List of Japanese people

This is a list of notable Japanese people.

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Architects

Main article: List of Japanese architects

Tange Kenzo

Artists

Main article: List of Japanese artists

Athletes

Main article: List of Japanese sportspeople

• Ai Fukuhara
• Hideki Matsui
• Homare Sawa
• Ichiro Suzuki
• Kei Nishikori
• Kōhei Uchimura
• Koji Murofushi
• Kosuke Kitajima
• Kazushi Sakuraba
• Mao Asada
• Miki Ando
• Mitsuo Tsukahara
• Naoya Tsukahara
• Ryo Ishikawa
• Ryoko Tani
• Shizuka Arakawa
• Yuzuru Hanyu

Authors

Main article: List of Japanese writers

• Mishima Yukio
• Murakami Haruki

Educators

• Fukuzawa Yukichi
• Mori Arinori
• Tsuda Yukio
• Midori Suzuki

Emperors

Main article: List of Emperors of Japan

No.	Reign	Portrait	Posthumous name	Personal name (imina)	Notes
Legendary Emperors
1	660 BC–585 BCE		Emperor Jimmu	Kan'yamato Iwarebiko	presumed legendary; claimed descent from the sun goddess, Amaterasu
2	581 BCE–549 BCE		Emperor Suizei	Kamu Nunagawamimi no Mikoto	presumed legendary; 3rd son of Jimmu
3	549 BCE–511 BCE		Emperor Annei	Shikitsuhiko Tamademi no Mikoto	presumed legendary; son and heir of Suizei
4	510 BCE–476 BCE		Emperor Itoku	Oho Yamatohiko Sukitomo no Mikoto	presumed legendary; 2nd son of Annei
5	475 BCE–393 BCE		Emperor Kōshō	Mimatsuhiko Kaeshine no Mikoto	presumed legendary; son and heir of Itoku
6	392 BCE–291 BCE		Emperor Kōan	Oho Yamato Tarasihiko Kunioshi Hito no Mikoto	presumed legendary; 2nd son of Kōshō
7	290 BCE–215 BCE		Emperor Kōrei	Oho Yamato Nekohiko Futoni no Mikoto	Presumed legendary.
8	214 BCE–158 BCE		Emperor Kōgen	Oho Yamato Nekohiko Kuni Kuru no Mikoto	Presumed legendary.
9	157 BCE–98 BCE		Emperor Kaika	Waka Yamato Nekohiko Oho Bibino no Mikoto	Presumed legendary.
10	97 BCE–30 BCE		Emperor Sujin	Mimaki Irihiko Inie no Mikoto	First Emperor with a direct possibility of existence.
11	29 BCE–70 CE		Emperor Suinin	Ikume Irihiko Isachi no Mikoto
12	71–130		Emperor Keikō	Oho Tarasihiko Osirowake no Mikoto
13	131–191		Emperor Seimu	Waka Tarasihiko
14	192–200		Emperor Chūai	Tarasi Nakatsuhiko no Mikoto
	201–269		Empress Jingu	Okinaga Tarashihime no Mikoto	Served as regent for Emperor Ōjin; not counted among the officially numbered emperors
Kofun Period
15	270–310		Emperor Ōjin	Honda no Sumera-mikoto / Ōtomowake no Mikoto / Homutawake no Mikoto	Last proto-historical emperor, deified as Hachiman.
16	313–399		Emperor Nintoku	Ō Sazaki no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
17	400–405		Emperor Richū	Isaho Wake no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
18	406–410		Emperor Hanzei	Tajihi Mizuha Wake no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
19	411–453		Emperor Ingyō	Wo Asazuma Wakugo no Sukune	Inaccurate dates.
20	453–456		Emperor Ankō	Anaho no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
21	456–479		Emperor Yūryaku	Oho Hatsuse Wakatakeru no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
22	480–484		Emperor Seinei	Siraka Takehiro Kuni Osi Waka Yamato Neko no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
23	485–487		Emperor Kenzō	Ohoke no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
24	488–498		Emperor Ninken	Ohosi(Ohosu) no Mikoto/ Simano Iratsuko	Inaccurate dates.
25	498–506		Emperor Buretsu	Wohatsuse Wakasazaki	Inaccurate dates.
26	507–531		Emperor Keitai	Ōto/Hikofuto (Hikofuto no Mikoto/Ōdo no Sumera Mikoto)	Genealogy from this point is considered accurate.
27	531–535		Emperor Ankan	Hirokuni Oshitake Kanahi no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
28	535–539		Emperor Senka	Takeo Hirokuni Oshitate no Mikoto	Inaccurate dates.
Asuka Period (592–710)
29	539–571		Emperor Kimmei	Amekuni Oshiharuki Hironiwa no Sumera Mikoto	Traditional dates.
30	572–585		Emperor Bidatsu	Osada no Nunakura no Futotamashiki no Mikoto	Traditional dates.
31	585–587		Emperor Yōmei	Ooe/Tachibana no Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto	Traditional dates.
32	587–592		Emperor Sushun	Hatsusebe no (Wakasasagi) Mikoto	Traditional dates.
33	592–628		Empress Suiko	Nukatabe/Toyomike Kashikiyahime	First non-legendary female emperor (Prince Shotoku acted as her regent); traditional dates.
34	629–641		Emperor Jomei	Tamura (Oki Nagatarashihi Hironuka no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
35	642–645		Empress Kōgyoku	Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates, reigned twice
36	645–654		Emperor Kōtoku	Karu (Ame Yorozu Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
37	655–661		Empress Saimei	Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto)	Second reign of Empress Kōgyoku (35), traditional dates.
38	661–672		Emperor Tenji	Katsuragi/Nakano-ooe (Ame Mikoto Hirakasuwake no Mikoto/Amatsu Mikoto Sakiwake no Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
39	672		Emperor Kōbun	Ōtomo	Posthumously named (1870), usurped by Temmu
40	672–686		Emperor Temmu	Ōama/Ohoshiama/Ōsama (Ame no Nunahara Oki no Mahito no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
41	686–697		Empress Jitō	Unonosarara (Takama no Harahiro no Hime no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
42	697–707		Emperor Mommu	Karu (Ame no Mamune Toyoohoji no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
43	707–715		Empress Gemmei	Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
Nara Period (710–794)
43	707–715		Empress Gemmei	Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
44	715–724		Empress Genshō	Hidaka/Niinomi (Yamatoneko Takamizu Kiyotarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
45	724–749		Emperor Shōmu	Obito (Ameshirushi Kunioshiharuki Toyosakurahiko no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
46	749–758		Empress Kōken	Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto)	Traditional dates, reigned twice
47	758–764		Emperor Junnin	Ōi	Posthumously named (1870), dethroned by Shōtoku
48	764–770		Empress Shōtoku	Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto)	Second reign of Empress Kōken (46), traditional dates.
49	770–781		Emperor Kōnin	Shirakabe (Amemune Takatsugi no Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
50	781–806		Emperor Kammu	Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
Heian Period (794–1185)
50	781–806		Emperor Kammu	Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
51	806–809		Emperor Heizei	Ate (Yamatoneko Ameoshikuni Takahiko no Mikoto)	Traditional dates.
52	809–823		Emperor Saga	Kamino	Traditional dates.
53	823–833		Emperor Junna	Ōtomo	Traditional dates.
54	833–850		Emperor Ninmyō	Masara	Traditional dates.
55	850–858		Emperor Montoku	Michiyasu	Traditional dates.
56	858–876		Emperor Seiwa	Korehito	Traditional dates.
57	876–884		Emperor Yōzei	Sadaakira	Traditional dates.
58	884–887		Emperor Kōkō	Tokiyasu	Traditional dates.
59	887–897		Emperor Uda	Sadami	Traditional dates.
60	897–930		Emperor Daigo	Atsuhito	Traditional dates.
61	930–946		Emperor Suzaku	Yutaakira	Traditional dates.
62	946–967		Emperor Murakami	Nariakira	Traditional dates.
63	967–969		Emperor Reizei	Norihira	Traditional dates.
64	969–984		Emperor En'yū	Morihira	Traditional dates.
65	984–986		Emperor Kazan	Morosada	Traditional dates.
66	986–1011		Emperor Ichijō	Yasuhito/Kanehito	Traditional dates.
67	1011–1016		Emperor Sanjō	Okisada/Iyasada	Traditional dates.
68	1016–1036		Emperor Go-Ichijō	Atsuhira	Traditional dates.
69	1036–1045		Emperor Go-Suzaku	Atsunaga/Atsuyoshi	Traditional dates.
70	1045–1068		Emperor Go-Reizei	Chikahito	Traditional dates.
71	1068–1073		Emperor Go-Sanjō	Takahito	Traditional dates.
72	1073–1086		Emperor Shirakawa	Sadahito	Traditional dates.
73	1087–1107		Emperor Horikawa	Taruhito	Traditional dates.
74	1107–1123		Emperor Toba	Munehito	Traditional dates.
75	1123–1142		Emperor Sutoku	Akihito	Traditional dates.
76	1142–1155		Emperor Konoe	Narihito	Traditional dates.
77	1155–1158		Emperor Go-Shirakawa	Masahito	Traditional dates.
78	1158–1165		Emperor Nijō	Morihito	Traditional dates.
79	1165–1168		Emperor Rokujō	Yorihito	Traditional dates.
80	1168–1180		Emperor Takakura	Norihito	Traditional dates.
81	1180–1185		Emperor Antoku	Tokihito	Traditional dates.
Kamakura Period (1185–1333)
82	1183–1198		Emperor Go-Toba	Takahira	Traditional dates.
83	1198–1210		Emperor Tsuchimikado	Tamehito	Traditional dates.
84	1210–1221		Emperor Juntoku	Morihira/Morinari	Traditional dates.
85	1221		Emperor Chūkyō	Kanehira/Kanenari	Posthumously named (1870)
86	1221–1232		Emperor Go-Horikawa	Yutahito	Traditional dates.
87	1232–1242		Emperor Shijō	Mitsuhito/Hidehito	Traditional dates.
88	1242–1246		Emperor Go-Saga	Kunihito	Traditional dates.
89	1246–1260		Emperor Go-Fukakusa	Hisahito	Traditional dates.
90	1260–1274		Emperor Kameyama	Tsunehito	Traditional dates.
91	1274–1287		Emperor Go-Uda	Yohito	Traditional dates.
92	1287–1298		Emperor Fushimi	Hirohito	Traditional dates.
93	1298–1301		Emperor Go-Fushimi	Tanehito	Traditional dates.
94	1301–1308		Emperor Go-Nijō	Kuniharu	Traditional dates.
95	1308–1318		Emperor Hanazono	Tomihito	Traditional dates.
96	1318–1339		Emperor Go-Daigo	Takaharu	Traditional dates; Southern Court
Northern Court (1333–1392)
	1331–1333		Emperor Kōgon	Kazuhito
	1336–1348		Emperor Kōmyō	Yutahito
	1348–1351		Emperor Sukō	Okihito
	1351–1352	Interregnum
	1352–1371		Emperor Go-Kōgon	Iyahito
	1371–1382		Emperor Go-En'yū	Ohito
	1382–1392		Emperor Go-Komatsu	Motohito	Reunified courts in 1392, see 100 below
Muromachi Period (1333–1573)
96	1318–1339		Emperor Go-Daigo	Takaharu	Traditional dates; Southern Court
97	1339–1368		Emperor Go-Murakami	Norinaga/Noriyoshi	Southern Court
98	1368–1383		Emperor Chōkei	Yutanari	Southern Court
99	1383–1392		Emperor Go-Kameyama	Hironari	Southern Court
100	1392–1412		Emperor Go-Komatsu	Motohito	Reunified courts, see also entry in Northern Court section.
101	1412–1428		Emperor Shōkō	Mihito	Traditional dates.
102	1428–1464		Emperor Go-Hanazono	Hikohito	Traditional dates.
103	1464–1500		Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado	Fusahito	Traditional dates.
104	1500–1526		Emperor Go-Kashiwabara	Katsuhito	Traditional dates.
105	1526–1557		Emperor Go-Nara	Tomohito	Traditional dates.
106	1557–1586		Emperor Ōgimachi	Michihito	Traditional dates.
Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1573–1603)
106	1557–1586		Emperor Ōgimachi	Michihito	Traditional dates.
107	1586–1611		Emperor Go-Yōzei	Kazuhito/Katahito	Traditional dates.
Edo Period (1603–1868)
107	1586–1611		Emperor Go-Yōzei	Kazuhito/Katahito	Traditional dates.
108	1611–1629		Emperor Go-Mizunoo (Go-Minoo)	Kotohito	Traditional dates.
109	1629–1643		Empress Meishō	Okiko	Traditional dates.
110	1643–1654		Emperor Go-Kōmyō	Tsuguhito	Traditional dates.
111	1655–1663		Emperor Go-Sai	Nagahito	Traditional dates.
112	1663–1687		Emperor Reigen	Satohito	Traditional dates.
113	1687–1709		Emperor Higashiyama	Asahito	Traditional dates.
114	1709–1735		Emperor Nakamikado	Yasuhito	Traditional dates.
115	1735–1747		Emperor Sakuramachi	Teruhito	Traditional dates.
116	1747–1762		Emperor Momozono	Toohito	Traditional dates.
117	1762–1771		Empress Go-Sakuramachi	Toshiko	Traditional dates.
118	1771–1779		Emperor Go-Momozono	Hidehito	Traditional dates.
119	1780–1817		Emperor Kōkaku	Tomohito	Traditional dates.
120	1817–1846		Emperor Ninkō	Ayahito	Traditional dates.
121	1846–1867		Emperor Kōmei	Osahito
Modern Japan (Imperial and Postwar) (1867–present)
122	1867–1912		Emperor Meiji	Mutsuhito	First Emperor of the Empire of Japan.
123	1912–1926		Emperor Taishō	Yoshihito	Crown Prince Hirohito served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926.
124	1926–1989		Emperor Shōwa	Hirohito	Served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926. Last Emperor of the Empire of Japan.
125	1989–present		Emperor "Kinjō" (Reigning monarch)	Akihito	Referred to as 'the Present Emperor' or Tenno Heika (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor) in Japanese and as Emperor Akihito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Heisei.

