Most Famous People from Japan
People from Japan, ranked by worldwide fame rather than local attention.
As of October 14, 2026, Shohei Ohtani leads iFANN's Famous rankings for Japan, ahead of Sanae Takaichi and Hideo Kojima.
Powered by the Global Fame Engine v5.70, which combines multiple worldwide public signals and discloses evidence coverage for each People ranking. Updated daily.
Hayao Miyazaki
228.2K Wikipedia views · 7+ news articles
Naruhito
195.2K Wikipedia views · 100 news articles
Yoko Ono
359.5K Wikipedia views · 239 news articles
Haruki Murakami
172.5K Wikipedia views · 113 news articles
Akira Kurosawa
195.4K Wikipedia views · 17+ news articles
Naomi Osaka
402.8K Wikipedia views · 184 news articles
Shinzo Abe
131.8K Wikipedia views · 214 news articles
Yayoi Kusama
592.5K Wikipedia views · 160 news articles
Eiichiro Oda
85.7K Wikipedia views · 130 news articles
Hirohito
263.6K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles
Kazuo Ishiguro
149.9K Wikipedia views · 110 news articles
Akira Toriyama
98.8K Wikipedia views · 95 news articles
Miyamoto Musashi
196.2K Wikipedia views · 22 news articles
Yukio Mishima
193.9K Wikipedia views · 22 news articles
Oda Nobunaga
134.4K Wikipedia views · 57 news articles
Shigeru Miyamoto
119.4K Wikipedia views · 27 news articles
Akihito
152.5K Wikipedia views · 8 news articles
Tokugawa Ieyasu
167.2K Wikipedia views · 57 news articles
Keisuke Honda
43.7K Wikipedia views · 12 news articles
Hokusai
61.1K Wikipedia views · 9+ news articles
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
106.1K Wikipedia views · 150 news articles
Emperor Meiji
117.7K Wikipedia views · 5 news articles
Kazuyoshi Miura
52.7K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Joe Hisaishi
52.6K Wikipedia views · 25 news articles
Shigeru Ishiba
40.9K Wikipedia views · 44 news articles
Isoroku Yamamoto
80.5K Wikipedia views · 7 news articles
Osamu Dazai
90.3K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Takeshi Kitano
53.6K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles
Ryuichi Sakamoto
75.7K Wikipedia views · 60 news articles
Makoto Shinkai
69K Wikipedia views · 18 news articles
Yasunari Kawabata
43.2K Wikipedia views · 13 news articles
Hideki Tojo
109K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Hiroo Onoda
105.3K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Ken Watanabe
89.3K Wikipedia views · 34 news articles
Tadao Ando
28.6K Wikipedia views · 29 news articles
Empress Masako
42.9K Wikipedia views · 34 news articles
Ichiro Suzuki
95.6K Wikipedia views · 80 news articles
Ayumi Hamasaki
30.2K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Takehiro Tomiyasu
46K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Rina Sawayama
49.3K Wikipedia views · 18 news articles
Yūto Nagatomo
14.8K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Satoshi Kon
72.6K Wikipedia views · 14 news articles
Emperor Taishō
77.5K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Keigo Higashino
39.4K Wikipedia views · 39 news articles
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
40.5K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Takefusa Kubo
42.5K Wikipedia views · 22+ news articles
Takumi Minamino
28.9K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Daizen Maeda
77.3K Wikipedia views · 31 news articles
Ado
66.7K Wikipedia views
Kei Nishikori
75.4K Wikipedia views · 69+ news articles
Shinji Kagawa
32.2K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles
Ao Tanaka
37.4K Wikipedia views · 24+ news articles
Ayase Ueda
47.3K Wikipedia views · 33+ news articles
Tarō Asō
17.8K Wikipedia views · 67 news articles
Shunsuke Nakamura
17.7K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Natsume Sōseki
61.4K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Emperor Jimmu
45.3K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Yoshihiko Noda
29.5K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles
Rui Hachimura
55.4K Wikipedia views · 64 news articles
Kaoru Mitoma
50.9K Wikipedia views · 21 news articles
Empress Michiko
20K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Chiaki Kuriyama
28.2K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Maya Yoshida
15.3K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles
Itō Hirobumi
24.7K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Airi Suzuki
11.4K Wikipedia views · 18 news articles
Akechi Mitsuhide
30.2K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Hiroyuki Sanada
131.9K Wikipedia views · 44 news articles
Shoko Asahara
61.3K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Date Masamune
20.4K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Naoya Inoue
162.2K Wikipedia views · 18 news articles
Sakura
74.7K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Sumire Uesaka
30.3K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Hiromu Arakawa
67.1K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles
Tadanobu Asano
53K Wikipedia views · 22 news articles
Ui Shigure
6.8K Wikipedia views · 5+ news articles
Mamiko Tanaka
30.1K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles
Tasuku Honjo
50.9K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Haruka Fukuhara
27.8K Wikipedia views · 16+ news articles
Ashikaga Takauji
16.8K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Akio Otsuka
16.3K Wikipedia views · 14 news articles
Susumu Tonegawa
7.9K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles
Yoshirō Mori
8.6K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Glenn Howerton
131K Wikipedia views · 23 news articles
Tsunku
7.5K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Gō Ōiwa
2K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Chōsokabe Motochika
4.2K Wikipedia views · 18 news articles
Ryo Ishibashi
6.6K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles
Atsuro Watabe
3.4K Wikipedia views
Naoki Bandō
12.2K Wikipedia views · 7+ news articles
Ryo Ryusei
3.7K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles
Moe Toyota
2.3K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles