Japanese racehorse owners and breeders

Mitsuhiro Momota (Japanese: 百田 光浩 Hepburn: Momota Mitsuhiro) (born Kim Sin-rak; Hangul: 김신락; hanja: 金信洛; November 14, 1924 – December 15, 1963), better known as Rikidōzan (力道山, Hangul: 역도산; RR: Yeokdosan), was a Korean-Japanese professional wrestler, known as the "Father of Puroresu" and one of the most influential men in professional wrestling history.

Kinichi Hagimoto (萩本 欽一 Hagimoto Kin'ichi, born May 7, 1941) is a Japanese comedian.

Teruo Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原輝雄, 14 June 1937 – 28 December 2011) was a Japanese professional golfer.

Buronson (武論尊), real name Yoshiyuki Okamura (岡村 善行 Okamura Yoshiyuki), also known as Sho Fumimura (史村 翔 Fumimura Shō), is a Japanese manga artist, most known for creating Fist of the North Star.

Seiichi Funahashi (舟橋聖一 Funahashi Seiichi, 25 December 1904 – 13 January 1976) was a Japanese writer of short stories, novellas, novels and stage plays, active in the Shōwa period.

Naoki Takada (高田 尚輝 Takada Naoki, born October 31, 1975) is a Japanese rapper and hip-hop artist better known under his alias Seamo (シーモ Shīmo).

Baron Kishichiro Okura (大倉 喜七郎 Ōkura Kishichirō, June 16, 1882 – February 2, 1963) was a Japanese entrepreneur and hotelier.

Michiya Mihashi (三橋美智也 Mihashi Michiya, November 10, 1930 – January 8, 1996), born Michiya Kitazawa (北沢 美智也 Kitazawa Michiya) in Kamiiso, Hokkaidō, was a famous enka singer in postwar Japan.

Kazuhiro "Daimajin" Sasaki (佐々木 主浩 Sasaki Kazuhiro, born February 22, 1968 in Sendai City, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher.

Nobuteru Maeda (前田亘輝 Maeda Nobuteru, born April 23, 1965) is a Japanese male singer-songwriter from Atsugi, Kanagawa.

Ken Shimura (志村 けん Shimura Ken) (born Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳 Shimura Yasunori), February 20, 1950 in Higashimurayama, Tokyo) is a Japanese comedian and actor.

Kaoru Kobayashi (小林 薫 Kobayashi Kaoru, born on September 4, 1951) is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto.

Katsuya Takasu (高須 克弥 Takasu Katsuya, January 22, 1945 in Isshiki, Aichi, Japan) is a plastic surgeon based in Tokyo.

Tamisuke Watanuki (綿貫 民輔　Watanuki Tamisuke) (born 30 April 1927) is a Japanese politician from the Toyama Prefecture.

Masami Tanabu (田名部 匡省 Tanabu Masami, born December 7, 1934 in Hachinohe, Aomori) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).

Kiyoshi Maekawa (前川 清 Maekawa Kiyoshi) (born August 19, 1948) is a Japanese singer and tarento.

Saburō Kitajima (北島 三郎 Kitajima Saburō, born October 4, 1936) is a well-known Japanese enka singer, lyricist and composer.

Hachiro Kasuga (春日八郎 Kasuga Hachirō, October 9, 1924 – October 22, 1991), born Minoru Watabe, was a Japanese enka singer.

Hisaya Morishige (森繁久彌 Morishige Hisaya, May 4, 1913–November 10, 2009) was a Japanese actor and comedian.

Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口 浩, 22 August 1936 – 11 November 1987) was a Japanese film actor.

Hideaki Ito (伊藤 英明 Itō Hideaki, born August 3, 1975) is a Japanese actor.

Yukio Ozaki (尾崎 行雄 Ozaki oi Yukio, born December 24, 1859 – October 6, 1954) was a liberal Japanese politician, born in modern-day Sagamihara, Kanagawa.

Seiji Togo (東郷 青児 Tōgō Seiji, 1897–1978) was a Japanese painter and artist known for his depiction of the female form.

Takanori Jinnai (陣内孝則 Jinnai Takanori) is a Japanese actor, film director, and singer.

Nachi Nozawa (野沢 那智 Nozawa Nachi, January 13, 1938 – October 30, 2010) was a Japanese voice actor, actor, and theatre director from Tokyo.

Akiko Wada (和田 アキ子 Wada Akiko) (born April 10, 1950) is a female Japanese singer and television performer from Tsuruhashi, Ikuno-ku, Osaka.

Takafumi Horie (堀江 貴文 Horie Takafumi, born October 29, 1972) is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Livedoor, a website design operation that grew into a popular internet portal.

Takajin Yashiki (やしきたかじん, 家鋪隆仁 Yashiki Takajin), often referred to as simply Takajin (たかじん), (5 October 1949 – 3 January 2014) was a Japanese singer and television personality.

Hideo Murata (村田英雄 Murata Hideo, January 17, 1929 – June 13, 2002) was a Japanese rōkyoku and enka singer.

Kyosen Ōhashi (大橋 巨泉 Ōhashi Kyosen, March 22, 1934 – July 12, 2016) was a Japanese television host and writer.

Ichikawa Raizō VIII (八代目 市川 雷蔵 Hachidaime Ichikawa Raizō, born 29 August 1931 in Kyoto, Japan, died 17 July 1969 in Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese film and kabuki actor.

Toshio Ogawa (小川 敏夫 Ogawa Toshio, born March 18, 1948) is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature) and the Minister of Justice since January 2012.

Tsuyoshi Shinjo (新庄 剛志 Shinjō Tsuyoshi, born January 28, 1972) is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder.

Yōichi Masuzoe (舛添 要一 Masuzoe Yōichi, born 29 November 1948) is a Japanese politician who was elected to the position of governor of Tokyo in 2014 and resigned in June 2016 due to the misuse of public funds.

Toshiro Yanagiba (柳葉 敏郎 Yanagiba Toshirō, born January 3, 1961) is a Japanese actor.

Tadashi Yanai (柳井 正 Yanai Tadashi, born February 7, 1949) is a Japanese businessman, the founder and president of Fast Retailing, of which Uniqlo (ユニクロ, "unique clothing") is a subsidiary.

Hajime Satomi (里見 治 Satomi Hajime, born January 16, 1942) is the founder of Sammy Corporation, which merged with Sega to form the holding company Sega Sammy Holdings.