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

Koji KondoKoji Kondo
13 August 1961, Japanese
Composer

Akio ToyodaAkio Toyoda
03 May 1956, Japanese
Chief executive officer, President and chief
Akio MoritaAkio Morita
26 January 1921, Japanese
Businessman

Mao AsadaMao Asada
25 September 1990, Japanese
Figure skater

Eiji ToyodaEiji Toyoda
12 September 1913, Japanese
Business magnate, Entrepreneur
Maeda ToshiieMaeda Toshiie
15 January 1539, Japanese
Samurai

Yoshihiro SatoYoshihiro Sato
25 January 1981, Japanese
Kickboxer, Boxer, Thai boxer
Miki AndoMiki Ando
18 December 1987, Japanese
Figure skater

Toshiki KaifuToshiki Kaifu
02 January 1931, Japanese
Politician

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

Shusaku ArakawaShusaku Arakawa
06 July 1936, Japanese, American
Artist

Kōji YamamuraKōji Yamamura
04 June 1964, Japanese
Film director, Animator

Saburō IenagaSaburō Ienaga
03 September 1913, Japanese
Historian
Makoto KobayashiMakoto Kobayashi
07 April 1944, Japanese
theoretical physicist, physicist

Toshio SuzukiToshio Suzuki
19 August 1948, Japanese
film producer, animator, animator
Mori ShigefumiMori Shigefumi
23 February 1951, Japanese
Mathematician

Kobayashi MakotoKobayashi Makoto
07 April 1944, Japanese
Physicist