| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Emperor Akihito |
Royalty |
23-Dec-1933 |
|
Emperor of Japan |
| Devon Aoki |
Model |
10-Aug-1982 |
|
Sin City |
| Rocky Aoki |
Business |
9-Oct-1938 |
10-Jul-2008 |
Benihana founder |
| Gregg Araki |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1959 |
|
Mysterious Skin |
| Nobuyoshi Araki |
Photographer |
25-May-1940 |
|
Tokyo Lucky Hole |
| George Ariyoshi |
Politician |
12-Mar-1926 |
|
Governor of Hawaii, 1974-86 |
| Fred Armisen |
Actor |
4-Dec-1966 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Shoko Asahara |
Religion |
2-Mar-1955 |
|
Leader, Aum Shinrikyo cult |
| Reiko Aylesworth |
Actor |
9-Dec-1972 |
|
Michelle Dessler on 24 |
| Matsuo Basho |
Poet |
1644 |
12-Oct-1694 |
Haiku master |
| Dean Cain |
Actor |
31-Jul-1966 |
|
Superman |
| Asia Carrera |
Pornstar |
6-Aug-1973 |
|
Mensa member, pornstar |
| Tabatha Cash |
Pornstar |
27-Dec-1973 |
|
Gangbang Girl #9, Lesbomania #2 |
| Ann Curry |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1956 |
|
Dateline NBC Co-Host |
| Alberto Fujimori |
Head of State |
28-Jul-1938 |
|
President of Peru, 1990-2000 |
| Toshihiko Fukui |
Government |
7-Sep-1935 |
|
Governor of the Bank of Japan |
| Miho Hatori |
Musician |
1970 |
|
Vocalist, Cibo Matto |
| S. I. Hayakawa |
Politician |
19-Jul-1906 |
27-Feb-1992 |
Semanticist and US Senator |
| Emperor Hirohito |
Royalty |
29-Apr-1901 |
7-Jan-1989 |
Emperor of Japan 1926-89 |
| Mazie Hirono |
Politician |
3-Nov-1947 |
|
Congresswoman, Hawaii 2nd |
| Hokusai |
Artist |
Oct-1760 |
10-May-1849 |
Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji |
| Mike Honda |
Politician |
27-Jun-1941 |
|
Congressman, California 15th |
| Lon Horiuchi |
Government |
9-Jun-1954 |
|
Sniper who killed Vicki Weaver |
| James Iha |
Guitarist |
26-Mar-1968 |
|
Guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins |
| Daniel Inouye |
Politician |
7-Sep-1924 |
|
US Senator from Hawaii |
| Kazuo Ishiguro |
Novelist |
8-Nov-1954 |
|
The Remains of the Day |
| Joi Ito |
Business |
19-Jun-1966 |
|
Creative Commons, Technorati |
| Kiyoshi Ito |
Mathematician |
7-Sep-1915 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Ito Calculus |
| Lance Ito |
Judge |
2-Aug-1950 |
|
Presided over the OJ Simpson trial |
| Toru Iwatani |
Business |
25-Jan-1955 |
|
Created Pacman |
| Takeshi Kaga |
TV Personality |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef |
| Takeshi Kaneshiro |
Actor |
11-Oct-1973 |
|
Chungking Express |
| Paul Kariya |
Hockey |
16-Oct-1974 |
|
St. Louis Blues |
| Tadao Kashio |
Business |
1917 |
4-Mar-1993 |
President of Casio, 1960-84 |
| Guy Kawasaki |
Business |
1954 |
|
Former chief evangelist of Apple Computer |
| Robert Kiyosaki |
Author |
8-Apr-1947 |
|
Rich Dad, Poor Dad |
| Yotaro Kobayashi |
Business |
25-Apr-1933 |
|
CEO of Fuji Xerox, Ltd. |
| Junichiro Koizumi |
Head of State |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Japan, 2001-06 |
| Tommy Kono |
Sports Figure |
27-Jun-1930 |
|
Weightlifter |
| Masaru Konuma |
Film Director |
30-Dec-1937 |
|
Wife to Be Sacrificed |
| Masatoshi Koshiba |
Scientist |
19-Sep-1926 |
|
Detected cosmic neutrinos |
| Harumi Kurihara |
Business |
7-Mar-1947 |
|
Japan's Martha Stewart |
| Akira Kurosawa |
Film Director |
23-Mar-1910 |
6-Sep-1998 |
Yojimbo |
| Ken Kutaragi |
Inventor |
8-Aug-1950 |
|
Father of the PlayStation |
| Sean Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1975 |
|
Son of Beatle John Lennon |
| Mako |
Actor |
10-Dec-1933 |
21-Jul-2006 |
Akiro "The Wizard" in the Conan series |
| Ferdinand Marcos |
Head of State |
11-Sep-1917 |
28-Sep-1989 |
Disgraced Philippine dictator |
| Yasuzo Masumura |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1924 |
23-Nov-1986 |
Blind Beast |
| Robert Matsui |
Politician |
17-Sep-1941 |
1-Jan-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1993-2005 |
| Yukihiro Matsumoto |
Computer Programmer |
14-Apr-1965 |
|
Creator of Ruby programming language |
| Spark Matsunaga |
Politician |
8-Oct-1916 |
