Shohei Ohtani
大谷 翔平
Japanese professional baseball player (pitcher / designated hitter)
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宮崎 駿
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錦織圭
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八村塁
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Naoya Inoue
井上尚弥
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HIKAKIN
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新海誠
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Keisuke Honda
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Naomi Osaka
大坂なおみ
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Yoshiharu Habu
羽生善治
Japanese professional shogi player and author
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長嶋茂雄
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Japanese professional baseball legend, home run world record holder
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木村拓哉
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星野源
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YOSHIKI
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Hideaki Anno
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Mao Asada
浅田真央
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Shinji Kagawa
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Masahiro Tanaka
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Naoko Takahashi
高橋尚子
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室伏広治
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樹木希林
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渥美清
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Yujiro Ishihara
石原裕次郎
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Japanese actress, singer, and entertainer
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Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator
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中島みゆき
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Ken Hirai
平井堅
Japanese singer-songwriter
hide (Hideto Matsumoto)
hide
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
aiko
Japanese singer-songwriter known for heartfelt love ballads
Ken Shimura
志村けん
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Chosuke Ikariya
いかりや長介
Japanese comedian, actor, musician, and television host
Shofukutei Tsurube
笑福亭鶴瓶
Japanese rakugo performer, television personality, and actor
Keigo Higashino
東野圭吾
Japanese mystery novelist
Ryotaro Shiba
司馬遼太郎
Japanese historical novelist and nonfiction writer
Eiichiro Oda
尾田栄一郎
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井上雄彦
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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
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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
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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
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野茂英雄
Japanese professional baseball pitcher and Major League Baseball pioneer
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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
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Japanese professional footballer (midfielder) playing in the Premier League
Sara Takanashi
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Japanese professional ski jumper
Hiroyuki Sanada
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Rie Miyazawa
宮沢りえ
Japan's most decorated actress across four decades of film
Takako Matsu
松 たか子
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Toshiaki Karasawa
唐沢寿明
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Tatsuya Nakadai
仲代達矢
Legendary Japanese actor of stage and screen, star of Kurosawa and Kobayashi classics
Yosuke Eguchi
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Veteran actor and musician who defined Japanese drama in the 1990s
Seiko Matsuda
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Japan's Eternal Idol with 24 consecutive Oricon number-one singles
Momoe Yamaguchi
山口百恵
Showa-era idol who walked away at the peak of her fame
Kenji Sawada
沢田研二
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
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Singer-songwriter and composer who has charted across three Japanese eras
Akiko Yano
矢野顕子
Japanese singer-songwriter and pianist spanning five decades
Kinichi Hagimoto
萩本欽一
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Teruyoshi Uchimura
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Hiroiki Ariyoshi
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Japan's sharp-tongued king of the comeback
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高橋留美子
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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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