Famous People in Japan

Welcome to "Famous Personages in Japan"!

These pages have been developed by the students of Kyoto Sangyo University for non-Japanese who would like to learn about famous personages in modern-day Japan. The people selected for these pages reflect the interests and opinions of university-age Japanese students.

In this list, we have kept the traditional Japanese name order: Family Name + Given Name unless the individual's name is usually cited in Western order even by Japanese. Women are shown in a background like this: Pink for women.

Students, even from other universities, are very welcome to participate! Additional names can be added to the list at any time. See the list of "Famous Personages Pages Under Construction" and then reserve your person if that page is not yet under construction.

If you would like to request that some Japanese personality be added to the site, please add your request to the Requests for Additions. Students looking for someone to write about will look at this page for inspiration, but the final choice of who they write about is their own.

If you have any suggestions for additions or changes, please click on the mailing address at the bottom of any page.

Note: The students possess the copyright to their respective pages. Please do not reproduce the contents without their permission and proper acknowledgement of the source!


Musicians Politicians Sports Figures TV & Movie
Personalities
Cultural Leaders Writers Others  


Musicians

Current
Favorites
Abe Natsumi Aco Amuro Namie
Asakura Daisuke Asuka Ryo Chara
Cocco Cornelius Da Pump
Domoto Kouichi Domoto Tsuyoshi Fujii Fumiya
Furuuchi Toko Ganaha Mina Hamada Shougo
Hamasaki Ayumi Himuro Kyosuke Hirosue Ryouko
Imai Miki Inaba Koshi Joe Odagiri
Kahara Tomomi Kaji Hideki Kan
Kawamoto Makoto Kim Seikyo Kohmoto Hiroto
Komuro Tetsuya Kubota Toshinobu Kuraki Mai
Kusano Masamune Kuwata Keisuke Makihara Noriyuki
Matsuda Seiko Matsumoto Takahiro Matsutoya Yumi
Matsuyama Chiharu Misia Moritaka Chisato
Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi Nokko Odani Misako
Ohguro Maki Okuda Tamio Otsuki Kenji
Ozawa Kenji Sakamoto Ryuichi Saito Kazuyoshi
Sakurai Kazutoshi Shibutani Subaru Shiina Ringo
Shinohara Ryoko SPEED Suzuki Ami
Takeuchi Maria T.M. Revolution Toshi
UA Utada Hikaru Wakui Emi
Watase Maki Yaida Hitomi Yamazaki Masayoshi
Yazawa Eikichi Yoshii Kazuya Yoshikawa Hinano
Yusuke Santamaria Yuu Miri ZARD
Zeebra    
Oldies Misora Hibari Ozaki Yutaka Sakamoto Kyu
Enka
Singers
Hikawa Kiyoshi Hosokawa Takashi Kitajima Saburo
Groups Arashi Bird Blankey Jet City
Bonnie Pink The Brilliant Green B'z
Chage & Aska Chemistry Dragon Ash
Dreams Come True Every Little Thing Fishmans
FLOW Fujiwara  
GLAY Jiro
Teru
Gackt globe Hi-Standard
Hysteric Blue Judy and Mary Kids Alive
Kome Kome Club Kuroyume Kururi
L'arc-en-ciel Lindberg Luna Sea
MAX Mongol 800 Morning Musume
Mr. Children My Little Lover NiNa
Penicillin Pink Lady Puffy
SMAP Inagaki Goro Katori Shingo
Kimura Takuya Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
Mori Katsuyuki Nakai Masahiro
Remioromen    
Something Else Scudelia Electro Sophia
Southern All Stars SPEED Spiral Life
Spitz Steady & Co. Sunny Day Service
syrup16g TMN TRF
ULFULS The Yellow Monkey Yuzu
Composers &
Organizers
Sakamoto Ryuichi    
Other
Musicians
Aiko Hakase Taro Hisaishi Joe
Hotei Tomoyasu Mera Yoshikazu Ono Yoko

