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
(16th Century Japanese Feudal Lord)

23 June 1534

Japanese

Akira ToriyamaAkira Toriyama
(Japanese Manga Artist)

05 April 1955

Japanese

Naoko MoriNaoko Mori
(Actress)

29 November 1971

Japanese

Susumu TonegawaSusumu Tonegawa
(Immunologist, Molecular Biologist)

06 September 1939

Japanese

Akio ToyodaAkio Toyoda
(Chief executive officer, President and chief executive officer)

03 May 1956

Japanese

Mao AsadaMao Asada
(Figure skater)

25 September 1990

Japanese

Eiji ToyodaEiji Toyoda
(Business magnate, Entrepreneur)

12 September 1913

Japanese

Miki AndoMiki Ando
(Figure skater)

18 December 1987

Japanese

Hiroshi TamakiHiroshi Tamaki
(Actor, Seiyū, Singer, Model)

14 January 1980

Japanese

Maeda ToshiieMaeda Toshiie
(Samurai)

15 January 1539

Japanese

Yoshihiro SatoYoshihiro Sato
(Kickboxer, Boxer, Thai boxer)

25 January 1981

Japanese

Toshiki KaifuToshiki Kaifu
(Prime Minister,politician)

02 January 1931

Japanese

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Shigefumi MoriShigefumi Mori
(Mathematician, University teacher)

23 February 1951

Japanese

Toshihide MaskawaToshihide Maskawa
(theoretical physicist, professor, physicist)

17 February 1940

Japanese

Yoichi WadaYoichi Wada
(Businessperson)

28 May 1959

Japanese

Makoto KobayashiMakoto Kobayashi
(theoretical physicist, physicist)

07 April 1944

Japanese

Toshio SuzukiToshio Suzuki
(film producer, animator, animator)

19 August 1948

Japanese

Kōji YamamuraKōji Yamamura
(Film director, Animator)

04 June 1964

Japanese

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