Famous People From Japan
Find out more about the greatest Japanese Film & Theater Personalities, including Hayao Miyazaki, Maria Ozawa, Akira Kurosawa, Ken Watanabe and Takami Akai.
Hayao Miyazaki05 January 1941
Film director
Akira Kurosawa23 March 1910
Filmmaker
Ken Watanabe21 October 1959
Actor
Richard T. Jones16 January 1972
Actor
Yukio Mishima14 January 1925
Playwright
Hiroyuki Sanada12 October 1960
Actor
Sonoya Mizuno01 July 1986
Actress
Brian Tee15 March 1977
Actor
Rinko Kikuchi06 January 1981
Actress
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka17 September 1986
Voice Actor
Masi Oka27 December 1974
Actor
Ayako Fujitani07 December 1979
Actor, Writer, Novelist
Kento Yamazaki07 September 1994
Actor
Takeshi Kaneshiro11 October 1973
Actor
Ayane Sakura29 January 1994
Voice Actress
Kiko Mizuhara15 October 1990
Actress, Model
Takuya Kimura13 November 1972
Actor
Rila Fukushima16 January 1989
Model
Rie Takahashi27 February 1994
Voice Actress
Reina Triendl23 January 1992
Model
Miyuki Sawashiro02 June 1985
Voice Actor
Tomohisa Yamashita09 April 1985
Singer, Actor
Koyuki18 December 1976
Actress, Model
Satomi Ishihara24 December 1986
Actress
Kaito Ishikawa13 October 1993
Voice Actor
Masaki Suda21 February 1993
Actor
Haruka Ayase24 March 1985
Actress
Mako Iwamatsu10 December 1933
Actor
Sota Fukushi30 May 1993
Actor
Kenichi Matsuyama05 March 1985
Actor
Ryunosuke Kamiki19 May 1993
Actor
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Naoko Mori29 November 1971
Actress
Erika Sawajiri08 April 1986
Actress
Kazunari Ninomiya17 June 1983
Actor
Ken Yamamura21 January 1986
Actor
Hirokazu Koreeda06 June 1962
Director, Producer
Akihiro Haga26 January 1981
Stunt Performer
Makoto Shinkai09 February 1973
Film director, Voice actor, Animator, Screenwriter
Mark Dacascos26 February 1964
Actor
Asa Akira03 January 1986
Actress
Glenn Howerton13 April 1974
Actor
Ken Shimura20 February 1950
Comedian
Kairi Sane23 September 1988
Professional Wrestler
Junji Ito31 July 1963
Manga artist
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa27 September 1950
Actor, Film producer, Film actor, Television
Merle Dandridge31 May 1975
Actress
Tadanobu Asano27 November 1973
Actor, Guitarist, Musician, Singer, Film director,
Maria Ozawa08 January 1986
Adult Film Star, AV idol, Stripper, Actor, Glamour
Takehito Koyasu05 May 1967
Seiyū, Singer
Masaaki Yuasa16 March 1965
Screenwriter, Animator, Film director
Hirohiko Araki07 June 1960
Manga artist
Toshiro Mifune01 April 1920
Actor, Film producer, Film actor
Mamoru Miyano08 June 1983
Actor, Singer, Seiyū, Child actor
Satoshi Kon12 October 1963
Animator, Film director, Screenwriter, Mangaka
Ryuichi Sakamoto17 January 1952
Composer
Takeshi Kitano18 January 1947
Film director, Actor, Painter, Owarai tarento,
Kana Hanazawa25 February 1989
Voice Actress
Daisuke Ono04 May 1978
Voice Actor
Liv Ullmann16 December 1938
Actress
Nobuhiko Okamoto24 October 1986
Seiyū, Singer
Osamu Tezuka03 November 1928
Film director, Film producer, Mangaka, Animator,
Hiroshi Kamiya28 January 1975
Voice actor
Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Samaire Armstrong31 October 1980
Actress
Sessue Hayakawa10 June 1889
Actor, Novelist, Screenwriter, Film director
Takashi Miike24 August 1960
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Hideaki Anno22 May 1960
Film director, Animator, Actor, Screenwriter, Film
Takahiro Sakurai13 June 1974
Voice Actor
Antonio Inoki20 February 1943
Politician, Professional wrestler, Writer, Actor
Takeru Satoh21 March 1989
Actor, Singer
Masahiro Sakurai03 August 1970
Game Designers
James Iha26 March 1968
Musician
Shinji Mikami11 August 1965
Video game designer
Yoshihiro Akiyama29 July 1975
Mixed martial artist
Isao Takahata29 October 1935
Film director, Animator, Screenwriter
Shun Oguri26 December 1982
Actor, Seiyū, Film director, Child actor, Stage
Yui Hatano24 May 1988
Actress
Tomokazu Sugita11 October 1980
Seiyū
Chiaki Kuriyama10 October 1984
Actor, Singer, Model, Seiyū, Fashion model
Empress Michiko20 October 1934
Consort
Gorō Miyazaki21 January 1967
Film director, Animator, Screenwriter, Architect
Sola Aoi11 November 1983
Adult Film Star, Actor, Singer, AV idol, Tarento
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu01 January 1993
Singer
Sonny Chiba23 January 1939
Actor, Judoka, Seiyū, Singer, Composer, Film
Sada Abe28 May 1905
Geisha, Criminal
Masaharu Morimoto26 May 1955
Chefs
Tetsuya Nomura08 October 1970
Video game artist
Rie Kugimiya30 May 1979
Voice actress
Nobu Matsuhisa10 March 1949
Chefs
Grant Imahara23 October 1970
Electrical engineer
Namie Amuro20 September 1977
Record producer
Yōsuke Kubozuka07 May 1979
Actor, Singer, Model
Sakura Miyawaki19 March 1998
Singer
Mamoru Hosoda19 September 1967
Film director, Animator, Screenwriter, Animation