Takeshi Kitano
北野武
Japanese comedian, film director, actor, and multifaceted artist
Author 178 profiles
Yoshiharu Habu
羽生善治
Japanese professional shogi player and author
Hiromitsu Ochiai
落合博満
Former Japanese professional baseball player, manager, and author
Konosuke Matsushita
松下幸之助
Founder of Panasonic and Japan's legendary "God of Management"
Kazuo Inamori
稲盛和夫
Founder of Kyocera and KDDI, legendary Japanese business philosopher
Miho Nakazono
中園ミホ
Japanese screenwriter and author known for emotionally resonant TV dramas
Matsuko Deluxe
マツコ・デラックス
Japan's outspoken columnist and TV personality
Mio Sugita
杉田水脈
Japanese politician and author from Hyogo Prefecture
Shi Ping
石平
Chinese-born Japan commentator and author
Machi Tawara
俵万智
Tanka poet who brought classical Japanese verse into everyday life
Yasutaka Tsutsui
筒井康隆
Pioneering Japanese science fiction and satirical novelist
Hiroshi Hase
馳浩
Wrestler-turned-politician who scaled Japan's political heights from the pro-wrestling ring
Shūji Terayama
寺山修司
Japanese avant-garde poet, playwright, and filmmaker
Kazuo Ishiguro
カズオ・イシグロ
Nobel Prize-winning British novelist born in Nagasaki
Keiko Kishi
岸惠子
Veteran actress and author from Japan's golden age of cinema
Sumire Hirotsuru
廣津留すみれ
Harvard-educated violinist, entrepreneur, and author from Oita
Yasuo Tanaka
田中康夫
Novelist turned Governor of Nagano Prefecture
Kōbō Abe
安部公房
Pioneering Japanese novelist and playwright known for surrealist, existential fiction
Moyoco Anno
安野モヨコ
Manga artist and author celebrated for unflinching portrayals of women's inner lives
Junji Itō
伊藤潤二
Japanese horror manga artist and former dentist
Momoko Andō
安藤桃子
Japanese film director, screenwriter, and author known for 0.5mm
Keiichiro Hirano
平野啓一郎
Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist and Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters
Élisabeth Badinter
エリザベット・バダンテール
Philosopher from France
John Graham-Cumming
ジョン・グラハム＝カミング
Engineer
Philip Yancey
フィリップ・ヤンシー
American journalist
Gregory S. Paul
グレゴリー・ポール
American paleontologist
Emmanuel Carrère
エマニュエル・カレール
Writer from France
D. B. Weiss
D・B・ワイス
American screenwriter
Kiran Rao
キラン・ラオ
Author from India
David Almond
デイヴィッド・アーモンド
Writer from United Kingdom
Bernd Weikl
ベルント・ヴァイクル
Opera singer from Austria
Hans-Georg Maaßen
ハンス＝ゲオルク・マーセン
Jurist from Germany
Sanjugo Naoki
直木三十五
Japanese author and filmmaker whose name lives on in Japan's Naoki Prize for popular fiction
Yoko Tawada
多和田葉子
Bilingual novelist writing at the intersection of Japanese and German literature
Scott M. Gimple
スコット・M・ギンプル
American screenwriter
Peter F. Hamilton
ピーター・F・ハミルトン
Writer from United Kingdom
Orlando Figes
オーランドー・ファイジズ
Writer from United Kingdom
Urban Meyer
アーバン・マイヤー
American baseball player
Hironobu Sakaguchi
坂口博信
Creator of the Final Fantasy series
Takashi Shimizu
清水崇
Japanese horror film director and screenwriter from Gunma
Stephen Kotkin
スティーヴン・コトキン
American historian
Seijun Suzuki
鈴木清順
Avant-garde Japanese film director known for his bold, stylized cinema
Mark Helprin
マーク・ヘルプリン
American journalist
Charles Petzold
チャールズ・ペゾルド
American programmer
Carol Higgins Clark
キャロル・H・クラーク
American writer
Rina Sawayama
リナ・サワヤマ
Niigata-born, Cambridge-educated singer-songwriter and multi-hyphenate artist
Shino Sakuragi
桜木紫乃
Hokkaido-born novelist and poet, winner of two major Japanese literary prizes
Soji Shimada
島田荘司
Grandmaster of Japanese honkaku mystery fiction
Margot Käßmann
マルゴート・ケースマン
Pastor from Germany
Fumiyo Kōno
こうの史代
Hiroshima-born manga artist known for her quietly powerful wartime stories
Manamo Miyata
宮田愛萌
Tokyo-born idol and author
Justina Robson
ジャスティナ・ロブスン
Writer from United Kingdom
