Nagoya has produced a number of well-known artists, emperors & kings, actresses, immunologists, skateboarders and several other personalities from other spheres. Our list of famous people from Nagoya includes Akira Toriyama, Oda Nobunaga, Naoko Mori, Susumu Tonegawa, Mao Asada, and many others.

Famous People Born In Nagoya

Oda NobunagaOda Nobunaga
23 June 1534, Japanese
16th Century Japanese Feudal Lord
Akira ToriyamaAkira Toriyama
05 April 1955, Japanese
Japanese Manga Artist

Naoko MoriNaoko Mori
29 November 1971, Japanese
Actress

Susumu TonegawaSusumu Tonegawa
06 September 1939, Japanese
Immunologist, Molecular Biologist

Akio ToyodaAkio Toyoda
03 May 1956, Japanese
Chief executive officer, President and chief

Eiji ToyodaEiji Toyoda
12 September 1913, Japanese
Business magnate, Entrepreneur
Mao AsadaMao Asada
25 September 1990, Japanese
Figure skater

Yoshihiro SatoYoshihiro Sato
25 January 1981, Japanese
Kickboxer, Boxer, Thai boxer

Maeda ToshiieMaeda Toshiie
15 January 1539, Japanese
Samurai

Toshiki KaifuToshiki Kaifu
02 January 1931, Japanese
Prime Minister,politician
Miki AndoMiki Ando
18 December 1987, Japanese
Figure skater

Hiroshi TamakiHiroshi Tamaki
14 January 1980, Japanese
Actor, Seiyū, Singer, Model
Shigefumi MoriShigefumi Mori
23 February 1951, Japanese
Mathematician, University teacher

Toshihide MaskawaToshihide Maskawa
17 February 1940, Japanese
theoretical physicist, professor, physicist

Yoichi WadaYoichi Wada
28 May 1959, Japanese
Businessperson
Kōji YamamuraKōji Yamamura
04 June 1964, Japanese
Film director, Animator

Makoto KobayashiMakoto Kobayashi
07 April 1944, Japanese
theoretical physicist, physicist
Toshio SuzukiToshio Suzuki
19 August 1948, Japanese
film producer, animator, animator