Historians

• Ienaga Saburō
• Kanda Nobuo
• Maruyama Masao
• Naitō Torajirō

Military leaders

Samurai

A

• Abe Masakatsu
• Adachi Kagemori
• Adams, William (Foreign born)
• Aiou Mototsuna
• Akao Kiyotsuna
• Akechi Mitsuhide
• Akiyama Nobutomo
• Amago Haruhisa
• Amago Yoshihisa
  • See also Amago clan
• Ankokuji Ekei
• Aochi Shigetsuna
• Arai Hakuseki
• Araki Motokiyo
• Araki Murashige
• Araki Muratsugu
• Arima Kihei
• Asakura Yoshikage
• Ayame Kagekatsu
• Azai Hisamasa
• Azai Nagamasa
• Azai Sukemasa

B

• Baba Nobufusa
• Bessho Nagaharu

C

• Chosokabe Morichika
• Chosokabe Kunichika
• Chosokabe Motochika
• Chosokabe Nobuchika
• Collache, Eugene

D

• Date Masamune
  • See also Date clan
• Doi Toshikatsu

E

• Endo Naotsune
• Enjoji Nobutane
• Enomoto Takeaki
• Era Fusahide

F

• Fuma Kotaro
• Fuwa Mitsuharu
• Fukushima Masanori

G

• Gamo Katahide
• Gamo Ujisato

H

• Harada Naomasa
• Hasekura Tsunenaga
• Hattori Hanzo
• Hatano Hideharu
• Hasegawa Eishin
• Hirate Masahide
• Hitotsubashi Keiki
• Hōjō Masako
• Hōjō Tokimune
• Hōjō Ujiyasu
• Hojo Ujimasa
• Honda Tadakatsu
• Honda Komatsu (Inahime)
• Honganji Kennyo
• Hosokawa Fujitaka
• Hosokawa Gracia
• Hosokawa Tadaoki
• Hotta Masatoshi

I

• Ii Naoaki
• Ii Naomasa
• Ii Naomori
• Ii Naonaka
• Ii Naosuke
• Ii Naotaka
• Ii Naoyuki
• Ii Naozumi
• Iizasa Ienao
• Ijuin Tada'aki
• Imagawa Yoshimoto
• Imai Kanehira
• Inugami Nagayasu
• Ishida Mitsunari
• Isshiki Fujinaga
• Itagaki Nobukata
• Itagaki Taisuke
• Ito Hirobumi
• Iwanari Tomomichi

J

• Jinbo Nagamoto

K

• Kaneko Ietada
• Katagiri Katsumoto
• Kataoka Mitsumasa
• Kato Kiyomasa
• Kawakami Gensai
• Kido Takayoshi
• Kikkawa Hiroie
• Kimotsuki Kanetsugu
• Kobayakawa Hideaki
• Kobayakawa Hidekane
• Kobayakawa Takakage
• Kojima Toyoharu
• Kuroda Kanbei Don Sim(e)on Josui Yoshitaka
• Kuroda Kiyotaka
• Kusunoki Masashige
• Kuwana Tarozaemon
• Kumagai Naozane

M

• Maeda Keiji
• Maeda Nagatane
• Maeda Toshiie
• Maeda Toshinaga
• Maeda Toshitsune
• Magome Kageyu
• Manabe Akifusa
• Matsudaira Nobutsuna
• Matsudaira Nobuyasu
• Matsudaira Higo no Kami Katamori
• Matsudaira Sadanobu
• Matsudaira Tadayoshi
• Matsudaira Teru
• Matsunaga Hisahide
• Matsunaga Hisamichi
• Matsuo Bashō
• Matsudaira Motoyasu
• Minamoto no Mitsunaka
• Minamoto no Yoshiie
• Minamoto no Yoshimitsu
• Minamoto no Yoshinaka
• Minamoto no Yoshitomo
• Minamoto no Yoshitsune
• Minamoto no Tameyoshi
• Minamoto no Yorimasa
• Minamoto no Yorimitsu
• Minamoto no Yoritomo
• Minamoto no Noriyori
• Minoro Takashi
• Miura Anjin
• Miura Yoshimoto
• Miyamoto Musashi
• Miyoshi Chokei
• Miyoshi Yoshitsugu
• Mizuno Tadakuni
• Moniwa Yoshinao
• Mori Motonari
• Mori Nagasada
• Mori Nagayoshi
• Mori Okimoto
• Mori Ranmaru
• Mori Takamoto
• Mori Tadamasa
• Mori Terumoto
• Mori Yoshinari

N

• Nagakura Shinpachi
• Nagao Harukage
• Nagao Kagenobu
• Nagao Masakage
• Nagao Tamekage
• Naoe Kanetsugu
• Nakagawa Kiyohide
• Naoe Kagetsuna
• Naoe Kanetsugu
• Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu
• Niimi Nishiki
• Niiro Tadamoto
• Niwa Nagahide
• Niwa Nagashige

O

• Oda Hiroyoshi
• Oda Nobuhide
• Oda Nobunaga
• Oda Nobutada
• Oda Nobutomo
• Oda Nobukatsu
• Oda Nobuyasu
• Ogasawara Shosai
• Oishi Kuranosuke
• Okada Izō
• Judge Ooka
• Ōta Dōkan
• Ōtomo Sōrin
• Okita Soji
• Okubo Toshimichi
• Okunomiya Masaie
• Ōuchi Yoshitaka

R

• Reizei Takatoyo
• Rokkaku Sadayori
• Rokkaku Yoshiharu
• Rokkaku Yoshitaka
• Rusu Masakage
• Ryuzoji Takanobu
  • See also Ryuzoji clan

S

• Saigo Kiyokazu
• Sagara Taketo
• Saigō Takamori
• Saigo Yoshikatsu
• Saitō Dōsan
• Saito Hajime
• Saito Musashibo Benkei
• Saito Yoshitatsu
• Sakai Tadakiyo
• Sakai Tadashige
• Sakai Tadayo
• Sakamoto Ryoma
• Sakuma Morimasa
• Sakuma Nobumori
• Sanada Masayuki
• Sanada Nobuyuki
• Sanada Yukimura
• Sasaki Kojiro
• Sasaki Yoshikiyo
• Serizawa Kamo
• Shibata Katsuie
• Shima Sakon
• Shimada Ichiro
• Shimazu Katsuhisa
• Shimazu Tadahisa
• Shimazu Tadatsune
• Shimazu Tadayoshi
• Shimazu Takahisa
• Shimazu Yoshihiro
• Shimazu Yoshihisa
• Shindou Hiroshii
  • See also Shimazu clan
• Sogo Nagayasu
• Sue Yoshitaka

T

• Tachibana Muneshige
• Tachibana Dosetsu
• Tachibana Ginchiyo
• Taigen Sessai
• Taira no Kiyomori
• Taira Masakado
• Takahashi Shigetane
• Takenaka Shigeharu
• Takaoka Muneyasu
• Takasugi Shinsaku
• Takayama Justo (Shigetomo)
• Takayama Ukon
• Takechi Hanpeita
• Takeda Katsuyori
• Takeda Nobukatsu
• Takeda Nobushige
• Takeda Shingen
• Tani Tadasumi
• Tani Tateki
• Toki Yorinari
• Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Tokugawa Hidetada
• Tokugawa Nariaki
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi
• Toyotomi Hideyori
• Tozuka Tadaharu
• Tsukahara Bokuden

U

• Uesugi Kagekatsu
• Uesugi Kagetora
• Uesugi Kenshin
• Ujiie Naomoto
• Ukita Naoie
• Ukita Okiie
• Umezawa Michiharu
• Usami Sadamitsu
• Uyama Hisanobu

W

• Wada Shinsuke
• Watanabe Kazan
• Watanabe no Tsuna

Y

• Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi
• Yasuke
• Yamada Arinaga
• Yamada Arinobu
• Yamada Nagamasa
• Yamagata Masakage
• Yamanami Keisuke
• Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
• Yonekura Shigetsugu
• Yagyu Munenori
• Yamauchi Kazutoyo
• Yūki Hideyasu

Kamakura shoguns

Grave of Minamoto no Yoritomo

1. Minamoto no Yoritomo, r. 1192-1199
2. Minamoto no Yoriie, r. 1202-1203
3. Minamoto no Sanetomo, r. 1203-1219
4. Kujō Yoritsune, r. 1226-1244
5. Kujō Yoritsugu, r. 1244-1252
6. Prince Munetaka, r. 1252-1266
7. Prince Koreyasu, r. 1266-1289
8. Prince Hisaakira, r. 1289-1308
9. Prince Morikuni, r. 1308-1333
10. Prince Morinaga, r.1333-1334
11. Prince Norinaga, r. 1334-1338

Kamakura shikken

Site of Hōjō Takatoki's death

1. Hōjō Tokimasa, r. 1203-1205
2. Hōjō Yoshitoki, r. 1205-1224
3. Hōjō Yasutoki, r. 1224-1242
4. Hōjō Tsunetoki, r. 1242-1246
5. Hōjō Tokiyori, r. 1246-1256
6. Hōjō Tokimune, r. 1268-1284
7. Hōjō Sadatoki, r. 1284-1301
8. Hōjō Morotoki, r. 1301-1311
9. Hōjō Takatoki, r. 1316-1326

Ashikaga Shoguns

1. Ashikaga Takauji, ruled 1338–1358
2. Ashikaga Yoshiakira, r. 1359–1368
3. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, r. 1368–1394
4. Ashikaga Yoshimochi, r. 1395–1423
5. Ashikaga Yoshikazu, r. 1423–1425
6. Ashikaga Yoshinori, r. 1429–1441
7. Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, r. 1442–1443
8. Ashikaga Yoshimasa, r. 1449–1473
9. Ashikaga Yoshihisa, r. 1474–1489
10. Ashikaga Yoshitane, r. 1490–1493, 1508–1521
11. Ashikaga Yoshizumi, r. 1494–1508
12. Ashikaga Yoshiharu, r. 1521–1546
13. Ashikaga Yoshiteru, r. 1546–1565
14. Ashikaga Yoshihide, r. 1568
15. Ashikaga Yoshiaki, r. 1568–1573

Tokugawa shoguns

Number	Tokugawas		Took office	Left office
1		Tokugawa Ieyasu	1603	1605
2		Tokugawa Hidetada	1605	1623
3		Tokugawa Iemitsu	1623	1651
4		Tokugawa Ietsuna	1651	1680
5		Tokugawa Tsunayoshi	1680	1709
6		Tokugawa Ienobu	1709	1712
7		Tokugawa Ietsugu	1713	1716
8		Tokugawa Yoshimune	1716	1745
9		Tokugawa Ieshige	1745	1760
10		Tokugawa Ieharu	1760	1786
11		Tokugawa Ienari	1786	1837
12		Tokugawa Ieyoshi	1837	1853
13		Tokugawa Iesada	1853	August 14, 1858
14		Tokugawa Iemochi	August 14, 1858	August 29, 1866
15		Tokugawa Yoshinobu	August 29, 1866	November 19, 1867

Over the course of the Edo period, influential relatives of the shogun included:

• Tokugawa Mitsukuni of the Mito domain
• Tokugawa Nariaki of the Mito domain
• Tokugawa Mochiharu of the Hitotsubashi branch
• Tokugawa Munetake of the Tayasu branch.
• Matsudaira Katamori of the Aizu branch.
• Matsudaira Sadanobu, born into the Tayasu branch, adopted into the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira of Shirakawa.

