A world power, Japan has long since been one of the leading nations in the world, be it scientifically, technologically, economically, educationally or militarily. And much of the credit for the same goes to famous Japanese men who worked hard to make the country a powerhouse that it is today. Be it Kenzo Tange and his architectural marvel of Hiroshima Peace Center or Emperor Akihito and his humanitarian approach, Momofuku Ando and his invention of instant noodles or Nobel Laureate Kenzaburo Oe and his work, ‘Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids’, Japanese men have greatly contributed in the country’s growth and development.
Shoko Asahara(Terrorist, Writer)
02 March 1955
Kei Nishikori(Tennis player)
29 December 1989
Ban Ki-moon(South Korean diplomat)
13 June 1944
Norifumi Yamamoto(Mixed martial artist, Kickboxer, Amateur wrestler)
15 March 1977
Takashi Inui(Association football player)
02 June 1988
Yukio Mishima(Writer, Actor, Novelist, Film director, Screenwriter, Poet, Essayist, Playwright, Lyricist, Critic, Model)
14 January 1925
Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan23 February 1960
Emperor Meiji(Emperor)
03 November 1852
Makoto Shinkai(Film director, Voice actor, Animator, Screenwriter)
09 February 1973
Kami(musician)
01 February 1972
Masi Oka(Japanese actor)
27 December 1974
Tokugawa Ieyasu(Samurai)
31 January 1543
Issei Sagawa(actor, writer, novelist, mangaka, translator)
26 April 1949
Toyotomi Hideyoshi(Daimyō)
17 March 1537
Hokusai(Painter)
31 October 1760
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa(Actor, Film producer, Film actor, Television actor, Karateka)
27 September 1950
Takeshi Kitano(Film director, Actor, Painter, Owarai tarento, Poet, Film editor, Film producer, Writer, Sculptor, Screenwriter, Comedian, Tarento, Film actor)
18 January 1947
Satoshi Kon(Animator, Film director, Screenwriter, Mangaka)
12 October 1963
Yu Darvish(Baseball player)
16 August 1986
Nobuhiko Okamoto(Seiyū, Singer)
24 October 1986
Kazushi Sakuraba(Mixed Martial Artist)
14 July 1969
Toshiro Mifune(Actor, Film producer, Film actor)
01 April 1920
Eiichiro Oda(Japanese manga artist)
01 January 1975
Yuto Nagatomo(Association football player)
12 September 1986
Tsutomu Yamaguchi(Engineer)
16 March 1916
Sota Fukushi(Japanese actor)
30 May 1993
Takashi Murakami(Sculptor, Painter, Artist, Film director)
01 February 1962
Hidetoshi Nakata(Association football player)
22 January 1977
Shinji Okazaki(Association football player)
16 April 1986
