshitsune (Military leader, folk hero)
- Miyamoto Musashi (Master swordsman)
- Morihei Ueshiba (Founder of Aikido)
- Muramasa (Swordsmith)
- Nitta Yoshisada (14th century warlord) (Added by mauler)
- Nogi Maresuke (General)
- Oda Nobunaga (Unifier of Japan)
- Seiichi Tanaka (Grand Master of Taiko) (Added by Shro0m)
- Takamatsu Toshitsugu (Martial Arts Master)
- Takeda Shingen (Daimyo)
- Togo Heihachiro (Naval commander during the Sino- and Russo-Japanese Wars)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (Shogun, r. 1603-1608)
- Tomoe Gozen (Female Samurai)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Warrior)
- Uesugi Kenshin (Daimyo) (Added by mauler)
- World War II
  - Doihara Kenji (Military leader (various positions), war criminal)
  - Hideki Tojo (Prime minister, war criminal)
  - Isoroku Yamamoto (World War II Admiral)
  - Matsui Iwane (General, war criminal)
  - Tomoyuki Yamashita (General)
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo (Author of Hagakure, Samurai, Buddhist Monk)
Yashuma Neiboku (Scholar)
Yasumasa Kanada (Computer Scientist)
Yodo-gimi (Wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) (Added by bobbb21)
Yoshihisa Maitani (Camera Designer) (Added by megan_of_wutai)

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Akira Fubuki	Everything Japanese Encyclopedia	Matthew Perry	Aiko
Norika Fujiwara	Toshiro Mifune	Japanese Americans	Takashi Shimura
Raiden	Maiko Yuki	Akira Watase	Toba
Yasumasa Kanada	uchari	Takamisakari	Hatakikomi
Hayao Miyazaki	Takanohana	Tomoe Gozen	Kia Asamiya
Tawara Machi	Yodo-gimi	Konishiki	Natsuko Tohno

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