Famous people from Japan
The most-searched people from Japan right now, with the latest news on each.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes, where he became one of the most decorated pitchers in league history.
Takuya Uchida
Takuya Uchida is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for J1 League club Nagoya Grampus.
Kei Nishikori
Japanese tennis player (born 1989)
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Keito Nakamura
Japanese association football player
Tite Kubo
Japanese manga artist
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese novelist (1899–1972)
Junichiro Koizumi
Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006
Tarō Asō
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
Shuji Nakamura
Japanese doctor of Engineering (1954-), inventor of the blue LED, 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
Daichi Kamada
Japanese association football player
Takehiro Tomiyasu
Japanese association football player
Namie Amuro
Japanese singer
Kyōgo Furuhashi
Japanese association football player
Yukio Hatoyama
Prime Minister of Japan from 2009 to 2010
Maya Yoshida
Japanese association football player
Hajime Moriyasu
Japanese association football player and coach
Shunsuke Nakamura
Japanese association football player
Junichi Inamoto
Japanese association football player
Ritsu Dōan
Japanese association football player
Yui Hasegawa
Japanese association football player
Morihiro Hosokawa
50th Prime Minister of Japan
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese writer
Yuki Kawamura
Yuki Kawamura is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously played for the Chicago Bulls and Memphis Grizzlies. Kawamura also plays for the Japan national team, with whom he played at the 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympics. At 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall, Kawamura was the shortest player during the 2025–26 NBA season.
Teruaki Satō
Teruaki Satō is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).