Pre-modern

• Emperor Go-Toba
• Kusunoki Masashige
• Taira no Kiyomori
• Taira no Masakado
• Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda)

Modern

• Anami Korechika
• Doihara Kenji
• Enomoto Takeaki
• Kuroki Itei (Kuroki Tamemoto)
• Matsui Iwane
• Ōta Minoru
• Suzuki Kantarō
• Tōgō Heihachirō
• Tōjō Hideki
• Yamamoto Isoroku
• Shiro Kawase
• Ishiwara Kanji

Musicians

Main article: Category:Lists of Japanese musicians

Personalities

Comedians / Comediennes

Main article: List of Japanese comedians

• linshohgreal
• Hamada Masatoshi
• Hiroshi
• Hisamoto Masami
• Kitano Takeshi
• Matsumoto Hitoshi
• Sakai Masaaki
• Sumitani Masaki
• Tashiro Masashi
• Kōichi Yamadera

A

• Akai Plutonium 赤いプルトニウム
• Sanma Akashiya 明石家さんま
• Sayaka Aoki 青木さやか
• Toshiyuki Aono 青野敏行
• Ameagari Kesshitai 雨上がり決死隊

• Tōru Hotohara 蛍原徹
• Hiroyuki Miyasako 宮迫博之

• America Zarigani アメリカザリガニ
• Chū Arai 荒井注
• Ari to Kirigirisu アリtoキリギリス

• Masanori Ishi'i 石井正則
• Yoshiyuki Ishizuka 石塚義之

• Hiroiki Ariyoshi 有吉弘行
• Goe Asagoe 浅越ゴエ
• Asakusa Kid 浅草キッド
• Asarido あさりど

• Fumihiro Horiguchi 堀口文宏
• Naru Kawamoto 川本成

• Asian アジアン

• Azusa Babazono 馬場園梓
• Miho Sumida 隅田美保

• Kiyoshi Atsumi 渥美清
• Audrey オードリー

• Masayasu Wakabayashi 若林正恭
• Toshiaki Kasuga 春日俊彰

• Kimimaro Ayanokōji 綾小路きみまろ
• All Hanshin Kyojin オール阪神・巨人

B

• Bad Boys バッドボーイズ
• Baka Rhythm バカリズム
• Bakushō Mondai 爆笑問題

• Yūji Tanaka 田中裕二
• Hikari Ōta 太田光

• Bananaman バナナマン

• Osamu Shitara 設楽統
• Yūki Himura 日村勇紀

• B&B
• Batsu-GUN ×-GUN バツグン
• BB Gorō BBゴロー
• B Course Bコース
• Beat Kiyoshi ビートキヨシ
• Beat Takeshi ビートたけし
• Beem ビーム
• Beethoven ヴェートーベン
• Bibiru Ōki ビビる大木
• Bic Smallun ビックスモールン
• Black Piner SOS ブラックパイナーSOS
• Black Mayonnaise ブラックマヨネーズ
• BOOMER
• Borero ぼれろ
• Brothers ブラザース
• Buffalo Gorō バッファロー吾郎

• Akihiro Kimura 木村明浩
• Motohiro Takewaka 竹若元博

• B21 Special B21スペシャル

• Hiromi ヒロミ
• Mister Chin ミスターちん
• David Itō デビット伊東

C

• Canaria カナリア
• Charanporan ちゃらんぽらん

• Kōjin Ōnishi 大西浩仁
• Makoto Tomiyoshi 冨吉真

• Charlie Hama チャーリー浜
• Chīmonchōchū チーモンチョーチュウ
• Chidori 千鳥
• Chihara Kyōdai 千原兄弟

• Seiji Chihara 千原靖史
• Junior Chihara 千原ジュニア

• Chōhan Korokoro 丁半コロコロ
• City Boys シティボーイズ

• Makoto Ōtake 大竹まこと
• Kitarō きたろう
• Shigeru Saiki 斉木しげる

• Choplin チョップリン
• Chō Shinjuku 超新塾
• Koriki Chōshū 長州小力
• Cross Punch クロスパンチ
• Conte Aka Shingō コント赤信号

• Takayasu Komiya 小宮孝泰
• Lasa-R Ishii ラサール石井
• Masayuki Watanabe 渡辺正行

• Conte Gojūgo Gō コント55号

• Jirō Sakagami 坂上二郎
• Kin'ichi Hagimoto 萩本欽一

• Conte Leonard コント・レオナルド
• Conte Yamaguchi-kun and Takeda-kun コント山口君と竹田君
• Comedy No.1 コメディNo.1

• Toshio Sakata 坂田利夫
• Gorō Maeda 前田五郎
• Kazutoyo Koyabu 小籔千豊

• Core コア
• COWCOW
• Crazy Cats クレージーキャッツ
• Cream Stew くりぃむしちゅー

• Teppei Arita 有田哲平
• Shinya Ueda 上田晋也

• Croquette コロッケ

• Hiroshi Takigawa 瀧川 広志

• Cunning カンニング

• Takanori Takeyama 竹山隆範
• Tadayuki Nakashima 中島忠幸

• Cocorico ココリコ

• Shōzō Endō 遠藤章造
• Naoki Tanaka 田中直樹

D

• Dachō Club ダチョウ倶楽部

• Ryūhei Ueshima 上島竜兵
• Jimon Terakado 寺門ジモン
• Katsuhiro Higo 肥後克広

• Daian ダイアン
• Dainoji ダイノジ
• Hikaru Daita だいたひかる
• Dangerous デンジャラス
• Darling Honey ダーリンハニー
• Tetsurō Degawa 出川哲朗
• Dokidoki Camp どきどきキャンプ
• DonDokoDon

• Keiji Hirahata 平畠啓史
• Tomomitsu Yamaguchi 山口智充

• Downtown ダウンタウン

• Hitoshi Matsumoto 松本人志
• Masatoshi Hamada 浜田雅功

• Do-yo どーよ
• The Drifters ザ・ドリフターズ
• Dronz Ishimoto ドロンズ石本
• Drunk Dragon ドランクドラゴン
• Duncan ダンカン

E

• Edomurasaki 江戸むらさき
• Egashira 2:50 江頭2:50
• Egumi 笑組
• Elec Comic エレキコミック

• Ichirō Yatsui やついいちろう
• Susumu Imadachi 今立進

• Elephant Jon エレファントジョン
• Energy エネルギー
• Ken'ichi Enomoto 榎本健一
• Entatsu Achako エンタツ・アチャコ

• Entatsu Yokoyama 横山エンタツ
• Achako Hanabishi 花菱アチャコ

F

• Football Hour フットボールアワー

• Terumoto Gotō 後藤輝基
• Nozomu Iwao 岩尾望

• Fruit Punch フルーツポンチ
• Akira Fuji'i ふじいあきら
• Takashi Fujii 藤井隆
• FUJIWARA

• Takayuki Haranishi 原西孝幸
• Toshifumi Fujimoto 藤本敏史

• Ryō Fukawa ふかわりょう
• Roppa Furukawa

G

• Garage Sale ガレッジセール

• Hiroki Kawada 川田広樹
• Gorie ゴリ

• Garittochū ガリットチュウ

• Yoshinari Fukushima 福島善成
• Takehiro Kumagai 熊谷岳大

• THE GEESE
• Gekidan Hitori 劇団ひとり
• Go-ban Roku-ban 5番6番
• Gokuraku Tombo 極楽とんぼ

• Kōji Katō 加藤浩次
• Kei'ichi Yamamoto 山本圭壱

• Gōkyū 号泣
• Goriken ゴリけん
• Grunge グランジ
• Taka Guadalcanal ガダルカナル・タカ
• Guitar Zamurai ギター侍 (a.k.a. Yōku Hata 波田陽区)
• Ginshari 銀シャリ

H

• Kin'ichi Hagimoto 萩本欽一
• Hallelujah ハレルヤ
• Hamakān ハマカーン
• Hanawa はなわ
• Hana Engine 鼻エンジン
• Hajime Hana ハナ肇
• Hannya はんにゃ

• Akiyoshi Kawashima 川島章良
• Satoshi Kanada 金田哲

• Akimasa Haraguchi 原口あきまさ
• Haraichi ハライチ

• Yūki Iwai 岩井勇気
• Yū Sawabe 澤部佑

• Harigane Rock ハリガネロック
• Harisembon ハリセンボン
• Haru Ichi-ban 春一番
• Haruka Christine 春香クリスティーン
• Hawking Aoyama ホーキング青山
• Kikuzo Hayashiya 林家喜久蔵
• Kikuhime Hayashiya 林家きく姫
• Pāko Hayashiya 林家パー子
• Pē Hayashiya 林家ペー
• Sanpei Hayashiya 林家三平
• Shōzō Hayashiya (9th) 九代目 林家正蔵
• Kampei Hazama 間寛平
• Hebi Ichigo へびいちご
• Heisei Nobushikobushi 平成ノブシコブシ
• Haro ハロ
• Hello Bye-bye ハローバイバイ
• Hello Keisuke ハローケイスケ
• Kōji Higashino 東野幸治
• Hibiki 響
• Hideyoshi ヒデヨシ
• High Heel ハイヒール
• Hikaru Wakabayashi
• Hiroshi ヒロシ
• Masami Hisamoto 久本 雅美
• Hokuyō 北陽

• Mihoko Abukawa 虻川美穂子
• Saori Itō 伊藤さおり

• Home Team ホーム・チーム
• Honjamaka ホンジャマカ

• Hidehiko Ishizuka 石塚英彦
• Toshiaki Megumi 恵俊彰

• Hori ホリ
• Hoshi Saint Louis 星セント・ルイス
• Takuya Hoshino 星野卓也
• Hosshan ほっしゃん。
• Hurricanez はりけ～んず

I

• Rakkyo Ide 井手らっきょ
• Hikaru Ijūin 伊集院光
• Chōsuke Ikariya いかりや長介
• Kōji Imada 今田耕司
• Ima Ikuyo/Kuruyo 今いくよ・くるよ
• Impulse インパルス

• Toshiyuki Itakura 板倉俊之
• Atsushi Tsutsumishita 堤下敦

• Mā Inoue 井上マー
• Tatsuo Inoue 井上竜夫
• Instant Johnson インスタントジョンソン
• Inu ga Nyā to Naita Hi イヌがニャーと泣いた日
• Ishibashi Hazama イシバシハザマ
• Yasushi Ishida 石田靖
• Rusher Itamae ラッシャー板前
• Asako Itō いとうあさこ
• Esper Itō エスパー伊東
• Itsumo Kokokara いつもここから

• Kazunari Yamada 山田一成
• Hidenori Kikuchi 菊地秀規

• Shū Izumi 和泉修
• Izumo no Okuni 出雲阿国

J

• Jalism ジャリズム

• Atsumu Watanabe 渡辺鐘
• Shigenori Yamashita 山下しげのり

• Jelly Beans Collection ジェリービーンズ・コレクション
• Jichō Kachō 次長課長

• Jun'ichi Kōmoto 河本準一
• Satoshi Inoue 井上聡

• Tomonori Jinnai 陣内智則
• Jipangu Jōriku Sakusen ジパング上陸作戦
• Jishaku 磁石
• Jōdans ジョーダンズ
• Junction ジャンクション

K

• Kankara カンカラ
• Kannazuki 神奈月
• Karateka カラテカ
• Karika カリカ
• Kasaihōchiki 火災報知器
• kasumi kaho かすみ果穂
• Tsurutarō Kataoka 片岡鶴太郎
• Cha Katō 加藤茶
• Kunikazu Katsumata 勝俣州和
• Katsumi Sayuri かつみ♥さゆり
• Koeda Katsura 桂小枝
• Sanshi Katsura 桂三枝
• Utamaru Katsura 桂歌丸
• Zakoba Katsura 桂ざこば
• Yasushi Kawabata 川畑泰史
• Kunihiro Kawashima 川島邦裕
• Daidō Kido Color キドカラー大道
• Kigurumi Piero きぐるみピエロ
• Kikaisenshi Shissō Boat 喜界船士 失踪ボ～ト
• Koishi Kimi 喜味こいし
• Killing Sense キリングセンス
• Yūichi Kimura 木村 祐一
• King of Comedy キングオブコメディ
• King Kong キングコング

• Yūta Kajiwara 梶原雄太
• Akihiro Nishino 西野亮廣

• Kirin 麒麟
• Knights ナイツ

• Nobuyuki Hanawa 塙宣之
• Nobuyuki Tsuchiya 土屋伸之

• Kendō Kobayashi ケンドーコバヤシ
• Yoshio Kojima 小島よしお
• Kokoriko ココリコ

• Shōzō Endō 遠藤章造
• Naoki Tanaka 田中直樹

• Keita Komera 小米良啓太
• Koga, Gaku - iGP Manager Driver - World Champion
• Kojima, Yoshio 小島よしお
• Kometsubu Shakyō 米粒写経
• Koumedayū 小梅太夫
• Kukurin きくりん
• Masashi Kumada くまだまさし
• Kazuo Kuwabara 桑原和男
• Kuwabata Ohara クワバタオハラ