15-Apr-1990 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90 |
| Toshirô Mifune |
Actor |
1-Apr-1920 |
24-Dec-1997 |
Yojimbo |
| Norm Mineta |
Politician |
12-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman from California, 1975-95 |
| Patsy Mink |
Politician |
6-Dec-1927 |
28-Sep-2002 |
Congresswoman from Hawaii |
| Shigeru Miyamoto |
Business |
16-Nov-1952 |
|
Nintendo Game Designer |
| Ikue Mori |
Musician |
1953 |
|
Electronic music and drum machine innovator |
| Masaharu Morimoto |
Chef |
26-May-1955 |
|
Iron Chef Japanese |
| Pat Morita |
Actor |
28-Jun-1932 |
24-Nov-2005 |
Miyagi on Karate Kid |
| Miyamoto Musashi |
Military |
12-Mar-1584 |
13-Jun-1645 |
A Book of Five Rings |
| Yoichiro Nambu |
Physicist |
18-Jan-1921 |
|
Spontaneous broken symmetry |
| Thomas T. Noguchi |
Doctor |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
Coroner to the Stars |
| Bev Oda |
Politician |
27-Jul-1944 |
|
Canadian MP, Durham |
| Sadaharu Oh |
Baseball |
20-May-1940 |
|
Japan's all-time Home Run King |
| Apolo Anton Ohno |
Speed Skating |
22-May-1982 |
|
Olympic skater, Dancing with the Stars |
| Masi Oka |
Actor |
27-Dec-1974 |
|
Hiro Nakamura on Heroes |
| Yoko Ono |
Artist |
18-Feb-1933 |
|
Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon |
| Charles J. Pedersen |
Chemist |
3-Oct-1904 |
26-Oct-1989 |
Synthesis of crown ethers |
| Susan Ralston |
Government |
15-Oct-1967 |
|
Former Abramoff, Rove aide |
| Patricia Saiki |
Politician |
28-May-1930 |
|
Congresswoman from Hawaii, 1987-91 |
| Hironobu Sakaguchi |
Computer Programmer |
14-Nov-1962 |
|
Created Final Fantasy videogame series |
| Tura Satana |
Actor |
10-Jul-1935 |
|
The Astro Zombies |
| Eisaku Sato |
Politician |
27-Mar-1901 |
3-Jun-1975 |
Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72 |
| James Shigeta |
Actor |
17-Jun-1933 |
|
Flower Drum Song |
| Jenny Shimizu |
Model |
16-Jun-1967 |
|
Lezbopunk bike-dyke |
| Osamu Shimomura |
Chemist |
c. 1929 |
|
Green Fluorescent Protein |
| Mike Shinoda |
Musician |
11-Feb-1977 |
|
Singer/instrumentalist for Linkin Park |
| Eric Shinseki |
Military |
28-Nov-1942 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| Hideki Shirakawa |
Chemist |
20-Aug-1936 |
|
Metallic polymers |
| Kimora Lee Simmons |
Fashion Designer |
4-May-1975 |
|
Fabulosity |
| Jack Soo |
Actor |
28-Oct-1916 |
11-Jan-1979 |
Det. Yemana on Barney Miller |
| Chiune Sugihara |
Diplomat |
1-Jan-1900 |
31-Jul-1986 |
Helped Jews escape Lithuania |
| David Suzuki |
Naturalist |
24-Mar-1936 |
|
Television nature host |
| Suzi Suzuki |
Pornstar |
3-May-1972 |
|
Suzi Bung Holee-O |
| Kobe Tai |
Pornstar |
15-Jan-1972 |
|
Hawaiian Blast |
| George Takei |
Actor |
20-Apr-1937 |
|
Sulu on original Star Trek |
| Mika Tan |
Pornstar |
27-Nov-1977 |
|
Lady Fellatio #2: Desperately Seeking Semen |
| Koichi Tanaka |
Chemist |
3-Aug-1959 |
|
Refinements in mass spectrometry |
| Kenzo Tange |
Architect |
4-Sep-1913 |
22-Mar-2005 |
Designed Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima |
| Iva Toguri |
Radio Personality |
4-Jul-1916 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Never actually was Tokyo Rose |
| Hideki Tojo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1884 |
23-Dec-1948 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44 |
| Tamlyn Tomita |
Actor |
27-Jan-1966 |
|
The Burning Zone |
| Shintaro Tsuji |
Business |
7-Dec-1927 |
|
Sanrio founder |
| Miyoshi Umeki |
Actor |
3-Apr-1929 |
28-Aug-2007 |
Sayonara |
| Kazutoki Umezu |
Jazz Musician |
1949 |
|
Japanese jazz and improv reed player |
| Utamaro |
Artist |
1753 |
31-Oct-1806 |
Japanese printmaker |
| Bryan Uyesugi |
Criminal |
1959 |
|
Shot 7 Xerox coworkers to death in Honolulu |
| Gedde Watanabe |
Actor |
26-Jun-1955 |
|
Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles |
| Kristi Yamaguchi |
Figure Skating |
12-Jul-1971 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
| Torakusu Yamaha |
Business |
20-Apr-1851 |
8-Aug-1916 |
Founder of Yamaha Corporation |
| Iwasaki Yataro |
Business |
9-Jan-1835 |
7-Feb-1885 |
Founder of the Mitsubishi companies |
