Famous people from Japan
The most-searched people from Japan right now, with the latest news on each.
Mako
Japanese-American actor (1933-2006)
Sessue Hayakawa
Japanese actor (1889–1973)
Hideaki Anno
Japanese animator, film director, businessman
Chiaki Kuriyama
Japanese actress and singer
Joji
Japanese-Australian entertainer (born 1992)
Yū Aoi
Japanese actress and businessperson (1985-)
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Japanese actor and singer
Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Japanese playwright
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japanese actor, director, singer, narrator, and voice actor (1932–2025)
Shintaro Ishihara
Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)
Takashi Miike
Japanese film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor
Yui
Japanese singer-songwriter (1987-)
Megumi Hayashibara
Japanese voice actress, singer and actress
Sonny Chiba
Japanese actor and martial artist (1939–2021)
Gackt
Japanese musician and actor
Haruma Miura
Japanese actor, singer (1990-2020)
Ishirō Honda
Japanese filmmaker (1911–1993)
Antonio Inoki
Japanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022)
Mayumi Iizuka
Japanese actress, voice actress and J-pop singer
Kyu Sakamoto
Japanese singer and actor (1941–1985)
Issei Sagawa
Japanese author, murderer (1949-2022)
Miyavi
Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor
Tadanobu Asano
Japanese actor
Sonoya Mizuno
British actress