Mario Giordano
マリオ・ジョルダーノ
Writer from Germany
Sissi Perlinger
シシー・ペルリンガー
Actor from Germany
Patricia J. Williams
パトリシア・ウィリアムズ
American lawyer
Hideo Nakata
中田秀夫
Japanese horror film director and author
Kazuki Sakuraba
桜庭一樹
Japanese novelist who bridged light fiction and literary prize recognition
Dorian Sukegawa (Tetsuya Akikawa)
ドリアン助川
Multifaceted Japanese singer, author, comedian, and university lecturer
Wahei Tatematsu
立松和平
Japanese novelist known for spiritually rooted literary fiction
Peter Wohlleben
ペーター・ヴォールレーベン
Non-fiction writer from Germany
Jordan Belfort
ジョーダン・ベルフォート
American motivational speaker
Tommy Robinson
トミー・ロビンソン
Political activist from United Kingdom
David McCallum
デヴィッド・マッカラム
Television actor from United Kingdom
Matt Groening
マット・グレイニング
American animator
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
グリサ・ニコール＝ブレナン
American writer
Lee Child
リー・チャイルド
Writer from United Kingdom
Yukirinu
ゆきりぬ
YouTuber and author from Niigata, Yokohama National University graduate
Dakota Meyer
ダコタ・メイヤー
American author
Lucy Hawking
ルーシー・ホーキング
Journalist from United Kingdom
Ross Kemp
ロス・ケンプ
Actor from United Kingdom
Julia Donaldson
ジュリア・ドナルドソン
Writer from United Kingdom
Hari Nef
ハリ・ネフ
American actor
Kobe Bryant
コービー・ブライアント
American basketball player
Fred Rogers
フレッド・ロジャーズ
American christian minister
Ice-T
アイス-T
American rapper
Hilaria Baldwin
ヒラリア・トーマス
American businessperson
Muhammad Ali
モハメド・アリ
American boxer
Benny Blanco
ベニー・ブランコ
American record producer
Alex Honnold
アレックス・オノルド
American rock climber
Kemi Badenoch
ケミ・ベイドノック
Politician from United Kingdom
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
カリーム・アブドゥル＝ジャバー
American basketball player
Kevin Hart
ケヴィン・ハート
Comedian
Betty White
ベティ・ホワイト
American comedian
Sergey Brin
セルゲイ・ブリン
Computer scientist from Duchy of Moscow
Hiromi Itō
伊藤比呂美
Award-winning Japanese poet and novelist
Charles Barkley
チャールズ・バークレー
American basketball player
Derek Jeter
デレク・ジーター
American professional baseball player
Rodney King
ロドニー・キング
American author
Jill Biden
ジル・トレーシー・ジェイコブズ
American first lady
Ben Askren
ベン・アスクレン
American author
Anna Ogino
荻野アンナ
Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist, rakugo performer, and Keio University professor
Shichiro Fukazawa
深沢七郎
Japanese novelist, screenwriter, and guitarist
Ukeru Magosaki
孫崎享
Former Japanese diplomat and outspoken foreign-policy commentator
Katsura Morimura
森村桂
Japanese novelist and author
Ryo Mizuno
水野良
Japanese fantasy novelist, creator of Record of Lodoss War
Tagame Gengoroh
田亀源五郎
Manga artist and illustrator known for tackling LGBTQ+ family themes
Akira Sakata
坂田明
Jazz clarinetist, pianist, actor, and author from Hiroshima
Nana Kitade
北出菜奈
Sapporo-born singer-songwriter, poet, and author
Kawatake Mokuami
河竹黙阿弥
Master kabuki playwright of the Edo–Meiji transition
Debito Arudou
有道出人
Naturalized Japanese civil rights activist and author
Seiichi Kushida
串田誠一
Japanese lawyer, educator, author, and politician
Hiroko Oyamada
小山田浩子
Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist and editor from Hiroshima
Akio Yaita
矢板明夫
Japanese journalist and commentator specializing in East Asian affairs
Noboru Tsujihara
辻原登
Award-winning Japanese novelist from Wakayama Prefecture
Akira Mizubayashi
水林章
Japanese author and scholar who writes in French, decorated with the Légion d'honneur
Ko Tazawa
田澤耕
Japanese philologist and translator who bridged Japanese and Spanish-language culture
Katakura Yoshifumi
片倉佳史
Japanese author from Kanagawa
Toshiyuki Maesaka
前坂俊之
Japanese journalist, historian, and author
Connie Francis
コニー・フランシス
American singer
Katherine Schwarzenegger
キャサリン・シュワルツェネッガー
American writer
Kris Jenner
