Famous Japanese - Japanese Celebrities - page 7

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

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Robert Charles ChienChinese, JapaneseRobert Charles Chien is an entrepreneur who is married to actress Lea Salonga
Akira ToriyamaApril 5, 1955JapaneseAkira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist
Kiko MizuharaOctober 15, 1990Japanese, AmericanKiko Mizuhara (Audrie Kiko Daniel) is an American-Japanese actress, model, and designer
Mutsuhiro WatanabeJanuary 18, 1918JapaneseMutsuhiro Watanabe was an Imperial Japanese Army corporal in the Second World War
Pat MoritaJune 28, 1932AmericanPat Morita, born as Noriyuki Morita, was an American actor and comedian
KoyukiDecember 18, 1976JapaneseKoyuki is a Japanese model and actress
Masaki SudaFebruary 21, 1993JapaneseMasaki Suda is a popular Japanese actor and musician
Reina TriendlJanuary 23, 1992Austrian, JapaneseReina Triendl is a Japanese fashion model, actor, and tarento
Kazuyoshi MiuraFebruary 26, 1967JapaneseKazuyoshi Miura is a Japanese footballer
Erika SawajiriApril 8, 1986JapaneseErika Sawajiri is a popular Japanese actress, singer and model
Shinji Kagawa

Shinji Kagawa

Shinji Kagawa is a Japanese professional footballer

JapaneseMarch 17, 1989171 views

Keisuke Honda

Keisuke Honda is a Japanese professional footballer

JapaneseJune 13, 1986285 views

Rinko Kikuchi

Rinko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress well-known for playing the role of Chieko Wataya in the film ‘Babel.’

JapaneseJanuary 6, 1981158 views

Ayako Fujitani

Ayako Fujitani is a Japanese actress, writer, director, film critic, translator and an occasional musician

Tsutomu Miyazaki

Tsutomu Miyazaki was a Japanese serial killer who murdered four young girls

JapaneseAugust 21, 1962239 views

Mako Iwamatsu

Mako Iwamatsu was a Japanese-born American actor and voice actor

JapaneseDecember 10, 1933283 views

Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada, born as Hiroyuki Shimosawa, is a famous Japanese actor

JapaneseOctober 12, 1960463 views

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Takeshi Kaneshiro is a Taiwanese–Japanese actor and singer, better known for his performances in the films ‘Fallen Angels’ and ‘Hero.’

JapaneseOctober 11, 1973401 views

Kazuyoshi Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura is a Japanese footballer

JapaneseFebruary 26, 1967536 views

Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata was a renowned Japanese video game programmer and the former President of the Japanese video game company, Nintendo