About this site
What is Famous People of Japan?
Famous People of Japan is a database of well-known Japanese people — entertainers, athletes, scholars, writers, politicians and many more. You can look people up by hometown, high school, university, birthday or occupation.
This English version lists 25,689 people who have an article on English Wikipedia. The Japanese version lists 160,383 people.
Ways to search
- Prefecture, Hometown (City)
- High School, University
- Occupation
- Year of Birth, Birthday
- Zodiac Sign, Chinese Zodiac, Nine Star Ki
You can also combine conditions — for example, actors from the same high school, or famous people who share your birthday — or search by name.
Language versions
When someone is also featured on Wikipedia in another language, that language version of this site shows how they are introduced there.
| Language | People listed |
|---|---|
| Japanese | 160,383 people |
| English | 25,689 people |
| Chinese | 14,728 people |
| Korean | 13,336 people |
| Spanish | 9,267 people |
| Portuguese | 3,134 people |
| Italian | 6,477 people |
| French | 10,913 people |
| German | 12,290 people |
| Russian | 4,826 people |
| Ukrainian | 2,912 people |
About the information
Profile summaries on this site are based on articles from English Wikipedia, which are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Each person’s page links to the original article.
Occupation categories and similar classifications are decided by the site operator. If you find an error, outdated information or someone missing, please let us know on the Contact & Reports page.