Japan
Historical figures born in Japan
28,315 notable historical figures were born in Japan. These are the most notable:
Japan ranks #5 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind France, Germany and United Kingdom.
By era
- Ancient: 1
- Medieval: 1
- Early Modern: 5
- Modern: 33
By occupation
- Writer/Author: 11
- Monarch/Royalty: 10
- Politician: 10
- Screenwriter: 9
- Soldier/Officer: 8
- Director/Producer: 8
- Novelist: 7
- Singer/Musician: 7
- Tokugawa Hidetada (1579 to 1632, Politics)
- Haruki Murakami (born 1949, Literature)
- Yoko Ono (born 1933, Arts & Music)
- Hayao Miyazaki (born 1941, Arts & Music)
- Hirohito (1901 to 1989, Politics)
- Sanae Takaichi (born 1961, Politics)
- Shinzo Abe (1954 to 2022, Politics)
- Naruhito (born 1960, Politics)
- Akira Kurosawa (1910 to 1998, Entertainment)
- Akihito (born 1933, Politics)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 to 1616, Politics)
- Miyamoto Musashi (1584 to 1645, Literature)
- Yukio Mishima (1925 to 1970, Literature)
- Hideo Kojima (born 1963, Science)
- Emperor Meiji (1852 to 1912, Politics)
- Olivia de Havilland (1916 to 2020, Entertainment)
- Hideki Tojo (1884 to 1948, Politics)
- Zach Bryan (born 1996, Arts & Music)
- Filthy Frank (born 1992, Arts & Music)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536 to 1598, Politics)
- Emperor Taishō (1879 to 1926, Politics)
- Yayoi Kusama (born 1929, Arts & Music)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952 to 2023, Arts & Music)
- Shoko Asahara (1955 to 2018, Arts & Music)
- Masayoshi Son (born 1957, Business)
- Emperor Jimmu (711 BC to 585 BC, Politics)
- Miki Matsubara (1959 to 2004, Arts & Music)
- Saigō Takamori (1828 to 1877, Military)
- Joe Hisaishi (born 1950, Arts & Music)
- Murasaki Shikibu (973 to 1014, Literature)
- Itō Hirobumi (1841 to 1909, Politics)
- Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916 to 2010, Science)
- Matsuo Bashō (1644 to 1694, Literature)
- Emperor Kōmei (1831 to 1867, Politics)
- Lee Myung-bak (born 1941, Politics)
- Yasunari Kawabata (1899 to 1972, Literature)
- Shuji Nakamura (born 1954, Science)
- Sakamoto Ryōma (1836 to 1867, Military)
- Mamoru Oshii (born 1951, Entertainment)
- Sessue Hayakawa (1889 to 1973, Entertainment)
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