Japanese People

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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
      • Hayao Miyazaki
      • Ikuhara Kunihiko
      • Katsuhiro Otomo
      • Mamoru Oshi
      • Shoji Kawamori
    • 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)