Find out more about the greatest Japanese Businessmen, including Shigeru Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Nishimura, Masayoshi Son, Akio Morita and Fusajiro Yamauchi.
Masayoshi Son11 August 1957
Founder of SoftBank
Shigeru Miyamoto16 November 1952
Video Game Designer, Artist
Yusaku Maezawa22 November 1975
Entrepreneur
Satoru Iwata06 December 1959
Former President & CEO of Nintendo
Momofuku Ando05 March 1910
Inventor of instant noodles
Robert Charles ChienEntrepreneur, Lea Salonga’s Husband
Nobu Matsuhisa10 March 1949
Chefs
Kiichiro Toyoda11 June 1894
Entrepreneur
Soichiro Honda17 November 1906
Businessperson
Rei Kawakubo11 October 1942
Fashion designer
Hiroshi Yamauchi07 November 1927
Business person
Joi Ito19 June 1966
Activist, Entrepreneur, Venture capitalist
Fusajiro Yamauchi22 November 1859
Entrepreneur
Akio Morita26 January 1921
Businessman
Hiroshi Mikitani11 March 1963
entrepreneur
Ken Kutaragi02 August 1950
computer scientist, inventor, engineer,
Hiroyuki Nishimura16 November 1976
Businessperson
Masaru Ibuka11 April 1908
Businessman
Shoichiro Toyoda17 February 1925
businessperson, engineer
Shu Uemura19 June 1928
Make-up artist, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
Iwasaki Yatarō09 January 1835
Industrialist
Kazushige Nojima20 January 1964
Screenwriter, Writer
Mikimoto Kōkichi25 January 1858
Entrepreneur
Akihiro Hino20 July 1968
Entrepreneur, Engineer
Norio Ohga29 January 1930
Business Executive
Den Fujita13 March 1926
Businessman
Sakuma Shōzan22 March 1811
Politician
Taikichiro Mori01 March 1904
Founder
Nobuyuki Idei22 November 1937
Businessman
Konosuke Matsushita27 November 1894
Toshio Suzuki19 August 1948
film producer, animator, animator
Ohno Taiichi29 February 1912
Engineer