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Mikimoto Kokichi (1858–1954), founder of Mikimoto. Soichiro Honda (1906–1991), co-founder of the automobile manufacturer Honda. Jujiro Matsuda (1875-1952), founder of Mazda automobile company. Michio Suzuki (1887–1982), founder of Suzuki. Eiji Toyoda (1913–2013), founder of luxury automobile manufacturer Lexus.
Matsuda Yusaku (1949–1989) One of Japan's most important actors. Marie Antoinette (1755–1793) The last Queen of France before the French Revolution. Ōishi Kuranosuke (1659–1703) (karō) of the Akō Domain in Harima Province. Ikariya Chosuke (1931–2004) comedian and film actor. Wright Brothers.
Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿 or 宮﨑 駿, Miyazaki Hayao, Japanese: [mijaꜜzaki hajao]; born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist.A founder of Studio Ghibli, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japanese animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the history of animation.
Hirohito [a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, [b] was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world, with his reign of 62 years being the longest of any Japanese emperor.
Yukio Mishima [a] ( 三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), born Kimitake Hiraoka ( 平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake, 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai (楯の会, "Shield Society"). Mishima is considered one of the most important post-war ...
Meisa Kuroki. Mika Nakashima. Nao Nagasawa. Satomi Ishihara. Yonekura Ryoko. Yui Aragaki. Yukie Nakama. Kiko Mizuhara. See also List of Japanese actresses.
It is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the biggest metropolitan area in the world with 38,140,000 people (2016). Japan is an ethnically and culturally homogeneous society, with the Japanese people forming 98.1% of the country's population. Minority ethnic groups in the country include the indigenous Ainu and Ryukyuan people.
Tomiko Itooka (糸岡富子, Itooka Tomiko, born 23 May 1908) is a Japanese supercentenarian. She is Japan's oldest living person since the death of Fusa Tatsumi on 12 December 2023. Tomiko Itooka was born in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan on 23 May 1908. She moved into a nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo in 2019. She was at the time ...