• Rie Kuwabata 桑波田理恵
• Seiko Ohara 小原正子

• Nobuyoshi Kuwano 桑野信義
• Kyaīn キャイ～ン

• Hiroyuki Amano 天野ひろゆき
• Udo Suzuki ウド鈴木

• KYAN×KYAN キャン×キャン

L

• Let's Go Sam-biki レッツゴー三匹
• License ライセンス
• LiLiCo リリコ
• London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō ロンドンブーツ1号2号

• Atsushi Tamura 田村淳
• Ryō Tamura 田村亮

• Love Couple ラブカップル

M

• Macha-macha (a.k.a. Maja) まちゃまちゃ (摩邪)
• Ken Maeda 前田健
• Shinji Maggy マギー審司
• Paul Maki ポール牧
• Shinji Maki 牧伸二
• Masuda Okada ますだおかだ

• Keisuke Okada 岡田圭右
• Hidehiko Masuda 増田英彦

• Kick Matsumoto 松本キック
• Kunihiro Matsumura 松村邦洋
• Bannai Matsuo 松尾伴内
• Messenger メッセンジャー

• Tamotsu Kuroda 黒田 有
• Masakazu Aihara 會原 雅一

• Michael マイケル
• Yasue Michi 未知やすえ
• Kenichi Mikawa 美川憲一
• Yaji Minamino 南野やじ
• Mizutama Reppū Tai 水玉れっぷう隊
• Daisuke and Hanako Miyagawa 宮川大助・花子
• Monkikkī モンキッキー
• Mori San-chū 森三中

• Kazuko Kurosawa 黒沢宗子
• Tomoko Murakami 村上知子
• Miyuki Ōshima 大島美幸

• Moriman モリマン
• Hisaya Morishige 森繁久彌
• Moro Moro'oka モロ師岡
• Mr. Bald Mr.ボールド
• Mr. Okure Mr.オクレ
• Shōji Murakami 村上ショージ
• MYMY まいまい
• Miyuki Torī 鳥居みゆき

N

• Yakan Nabe なべやかん
• Takeshi Nadagi なだぎ武
• Hidekazu Nagai 長井秀和
• Pretty Nagashima プリティ長嶋
• Nagare Boshi 流れ星
• Nakagawake 中川家
• Mari Nakajima 中島マリ
• Kōji Nakamoto 仲本工事
• Nakata Kausu Button 中田カウス・ボタン
• Kin'ni-kun Nakayama なかやまきんに君
• Kōta Nakayama 中山功太
• Naname 45° ななめ45°
• Nankai Candies 南海キャンディーズ

• Ryōta Yamasato 山里亮太
• Shizuyo Yamasaki 山崎静代

• Nasu Nakanishi なすなかにし
• Nasubi なすび
• Nego Six ネゴシックス
• Neko Hiroshi 猫ひろし
• Neptune ネプチューン

• Jun Nagura 名倉潤
• Taizō Harada 原田泰造
• Ken Horiuchi 堀内健

• The Newspaper ザ・ニュースペーパー
• Nibun'nogo ニブンノゴ!
• Ni-chō Kenjū 2丁拳銃
• Nickelback ニッケルバック
• Ninety-Nine ナインティナイン

• Takashi Okamura 岡村隆史
• Hiroyuki Yabe 矢部浩之

• Kiyoshi Nishikawa 西川きよし
• Norio Nishikawa 西川のりお
• NON STYLE ノンスタイル
• Naoko Nozawa 野沢直子

O

• Takashi Obitani 帯谷孝史
• Ogi Yahagi おぎやはぎ

• Hiroaki Ogi 小木博明
• Ken Yahagi 矢作兼

• Local Oka ローカル岡
• Ijirī Okada イジリー岡田
• Ōkami Shōnen オオカミ少年
• Ōki Kodama Hibiki 大木こだま・ひびき
• Ichirō Ōkuma 大隈いちろう
• Jimmy Ōnishi ジミー大西
• Or Cs オアシズ

• Kayoko Ōkubo 大久保佳代子
• Yasuko Mitsu'ura 光浦靖子

• Oriental Radio オリエンタルラジオ

• Atsuhiko Nakata 中田敦彦
• Shingo Fujimori 藤森慎吾

• Othello オセロ

• Tomoko Nakajima 中島知子
• Nahomi Matsushima 松嶋尚美

• Oxygen オキシジェン
• Hideo Ōyama 大山英雄

P

• Pa-kkun Ma-kkun パックンマックン

• Pakkun パックン
• Makkun マックン

• Patapata Mama パタパタママ
• Patch Work パッチワーク
• Punk Bū Bū パンクブーブー
• Parachute Butai パラシュート部隊
• Peace ピース
• Zenjī Peking ゼンジー北京
• Penalty ペナルティ

• Wacky ワッキー
• Hide ヒデ

• Pink no Denwa ピンクの電話
• Pirates パイレーツ
• The Plan 9 ザ・プラン9
• Plus Minus プラスマイナス
• POISON GIRL BAND
• Pū & Mū プー&ムー
• Puppet Muppet パペットマペット

R

• Rahmens ラーメンズ

• Jin Katagiri 片桐仁
• Kentarō Kobayashi 小林賢太郎

• Randys ランディーズ
• Razor Ramon レイザーラモン

• Hard Gay (a.k.a. HG, Masaki Sumitani) レイザーラモンHG (住谷正樹)
• Real Gay (a.k.a. RG, Makoto Izubuchi) レイザーラモンRG (出渕誠)

• Real Kidz りあるキッズ
• Regular レギュラー

• Kōta Matsumoto 松本康太
• Akihiro Nishikawa 西川晃啓

• REM Iro レム色
• Ritton Chōsa-dan リットン調査団
• Robert ロバート

• Ryūji Akiyama 秋山竜次
• Hiroshi Yamamoto 山本博
• Hiroyuki Baba 馬場裕之

• Rocket-dan ロケット団
• Rookie Shin'ichi ルーキー新一
• Rokkotsu Mania Rまにあ
• Route 33 ルート33
• Rozan ロザン

S

• Saburoku Monkeys 360°モンキーズ
• Sakai Kunio Tōru 酒井くにお・とおる
• Frankie Sakai フランキー堺
• Masaaki Sakai 堺正章
• Jirō Sakagami 坂上二郎
• Dandy Sakano ダンディ坂野
• Toshio Sakata 坂田利夫
• Sakamoto-chan 坂本ちゃん
• Kazuyuki Sakuma 佐久間一行
• Sakurambo Booby さくらんぼブービー
• Sambyōshi 三拍子
• Sampei 三瓶
• San-yūtei Enraku 三遊亭圓楽
• San-yūtei Rakutarō 三遊亭楽太郎
• Sandwich Man サンドウィッチマン
• Savanna サバンナ
• Sayumi Hikari さゆみ・ひかり
• Tsutomu Sekine 関根勤
• Sentaku Basami せんたくばさみ
• Shaka シャカ
• Shampoo Hat シャンプーハット

• Koidemizu 小出水
• Tetsuji てつじ

• Shanghai Doll 上海ドール
• Rie Shibata 柴田理恵
• Ichinosuke Shimada 島田一の介
• Shinsuke Shimada 島田紳助
• Tamayo Shimada 島田珠代
• Yōhichi Shimada 島田洋七
• Jōji Shimaki 島木譲二
• Akira Shimizu 清水 アキラ
• Ken Shimura 志村けん
• Shinagawa Shōji 品川庄司

• Hiroshi Shinagawa 品川祐
• Tomoharu Shōji 庄司智春

• Shio Koshō 塩コショー
• Shizuru しずる
• Shō Hunting 笑ハンティング
• Nikaku Shōfukutei 笑福亭仁鶴
• Shōhei Shōfukutei 笑福亭笑瓶
• Tsurube Shōfukutei 笑福亭鶴瓶
• Atom Shukugawa 夙川アトム
• Shōwa Noiru Koiru 昭和のいる・こいる
• Slim Club スリムクラブ

• Ken Maeda 真栄田 賢
• Masanari Uchima 内間 政成

• Smiley Kikuchi スマイリーキクチ
• Sonomanma Higashi そのまんま東
• Speed Wagon スピードワゴン

• Jun Itoda 井戸田潤
• Kazuhiro Ozawa 小沢一敬

• Streak ストリーク
• Tomu Suetaka 末高斗夢
• Summers さまぁ～ず

• Kazuki Ōtake 大竹一樹
• Masakazu Mimura 三村マサカズ

• Shinji Suwa すわ親治

T

• Saburō Taihei 大平サブロー
• Shirō Taihei 大平シロー
• Taizō たいぞう
• Taka and Toshi タカアンドトシ
• Junji Takada 高田純次
• Bū Takagi 高木ブー
• Casey Takamine ケーシー高峰
• Takeshi Gundan たけし軍団
• Take2
• Tamori タモリ
• Kei Tani 谷啓
• Tanoshingo 楽しんご
• Kenji Tamura たむらけんじ
• Tanaka-Kōsaka 田中上阪
• Yoshie Tanoue 田上よしえ
• Masashi Tashiro 田代まさし
• Tashiro 32 田代32
• Danshi Tatekawa 立川談志
• Tekken 鉄拳
• Tenshin 天津
• Tent テント
• Tetsu and Tomo テツandトモ
• TIM

• Red Yoshida レッド吉田
• Golgo Matsumoto ゴルゴ松本

• Time Machine San-gō タイムマシーン3号
• TKO

• Takehiro Kimoto 木本武宏
• Takayuki Kinoshita 木下隆行

• Tobi'ishi Renkyū 飛石連休
• George Tokoro 所ジョージ
• Tōkyō Dynamite 東京ダイナマイト
• Tōkyō 03 東京03
• Cozy Tomita コージー冨田
• Tommys トミーズ
• Tonny Tani トニー谷
• Tomochika 友近
• Tomoike Nakabayashi 友池中林
• Tomonori Jinnai 陣内智則
• Total Tenbosch トータルテンボス
• The Touch ザ・たっち
• Minoru Torihada 鳥肌実
• Toro Salmon とろサーモン
• Oniyakko Tsubaki 椿鬼奴
• Shirō Tsubuyaki つぶやきシロー
• Shigeo Tsujimoto 辻本茂雄
• Edamame Tsumami つまみ枝豆
• Tunnels とんねるず

• Takaaki Ishibashi 石橋貴明
• Norisuke Kinashi 木梨憲武

• Tutorial チュートリアル
• Tenjikunezumi 天竺鼠

U

• Katsunori Uchiba 内場勝則
• Hitoshi Ueki 植木等
• Kōichi Ukawa 烏川耕一
• Unabara Yasuyo Tomoko 海原やすよ・ともこ

• Yasuyo Unabara 海原やすよ
• Tomoko Unabara 海原ともこ

• Unbalance アンバランス
• Ungirls アンガールズ

• Takushi Tanaka 田中卓志
• Yoshiaki Yamane 山根良顕

• UN JASH アンジャッシュ

• Ken Watabe 渡部建
• Kazuya Kojima 児嶋一哉

• U-ji Kōji U字工事
• Untouchable アンタッチャブル

• Hidetsugu Shibata 柴田英嗣
• Hironari Yamazaki 山崎弘也

• Up-down アップダウン

• Takumi Takemori 竹森巧
• Hiroki Abe 阿部 浩貴

• U-tchan Nan-chan ウッチャンナンチャン

• Teruyoshi Uchimura 内村光良
• Kiyotaka Nanbara 南原清隆

• Utopia ゆーとぴあ

V

• Vickys ビッキーズ
• Viking バイきんぐ

W

• Wagaya 我が家
• Osamu Wakai 若井おさむ
• Warai Meshi 笑い飯

Y

• Hanako Yamada 山田花子
• Hōsei Yamasaki 山崎邦正
• Passion Yara パッション屋良
• Yarusenasu やるせなす
• Yasei Bakudan 野性爆弾
• Yasu-Kiyo やすきよ

• Yasushi Yokoyama 横山やすし
• Kiyoshi Nishikawa 西川きよし

• Shin'nosuke Yasuo 安尾信乃助
• Yasuda Dai Circus 安田大サーカス
• Yoiko よゐこ

• Masaru Hamaguchi 濱口優
• Shin'ya Arino 有野晋哉

• Yokoyama Hot Brothers 横山ホットブラザーズ
• Knock Yokoyama 横山ノック
• Hiro Yoshida 吉田ヒロ
• Itoshi Yumeji 夢路いとし
• Yurioka Chō Tokkyū ユリオカ超特Q
• Yūtarō ゆうたろう

