Find out more about the greatest Japanese Political Leaders, including Shinzō Abe, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Inejiro Asanuma and Uesugi Kenshin.
Shinzō Abe21 September 1954
Prime Minister of Japan
Toyotomi Hideyoshi17 March 1537
Japanese Samurai
Yoshiro Mori14 July 1937
Prime Minister of Japan
Yasuhiro Nakasone27 May 1918
Politician
Inejiro Asanuma27 December 1898
Politician
Takeda Shingen01 December 1521
Daimyō
Itō Hirobumi16 October 1841
Politician, Diplomat
Fumimaro Konoe12 October 1891
Politician
Junichiro Koizumi08 January 1942
Politician, Diplomat, Economist
Uesugi Kenshin18 February 1530
Samurai
Minamoto no Yoritomo09 May 1147
Nobusuke Kishi13 November 1896
Politician, Diplomat, Spy
Emperor Suizei0632 BC
Emperor
Yoshihiko Noda20 May 1957
Politician
Naoto Kan10 October 1946
Politician, University teacher
Akie Abe10 June 1962
Socialite, Disc jockey
Shigeru Yoshida22 September 1878
Politician, Diplomat
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni03 December 1887
Politician, Military personnel
Yukio Hatoyama11 February 1947
Politician, Engineer
Honda Tadakatsu17 March 1548
warrior
Emperor Annei0577 BC
emperor
Yasuo Fukuda16 July 1936
Politician, Economist
Tokugawa Hidetada02 May 1579
Politician
Kuniaki Koiso22 March 1880
Politician, Military personnel
Emperor Itoku0553 BC
Emperor
Morihiro Hosokawa14 January 1938
Politician, Journalist, Ceramist, Potter
Kakuei Tanaka04 May 1918
Politician
Kōki Hirota14 February 1878
Politician, Diplomat
Shintaro Ishihara30 September 1932
Politician, Explorer, Writer, Actor, Novelist,
Hōjō Tokimune05 June 1251
Politician
Tokugawa Iemochi17 July 1846
Shogun
Yōsuke Matsuoka04 March 1880
politician, diplomat,
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Mamoru Shigemitsu29 July 1887
Politician, Diplomat
Ii Naomasa04 March 1560
officer
Ashikaga Takauji18 August 1305
samurai, bushi
Imagawa Yoshimoto1519 AD
samurai, daimyo
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu25 September 1358
samurai
Ichirō Hatoyama01 January 1883
Prime Minister
Maeda Toshiie15 January 1539
Samurai
Ryutaro Hashimoto29 July 1937
Prime Minister
Hōjō Masako1156 AD
Political leader
Tokugawa Yoshimune27 November 1684
Samurai
Matsudaira Katamori15 February 1836
Poet
Takahashi Korekiyo27 July 1854
Politician, Accountant, Economist
Kōichi Kido18 July 1889
Politician
Yōichi Masuzoe29 November 1948
political scientist, lyricist, politician, tarento
Saionji Kinmochi06 December 1849
Prime Minister, politician
Ashikaga Yoshiaki05 December 1537
Shōgun
Hiroshi Hase05 May 1961
Politician, Professional wrestler
Katō Kiyomasa25 July 1561
samurai
Sōsuke Uno27 August 1922
Politician, Diplomat
Hayato Ikeda03 December 1899
Prime Minister, Politician
Hara Takashi09 February 1856
politician, writer, journalist, diplomat
Ii Naosuke29 November 1815
Politician
Sanada Nobuyuki1566 AD
samurai
Yukio Ozaki24 December 1858
Politician, Journalist
Naoe Kanetsugu1560 AD
samurai
Matsukata Masayoshi23 March 1835
Prime Minister, politician
Taro Aso20 September 1940
Deputy Prime Minister
Tōru Hashimoto29 June 1969
Lawyer, Politician, Tarento
Fumio Kishida29 July 1957
Diplomat, Politician
Yūko Obuchi11 December 1973
Politician
Ōtori Keisuke14 April 1833
Military personnel, Historian, Teacher, Diplomat
Shōichi Nakagawa19 July 1953
Politician
Hōjō Tokiyori06 July 1227
samurai
Kōichirō Genba20 May 1964
Politician, Diplomat
Hōjō Yoshitoki1163 AD
samurai
Emperor Komei22 July 1831
Emperor
Keizo Obuchi25 June 1937
Prime Minister
Taizō Sugimura13 August 1979
Politician, Tarento
Okuma Shigenobu11 March 1838
Prime Minister
Katsura Taro04 January 1848
Politician
Shōzō Murata1878 AD
diplomat, ambassador
Kōriki Kiyonaga1530 AD
samurai
Etō Shimpei18 March 1834
Politician
Takeshita Noboru26 February 1924
Politician
Patsy Takemoto Mink06 December 1927
Lawyer
Hōjō Ujiyuki19 September 1845
samurai
Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi16 November 1894
Politician
Saionji Kimmochi23 October 1849
Prime minister of Japan
Kan Naoto10 October 1946
Former Prime Minister of Japan
Genda Minoru16 August 1904
Aviator
Shidehara Kijūrō13 September 1872
Prime minister of Japan