Famous people from Japan

Rui Hachimura

Rui Hachimura is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs and has played for the Japan national team. He plays the power forward position. After being selected ninth overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2019 NBA draft, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020.

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Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

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Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States (born 1933)

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Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

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Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, filmmaker, and mangaka (born 1941)

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Hideo Kojima

Japanese video game designer (born 1963)

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Hiroyuki Sanada

Japanese actor

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Ichiro Suzuki

Japanese baseball player (born 1973)

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Rinko Kikuchi

Japanese actress

Yuki Tsunoda

Japanese racing driver

Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani is a Japanese professional baseball designated hitter and pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Shotime", he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Because of his contributions as a hitter and as a pitcher, which make him a rare two-way player, Ohtani's prime seasons have been considered among the greatest in baseball history, with some likeni...

Mazi Smith

Mazi Smith is an American professional football defensive tackle. He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft. He has also played for the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins.

Takeshi Kitano

Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)

Masayoshi Son

Japanese businessman

Hokusai

Japanese artist (1760–1849)

Yoshihiko Noda

Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012

Ayase Ueda

Japanese association football player

Kaoru Mitoma

Japanese association football player

Satoshi Tajiri

Japanese video game designer

Kazuyoshi Miura

Japanese association football player

Takefusa Kubo

Japanese association football player

Shigeru Ishiba

President of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2024 to 2025 and Prime Minister of Japan from 2024 to 2025

Ao Tanaka

Japanese association football player

Daizen Maeda

Japanese association football player