Z

• Zenjirō ぜんじろう

Idols (male)

• MR Chip
• Daiki Arioka
• Goro Inagaki
• Hikaru Yaotome
• Hiroki Uchi
• Jin Akanishi
• Jun Matsumoto
• Junnosuke Taguchi
• Junichi Okada
• Kanata Hongo
• Katori Shingo
• Kazunari Ninomiya
• Kazuya Kamenashi
• Kei Inoo
• Keiichiro Koyama
• Keita Tachibana
• Keito Okamoto
• Kimura Takuya
• Koichi Domoto
• Koike Teppei
• Kota Yabu
• Kusano Hironori
• Masahiro Nakai
• Masaki Aiba
• Ryutaro Morimoto
• Shingo Murakami
• Ryo Nishikido
• Ryohei Chiba
• Ryuichi Ogata
• Ryosuke Yamada
• Satoshi Ohno
• Shigeaki Kato
• Shingo Murakami
• Shintaro Morimoto
• Sho Sakurai
• Shota Yasuda
• Subaru Shibutani
• Takahisa Masuda
• Tanaka Koki
• Tatsuya Ueda
• Tsuyoshi Domoto
• Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
• Tomohisa Yamashita
• Toma Ikuta
• Yu Yokoyama
• Yuichi Nakamaru
• Yuma Nakayama
• Yuto Nakajima
• Yuuri Chinen
• Yuya Tegoshi
• Yuya Takaki

Idols (female)

• Kanako Momota
• Shiori Tamai
• Ayaka Sasaki
• Momoka Ariyasu
• Reni Takagi
• Akiyama Rina
• Airi & Meiri
• Aya Ueto
• Koike Eiko
• Nakagawa Shoko
• Natsukawa Jun
• Uehara Takako
• Yamamoto Azusa
• Maeda Atsuko
• Oshima Yuko
• Itano Tomomi
• Chise Nakamura
• Haruna Iikubo
• Haruka Kudo
• Ayumi Ishida
• Masaki Sato
• Mizuki Fukumura
• Erina Ikuta
• Riho Sayashi
• Kanon Suzuki
• Umika Kawashima
• Sayumi Michishige
• Kusumi Koharu
• Erina Mano
• Aya Matsuura
• Yuki Kashiwagi
• Mayu Watanabe
• Jurina Matsui
• Rena Matsui
• Minami Takahashi
• Minami Minegishi
• Haruna Kojima
• Aki Takajo
• Mariko Shinoda
• Akimoto Sayaka
• Tomomi Kasai
• Rie Kitahara
• Rino Sashihara

Models

• Aki Hoshino
• Riyo Mori
• Ebihara Yuri
• Fujiwara Norika
• Horiuchi Yoko
• Inoue Waka
• Mariya Nishiuchi
• May J.
• Meisa Kuroki
• Oshikiri Moe
• Umemiya Anna
• Yamada Yu
• Josh Snow
• Kanata Hongo
• Tao Okamoto
• Suzuka Morita
• Oishi Megumi

Musicians / Singers (male)

• Eiichi Ohtaki
• Eikichi Yazawa
• Gackt
• Haruomi Hosono
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• Hiromi Go
• Kiyoshiro Imawano
• Hideaki Tokunaga
• Hyde
• Kazumasa Oda
• Keisuke Kuwata
• Koshi Inaba
• Kōji Tamaki
• Kyosuke Himuro
• Miyavi
• Noriyuki Makihara
• Ryuichi Sakamoto
• Saijo Hideki
• Takanori Nishikawa
• Tamio Okuda
• Tatsuya Ishii
• Tatsuro Yamashita
• Tomoyasu Hotei
• Toshi Kubota
• Toshiki Kadomatsu
• Yasuyuki Okamura
• Yoshiki
• Yōsui Inoue
• Yukihiro Takahashi

Musicians / Singers (female)

• Ai Otsuka
• Ai Takahashi
• Aiko Kayo
• Akiko Wada
• Alisa Durbrow
• Angela Aki
• Anna Tsuchiya
• Airi Suzuki
• ARIA
• Asami Fujimura
• Aya Hirano
• Aya Matsuura
• Aya Ueto
• Ayaka Hirahara
• Ayaka Komatsu
• Ayaka
• Ayumi Hamasaki
• Ayumi Kinoshita
• Beni Arashiro
• Bonnie Pink
• Chiaki Kuriyama
• Chihiro Onitsuka
• Chisaki Hama
• Chitose Hajime
• Crystal Kay
• Erika Sawajiri
• Emi Hinouchi
• Emi Maria
• Emyli
• Garnet Crow
• Goto Maki
• Hagiwara Mai
• Halna
• Hikaru Nishida
• Hiro
• Hiroko Anzai
• Hiroko Shimabukuro
• hitomi
• Ikue Sakakibara
• Imai Eriko
• JASMINE
• JAMOSA
• Jhené Aiko
• Jun Natsukawa
• Junko Sakurada
• JYONGRI
• Kiyoe Yoshioka
• Kanako Enomoto
• Kanbe Miyuki
• Kanon Wakeshima
• Kawabe Chieco
• Kawase Tomoko
• Keiko Kitagawa
• Kia Sakara
• Kumi Koda
• Kusumi Koharu
• Lia
• Lisa Yamaguchi
• Maaya Sakamoto
• Maeda Atsuko
• May J.
• Mari Amachi
• Masako Mori
• Meisa Kuroki
• Megumi Odaka
• Megumi
• Megumi Hayashibara
• Melody.
• Mew Azama
• MiCHi
• Mihiro Taniguchi
• Miho Komatsu
• Miho Nakayama
• Miho Yoshioka
• Miki Fujimoto
• Miliyah Kato
• MINMI
• Miyu Sawai
• Mizuki Nana
• Momoe Yamaguchi
• Myco
• Mika Nakashima
• Namie Amuro
• Natsuyaki Miyabi
• Noriko Sakai
• Reina Tanaka
• Reon Kadena
• Ribbon
• Ryōko Hirosue
• Saori Minami
• Sayaka
• Sayumi Michishige
• Seiko Matsuda
• Shoko Nakagawa
• Takako Ohta
• Takako Uehara
• Thelma Aoyama
• Tomomi Itano
• Tsugunaga Momoko
• Utada Hikaru
• Waka Inoue
• Yui
• Yui Makino
• Yukiko Okada
• Yuko Ogura
• Yuna Ito

Tarento

• Aya Ueto
• Becky
• Kazushige Nagashima
• Kano sisters
• Obi Tenaka
• Mina Fukui
• Momoiro Clover Z

Actors

Main article: List of Japanese actors

• Eita
• Kamakari Kenta
• Fujiwara Tatsuya
• Ishihara Yujiro
• Ikuta Toma
• Matsudaira Ken
• Shun Oguri
• Ryuhei Matsuda
• Takeru Satoh
• Seto Koji
• Satoshi Tsumabuki
• Shota Matsuda
• Ken Watanabe

A

• Hiroshi Abe
• Tsuyoshi Abe
• Asahi Uchida
• Aiba Hiroki
• Kazuyuki Aijima
• Show Aikawa
• Akanishi Jin
• Kousei Amano
• Anan Kenji
• Masanobu Ando
• Aoyama Sota
• Arai Hirofumi
• Hirofumi Araki
• Arata
• Asano Tadanobu
• Kai Atō
• Atsumi Kiyoshi

B

• Ban Daisuke
• Bandō Eiji

C

• Sonny Chiba (Shinichi Chiba)
• Chishū Ryū

D

• Tsuyoshi Domoto
• Koichi Domoto

E

• Eita
• Eguchi Yosuke
• Endo Kenichi
• Enomoto Kenichi

F

• Tatsuya Fuji
• Fujimoto Takahiro
• Fujioka Hiroshi
• Fujita Makoto
• Fujiwara Tatsuya
• Fukikoshi Mitsuru
• Seizō Fukumoto
• Fukuyama Masaharu
• Akira Fuse

H

• Takashi Hagino
• Hagiwara Masato
• Kento Handa
• Harada Yoshio
• Hideji Ōtaki
• Higashi Sonomanma
• Hirata Hiroaki
• Hiro Mizushima
• Hiroshi Tamaki
• Hiroya Matsumoto
• Takahiro Hōjō
• Hongo Kanata
• Horie Kei
• Horiuchi Masami
• Shigeki Hosokawa

I

• Ichikawa Raizo
• Ichikawa Utaemon
• Ikariya Chosuke
• Ikebe Ryō
• Ikuta Toma
• Inoue Mao
• Isaka Tatsuya
• Iseya Yusuke
• Renji Ishibashi
• Ishibashi Ryo
• Ishida Takuya
• Ishihara Yujiro
• Ishikura Saburo
• Atsushi Itō
• Shigeru Izumiya

K

• Takeshi Kaga
• Kagawa Teruyuki
• Kamenashi Kazuya
• Masaki Kaji
• Bandō Kakitsu I
• Kenta Kamakari
• Yusuke Kamiji
• Ryunosuke Kamiki
• Ryuji Kamiyama
• Kaname Jun
• Miyuki Kanbe
• Kane Kosugi
• Kaneshiro Takeshi
• Mitsuru Karahashi
• Kenzie Taylor
• Tsurutarō Kataoka
• Kazuki Kato
• Katori Shingo
• Ryo Katsuji
• Kazama Morio
• Kazunari Ninomiya
• Kazuya Kamenashi
• Keaton Yamada
• Ken Watanabe
• Kenichi Matsuyama
• Kimura Takuya
• Kishi Yuji
• Shin Kishida
• Kitamura Eiki
• Takeshi Kitano
• Kobayashi Akira
• Kaoru Kobayashi
• Kobayashi Keiju
• Masahiro Kobayashi (actor)
• Masahiro Kobayashi (director)
• Kobayashi Nenji
• Koki Tanaka
• Koike Teppei
• Koyuki
• Yoshikazu Kotani
• Kubozuka Yousuke
• Kurata Yasuaki

M

• Maeda Atsuko
• Maruse Taro
• Masanobu Ando
• Masahiko Kondo
• Masuda Takahisa
• Matsuda Kenji
• Matsuda Ryuhei
• Matsuda Shota
• Ken Matsudaira
• Yusaku Matsuda
• Matsukata Hiroki
• Matsukawa Naruki
• Matsumoto Jun
• Kenichi Matsuyama
• Takashi Matsuyama
• Toshiro Mifune
• Akifumi Miura
• Miura Haruma
• Miura Tomokazu
• Miyaguchi Seiji
• Yuya Miyashita
• Miyavi
• Hiro Mizushima
• Ryōji Morimoto
• Morishige Hisaya
• Moriyama Mirai
• Motoki Masahiro
• Hiroaki Murakami
• Murata Kazumi

N

• Anzu Nagai
• Nagase Masatoshi
• Akira Nagata
• Nagayama Takashi
• Nakadai Tatsuya
• Kiichi Nakai
• Nakai Masahiro
• Nakamaru Yuichi
• Katsuo Nakamura
• Yuichi Nakamura (actor)
• Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor)
• Narimiya Hiroki
• Nezu Jinpachi
• Nishida Toshiyuki
• Hidetoshi Nishijima
• Nishikido Ryo
• Nishimura Masahiko

O

• Oda Yuji
• Joe Odagiri
• Ogata Ken
• Oguri Shun
• Suzuka Ohgo
• Oizumi You
• Masumi Okada
• Masi Oka
• Ōkōchi Denjirō
• Okuchi Kengo
• Oshinari Shugo
• Osugi Ren

R

• Ryohei Odai
• Ryu Kohata

S

• Saito Takumi
• Sakai Masato
• Sanada Hiroyuki
• Sandayū Dokumamushi
• Takashi Sasano
• Kōichi Satō
• Sato Takeru
• Yuki Sato
• Kenta Satoi
• Kōtarō Satomi
• Sawaki Tetsu
• Sawamura Ikki
• Seto Koji
• Jyōji Shibue
• Shimomoto Shiro
• Shimura Takashi
• Shin Koyamada
• Shinjiro Atae
• Shirota Yuu
• Shishido Jo
• Shoei
• Sorimachi Takashi
• Takamasa Suga
• Sugi Ryotaro
• Hiroki Suzuki
• Shogo Yamaguchi

