Shohei Ohtani
大谷 翔平
Japanese professional baseball player (pitcher / designated hitter)
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Hayao Miyazaki
宮崎 駿
Japanese anime film director and co-founder of Studio Ghibli
Hikaru Utada
宇多田 光
Japanese singer-songwriter and music producer
Ken Watanabe
渡辺謙
Japanese actor known for stage, television, and Hollywood film roles
Koji Yakusho
橋本広司
Japanese actor and narrator
Haruka Ayase
蓼丸綾
Japanese actress and singer
Yui Aragaki
新垣結衣
Japanese actress, model, and singer
Masaki Suda
菅生大将
Japanese actor and singer
Kenshi Yonezu
米津玄師
Japanese singer-songwriter, music producer, and illustrator
Aimyon
非公開
Japanese singer-songwriter
Keisuke Kuwata
桑田佳祐
Japanese singer-songwriter and leader of Southern All Stars
Ryuichi Sakamoto
坂本龍一
Japanese composer, pianist, and music producer
Sanma Akashiya
杉本高文
Japanese comedian, television host, and actor
Takeshi Kitano
北野武
Japanese comedian, film director, actor, and multifaceted artist
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
黒柳徹子
Japanese actress, television host, essayist, and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Yuzuru Hanyu
羽生結弦
Japanese figure skater and two-time Olympic champion
Kei Nishikori
錦織圭
Japanese professional tennis player
Rui Hachimura
八村塁
Japanese professional basketball player in the NBA
Naoya Inoue
井上尚弥
Japanese professional boxer and two-division four-belt unified world champion
Sota Fujii
藤井聡太
Japanese professional shogi player
HIKAKIN
開發光
Japanese YouTuber, human beatboxer, and entrepreneur
Hirokazu Kore-eda
是枝裕和
Japanese film director and screenwriter
Makoto Shinkai
新津誠
Japanese anime film director, screenwriter, and novelist
Ichiro Suzuki
鈴木一朗
Japanese professional baseball player and outfielder
Yu Darvish
ダルビッシュ有
Japanese professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball
Keisuke Honda
本田圭佑
Japanese professional soccer player, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist
Naomi Osaka
大坂なおみ
Japanese professional tennis player and four-time Grand Slam singles champion
Yoshiharu Habu
羽生善治
Japanese professional shogi player and author
Shigeo Nagashima
長嶋茂雄
Japanese professional baseball player and manager, known as "Mr. Baseball"
Sadaharu Oh
王貞治
Japanese professional baseball legend, home run world record holder
Kohei Uchimura
内村航平
Japanese artistic gymnastics legend and six-time consecutive World All-Around champion
Takuya Kimura
木村拓哉
Japanese actor, singer, and television personality
Hiroshi Abe
阿部寛
Japanese actor and model
Masato Sakai
堺雅人
Japanese actor known for stage and television drama
Sayuri Yoshinaga
吉永小百合
Japanese actress, singer, and narrator
Ken Takakura
高倉健
Japanese actor and singer, icon of stoic masculinity in film
Toshiro Mifune
三船敏郎
Japanese actor, film director, and producer
Yuki Amami
中野祐里
Japanese actress and former Takarazuka Revue top star
Yo Oizumi
大泉洋
Japanese actor, entertainer, and comedian
Masaharu Fukuyama
福山雅治
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, photographer, and radio personality
Eikichi Yazawa
矢沢永吉
Japanese rock singer and pioneer of Japanese rock music
Yumi Matsutoya
松任谷由実
Japanese singer-songwriter known as Yuming
Sheena Ringo
椎名裕美子
Japanese singer-songwriter and rock artist
Gen Hoshino
星野源
Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and writer
Joe Hisaishi
久石譲
Japanese composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist
YOSHIKI
林 佳樹
Japanese rock musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist
Hibari Misora
美空ひばり
Japanese enka and kayokyoku singer and actress
Tatsuro Yamashita
山下達郎
Japanese singer-songwriter and music producer
Tamori
森田一義
Japanese comedian, television host, and actor
George Tokoro
所ジョージ
Japanese singer-songwriter, comedian, and television host
Haruki Murakami
村上春樹
Japanese novelist, translator, and essayist
Yayoi Kusama
草間彌生
Japanese contemporary artist renowned for her polka-dot and infinity motifs
Shigeru Miyamoto
宮本茂
Japanese video game designer and producer at Nintendo
Akira Toriyama
鳥山明
Japanese manga artist and character designer
Osamu Tezuka
手塚治虫
Japanese manga artist, animator, and medical doctor
Akira Kurosawa
黒澤明
Japanese film director and screenwriter
Hideaki Anno
庵野秀明
Japanese anime and film director, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion
Mamoru Hosoda
細田守
Japanese animation film director and founder of Studio Chizu
Mao Asada
浅田真央
Japanese figure skater and three-time World Champion
Kosuke Kitajima
北島康介
Japanese competitive swimmer and four-time Olympic gold medalist
Shinji Kagawa
香川真司
Japanese professional footballer (midfielder)
Masahiro Tanaka
田中将大
Japanese professional baseball pitcher
Shingo Kunieda
国枝慎吾
Japanese professional wheelchair tennis player
Naoko Takahashi