クリス・ジェンナー
American socialite
Wilhelm II
ヴィルヘルム2世
Monarch from Germany
Lilian Thuram
リリアン・テュラム
Association football player from France
Tatiana Schlossberg
タチアナ・シュロスバーグ
American journalist
Tracy Pollan
トレイシー・ポラン
American actor
Henry Purcell
ヘンリー・パーセル
Composer from United Kingdom
Edwin Schlossberg
エドウィン・シュロスバーグ
American designer
Lorde
ロード
Singer-songwriter from New Zealand
Zbigniew Brzezinski
ズビグネフ・ブレジンスキー
Geopolitical analyst from Poland
Karol Szymanowski
カロル・シマノフスキ
Composer from Ukraine
Malena Ernman
マレーナ・エルンマン
Actor from Sweden
Albert Hammond
アルバート・ハモンド
Singer-songwriter from United Kingdom
Jane Asher
ジェーン・アッシャー
Actor from United Kingdom
Dorian Yates
ドリアン・イエーツ
Bodybuilder from United Kingdom
Hal Hartley
ハル・ハートリー
American film director
Guy Kawasaki
ガイ・カワサキ
American entrepreneur
Chris Carter
クリス・カーター
American screenwriter and producer
Oliver North
オリバー・ノース
American military officer and commentator
George Stephanopoulos
ジョージ・ステファノプロス
American journalist
Paul Mazursky
ポール・マザースキー
American filmmaker (1930-2014)
Rupert Holmes
ルパート・ホルムズ
British-American songwriter and playwright
Shonda Rhimes
ションダ・ライムズ
American television producer and writer
Dan Ariely
ダン・アリエリー
American behavioral economist and author
Adam Grant
アダム・グラント
American organizational psychologist and author
Michael Dougherty
マイケル・ドハティ
American screenwriter and director
Dennis Lehane
デニス・ルヘイン
American novelist and screenwriter
Kent Beck
ケント・ベック
Computer scientist from Unknown
Tipper Gore
ティッパー・ゴア
American author and activist
Arianna Huffington
アリアナ・ハフィントン
Greek-American author and media entrepreneur
Edward Bunker
エドワード・バンカー
American novelist, screenwriter and actor (1933-2005)
Rebecca Solnit
レベッカ・ソルニット
American writer
David S. Goyer
デヴィッド・S・ゴイヤー
American screenwriter and director
Lydia Davis
リディア・デイヴィス
American writer and translator
Bruce Sterling
ブルース・スターリング
American science fiction author and futurist
Rush Limbaugh
ラッシュ・リンボー
American radio host (1951-2021)
Noah Hawley
ノア・ホーリー
American writer and producer
Alex Cord
アレックス・コード
American actor (1933-2021)
Wayne Wang
ウェイン・ワン
Hong Kong-American film director
Harry Reems
ハリー・リームス
American actor (1947-2013)
Stacy Peralta
ステイシー・ペラルタ
American film director and former skateboarder
Peter Benchley
ピーター・ベンチリー
American novelist and screenwriter
Ta-Nehisi Coates
タナハシ・コーツ
American author and journalist
Mervyn LeRoy
マーヴィン・ルロイ
American film director and producer
Clarke Peters
クラーク・ピータース
American actor
John Logan
ジョン・ローガン
American screenwriter
Tim Tebow
ティム・ティーボウ
American football player from Philippines
Sean S. Cunningham
ショーン・S・カニンガム
American film producer and director
Upton Sinclair
アプトン・シンクレア
American author and journalist
Jonathan Haidt
ジョナサン・ハイト
American social psychologist and author
James Rollins
ジェームズ・ロリンズ
American author
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
イヴ・セジウィック
American literary critic and theorist
Frank Vincent
フランク・ヴィンセント
American actor
Jean-Pierre Thiollet
ジャン＝ピエール・ティオレ
Journalist from France
Mitch Lucker
ミッチ・ラッカー
American singer
Ray Lewis
レイ・ルイス
American american football player
Hal David
ハル・デヴィッド
American composer
Cressida Cowell
クレシッダ・コーウェル
Writer from United Kingdom
Brandon Sanderson
ブランドン・サンダースン
American novelist
John Peel
ジョン・ピール
Journalist from United Kingdom
Lynne Cox
リン・コックス
American swimmer
Benjamin Voisin
バンジャマン・ヴォワザン
Film actor from France
Rolf Løvland
ロルフ・ラヴランド
Composer from Norway
Colleen Moore
コリーン・ムーア
American autobiographer
Warren Farrell
ワレン・ファレル
American political scientist
Ethan Phillips
イーサン・フィリップス
American actor
Michael Ball
マイケル・ボール
Actor from United Kingdom
Colson Whitehead
コルソン・ホワイトヘッド
American novelist
Joel Osteen
ジョエル・オスティーン
American christian minister