T

• Takizawa Hideaki
• Taguchi Tomorowo
• Taguchi Junnosuke
• Tak Sakaguchi
• Takahashi Hideki
• Takakura Ken
• Takaoka Sosuke
• Takashima Masahiro
• Takashima Masanobu
• Kaku Takashina
• Tetsuya Takeda
• Takenaka Naoto
• Takenouchi Yutaka
• Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Tamba Tetsuro
• Tamba Yoshitaka
• Tamayama Tetsuji
• Tamura Masakazu
• Ryō Tamura
• Tanabe Seiichi
• Kotaro Tanaka (judge)
• Kotaro Tanaka (photographer)
• Tanaka Kunie
• Min Tanaka
• Minoru Tanaka
• Tani Hayato
• Tani Kei
• Shōsuke Tanihara
• Tatsuya Fujiwara
• Tatsuya Ueda
• Tegoshi Yuya
• Terajima Susumu
• Taro Yamamoto
• Hidenori Tokuyama
• Toyokawa Etsushi
• Kanji Tsuda
• Takayuki Tsubaki
• Tsuda Kenjiro
• Tsugawa Masahiko
• Tsukamoto Shinya
• Tsukayama Masane
• Tsumabuki Satoshi
• Tsurumi Shingo
• Tsuruno Takeshi
• Tsutsumi Shinichi

U

• Yuki Uchida
• Masato Uchiyama
• Hitoshi Ueki

W

• Gō Wakabayashi
• Ken Watanabe
• Watari Tetsuya
• Tsunehiko Watase
• Wentz Eiji

Y

• Yakusho Koji
• Yamada Ryosuke
• Yamada Takayuki
• Kōichi Yamadera
• Yamaji Kazuhiro
• Koji Yamamoto
• Yamamoto Taro
• Yamashita Tomohisa
• Yamazaki Tsutomu
• Yanagi Kotaro
• Yashima Norito
• Kousuke Yonehara
• Kinnosuke Yorozuya
• Hidetaka Yoshioka
• Yosuke Eguchi
• Tomohisa Yuge
• Yuya Endo
• Yuya Yagira
• Yūta Furukawa
• Yuya Matsushita

Actresses

Main article: List of Japanese actresses

• Aya Ueto
• Ito Misaki
• Karina
• Koyuki
• Maki Horikita
• Mao Inoue
• Meisa Kuroki
• Mika Nakashima
• Satomi Ishihara
• Yonekura Ryoko
• Yui Aragaki
• Yukie Nakama
• Kiko Mizuhara

A

• Yumi Adachi
• Saki Aibu
• Rina Aizawa
• Kyoko Aizome
• Sayaka Akimoto
• Tsubasa Akimoto
• Yoko Akino
• Rio Akisada
• Kumiko Akiyoshi
• Yuki Amami
• Chisato Amate
• Mayuko Aoki
• Tsuru Aoki
• Michiyo Aratama
• Narimi Arimori
• Mayumi Asaka
• Aiko Asano
• Atsuko Asano
• Yūko Asano
• Ruriko Asaoka
• Kumiko Aso
• Yumi Asou
• Haruka Ayase
• Mew Azama

B

• Chieko Baisho
• Mitsuko Baisho

C

• Catalina Yue
• Chara
• Reiko Chiba

D

• Mao Daichi

E

• Kanako Enomoto
• Makiko Esumi

F

• Rie Fu
• Yuko Fueki
• Sumiko Fuji
• Takako Fuji
• Miho Fujima
• Mizuki Fukumura
• Shiho Fujimura
• Yumiko Fujita
• Ayako Fujitani
• Miki Fujitani
• Miwako Fujitani
• Norika Fujiwara
• Kyoko Fukada
• Eri Fukatsu
• Kazue Fukiishi
• Mayuko Fukuda
• Mutsumi Fukuma

G

• Kumiko Goto
• Maki Goto

H

• Michiko Hada
• Chisaki Hama
• Ayumi Hamasaki
• Sachie Hara
• Setsuko Hara
• Tomoyo Harada
• Kyoko Hasegawa
• Reika Hashimoto
• Yoshie Hayasaka
• Hiroko Hayashi
• Riona Hazuki
• Emiri Henmi
• Mari Henmi
• Mayumi Hidaka
• Noriko Higashide
• Ryoko Hirosue
• Achako Hisamoto
• Yuriko Hishimi
• Tae Hitoto
• Maki Horikita
• Masami Horiuchi
• Mari Hoshino
• Tomoko Hoshino
• Naomi Hosokawa

I

• Yui Ichikawa
• Riho Iida
• Kimiko Ikegami
• Chizuru Ikewaki
• Shizuka Inoh (Annie Yi)
• Harumi Inoue
• Mao Inoue
• Takako Irie
• Ayumi Ishida
• Hikari Ishida
• Yuriko Ishida
• Satomi Ishihara
• Mako Ishino
• Yōko Ishino
• Ayumi Ito
• Maiko Ito
• Misaki Ito
• Yoshimi Iwasaki
• Shima Iwashita

J

• Risa Junna

K

• Meiko Kaji
• Bunko Kanazawa
• Yumi Kaoru
• Nagisa Katahira
• Ai Kato
• Natsuki Kato
• Sachiko Katsumata
• Atsuko Kawada
• Haruna Kawaguchi
• Ami Kawai
• Azumi Kawashima
• Umika Kawashima
• Maiko Kazama
• Naoko Ken
• Rinko Kikuchi
• Rei Kikukawa
• Tae Kimura
• Yoshino Kimura
• Keiko Kishi
• Kayoko Kishimoto
• Keiko Kitagawa
• Mao Kobayashi
• Satomi Kobayashi
• Kyoko Koizumi
• Ayaka Komatsu
• Hiroko Konishi
• Manami Konishi
• Miho Konishi
• Mahiru Konno
• Misako Konno
• Koyuki
• Risa Kudo
• Yuki Kudoh
• Ryoko Kuninaka
• Makiko Kuno
• Komaki Kurihara
• Sumiko Kurishima
• Chiaki Kuriyama
• Fukumi Kuroda
• Hitomi Kuroki
• Meisa Kuroki
• Tomoka Kurotani
• Koharu Kusumi
• Seika Kuze
• Machiko Kyō
• Yui Koike

M

• Erika Mabuchi
• Aki Maeda
• Yōko Maki
• Takako Matsu
• Nanako Matsushima
• Moeko Matsushita
• Yuki Matsushita
• Yoko Matsuyama
• Keiko Matsuzaka
• Maki Meguro
• Junko Mihara
• Mimura
• Hiroko Mita
• Aika Miura
• Nobuko Miyamoto
• Junko Miyashita
• Aoi Miyazaki
• Rie Miyazawa
• Maki Mizuno
• Miki Mizuno
• Kaori Momoi
• Akiko Monou
• Mitsuko Mori
• Naoko Mori
• Yoko Moriguchi
• Shigeru Muroi
• Suzuka Morita

N

• Masami Nagasawa
• Anna Nagata
• Midori Naka
• Anna Nakagawa
• Yukie Nakama
• Saemi Nakamura
• Tamao Nakamura
• Kumiko Nakano
• Ryoko Nakano
• Miki Nakatani
• Miho Nakayama
• Shinobu Nakayama
• Amuro Namie
• Kuriko Namino
• Mari Natsuki
• Yoko Natsuki
• Masako Natsume
• Toshie Negishi
• Risa Niigaki
• Yuki Ninagawa
• Naomi Nishida
• Mineko Nishikawa
• Akiko Nishina
• Yoko Nogiwa
• Yuka Nomura
• Maho Nonami
• Chise Nakamura

O

• Noriko Ogawa
• Kaori Oguri
• Reiko Ohara
• Ayumi Oka
• Mariko Okada
• Yukiko Okamoto
• Megumi Okina
• Aya Omasa
• Itsumi Osawa
• Chihiro Otsuka
• Sayuri Oyamada

P

• Jenny Pat (Jenny Murata)

R

• Ryo

S

• Irie Saaya
• Hinako Saeki
• Yuki Saito
• Hiroko Sato
• Oka Satomi
• Yasuko Sawaguchi
• Miyuu Sawai
• Erika Sawajiri
• Megumi Seki
• Asaka Seto
• Kou Shibasaki
• Kotono Shibuya
• Momoko Shibuya
• Mirai Shida
• Eihi Shiina
• Misa Shimizu
• Ryoko Shinohara
• Tomoe Shinohara
• Mari Shirato
• Miki Sugimoto
• Keiko Suzuka
• Mayo Suzukaze
• Kyoka Suzuki

T

• Tomoko Tabata
• Mikako Tabe
• Yukari Tachibana
• Honami Tajima
• Miho Takagi
• Saya Takagi
• Ai Takahashi
• Hitomi Takahashi (actress)
• Hitomi Takahashi (singer)
• Kaori Takahashi
• Keiko Takahashi
• Atsuko Takahata
• Hideko Takamine
• Fubuki Takane
• Reiko Takashima
• Mayuko Takata
• Keiko Takeshita
• Yuko Takeuchi
• Chie Tanaka
• Eri Tanaka
• Kinuyo Tanaka
• Misako Tanaka
• Yoshiko Tanaka
• Naomi Tani
• Noriko Tatsumi
• Erika Toda
• Keiko Toda
• Yukiko Todoroki
• Rie Tomosaka
• Tsugumi
• Mayu Tsuruta

U

• Yuki Uchida
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• Juri Ueno
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• Mayumi Wakamura
• Ayako Wakao
• Isako Washio
• Eriko Watanabe
• Noriko Watanabe

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• Akiko Yada
• Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Isuzu Yamada
• Yu Yamada
• Miyako Yamaguchi
• Momoe Yamaguchi
• Tomoko Yamaguchi
• Fujiko Yamamoto
• Azusa Yamamoto
• Hikaru Yamamoto
• Mayumi Yamamoto
• Mirai Yamamoto
• Natsuko Yamamoto
• Narumi Yasuda
• Kimiko Yo
• Ryoko Yonekura
• Sayuri Yoshinaga

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• Naomi Zaizen

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• Iijima Ai
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Politicians

Prime Ministers

Prime Ministers during the Meiji period (1868–1912)

Under the Meiji Emperor

№	Prime Minister		Term of office			Political Party	Government	Elected	Ref
	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days
1		Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909)	22 December 1885	30 April 1888		None	1. Itō I	—
			The first Prime Minister of the Empire of Japan.
2		Kuroda Kiyotaka 黑田 清隆 Kuroda Kiyotaka (1840–1900)	30 April 1888	25 October 1889		None	2. Kuroda	—
			Oversaw promulgation of the Meiji Constitution. Failed to secure revision of the unequal treaties; resigned.
—		Sanjō Sanetomi 三條 實美 Sanjō Sanetomi (1837–1891)	25 October 1889	24 December 1889		None	Sanjō (interim)	—
			Upon the resignation of Kuroda’s government, the Emperor only accepted Kuroda’s resignation and invited Sanjō to head the government for two more months. Today, however, Sanjō’s government is generally regarded as a continuation of Kuroda’s. Held concurrently by the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.
3		Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922)	24 December 1889	6 May 1891		None	3. Yamagata I	1890
4		Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 Matsukata Masayoshi (1835–1924)	6 May 1891	8 August 1892		None	4. Matsukata I	1892
(1)		Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909)	8 August 1892	31 August 1896		None	5. Itō II	Mar. 1894 Sept. 1894
			Resigned.
During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Kuroda Kiyotaka (黑田 清隆 Kuroda Kiyotaka) was the Acting Prime Minister.
(4)		Matsukata Masayoshi 松方 正義 Matsukata Masayoshi (1835–1924)	18 September 1896	12 January 1898		None	6. Matsukata II	—
(1)		Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909)	12 January 1898	30 June 1898		None	7. Itō III	Mar. 1898
5		Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922)	30 June 1898	8 November 1898		Kenseitō	8. Ōkuma I	Sept. 1898
(3)		Yamagata Aritomo 山縣 有朋 Yamagata Aritomo (1838–1922)	8 November 1898	19 October 1900		None	9. Yamagata II	—
(1)		Itō Hirobumi 伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909)	19 October 1900	10 May 1901		Rikken Seiyūkai	10. Itō IV	—
			Resigned.
During this interval, Privy Council Chairman Saionji Kinmochi (西園寺 公望 Saionji Kinmochi) was the Acting Prime Minister.
6		Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 Katsura Tarō (1848–1913)	2 June 1901	7 January 1906		None (Retired General)	11. Katsura I	1902 1903 1904
7		Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 Saionji Kinmochi (1849–1940)	7 January 1906	14 July 1908		Rikken Seiyūkai	12. Saionji I	1908
(6)		Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 Katsura Tarō (1848–1913)	14 July 1908	30 August 1911		None (Retired General)	13. Katsura II	—
(7)		Saionji Kinmochi 西園寺 公望 Saionji Kinmochi (1849–1940)	30 August 1911	21 December 1912		Rikken Seiyūkai	14. Saionji II	1912

Prime Ministers during the Taishō period (1912–1926)

