1. Masaki Kobayashi (1916)

Film Director

Japanese film director of the critically acclaimed The Human Condition, a trilogy that was nine hours in total length.

2. Miyoshi Umeki (1929)

Actress

Asian actress who received an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in in Sayonara.

3. Nobuko Miyamoto (1945)

Actress

Japanese actress who won a Japanese Academy Award in the Best Actress category in 1988 for her role in the film, A Taxing Woman.

4. Akiko Yamanaka (1945)

Japanese Politician

Akiko Yamanaka is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Otaru Hokkaido and graduate of Tsuda...

5. Chiaki Kawamata (1948)

Japanese Writer

Chiaki Kawamata is a Japanese science fiction writer and critic. Chiaki Kawamata has won both the Seiun Award and the Nihon SF Taisho Award. Chaki Kawamata is also noted for...

6. Kazumi Yamashita (artist) (1959)

Manga Artist

Kazumi Yamashita is a Japanese manga artist. Although she writes primarily older shōjo manga she is best known for The Life of Genius Professor Yanagizawa which was published in the...

7. Tetsuya Okabe (1965)

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Tetsuya Okabe is a Japanese former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics and 1992 Winter Olympics.

8. Midori Kinouchi (Unknow)

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9. Kazuya Yoshioka (1978)

Japanese Ski Jumper

Kazuya Yoshioka is a Japanese ski jumper. In the World Cup he finished twelve times among the top 10. He finished four times on the podium and recorded one victory...

10. Hideo Oguma (Unknow)

Poet And Writer

Hideo Oguma was a Japanese poet for the Proletarian literature movement and was noted for writing children's stories comic books and literary criticism. A Hideo Oguma poetry prize is awarded...

11. Yukie Kawamura (1986)

Japanese Gravure Idol Tarento An

Yukie Kawamura is a Japanese gravure idol tarento and actress signed to Japan Art.

12. Ayumu Nedefuji (1994)

Japanese Snowboarder

Ayumu Nedefuji is a Japanese snowboarder. He is a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

13. Tetsuya Mizuguchi (1965)

Japanese Video Gmae Designer

Tetsuya Mizuguchi is a video game designer and co-founder of the video game development firm Q Entertainment. He formerly worked for Sega as a producer in their Sega AM3 'arcade...

14. Kenji Suda (1966)

Japanese Ski Jumper

Kenji Suda is a retired Japanese ski jumper. In the World Cup he finished twelve times among the top 10 his best result being a second place from Örnsköldsvik...