Politicians

Antonio Inoki Akashi Yasushi Doi Takako Hashimoto Ryutaro
Hata Tsutomu Hosokawa Morihiro Kaifu Toshiki Kan Naoto
Koizumi Junichiro Murayama Tomiichi Nosaka Akiyuki Obuchi Keizo
Ogata Sadako Oogi Chikage Ozawa Ichiro Suzuki Muneo
Tanaka Kakuei Tanaka Makiko Tanigaki Sadakazu Tsujimoto Kiyomi
Uno Sousuke Watanabe Michio Yokoyama Nokku  

Sports Figures

Baseball Akahoshi Norihiro Furuta Atsuya Igarashi Ryota
Ishii Takuro Kakefu Masayuki Kiyohara Katsuhiro
Kudo Kimiyasu Kuriyama Hideki Matsui Katuo
Matsuzaka Daisuke Nomo Hideo Nomura Katsuya
Ochiai Hiromitsu Ogawa Hirofumi Oh Sadaharu
Sasaki Kazuhiro Sasaki Makoto Suzuki Ichiro
Takahashi Yoshinobu Takatsu Shingo Tani Yoshitomo
Tsuboi Tomochika Uehara Koji Wada Tsuyoshi
Wada Yutaka Yabu Keiichi Yano Akihiro
Boxing
& Wrestling
Antonio Inoki Choshu Riki Fujinami Tatsumi
Fujita Kazuyuki Giant Baba Jumbo Tsuruta
Misawa Mitsuharu Mutou Keiji Takada Nobuhiko
Takehara Shinji Tatsuyoshi Joichiro Wajima Kouichi
Golf Ozaki Masashi    
Hockey Iwamoto Yuji Honma Sadaki  
Martial Arts Ogawa Naoya Satake Masaaki Tamura Ryoko
Yamashita Yasuhiro    
Skiing Harada Masahiko Satoya Tae  
Soccer Akita Yutaka Kazu Inamoto Junichi
Kawaguchi Yoshikatsu Kitajima Hideaki Lopesu Wergner
Maezono Masakiyo Morishima Hiroaki Motoyama Masashi
Nakata Hidetoshi Nakamura Shunsuke Nakayama Masashi
Nanami Hiroshi Okada Takeshi Ogasawara Mitsuo
Ono Shinji Ramosu Rui Souma Naoki
Yanagisawa Atsushi    
Sumo Akebono Taro Chiyonofuji Kokonoe Mitsuru
Konishiki Mainoumi Takanohana
Tennis Date Kimiko Hiraki Rika Matsuoka Shuzo
Volleyball Kawai Shunichi Nakagaichi Yuichi Nakata Kumi
Narita Ikumi Oobayashi Motoko  
Others Arimori Yuko Hashimoto Michiyo Hirayama Yuji
Honda Takeshi Ito Midori Kojima Futoshi
Matsunaga Mikio Minai Katsumi Ogiwara Kenji
Sato Takuma Shimizu Hiroyasu Takahashi Naoko
Tabara Seiki Tabuse Yuta Take Yutaka