高橋尚子
Japanese Olympic gold medalist marathon runner and sports commentator
Koji Murofushi
室伏広治
Japanese hammer throw Olympic champion, sports scientist, and government administrator
Kiki Kirin
内田啓子
Japanese actress known for her iconic character roles
Kiyoshi Atsumi
田所康雄
Japanese actor and comedian best known as Tora-san
Yujiro Ishihara
石原裕次郎
Japanese actor, singer, and entertainment entrepreneur
Shinobu Otake
大竹しのぶ
Japanese actress, singer, and entertainer
Hidetoshi Nishijima
西島秀俊
Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator
Yusaku Matsuda
松田優作
Japanese actor and singer, icon of Showa-era film and television
Hideko Takamine
松山秀子
Japanese actress, singer, and essayist — icon of postwar Japanese cinema
Miyuki Nakajima
中島美雪
Japanese singer-songwriter, lyricist, and composer
Kazumasa Oda
小田和正
Japanese singer-songwriter and former leader of Off Course
Koji Tamaki
玉置浩二
Japanese singer-songwriter and frontman of Anzen Chitai
Ken Hirai
平井堅
Japanese singer-songwriter
hide (Hideto Matsumoto)
松本秀人
Japanese rock guitarist, songwriter, and solo artist; lead guitarist of X JAPAN
Haruomi Hosono
細野晴臣
Japanese musician, producer, singer-songwriter, and bassist
Koshi Inaba
稲葉浩志
Japanese rock vocalist, lyricist, and co-founder of B'z
aiko
柳井愛子
Japanese singer-songwriter known for heartfelt love ballads
Ken Shimura
志村康徳
Japanese comedian and entertainer, beloved member of The Drifters
Chosuke Ikariya
碇矢長一
Japanese comedian, actor, musician, and television host
Shofukutei Tsurube
駿河 学
Japanese rakugo performer, television personality, and actor
Keigo Higashino
東野圭吾
Japanese mystery novelist
Ryotaro Shiba
福田定一
Japanese historical novelist and nonfiction writer
Eiichiro Oda
尾田栄一郎
Japanese manga artist and creator of ONE PIECE
Hirohiko Araki
荒木利之
Japanese manga artist, creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Takehiko Inoue
成合雄彦
Japanese manga artist known for SLAM DUNK and Vagabond
Miyuki Miyabe
宮部みゆき
Japanese novelist known for mystery, historical fiction, and fantasy
Masayoshi Son
孫正義
Japanese billionaire entrepreneur, investor, and founder of SoftBank Group
Tadashi Yanai
柳井正
Japanese billionaire businessman and founder of Uniqlo
Tadao Ando
安藤忠雄
Japanese self-taught architect known for exposed concrete and light-driven spaces
Hideo Kojima
小島秀夫
Japanese video game creator, director, and founder of Kojima Productions
Hideki Matsui
松井秀喜
Japanese professional baseball player and MLB World Series MVP
Hideo Nomo
野茂英雄
Japanese professional baseball pitcher and Major League Baseball pioneer
Hiromitsu Ochiai
落合博満
Former Japanese professional baseball player, manager, and author
Yuto Nagatomo
長友佑都
Japanese professional footballer (left back)
Saori Yoshida
吉田沙保里
Japanese former freestyle wrestler and three-time Olympic gold medalist
Kaoru Mitoma
三笘薫
Japanese professional footballer (midfielder) playing in the Premier League
Sara Takanashi
髙梨沙羅
Japanese professional ski jumper
Hiroyuki Sanada
下澤廣之
The first Japanese actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Rie Miyazawa
宮沢りえ
Japan's most decorated actress across four decades of film
Takako Matsu
佐橋 隆子
Award-winning actress and voice of Elsa from Japan's kabuki royalty
Toshiaki Karasawa
唐沢潔
Veteran Japanese actor known for Shiroi Kyoto and the Japanese voice of Woody
Tatsuya Nakadai
仲代元久
Legendary Japanese actor of stage and screen, star of Kurosawa and Kobayashi classics
Yosuke Eguchi
江口洋介
Veteran actor and musician who defined Japanese drama in the 1990s
Seiko Matsuda
蒲池法子
Japan's Eternal Idol with 24 consecutive Oricon number-one singles
Momoe Yamaguchi
三浦百恵
Showa-era idol who walked away at the peak of her fame
Kenji Sawada
澤田研二
Showa-era pop legend and Japan's ultimate stage star
Akina Nakamori
中森明菜
Japan's iconic diva of 1980s pop and ballads
Yosui Inoue
井上陽水
Pioneering Japanese singer-songwriter who reshaped folk and pop music
Mariya Takeuchi
山下まりや
Singer-songwriter and composer who has charted across three Japanese eras
Akiko Yano
鈴木顕子
Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist spanning five decades
Kinichi Hagimoto
萩本欽一
Legendary Japanese comedian and television host nicknamed "Mr. 100% Ratings"
Teruyoshi Uchimura
内村光良
Comedian, host, and filmmaker — the warm center of Japanese variety entertainment
Hiroyuki Ariyoshi
有吉弘行
Japan's sharp-tongued king of the comeback
Rumiko Takahashi
高橋留美子
Legendary manga artist behind Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, and Inuyasha
Gosho Aoyama
青山剛昌
Creator of Detective Conan, Japan's iconic mystery manga
Yoshiyuki Tomino
富野由悠季
Creator of Mobile Suit Gundam and pioneer of the real-robot anime genre
Mamoru Oshii
押井守
Visionary anime director behind Ghost in the Shell
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