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
Sonoya Mizuno01 July 1986
Actress
Yukio Mishima14 January 1925
Playwright
Hiroyuki Sanada12 October 1960
Actor
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka17 September 1986
Voice Actor
Richard T. Jones16 January 1972
Actor
Rinko Kikuchi06 January 1981
Actress
Brian Tee15 March 1977
Actor
Ayako Fujitani07 December 1979
Actor, Writer, Novelist
Masi Oka27 December 1974
Actor
Kento Yamazaki07 September 1994
Actor
Takeshi Kaneshiro11 October 1973
Actor
Takuya Kimura13 November 1972
Actor
Kiko Mizuhara15 October 1990
Actress, Model
Rila Fukushima16 January 1989
Model
Reina Triendl23 January 1992
Model
Rie Takahashi27 February 1994
Voice Actress
Miyuki Sawashiro02 June 1985
Voice Actor
Tomohisa Yamashita09 April 1985
Singer, Actor
Koyuki18 December 1976
Actress, Model
Satomi Ishihara24 December 1986
Actress
Ayane Sakura29 January 1994
Voice Actress
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
Naoko Mori29 November 1971
Actress
Erika Sawajiri08 April 1986
Actress
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Kazunari Ninomiya17 June 1983
Actor
Ken Yamamura21 January 1986
Actor
Hirokazu Koreeda06 June 1962
Director, Producer
Akihiro Haga26 January 1981
Stunt Performer
Mark Dacascos26 February 1964
Actor
Glenn Howerton13 April 1974
Actor
Makoto Shinkai09 February 1973
Film director, Voice actor, Animator, Screenwriter
Junji Ito31 July 1963
Manga artist
Maria Ozawa08 January 1986
Adult Film Star, AV idol, Stripper, Actor, Glamour
Hirohiko Araki07 June 1960
Manga artist
Masaharu Morimoto26 May 1955
Chefs
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa27 September 1950
Actor, Film producer, Film actor, Television
Satoshi Kon12 October 1963
Animator, Film director, Screenwriter, Mangaka
Osamu Tezuka03 November 1928
Film director, Film producer, Mangaka, Animator,
James Iha26 March 1968
Musician
Takeshi Kitano18 January 1947
Film director, Actor, Painter, Owarai tarento,
Toshiro Mifune01 April 1920
Actor, Film producer, Film actor
Tadanobu Asano27 November 1973
Actor, Guitarist, Musician, Singer, Film director,
Ayumi Hamasaki02 October 1978
Singer, Seiyū, Songwriter, Model, Actor,
Nobuhiko Okamoto24 October 1986
Seiyū, Singer
Liv Ullmann16 December 1938
Actress
Shun Oguri26 December 1982
Actor, Seiyū, Film director, Child actor, Stage
Hiroshi Kamiya28 January 1975
Voice actor
Takehito Koyasu05 May 1967
Seiyū, Singer
Takashi Miike24 August 1960
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter, Actor
Ryuichi Sakamoto17 January 1952
Composer
Antonio Inoki20 February 1943
Politician, Professional wrestler, Writer, Actor
Mamoru Miyano08 June 1983
Actor, Singer, Seiyū, Child actor
Hideaki Anno22 May 1960
Film director, Animator, Actor, Screenwriter, Film
Daisuke Ono04 May 1978
Voice Actor
Empress Michiko20 October 1934
Consort
Merle Dandridge31 May 1975
Actress
Takahiro Sakurai13 June 1974
Voice Actor
Grant Imahara23 October 1970
Electrical engineer
Masahiro Sakurai03 August 1970
Game Designers
Samaire Armstrong31 October 1980
Actress
Yū Aoi17 August 1985
Actor, Fashion model, Model
Chiaki Kuriyama10 October 1984
Actor, Singer, Model, Seiyū, Fashion model
Sessue Hayakawa10 June 1889
Actor, Novelist, Screenwriter, Film director
Tomokazu Sugita11 October 1980
Seiyū
Sonny Chiba23 January 1939
Actor, Judoka, Seiyū, Singer, Composer, Film
Sola Aoi11 November 1983
Adult Film Star, Actor, Singer, AV idol, Tarento
Namie Amuro20 September 1977
Record producer
Nobu Matsuhisa10 March 1949
Chefs
Isao Takahata29 October 1935
Film director, Animator, Screenwriter
Rie Kugimiya30 May 1979
Voice actress
Sada Abe28 May 1905
Geisha, Criminal
Yui Hatano24 May 1988
Actress
Koji Kondo13 August 1961
Composer
Shinji Mikami11 August 1965
Video game designer
Tao Okamoto22 May 1985
Actress
Mamoru Hosoda19 September 1967
Film director, Animator, Screenwriter, Animation
Masaaki Yuasa16 March 1965
Screenwriter, Animator, Film director
Gorō Miyazaki21 January 1967
Film director, Animator, Screenwriter, Architect
Takeru Satoh21 March 1989
Actor, Singer
Tetsuya Nomura08 October 1970
Video game artist
Masako Nozawa25 October 1936
Actress
Marica Hase26 September 1981
Adult Film Stars
Sho Kosugi17 June 1948
Actor, Karateka
Kan Mukai16 October 1937
Director
Eleanor Matsuura
Yuma Asami24 March 1987
Actor, Adult Film Star, Model, Singer, AV idol,
Keiko Kitagawa22 August 1986
Actor, Model, Fashion model, Film actor
Mamoru Oshii08 August 1951
Film director, Screenwriter, Mangaka, Television