Under the Taishō Emperor

№	Prime Minister		Term of office			Political Party	Government	Elected	Ref
	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days
(6)		Katsura Tarō 桂 太郎 Katsura Tarō (1848–1913)	21 December 1912	20 February 1913		None (Retired General)	15. Katsura III	—
8		Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852–1933)	20 February 1913	16 April 1914		Military (Navy)	16. Yamamoto I	—
(5)		Ōkuma Shigenobu 大隈 重信 Ōkuma Shigenobu (1838–1922)	16 April 1914	9 October 1916		Rikken Dōshikai	17. Ōkuma II	1915
9		Terauchi Masatake 寺内 正毅 Terauchi Masatake (1852–1919)	9 October 1916	29 September 1918		Military (Army)	18. Terauchi	1917
10		Hara Takashi 原 敬 Hara Takashi (1856–1921)	29 September 1918	4 November 1921		Rikken Seiyūkai	19. Hara	1920
			Assassinated.
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (内田 康哉 Uchida Kōsai) was the Acting Prime Minister.
11		Takahashi Korekiyo 高橋 是清 Takahashi Korekiyo (1854–1936)	13 November 1921	12 June 1922		Rikken Seiyūkai	20. Takahashi	—
12		Katō Tomosaburō 加藤 友三郎 Katō Tomosaburō (1861–1923)	12 June 1922	24 August 1923		Military (Navy)	21. Katō To.	—
			Died in office of natural causes.
During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (内田 康哉 Uchida Kōsai) was the Acting Prime Minister.
(8)		Yamamoto Gonnohyōe 山本 權兵衛 Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852–1933)	2 September 1923	7 January 1924		Military (Navy)	22. Yamamoto II	—
13		Kiyoura Keigo 清浦 奎吾 Kiyoura Keigo (1850–1942)	7 January 1924	11 June 1924		None	23. Kiyoura	1924
14	80px	Katō Takaaki 加藤 高明 Katō Takaaki (1860–1926)	11 June 1924	2 August 1925		Kenseikai	24. Katō Ta.	—
			2 August 1925	28 January 1926
			Resigned after the “Grand Coalition of the Three Pro-Constitution Parties” collapsed. Katō was then reinvited by the Prince Regent to form a new government with his own party, Kenseitō. Today, however, his second term is generally regarded as continuation of his first. Died in office of natural causes.
During this interval, Interior Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (若槻 禮次郎 Wakatsuki Reijirō) was the Acting Prime Minister.
15		Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866–1949)	30 January 1926	20 April 1927		Kenseikai	25. Wakatsuki I	—

Prime Ministers during the Shōwa period (1926–1947)

Under the Shōwa Emperor

№	Prime Minister		Term of office			Political Party	Government	Elected	Ref
	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days
16		Tanaka Giichi 田中 義一 Tanaka Giichi (1864–1929)	20 April 1927	2 July 1929		Rikken Seiyūkai	26. Tanaka G.	1928
17		Osachi Hamaguchi 濱口 雄幸 Hamaguchi Osachi (1870–1931)	2 July 1929	14 April 1931		Rikken Minseitō	27. Hamaguchi	1930
			Incapacitated due to serious wound from assassination plot on 14 November 1930. Foreign Minister Shidehara Kijūrō served as Deputy Prime Minister until Hamaguchi’s return to the office on 10 March 1931.
(15)		Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻 禮次郎 Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866–1949)	14 April 1931	13 December 1931		Rikken Minseitō	28. Wakatsuki II	—
18		Inukai Tsuyoshi 犬養 毅 Inukai Tsuyoshi (1855–1932)	13 December 1931	15 May 1932		Rikken Seiyūkai	29. Inukai	1932
			Assassinated.
During this interval, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo (高橋 是清 Takahashi Korekiyo) was the Acting Prime Minister.
19		Saitō Makoto 齋藤 實 Saitō Makoto (1858–1936)	26 May 1932	8 July 1934		Military (Navy)	30. Saitō	—
20		Keisuke Okada 岡田 啓介 Okada Keisuke (1868–1952)	8 July 1934	9 March 1936		Military (Navy)	31. Okada	1936
			Thought to be killed by renegade soldiers during the February 26 Incident. Interior Minister Gotō Fumio served as Deputy Prime Minister until Okada was found alive on 28 February 1936.
21		Kōki Hirota 廣田 弘毅 Hirota Kōki (1878–1948)	9 March 1936	2 February 1937		None	32. Hirota	—
22		Senjūrō Hayashi 林 銑十郎 Hayashi Senjūrō (1876–1943)	2 February 1937	4 June 1937		Military (Army)	33. Hayashi	1937
23	80px	Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro (1891–1945)	4 June 1937	5 January 1939		None	34. Konoe I	—
24		Hiranuma Kiichirō 平沼 騏一郎 Hiranuma Kiichirō (1867–1952)	5 January 1939	30 August 1939		None	35. Hiranuma	—
25		Nobuyuki Abe 阿部 信行 Abe Nobuyuki (1875–1953)	30 August 1939	16 January 1940		Military (Army)	36. Abe N.	—
26	80px	Mitsumasa Yonai 米内 光政 Yonai Mitsumasa (1880–1948)	16 January 1940	22 July 1940		Military (Navy)	37. Yonai	—
(23)	80px	Fumimaro Konoe 近衞 文麿 Konoe Fumimaro (1891–1945)	22 July 1940	18 July 1941		Taisei Yokusankai	38. Konoe II	—
			18 July 1941	18 October 1941			39. Konoe III	—
27		Hideki Tōjō 東條 英機 Tōjō Hideki (1884–1948)	18 October 1941	22 July 1944		Taisei Yokusankai	40. Tōjō	1942
28		Kuniaki Koiso 小磯 國昭 Koiso Kuniaki (1880–1950)	22 July 1944	7 April 1945		Military (Army)	41. Koiso	—
29		Kantarō Suzuki 鈴木 貫太郎 Suzuki Kantarō (1868–1948)	7 April 1945	17 August 1945		Taisei Yokusankai	42. Suzuki K.	—
30		Higashikuni Naruhiko 東久邇宮 稔彦 王 Higashikuni no miya Naruhiko ō (1887–1990)	17 August 1945	9 October 1945		Imperial Family	43. Higashikuni	—
			The only member of the Imperial Family to serve as Prime Minister.
31		Kijūrō Shidehara 幣原 喜重郎 Shidehara Kijūrō (1872–1951)	9 October 1945	22 May 1946		None	44. Shidehara	—
32		Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967)	22 May 1946	24 May 1947		Japan Liberal	45. Yoshida I	1946

Prime Ministers during the Shōwa period (1947–1989)

Under the Shōwa Emperor

№	Prime Minister		Term of office			Political Party	Government	Elected		Ref
	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days			Gen.	Coun.
33		Tetsu Katayama 片山 哲 Katayama Tetsu (1887–1978) Rep for Kanagawa 3rd	24 May 1947	10 March 1948		JSP Nihon Shakaitō	46. Katayama JSP–DP–PCP	1947	1947
			Under Allied Occupation. The first Prime Minister and the first socialist to serve as Prime Minister of Japan. Member of Diet from 1930 to 1963. Formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party and the People's Cooperative Party.
34		Hitoshi Ashida 芦田 均 Ashida Hitoshi (1887–1959) Rep for Kyōto 2nd	10 March 1948	15 October 1948		DP Minshutō	47. Ashida DP–JSP–PCP	—	—
			Under Allied Occupation. Ashida's cabinet resigned after seven months in office, due to alleged ministerial corruption in the Showa Electric scandal.
(32)		Shigeru Yoshida 吉田 茂 Yoshida Shigeru (1878–1967) Rep for Kōchi At-large	15 October 1948	16 February 1949		DLP Minshu Jiyūtō	48. Yoshida II DLP	—	—
			16 February 1949	30 October 1952		Liberal Jiyūtō	49. Yoshida III (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) DLP/Lib.–DP	1949	1950
			30 October 1952	21 May 1953			50. Yoshida IV Liberal	1952	—
			21 May 1953	10 December 1954			51. Yoshida V Liberal	1953	1953
			Under Allied Occupation until the Treaty of San Francisco came into force on 28 April 1952. Developed the Yoshida Doctrine, prioritising economic development and reliance on United States military protection.
35		Ichirō Hatoyama 鳩山 一郎 Hatoyama Ichirō (1883–1959) Rep for Tokyo 1st	10 December 1954	19 March 1955		JDP Nihon Minshutō	52. Hatoyama I. I JDP	—	—
			19 March 1955	22 November 1955			53. Hatoyama I. II JDP	1955	—
			22 November 1955	23 December 1956		LDP Jimintō	54. Hatoyama I. III LDP	—	—
			Rebuilt diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union. Favored parole for some of the Class A war criminals who had been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Tokyo Trial.
36		Tanzan Ishibashi 石橋 湛山 Ishibashi Tanzan (1884–1973) Rep for Shizuoka 2nd	23 December 1956	25 February 1957		LDP Jimintō	55. Ishibashi LDP	—	1956
			Incapacitated due to minor stroke on 31 January 1957. Foreign Minister Kishi Nobusuke served as Deputy Prime Minister until 25 February 1957.
37		Nobusuke Kishi 岸 信介 Kishi Nobusuke (1896–1987) Rep for Yamaguchi 1st	25 February 1957	12 June 1958		LDP Jimintō	56. Kishi I (Reshuffle) LDP	—	—
			12 June 1958	19 July 1960			57. Kishi II (Reshuffle) LDP	1958	1959
38		Hayato Ikeda 池田 勇人 Ikeda Hayato (1899–1965) Rep for Hiroshima 2nd	19 July 1960	8 December 1960		LDP Jimintō	58. Ikeda I LDP	—	—
			8 December 1960	9 December 1963			59. Ikeda II (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) LDP	1960	1962
			9 December 1963	9 November 1964			60. Ikeda III (Reshuffle) LDP	1963	—
39		Eisaku Satō 佐藤 榮作 Satō Eisaku (1901–1975) Rep for Yamaguchi 2nd	9 November 1964	17 February 1967		LDP Jimintō	61. Satō I (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) LDP	—	1965
			17 February 1967	14 January 1970			62. Satō II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP	1967	1968
			14 January 1970	7 July 1972			63. Satō III (Reshuffle)	1969	1971
40		Kakuei Tanaka 田中 角榮 Tanaka Kakuei (1918–1993) Rep for Niigata 3rd	7 July 1972	22 December 1972		LDP Jimintō	64. Tanaka K. I LDP	—	—
			22 December 1972	9 December 1974			65. Tanaka K. II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP	1972	—
41		Takeo Miki 三木 武夫 Miki Takeo (1907–1988) Rep for Tokushima At-large	9 December 1974	24 December 1976		LDP Jimintō	66. Miki (Reshuffle) LDP	—	1974
42		Takeo Fukuda 福田 赳夫 Fukuda Takeo (1905–1995) Rep for Gunma 3rd	24 December 1976	7 December 1978		LDP Jimintō	67. Fukuda T. (Reshuffle) LDP	1976	1977
43		Masayoshi Ōhira 大平 正芳 Ōhira Masayoshi (1910–1980) Rep for Kagawa 2nd	7 December 1978	9 November 1979		LDP Jimintō	68. Ōhira I LDP	—	—
			9 November 1979	12 June 1980			69. Ōhira II LDP	1979	—
			Died in office of natural causes.
During this interval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Ito (伊東 正義 Itō Masayoshi) was the Acting Prime Minister.
44		Zenkō Suzuki 鈴木 善幸 Suzuki Zenkō (1911–2004) Rep for Iwate 1st	17 July 1980	27 November 1982		LDP Jimintō	70. Suzuki Z. (Reshuffle) LDP	1980	1980
45		Yasuhiro Nakasone 中曽根　康弘 Nakasone Yasuhiro (1918– ) Rep for Gunma 3rd	27 November 1982	27 December 1983		LDP Jimintō	71. Nakasone I LDP	—	—
			27 December 1983	22 July 1986			72. Nakasone II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–NLC	1983	1983
			22 July 1986	6 November 1987			73. Nakasone III LDP	1986	1986
46		Noboru Takeshita 竹下 登 Takeshita Noboru (1924–2000) Rep for Shimane At-large	6 November 1987	3 June 1989		LDP Jimintō	74. Takeshita (Reshuffle) LDP	—	—

Prime Ministers during the Heisei period (1989–present)

