List of Japanese people

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This is a list of Japanese people who are notable.

If a sub-list is indicated, names should be placed in the sub-list instead of this list.

All names are in Japanese order, with the surname before the given name.

Contents 1 Actors 2 Artists 3 Athletes 4 Authors 5 Educators 6 Emperors 7 Entrepreneurs 8 Filmmakers 9 Historians 10 Military leaders 10.1 Pre-modern 10.2 Modern 11 Musicians 12 Personalities 13 Politicians 14 Religious leaders 15 Scientists 16 Mathematicians 17 Economists 18 Other Notables 19 See also

[edit] Actors

See List of Japanese actors, List of Japanese actresses, List of Japanese Comedians

[edit] Artists

See also: List of Japanese artists, List of Manga-ka, Kano school

• Roger Shimomura

[edit] Athletes

See Category:Lists of Japanese sportspeople

[edit] Authors

See: List of Japanese authors

[edit] Educators

• Fukuzawa Yukichi
• Iida Yoshiaki
• Mori Arinori
• Nakamura Shuichi
• Tsuda Yukio
• Wada Shigeho
• Midori Suzuki

[edit] Emperors

See: List of Japanese Emperors

[edit] Entrepreneurs

See List of Japanese Entrepreneurs

[edit] Filmmakers

See List of Japanese film directors

[edit] Historians

• Ienaga Saburo
• Kanda Nobuo
• Maruyama Masao
• Naito Torajiro

[edit] Military leaders

[edit] Pre-modern

See List of samurai for all leaders with samurai status. See Kamakura shogunate, Ashikaga shogunate, and Tokugawa shogunate for list of those who became shogun.

• Emperor Go-Toba
• Kusunoki Masashige
• Taira no Kiyomori
• Taira no Masakado
• Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda)

[edit] Modern

• Anami Korechika
• Doihara Kenji
• Enomoto Takeaki
• Kuroki Itei (Kuroki Tamemoto)
• Matsui Iwane
• Ota Minoru
• Suzuki Kantaro
• Togo Heihachiro
• Tojo Hideki
• Yamamoto Isoroku
• Ishiwara Kanji

[edit] Musicians

See Category:Lists of Japanese musicians

[edit] Personalities

See also List of Japanese celebrities, List of Japanese comedians

[edit] Politicians

See List of Prime Ministers of Japan, List of Japanese politicans

[edit] Religious leaders

• Dogen
• Eisai
• Kūkai
• Nichiren
• Nikkō
• Ryōkan
• Saigyo
• Shinran
• Asahara Shōko
• Takuan Sōhō
• Teshima Ikurō
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Yoshihiko Kikuchi
• Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
• Kikuchi Yoshihiko

[edit] Scientists

• Esaki Leo
• Honda Kotarō
• Ikeda Kikunae
• Kitasato Shibasaburō
• Mikimoto Kokichi
• Mishima Tokuhichi
• Niwa Yasujirō
• Sugimoto Kyōta
• Tago Akihiko
• Takamine Jokichi
• Tanaka Kōichi
• Tonegawa Susumu
• Fujita Tetsuya
• Tomonaga Shinichiro
• Toyoda Sakichi
• Yagi Hidetsugu
• Yai Senzo
• Yukawa Hideki
• Shinchi Masaru

[edit] Mathematicians

• Hironaka Heisuke
• Iwasawa Kenkichi
• Kodaira Kunihiko
• Mori Shigefumi
• Sato Mikio
• Seki Kōwa
• Shimura Gorō
• Takagi Teiji
• Taniyama Yutaka
• Yoneda Nobuo

[edit] Economists

See List of Japanese Economists

[edit] Other Notables

• Gordon Hirabayashi
• Kenneth Nakazawa
• Aneha Hidetsugu
• Hiramatsu Takashi
• Jake Kajiyama
• Kawakami Kiyoshi
• Fred Korematsu
• Matsugane Yōko
• Nitobe Inazo
• Onoda Hirō
• Takabori Yoshiya
• Sakae Osugi
• Sakai Toshihiko
• Sakamura Ken
• Sanyutei Encho
• Satoshi Tajiri
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Soeda Azenbo
• Sonoda Tenkoko
• Sugihara Chiune
• Tamiya Maya
• Tanaka Shozo
• Terada Torahiko
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Yoshikawa Takeo
• Yuasa Takashi
• Daiki Ishikawa
• Hirofumi Yamashita

[edit] See also

• List of people by nationality