TV & Movie Personalities

Actors &
Actresses
Akai Hidekazu Akasaka Akira Ando Masanobu
Ando Ryoji Asano Atsuko Asano Tadanobu
Bandou Tamasaburou Doumoto Kouichi Enari Kazuki
Esumi Makiko Fujiwara Norika Fukada Kiyoko
Fukatsu Eri Fukuyama Masaharu Haga Kenji
Hayami Yuu Hirai Ken Hosaka Naoki
Igawa Haruka Ihara Tsuyoshi Iijima Naoko
Ikewaki Chizuru Inoue Yousui Ishibashi Ryo
Ishida Issei Ito Hideaki Kanda Uno
Kaneshiro Takeshi Kanno Miho Karasawa Toshiaki
Kataoka Tsurutaro Katsu Shintarou Kamikawa Takaya
Kawahara Ayako Kimura Yoshino Kishitani Goro
Koizumi Kyoko Matsukata Hiroki Matsushima Nanako
Matsu Takako Matsuyuki Yasuko Mifune Toshiro
Miyazawa Rie Mizuki Arisa Mizumoto Akira
Motoki Masahiro Muroi Shigeru(Female) Nagase Masatoshi
Naito Takashi Nakamura Ryu Nakamura Tamao
Nakatani Miki Nakayama Miho Nishimura Masahiko
Nishimura Tomomi Oizumi Yo Okina Megumi
Oosawa Takao Otsuka Nene Ryo
Sakai Noriko Sato Kouichi Sanada Hiroyuki
Seto Asaka Suzuki Anju Suzuki Honami
Suzuki Sarina Takachi Noboru Takeda Shinji
Takenaka Naoto Takenouchi Yutaka Tamura Masakazu
Tamura Masakazu Tanaka Rena Toyokawa Etsushi
Tsuruta Mayu Uchida Yuki Umemiya Anna
Umemiya Tatsuo Watanabe Ken Watabe Atsuro
Yakusho Koji Yanagiba Toshiro Yamaguchi Tomoko
Animation Baikinman Chibimaruko-chan Doraemon
Fujiko Fujio Jigen Daisuke Kinnikuman
Lupin the 3rd Miyazaki Hayao Tarako
Tezuka Osamu    
Comedians Akashiya Sanma Chihara Kyodai Dengeki Network
Down Town Fujii Takashi Hazama Kanpei
Hamada Masatoshi Ikeno Medaka Issei Ogata
Katsura Zakoba Kamioka Ryutaro Kato Koji
Matsumoto Hitoshi Masuda Okada Ninety-Nine
Route 33 Sekine Tsutomu Shimada Shinsuke
Shimizu Kei Shimura Ken SUMMERS
Tsurube Hofukutei The Drifters Tamori
Tanaka Naoki Tokoro Joji Yamada Hanako
Yamada Kuniko Yokoyama Nokku Yoppy
Producers &
Directors
Kurosawa Akira Miyamoto Amon Oshima Nagisa
Newscasters Ando Yuko Hata Kei Itsumi Masataka
Kikuma Yukino Kume Hiroshi Shoji Noriko
Show Hosts Azumi Shinichirou Beat Takeshi Kuroyanagi Tetsuko
Michiba Rokusaburou Tamori  
Other Bando Tamasaburo Gontakun Imamura Shohei
Noppo-san Michiba Rokusaburou  

Writers

Akagawa Jiro Atoda Takashi Fujiko Fujio Funado Yoichi
Haitani Kenjiro Hasegawa Machiko Hata Masanori Hoshino Tomihiro
Hoshi Shinichi Iijima Ai Kawai Hayao Kita Morio
Koike Mariko Miyamoto Teru Mori Yoko Murakami Haruki
Murakami Ryu Mure Yoko Nakajima Ramo Nishimura Kyotaro
Oe Kenzaburo Ooe Kenzaburou Sakura Momoko Sawaki Koutaro
Shiba Ryotaro Shimada Masahiko Shimada Souji Tachibana Takashi
Tezuka Osamu Tsuji Jinsei Yamada Eimi Yamada Taichi
Yoshimoto Banana 326    

Other Cultural Leaders

Architects Ando Tadao    
Artists Kuroi Ken Morimura Yasumasa Hiro Yamagata
Yamashita Kiyoshi    
Cartoonists Kobayashi Yoshinori Mizuki Shigeru  
Dancers Kumakawa Tetsuya Peter  
Designers Kawakubo Rei Kentaro Hamada Shigeo
Yamamoto Yohji    
Models Yamada Mariya    
Mime Matsumura Kunihiro    

Others

Asahara Shoko Maggy Shiro Mizukami Tsutomu Mr. Marrick
Miura Jun Shigeyama Sennojo Sugihara Chiune Toda Natsuko

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