Born in Japan

Japan

Island country in East Asia

Japan as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Cyclist, Photographer, Japanese musician (1950–2024)): Sho Hatsuyama, Garo Aida, Damo Suzuki and some more.

Celebrities from Japan

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Sho Hatsuyama

Cyclist

*August 17th, 1988

74

Garo Aida

Photographer

*November 4th, 1949

74

Damo Suzuki

Japanese musician (1950–2024)

*January 16th, 1950 †February 9th, 2024

48

Glenn Howerton

American actor

*April 13th, 1976

46

Ursula Vernon

American comic creator and writer

*May 28th, 1977

43

Ōuchi Yoshitaka

Daimyo (1507-1551)

*December 18th, 1507 †September 30th, 1551, Nagato

57

Keizan

Japanese buddhist monk

*January 1st, 1268 †January 1st, 1325, Japan

91

Christopher Zeeman

British mathematician (1925-2016)

*February 4th, 1925 †February 13th, 2016, Woodstock

70

Yoshiichi Watanabe

Japanese association football player

*April 5th, 1954

28

Seiya Adachi

Water polo player

*June 24th, 1995

90

Hisataka Okamoto

Japanese association football player

*December 14th, 1933

89

Tameo Ide

Japanese association football player (1908-1998)

*November 27th, 1908 †August 17th, 1998, Japan

39

Shimpei Sakurada

Japanese footballer

*May 5th, 1984

60

Gosho Aoyama

Japanese manga artist

*June 21st, 1963

37

No Min-woo

South Korean actor and singer

*May 29th, 1986

26

Kazu Naoki

Japanese association football player

*March 23rd, 1918 †November 30th, 1944, Japan

72

Shigemi Ishii

Japanese association football player

*July 7th, 1951

88

Satoshi Ozaki

Japanese physicist

*January 1st, 1929 †July 22nd, 2017

77

Norio Yoshimizu

Japanese association football player

*August 21st, 1946

79

Takeshi Ono

Japanese association football player (born 1944)

*November 22nd, 1944

106

Takashi Kasahara

Japanese association football player (born 1918)

*March 26th, 1918

90

Yasukazu Tanaka

Japanese association football player

*June 15th, 1933

71

Mitsuo Kato

Japanese association football player

*January 22nd, 1953

16

Maru

Japanese cat, YouTube sensation

*May 24th, 2007

35

Natsumi Hara

Japanese association football player

*August 18th, 1988

57

Yoshinori Kitase

Japanese video game director

*September 23rd, 1966

54

Miyoko Asahina

Japanese long-distance runner

*September 24th, 1969

93

Tsutomu Ohshima

Martial artist

*August 6th, 1930

39

Sachi Kokuryu

Japanese actress and voice actress

*July 9th, 1984

85

Masaaki Ueki

Japanese karateka

*March 24th, 1939

65

Naomi Fujiyama

Japanese actress

*December 28th, 1958

48

Go-Fushimi

Emperor of Japan, reigned 1298–1301

*April 5th, 1288 †May 17th, 1336, Japan

69

Shōei Mishina

Japanese historian

*July 5th, 1902 †December 19th, 1971, Japan

76

Paul Yoshigorō Taguchi

Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church

*February 20th, 1902 †February 23rd, 1978, Osaka

29

Shunsuke Okubo

Japanese film director

*May 24th, 1994

27

Shōkō

Emperor of Japan

*May 12th, 1401 †August 30th, 1428, Japan

87

Shunya Itō

Japanese film director

*February 17th, 1937

50

Emperor Heizei

Emperor of Japan

*September 25th, 0773 †August 5th, 0824, Heijō-kyō

51

Takeshi Matsu

Japanese gay manga artist

*March 10th, 1973

40

Princess Ōku

Japanese princess. daugher of emperor Temmu

*February 12th, 0661 †January 29th, 0702

78

Kaname Akamatsu

Japanese economist

*August 7th, 1896 †December 20th, 1974

49

Konoe Nobutada

Japanese calligrapher (1565-1614)

*November 23rd, 1565 †December 25th, 1614

60

Tsutomu Hirose

Japanese rugby union footballer (1963-)

