Nobuo Uematsu

Nobuo Uematsu

male, 50 years old
musician, video game music, final fantasy, Square Co., square, video game music composer…Japanese
is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. He has composed music for many...

Violator

male
drummer, Ramen noodles, Heaven Shall Burn, Blood Stain Child, Underøath, Underoath…Japanese
"VIOLATOR" is the drummer of the Japanese melodic death metal band Blood Stain Child. He was born on October 19. His life philosophy is "Free and...
Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi

male, deceased (1988)
American furniture designer, Abstract expressionist artist, naturalized citizen of the United States, Columbia University alumni, Japanese American, artist…Japanese
was a prominent Japanese -American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known widely...
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto

male, 57 years old
musician, artist, Senjou no Merii Kurisumasu, david byrne, Classical composer, Furyo…Japanese
Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一 "Sakamoto Ryūichi", born January 17, 1952, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musician, composer, producer and actor. He...

Hokusai

male, deceased (1849)
Fuji in Clear Weather, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, The Great Wave, woodblock printing in Japan, Japanese, Ukiyo-e artist
Katsushika Hokusai, (1760-1849), was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. In his time he was Japan's leading expert...
Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi

male, deceased (1645)
swordsmen, Niten Dōraku, Shinmen Takezō, Japanese calendar, Japanese, swordsman…Japanese swordsman
(c.1584–June 13 "<small>(Japanese calendar: May 19)</small>", 1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Nit...
Yuko Ogura

Yuko Ogura

female, 26 years old
School Rumble, Japanese gravure idols, model, Japanese, japanese idol, Hosei University
Yuko Ogura is a popular Japanese idol and model who typically aims for the cute, innocent schoolgirl look. Ogura regularly, if not entirely...
Rumiko Takahashi

Rumiko Takahashi

female, 52 years old
Winner of Shogakukan Manga Award, Niigata Prefecture, Bye-Bye Road, Star of Futile Dust, doujinshi, Niigata…Japanese
Rumiko Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. Takahashi is one of the wealthiest women in Japan. The manga she creates (and its anime adaptations)...
Nobutaka Machimura

Nobutaka Machimura

male, 65 years old
north korea, Wesleyan University alumni, Japanese, politician, North Korean, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Nobutaka Machimura , former Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, currently serves as a member of the Japanese House of Representatives...
Ken Kutaragi

Ken Kutaragi

male, 59 years old
Sony, PlayStation Portable, Sony Computer Entertainment, Playstation, chief executive officer, Japanese
(born August 8, 1950) is the former Chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the video game division of Sony...