Famous Japanese - Japanese Celebrities
Resilient, hardworking, honest, intelligent, orderly… The list could go on and on if we were to describe the people of Japan! Japan is a country entirely consisting of islands—in facts thousands of them—located in the Pacific Ocean. Japan’s contributions to the world in terms of culture, science and technology, religion and philosophy, fine arts, and literature has been immense. Japan is also a highly developed country and plays a major role in the world economy. The Japanese with their quiet dignity, honesty, and principles are no doubt one of the most respected people in the world. Living in a nation that often finds itself at mercy of natural forces and is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis has made the Japanese very resilient and brave. No matter how grave a situation they face, they manage it with a stoic dignity.
Find out more about the greatest Japanese people, including Yoko Ono, Hirohito, Shinsuke Nakamura, Hayao Miyazaki and Akihito.
The Most Famous Japanese | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Robert Charles Chien | Chinese, Japanese | Robert Charles Chien is an entrepreneur who is married to actress Lea Salonga | |
Akira Toriyama | April 5, 1955 | Japanese | Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist |
Kiko Mizuhara | October 15, 1990 | Japanese, American | Kiko Mizuhara (Audrie Kiko Daniel) is an American-Japanese actress, model, and designer |
Mutsuhiro Watanabe | January 18, 1918 | Japanese | Mutsuhiro Watanabe was an Imperial Japanese Army corporal in the Second World War |
Pat Morita | June 28, 1932 | American | Pat Morita, born as Noriyuki Morita, was an American actor and comedian |
Koyuki | December 18, 1976 | Japanese | Koyuki is a Japanese model and actress |
Masaki Suda | February 21, 1993 | Japanese | Masaki Suda is a popular Japanese actor and musician |
Reina Triendl | January 23, 1992 | Austrian, Japanese | Reina Triendl is a Japanese fashion model, actor, and tarento |
Kazuyoshi Miura | February 26, 1967 | Japanese | Kazuyoshi Miura is a Japanese footballer |
Erika Sawajiri | April 8, 1986 | Japanese | Erika Sawajiri is a popular Japanese actress, singer and model |
Hiroo Onoda
Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer
Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer and producer
Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki is an accomplished Japanese professional baseball outfielder
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga was one of the most controversial and powerful ‘Daimyos’ (feudal lords) of Japan who ruled in the late 16th century
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Sin'ichirō Tomonaga was a Japanese physicist who received the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1965
Susumu Tonegawa
Susumu Tonegawa is a Japanese molecular biologist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987
Masayoshi Son
Masayoshi Son is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded SoftBank, a multinational telecommunications corporation
Hideki Yukawa
Hideki Yukawa was a renowned Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese to be awarded the Nobel Prize