*July 24th, 1963

49

Takayuki Okochi

Japanese mixed martial artist

*August 15th, 1974

66

Masako Yoshida

Japanese association football player

*August 12th, 1957

68

Yaeko Taguchi

Japanese kidnap victim

*August 10th, 1955

47

Takahiro Kajita

Japanese mixed martial artist

*July 24th, 1976

52

Tomoko Matsunaga

Japanese association football player

*August 10th, 1971

26

Seiya Kitano

Japanese footballer

*August 2nd, 1997

79

Tokio Seki

Actor

*August 15th, 1944

74

Ryohei Suzuki

Japanese association football player and manager (born 1949)

*June 12th, 1949

19

Yotaro Sato

Japanese artistic swimmer

*August 10th, 2004

73

John Lawry

Keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra

*June 15th, 1950

59

Bunjūrō Nakayama

Japanese writer

*June 15th, 1964

26

Shun Shibata

Japanese association football player

*June 15th, 1997

41

Megumi Kagurazaka

Japanese actress and model

*September 28th, 1982

59

Shiho Kaneda

Japanese association football player

*March 11th, 1965

70

Harumi Kori

Japanese association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1953

62

Jun Suzuki

Japanese association football player and manager (born 1961)

*August 17th, 1961

52

Mitsuo Matsumoto

Japanese mixed martial artist

*July 18th, 1971

70

Akemi Iwata

Japanese association football player

*January 19th, 1954

58

Junko Ishida

Japanese association football player

*March 11th, 1966

48

Keiji Inai

Japanese anime and video game composer

*March 17th, 1976

50

Hiroyoshi Takayama

Footballer

*March 18th, 1974

46

Tetsuo Katsuta

Japanese mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

*March 21st, 1978

50

Carrie Kei Heim

American actress

*December 7th, 1973

45

Eiji Takigawa

Japanese actor

*March 24th, 1979

59

Tsukasa Tawada

Japanese composer

*March 24th, 1965

59

Keiko Saito

Japanese association football player

*March 24th, 1965

34

Keigo Okawa

Japanese water polo player

*March 11th, 1990

53

Maguro Fujita

Japanese manga artist

*March 6th, 1971

33

Yuta Kinowaki

Japanese association football player

*January 22nd, 1991

55

Naoko Nishigai

Japanese association football player

*January 22nd, 1969

30

Ai Shishime

Japanese judoka

*January 25th, 1994

22

Hiroaki Kunitake

Japanese snowboarder

*February 10th, 2002

30

HASHIGUCHI Mitsuki

Japanese water polo player

*February 14th, 1994

75

Ken Kobayashi

Japanese chief executive

*February 14th, 1949

34

Takako Ishii

Cyclist

*February 17th, 1990

50

Katsuhisa Akasaki

Japanese mixed martial artist

*March 3rd, 1974

38

Jarius Holmes

American soccer player

*March 26th, 1986

32

Naoto Tobe

Japanese athletics competitor

*March 31st, 1992

82

Teru Shimada

Japanese-American actor, noted for playing an antagonist in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice.

*November 17th, 1905 †June 19th, 1988, Encino

55

Fumio Usami

Japanese mixed martial artist

*July 7th, 1968

81

Shunpei Yamazaki

Japanese inventor

*July 8th, 1942

36

Yusuke Matsui

Baseball player

*July 10th, 1987

47

Kenichi Yamamoto

Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler

*July 11th, 1976

60

Katsushi Kajii

Japanese association football player

*July 11th, 1963

48

Masashi Kameda

Japanese mixed martial artist

*July 13th, 1975

50

Jun Kitagawa

Japanese mixed martial artist

*July 14th, 1973

42

Masumi Ishiyama

Amateur international cricketer

*June 22nd, 1981

82

Koichiro Harada

Japanese mathematician working on finite group theory

*June 13th, 1941

59

Mihoko Iwaya

Japanese association football player

*June 1st, 1964

79

Akio Kanemoto

Professional golfer

*April 9th, 1945

54

Hiroto Takahashi

Japanese association football player

*October 26th, 1969

53

Noriko Ishibashi

Japanese association football player

*May 5th, 1970

50

Kaoru Nagadome

Japanese association football player

*May 7th, 1973

57

Kaoru Kakinami

Japanese association football player

*May 7th, 1966

38

Ayana Sakai

Japanese actress

*May 16th, 1985

49

Koji Takeuchi

Japanese mixed martial artist

*May 29th, 1974

52

Takeyasu Hirono

Japanese mixed martial artist

*July 18th, 1971

Birthdays of famous people