1
Shinsuke Nakamura
(Professional Wrestler Known for His Time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW))
17
11
2
Tasuku Honjo
(Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese Immunologist Who Is Known for His Research on Cancer Immunotherapy)
36
26
3
Haruki Murakami
(Writer)
32
14
4
Emperor Meiji
(Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912)
25
5
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 3, 1852
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: July 30, 1912
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
5
Fusajiro Yamauchi
(Japanese Entrepreneur Best Remembered as the Founder of 'Nintendo')
13
0
6
Mineko Iwasaki
(Autobiographer, Geisha)
4
1
7
Gumpei Yokoi
(Video Game Designer)
4
2
8
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
(Monarch)
4
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 23, 1740
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: December 24, 1813
9
Emperor Komei
(Emperor)
2
2
10
Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
(Politician, Military personnel)
5
2
11
Kōji Wada
(Singer-songwriter, Singer)
2
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 29, 1974
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: April 3, 2016
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
12
Kunishige Kamamoto
(Former Japanese Football Player, Manager and Politician)
2
1
13
Kumi Koda
(Japanese singer)
4
1
14
Joi Ito
(Activist, Entrepreneur, Venture capitalist)
1
1
15
Juzo Itami
(Actor)
4
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 15, 1933
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: December 20, 1997
16
Dogen
(Writer)
3
3
17
Haruka Kuroda
(singer)
1
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: 1977 AD
18
Hiroyoshi Tenzan
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
2
1
19
Emperor Sakuramachi
(Emperor)
3
0
20
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
(Emperor , Sovereign)
6
0
21
Sugawara Michizane
(Scholar and statesman)
2
1
22
Emperor Go-Daigo
(Emperor of Japan)
3
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 26, 1288
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: September 19, 1339
23
Emperor Momozono
(Emperor)
2
1
24
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
(samurai)
3
0
25
Emperor Nakamikado
(Emperor)
2
0
26
Hōjō Masako
(Political leader)
2
0
27
Takashi Usami
(Football Winger Who Plays for Gamba Osaka in the J1 League)
0
0
28
Emperor Sutoku
(Emperor)
2
0
29
Emperor Antoku
(Emperor)
2
2
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: December 22, 1178
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: April 25, 1185
30
Emperor Go-Sai
(Emperor , Sovereign)
2
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: January 1, 1638
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: March 22, 1685
31
Manabu Nakanishi
(Japanese Retired Professional Wrestler)
1
2
32
Fumiaki Tanaka
(Japanese Rugby Union Footballer)
3
1
33
Osamu Shimomura
(Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese Organic Chemist and Marine Biologist Known for Discovering GFP)
2
1
34
Emperor Shirakawa
(Emperor of Japan)
4
2
35
Toshinari Takaoka
(Japanese Long-Distance Runner)
0
0
36
Masako Chiba
(Japanese Long-Distance Runner)
0
0
37
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
(8th ShōGun of the Ashikaga Shogunate (1449 - 1474))
3
1
38
Kimiko Date
(Japanese Former Professional Tennis Player)
1
1
39
Noriyuki Abe
(Storyboard Artist, Sound Director, Director)
0
1
40
Emperor Go-Shirakawa
(Emperor)
1
3
41
Ryota Morioka
(Japanese Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Midfielder)
0
0
42
Fujiwara no Michinaga
(Statesman)
1
1
43
Sōtatsu
(Artist)
2
1
44
Aya Sugimoto
(Actress, TV personality)
0
1
45
Tatsuo Yoshida
(Animator)
1
1
46
Kanō Eitoku
(Japanese Painter)
2
0
47
Saigyō
(Poet)
1
0
48
Fujiwara no Teika
(Writer, Literary Critic and the Greatest Master of the Waka Poetic Form)
1
1
49
Kanō Motonobu
(Japanese Painter Known for His Chinese Monochromatic Style and Characteristic Brushwork)
3
0
50
Sanjō Sanetomi
(Acting Prime Minister of Japan (October 1889 – December 1889))
1
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