Shigeru Miyamoto16 November 1952
Video Game Designer, Artist
Masayoshi Son11 August 1957
Founder of SoftBank
Satoru Iwata06 December 1959
Former President & CEO of Nintendo
Yusaku Maezawa22 November 1975
Entrepreneur
Momofuku Ando05 March 1910
Inventor of instant noodles
Robert Charles ChienEntrepreneur, Lea Salonga’s Husband
Hiroyuki Nishimura16 November 1976
Businessperson
Soichiro Honda17 November 1906
Businessperson
Kiichiro Toyoda11 June 1894
Entrepreneur
Toshio Suzuki19 August 1948
film producer, animator, animator
Nobu Matsuhisa10 March 1949
Chefs
Akio Morita26 January 1921
Businessman
Hiroshi Yamauchi07 November 1927
Business person
Rei Kawakubo11 October 1942
Fashion designer
Fusajiro Yamauchi22 November 1859
Entrepreneur
Ken Kutaragi02 August 1950
computer scientist, inventor, engineer,
Masaru Ibuka11 April 1908
Businessman
Kazushige Nojima20 January 1964
Screenwriter, Writer
Hiroshi Mikitani11 March 1963
entrepreneur
Kōnosuke Matsushita27 November 1894
Industrialist
Ohno Taiichi29 February 1912
Engineer
Taikichiro Mori01 March 1904
Founder
Shoichiro Toyoda17 February 1925
businessperson, engineer
Akihiro Hino20 July 1968
Entrepreneur, Engineer
Joi Ito19 June 1966
Activist, Entrepreneur, Venture capitalist
Iwasaki Yatarō09 January 1835
Industrialist
Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi16 March 1840
Industrialist
Mikimoto Kōkichi25 January 1858
Entrepreneur
Den Fujita13 March 1926
Businessman
Shu Uemura19 June 1928
Make-up artist, Entrepreneur, Businessperson
Sakuma Shōzan22 March 1811
Politician
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Norio Ohga29 January 1930
Business Executive
Ryōichi Sasakawa04 May 1899
Businessman
Isao Okawa19 May 1926
Businessman
Yasuda Zenjirō09 October 1838
Entrepreneur
Genichi Kawakami30 January 1912
Businessman
Nobuyuki Idei22 November 1937
Businessman
Isao Nakauchi02 August 1922
Businessman
Dan Takuma07 September 1858
Businessman
Masaaki Shirakawa27 September 1949
Economist
Okura Kihachiro23 October 1837
Entrepreneur
Yukio Okamoto23 November 1945
Diplomat
Asano Sōichirō13 April 1848
Businessman
Toshihiko Fukui07 September 1935
Economist
Yasuo Takei04 January 1930
Founder
Masaru Hayami24 March 1925
Businessman
Keizo Saji01 November 1919
Businessman
Tachikawa Keiji27 May 1939
Business executive
Hajime Mitarai05 October 1938
Industrialist
Kadoya Shichirobei29 February 1610
Trader
Kohei Matsuda28 January 1922
Businessman
Koji Kobayashi17 February 1907
Japanese industrialist
Masaya Hanai01 August 1912
Businessman
Minomura Rizaemon04 December 1821
Japanese industrialist
Naoharu Yamashina1918 AD
Executive
Takashi Ishihara03 March 1912
Business executive