Under Emperor Akihito

№	Prime Minister		Term of office			Political Party	Government	Elected		Ref
	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Days			Gen.	Coun.
47		Sōsuke Uno 宇野 宗佑 Uno Sōsuke (1922–1998) Rep for Shiga At-large	3 June 1989	10 August 1989		LDP Jimintō	75. Uno LDP	—	1989
			Soon after he was elected Prime Minister, allegations arose that he had an extramarital relationship with a geisha, which damaged his reputation and his party's performance in the 1989 House of Councillors election, for which he resigned. He died in 1998. Served as Minister of Defense (1974), Chief of the Science and Technology Agency (1976–1977), Chief of the Civil Administration Agency (1979–1980), Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (1983), and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1987–1989). Member of the Diet from 1960 to 1996.
48		Toshiki Kaifu 海部 俊樹 Kaifu Toshiki (1931– ) Rep for Aichi 3rd	10 August 1989	28 February 1990		LDP Jimintō	76. Kaifu I LDP	—	—
			28 February 1990	5 November 1991			77. Kaifu II (Reshuffle) LDP	1990	—
			Defeated in 2009, he was the longest-serving member of the lower house of the Diet, and he was also the first former prime minister to be defeated at a re-election since 1963. Served as Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary (1974–1976), Minister of Education (1976–1977, 1985–1986). Member of the Diet from 1960 to 2009.
49		Kiichi Miyazawa 宮澤 喜一 Miyazawa Kiichi (1919–2007) Rep for Hiroshima 3rd	5 November 1991	9 August 1993		LDP Jimintō	78. Kiichi (Reshuffle) LDP	—	1992
			Originally a bureaucrat in the Treasury Ministry, he accompanied Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida at the Treaty of San Francisco. A firm critic of the revision of the constitution, he advocated peace throughout his political career. After his party's stunning defeat in the 1993 general election, he was forced to resign the Prime Ministership, but became Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Keizo Obuchi and Yoshiro Mori from 1998 to 2001. He died in 2007. Served as Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (1962–1964, 1966–1968, 1970–1971, 1977–1978), Chief Cabinet Secretary (1980–1982), Minister of Finance (1986–1988), Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1993) and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (1993). Member of the House of Councillors (1952–1965). Member of the House of Representatives (1967–2003).
50		Morihiro Hosokawa 細川 護熙 Hosokawa Morihiro (1938– ) Rep for Kumamoto 1st	9 August 1993	28 April 1994		JNP Nihon Shintō	79. Hosokawa JNP–JSP–JRP–Komeitō–NPS–DSP–SDF	1993	—
			He is a member of a noble family that ruled Kumamoto since Medieval times, and during Imperial Japan, his family was part of the aristocracy, his grandfather Konoe Fumimaro having served as Prime Minister (1937–1939, 1940–1941). Originally member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he left the party in 1992 to form the Japan New Party, which garnered 35 members in the 1993 general election. He served as Prime Minister in 8-party coalition government and spearheaded a reform to changed the electoral system. He resigned after allegations arose that he had misused personal funds in the 1980s. Served as Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture (1983–1991). Member of the House of Councilors from 1971 to 1983 and 1992 to 1993. Member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 1998.
51		Tsutomu Hata 羽田 孜 Hata Tsutomu (1935– ) Rep for Nagano 2nd	28 April 1994	30 June 1994		JRP Shinseitō	80. Hata JRP–JNP–JSP–SDP–SDF–Komeitō–NPS	—	—
			Originally member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he left the party in 1993 with Ichirō Ozawa to establish the Japan Renewal Party, which garnered 44 seats in the 1993 general election. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Morihiro Hosokawa, until the latter resigned after his implication in a banking scandal. Hata then assumed the Prime Ministership, but since the Socialist Party had left the coalition, his minority government was forced to resign after a non-confidence vote had passed. Currently a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, he is now one of the elder politicians of the party. Served as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (1985–1986, 1988–1989), Minister of Finance (1991–1992), and Minister for Foreign Affairs. Member of the Diet from 1969 to 2012.
52	80px	Tomiichi Murayama 村山 富市 Murayama Tomiichi (1924– ) Rep for Ōita 1st	30 June 1994	11 January 1996		JSP Nihon Shakaitō	81. Murayama (Reshuffle) JSP–LDP–NPS	—	1995
			Presided over a coalition that consisted of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Socialist Party, and the New Party Sakigake. During his tenure, the Great Hanshin earthquake erupted and a Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway occurred that left 13 dead. He resigned after his party suffered defeat in the 1996 general election. Served as General Secretary of the Socialist Party. Member of the Diet from 1972 to 2000.
53		Ryutaro Hashimoto 橋本 龍太郎 Hashimoto Ryūtarō (1937–2006) Rep for Okayama 4th	11 January 1996	7 November 1996		LDP Jimintō	82. Hashimoto I LDP–JSP–NPS	—	—
			7 November 1996	30 July 1998			83. Hashimoto II (Reshuffle) LDP–JSP–NPS	1996	—
			He spearheaded widespread reforms during his tenure, including reforms to restructure the health, finance, and the bureaucratic system. He resigned after his party suffered massive defeat in the 1998 House of Councilors Election. He died in 2006. Served as Minister of Health (1978–1979), Minister of Transportation (1986–1987), Minister of Finance (1989–1991), Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (1994–1996). Member of the Diet from 1963 to 2005.
54		Keizō Obuchi 小渕 恵三 Obuchi Keizō (1937–2000) Rep for Gunma 5th	30 July 1998	5 April 2000		LDP Jimintō	84. Obuchi (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–(Lib.–NKP)	—	1998
			His government was credited with stimulating the economy after a depression caused by the bubble crash. After suffering from a stroke, he fell into a coma on 3 April, and died on 14 May 2000. Chief Cabinet Secretary Aoki Mikio served as Deputy Prime Minister until 5 April. Served as Chief of the Okinawa Development Agency (1979–1980), Minister of the Prime Minister's Office (1979–1980), Chief Cabinet Secretary (1987–1989), and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1997–1998). Member of the Diet from 1963 to 2000.
55		Yoshirō Mori 森 喜朗 Mori Yoshirō (1937– ) Rep for Ishikawa 2nd	5 April 2000	4 July 2000		LDP Jimintō	85. Mori I LDP–NKP–NCP	—	—
			4 July 2000	26 April 2001			86. Mori II (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–NKP–NCP	2000	—
			His appointment was decided after a secret meeting by major power brokers within the Liberal Democratic Party after the unexpected death of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. His gaffes and his government's low legitimacy was detrimental to his government's approval ratings, for which he resigned in 2001. Served as Minister of Education (1983–1984), Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (1992–1993), Minister of Construction (1995–1996). Member of the Diet from 1969 to 2012.
56		Junichiro Koizumi 小泉 純一郎 Koizumi Jun'ichirō (1942– ) Rep for Kanagawa 11th	26 April 2001	19 November 2003		LDP Jimintō	87. Koizumi I (Reshuffle 1 · 2) LDP–NKP–NCP	—	2001
			19 November 2003	21 September 2005			88. Koizumi II (Reshuffle) LDP–NKP	2003	2004
			21 September 2005	26 September 2006			89. Koizumi III (Reshuffle) LDP–NKP	2005	—
			Resigned due to term limits of the Presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party. Served as Vice Minister of Finance (1979), Minister of Health and Welfare (1988–1989), Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (1992), Minister of Health and Welfare (1996–1998), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2002). Member of Diet from 1972 to 2009.
57		Shinzō Abe 安倍 晋三 Abe Shinzō (1954– ) Rep for Yamaguchi 4th	26 September 2006	26 September 2007		LDP Jimintō	90. Abe S. I (Reshuffle) LDP–NKP	—	2007
			Resigned after suffering from low approval ratings and poor health. Served as Chief Cabinet Secretary (2005–2006). Member of Diet since 1993.
58		Yasuo Fukuda 福田 康夫 Fukuda Yasuo (1936– ) Rep for Gunma 4th	26 September 2007	24 September 2008		LDP Jimintō	91. Fukuda Y. (Reshuffle) LDP–NKP	—	—
			Resigned after asserting the need to improve the flow of the political process. Served as Minister for Okinawa Development (2000), Chief Cabinet Secretary (2000–2004), and Minister of State for Gender Equality and Social Affairs (2001–2004). Member of Diet from 1990 to 2012.
59		Tarō Asō 麻生 太郎 Asō Tarō (1940– ) Rep for Fukuoka 8th	24 September 2008	16 September 2009		LDP Jimintō	92. Asō LDP–NKP	—	—
			Resigned after the 2009 general election to accept the responsibility for the worst defeat of the history of the Liberal Democratic Party. Served as Director of Economic Planning Agency (1996–1997), Minister in charge of Economic and Financial Policies (2001), Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications (2003–2005), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (2005–2007). Member of Diet since 1979.
60		Yukio Hatoyama 鳩山 由紀夫 Hatoyama Yukio (1947– ) Rep for Hokkaido 9th	16 September 2009	8 June 2010		DPJ Minshutō	93. Hatoyama Y. DPJ–SDP–PNP	2009	—
			Won a majority in the 2009 general election defeating Tarō Asō (LDP). Resigned after public uproar was spurred after he broke a campaign promise to close Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture. Member of Diet from 1986 to 2012.
61		Naoto Kan 菅 直人 Kan Naoto (1946– ) Rep for Tokyo 18th	8 June 2010	2 September 2011		DPJ Minshutō	94. Kan (Reshuffle 1 · 2) DPJ–PNP	—	2010
			Resigned due to poor approval rate and handling of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Served as Minister of Health and Welfare (1996), Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (2009–2010), Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy (2009–2010), Minister of State in charge of National Strategy (2009–2010), Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy (2009–2010), and Minister of Finance (2010). Member of Diet since 1980.
62		Yoshihiko Noda 野田 佳彦 Noda Yoshihiko (1957– ) Rep for Chiba 4th	2 September 2011	26 December 2012		DPJ Minshutō	95. Noda (Reshuffle 1 · 2 · 3) DPJ–PNP	—	—
			Resigned after the 2012 general election to accept the responsibility for the defeat of the Democratic Party. Served as Senior Vice Minister of Finance (2009–2010) and Minister of Finance (2010–2011). Member of Diet since 1993.

Politicians

Main article: List of Japanese politicians

Religious leaders

• Dogen
• Eisai
• Kūkai
• Miki Nakayama
• Nichiren
• Nikkō
• Ryōkan
• Saigyo
• Shinran
• Asahara Shōko
• Takuan Sōhō
• Teshima Ikurō
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Yoshihiko Kikuchi
• Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki

Scientists

• Esaki Leo
• Honda Kōtarō
• Ikeda Kikunae
• Kitasato Shibasaburō
• Mikimoto Kōkichi
• Mishima Tokuhichi
• Nakaya Ukichirō
• Niwa Yasujirō
• Sugimoto Kyōta
• Tago Akihiko
• Takamine Jōkichi
• Tanaka Kōichi
• Tonegawa Susumu
• Fujita Tetsuya
• Tomonaga Shin'ichirō
• Toyoda Sakichi
• Yagi Hidetsugu
• Yukawa Hideki

Mathematicians

• Hironaka Heisuke
• Iwasawa Kenkichi
• Kodaira Kunihiko
• Mori Shigefumi
• Satō Mikio
• Seki Kōwa
• Shimura Gorō
• Takagi Teiji
• Taniyama Yutaka
• Yoneda Nobuo

Economists

• Takeshi Amemiya
• Masahiko Aoki
• Masahisa Fujita
• Fumio Hayashi
• Charles Horioka
• Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
• Michio Morishima
• Yasuma Takada
• Heizō Takenaka
• Shigeto Tsuru
• Yoshihiro Tsurumi
• Yukihiro Torikai
• Kazuhide Uekusa
• Hirofumi Uzawa

Other notables

• Aneha Hidetsugu
• Hatta Yoichi
• Horie Kenichi
• Kawakami Kiyoshi
• Takeru Kobayashi
• Matsugane Yōko
• Sakae Menda
• Masao Miyamoto
• Shigeru Miyamoto
• Nitobe Inazo
• Sakae Ōba
• Onoda Hirō
• Nui Onoue
• Sakae Osugi
• Sakai Toshihiko
• Lady Saigō
• Sakamura Ken
• Sanyutei Encho
• Sugihara Chiune
• Satoshi Tajiri
• Sonoda Tenkoko
• Terada Torahiko
• Uchimura Kanzo
• Gunpei Yokoi
• Yasutaro Koide
• Yoshikawa Takeo
• Yuasa Takashi
• Masumi Watanabe
• Hirofumi Yamashita

[Other Japanese]

• Reika Hashimoto
• Anna Tsuchiya
• Anna Umemiya
• Linda Yamamoto
• Beni Arashiro
• Tadanobu Asano
• Meisa Kuroki
• Angela Aki
• Chieko Kawabe
• Megumi Nakajima
• Emi Watanabe
• Keisuke Ogihara
• Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe
• Minami Hinase
• Sowelu
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka
• LISA (Japanese musician, born 1974)
• Koji Murofushi
• Hidenori Kusaka (creator of Pokémon)
• Yuka Murofushi
• Masumi Okada
• Takeshi Kaneshiro
• Yuu Shirota
• Koji Ota
• Hiromi Hayakawa

See also

• List of people by nationality