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    Most Famous Living People from Japan

    People from Japan, ranked by worldwide fame rather than local attention.

    As of September 14, 2026, Shohei Ohtani is the most famous living person in Japan in iFANN's rankings, ahead of Sanae Takaichi and Hideo Kojima.

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    Shohei Ohtani
    #1

    Shohei Ohtani

    Fame score 20.1

    Sanae Takaichi
    #2

    Sanae Takaichi

    Fame score 18.8

    Hideo Kojima
    #3

    Hideo Kojima

    Fame score 15.9

    #4
    Hayao Miyazaki

    Hayao Miyazakijp

    236.3K Wikipedia views · 15+ news articles

    15.8    #5
    Naruhito

    Naruhitojp

    193.5K Wikipedia views · 94 news articles

    15.2    #6
    Haruki Murakami

    Haruki Murakamijp

    157.8K Wikipedia views · 113 news articles

    14.6    #7
    Yoko Ono

    Yoko Onojp

    368.2K Wikipedia views · 534 news articles

    14.5    #81
    Naomi Osaka

    Naomi Osakajp

    462.2K Wikipedia views · 804 news articles

    13.8    #91
    Eiichiro Oda

    Eiichiro Odajp

    77.9K Wikipedia views · 171 news articles

    13.3    #102
    Yayoi Kusama

    Yayoi Kusamajp

    549.4K Wikipedia views · 1.3K news articles

    12.8    #111
    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Kazuo Ishigurojp

    144K Wikipedia views · 117 news articles

    12.8    #121
    Shigeru Miyamoto

    Shigeru Miyamotojp

    111.1K Wikipedia views · 201 news articles

    11.7    #13
    Kazuyoshi Miura

    Kazuyoshi Miurajp

    137K Wikipedia views · 15+ news articles

    11.3    #14
    Akihito

    Akihitojp

    159.6K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles

    10.9    #15
    Keisuke Honda

    Keisuke Hondajp

    45.3K Wikipedia views · 10 news articles

    10.7    #16
    Takehiro Tomiyasu

    Takehiro Tomiyasujp

    82.5K Wikipedia views · 43 news articles

    10.3    #17
    Shigeru Ishiba

    Shigeru Ishibajp

    35.3K Wikipedia views · 144 news articles

    10.3    #18
    Joe Hisaishi

    Joe Hisaishijp

    60.2K Wikipedia views · 21 news articles

    10.2    #19
    Takefusa Kubo

    Takefusa Kubojp

    41K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles

    9.6    #20
    Takeshi Kitano

    Takeshi Kitanojp

    54.5K Wikipedia views · 28 news articles

    9.5    #21
    Ken Watanabe

    Ken Watanabejp

    99.9K Wikipedia views · 27 news articles

    9.4    #22
    Makoto Shinkai

    Makoto Shinkaijp

    73.7K Wikipedia views · 30 news articles

    9.3    #23
    Ichiro Suzuki

    Ichiro Suzukijp

    101K Wikipedia views · 63 news articles

    8.8    #24
    Empress Masako

    Empress Masakojp

    44.7K Wikipedia views · 13 news articles

    8.8    #25
    Ayase Ueda

    Ayase Uedajp

    49.1K Wikipedia views · 37+ news articles

    8.5    #26
    Yūto Nagatomo

    Yūto Nagatomojp

    20.6K Wikipedia views · 4+ news articles

    8.3    #27
    Daizen Maeda

    Daizen Maedajp

    128K Wikipedia views · 61 news articles

    8.2    #28
    Shinji Kagawa

    Shinji Kagawajp

    43.3K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles

    8.0    #29
    Kei Nishikori

    Kei Nishikorijp

    63.3K Wikipedia views · 47+ news articles

    7.8    #30
    Kenshi Yonezu

    Kenshi Yonezujp

    21.4K Wikipedia views · 7+ news articles

    7.7    #31
    Ado

    Adojp

    71.5K Wikipedia views

    7.5    #32
    Tarō Asō

    Tarō Asōjp

    16.4K Wikipedia views · 72 news articles

    7.3    #33
    Ao Tanaka

    Ao Tanakajp

    29.8K Wikipedia views · 7+ news articles

    7.2    #34
    Kaoru Mitoma

    Kaoru Mitomajp

    47.2K Wikipedia views · 27 news articles

    6.6    #35
    Empress Michiko

    Empress Michikojp

    20.3K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles

    6.6    #36
    Hajime Moriyasu

    Hajime Moriyasujp

    16.5K Wikipedia views · 3+ news articles

    6.5    #37
    Chiaki Kuriyama

    Chiaki Kuriyamajp

    29.8K Wikipedia views · 2+ news articles

    6.5    #38
    Airi Suzuki

    Airi Suzukijp

    9.7K Wikipedia views · 28 news articles

    6.3    #39
    Rui Hachimura

    Rui Hachimurajp

    61.2K Wikipedia views · 51 news articles

    6.3    #40
    Hiroyuki Sanada

    Hiroyuki Sanadajp

    145.7K Wikipedia views · 16 news articles

    5.7    #41
    Naoya Inoue

    Naoya Inouejp

    131K Wikipedia views · 15 news articles

    5.3    #42
    Sakura

    Sakurajp

    58K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles

    5.2    #43
    Sumire Uesaka

    Sumire Uesakajp

    24.5K Wikipedia views · 1+ news articles

    5.2    #44
    Hiromu Arakawa

    Hiromu Arakawajp

    77.5K Wikipedia views · 16 news articles

    5.2    #45
    Tadanobu Asano

    Tadanobu Asanojp

    75.7K Wikipedia views · 18 news articles

    4.6    #46
    Tasuku Honjo

    Tasuku Honjojp

    51.1K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    4.6    #47
    Glenn Howerton

    Glenn Howertonjp

    125.6K Wikipedia views · 48 news articles

    4.0    #48
    Hitomi Honda

    Hitomi Hondajp

    11.8K Wikipedia views · 10+ news articles

    3.8    #49
    Yoshirō Mori

    Yoshirō Morijp

    7.9K Wikipedia views · 0+ news articles

    3.7    #50
    Gō Ōiwa

    Gō Ōiwajp

    3.1K Wikipedia views

    2.7