People from Japan

61 people remembered here.

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  Yasuo Fukuda

  1936 – 2026 · Politician

  Japan's 91st prime minister, who worked quietly for peace with his neighbours.

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  Senji Kuroi

  1932 – 2026 · Novelist and essayist

  He found the drama of the inner life in offices, families and quiet suburban streets.

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  Hiroshi Tsuchida

  1972 – 2026 · Actor

  Ninja Blue, Lightning McQueen and Grisha Yeager. One voice, three decades of heroes.

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  Kenichirō Katsura

  1966 – 2026 · Animator

  Animator and character designer whose drawings brought Macross 7, Knight's & Magic and Synduality: Noir to life.

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  Hirokazu Ueyonabaru

  1971 – 2026 · Paralympic wheelchair racer

  Okinawa's enduring T52 racer who turned injury into Paralympic silver and bronze.

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  Isao Takeuchi

  1951 – 2026 · Politician

  Three-term Tottori mayor who steered merger, dunes tourism and a brief Diet career.

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  Ria Yamada

  2009 – 2026 · dancer

  A dancer who loved dance more than anything, remembered for her talent and her smile.

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  Nobutaka Tsutsui

  1944 – 2026 · Politician

  Five-term Niigata Diet member and agriculture vice minister who won a landmark libel judgment.

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  Izuru Narushima

  1961 – 2026 · Film director and screenwriter

  Director of Rebirth and Solomon's Perjury, who filmed ordinary lives with patience and kindness.

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  Susumu Tonegawa

  1939 – 2026 · Molecular biologist

  Nagoya-born Nobel laureate who explained antibody diversity and later mapped how the brain stores memory.

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  Guts Ishimatsu

  1949 – 2026 · Boxer

  WBC lightweight champion who gave Japan the guts pose and taught it to say OK Bokujo.

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  Toyohiro Akiyama

  1942 – 2026 · Television journalist (TBS)

  First Japanese in space. Journalist on Mir. Farmer after the flight.

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  Hideki Shirakawa

  1936 – 2026 · Chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba

  The chemist who made plastic conduct electricity and opened a new era of materials.

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