- Kenji Shimizu
b. 1940, is an aikido teacher and founder of the aikido style Tendoryu. Shimizu was born in 1940 in Fukuoka, Japan. He had been training judo since childhood and held a 4th dan in this art when he changed to aikido in 1963. He then became one of the last personal students of the aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba. After Ueshiba died in 1969, Shimizu, then with a 7th dan in aikido, founded his own school in Tokyo named Tendoryu (School of the Way of Heaven).
- Michael Tucci
Michael Tucci is an American film, TV, and stage actor. He performed T-Bird's Sonny for the film version "Grease", then he performed Vince Fontaine for tour version and Tōkyō tour for stage (2003). Tucci is currently teaching Introduction to Fine Arts and Theater Arts at St. Francis High School in La Cañada Flintridge, California.
- Kuki Shūzō
(b. Tōkyō, February 15 1888 – d. Kyōto, May 6 1941) was a Japanese philosopher. He was the fourth child of Baron Kuki Ryūichi (九鬼隆一) a high bureaucrat in the Meiji Ministry for Culture and Education (Monbushō). Since it appears that Kuki’s mother Hatsu was already pregnant when she fell in love with Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉覚三) otherwise known as Okakura Tenshin (岡倉天心), a protégé of her husband’s (a notable patron of the arts), …
- Peter Gallina
Peter Gallina is a London born International Fashion and Advertising photographer based between Milan, Italy and Tokyo, Japan. His work has been used or commissioned for clients ranging from MTV to Cosmopolitan and is known for its constructed yet realistic spontaneity. He has organised and held many photographic exhibitions of his work, the most recent of which was in Tokyo during the Spring of 2006.
- Gordon James Ramsay OBE
Gordon Ramsay (Fee Group £16k - £25k) Scottish by birth, Gordon was brought up in England after his parents moved south to Stratford-upon-Avon. His first career break came whilst playing football for Oxford United where he was spotted by a Glasgow Rangers scout in a F.A. youth club match. After completing trials he was signed by the Scottish champions at the age of 15.
- Michiharu Mishima
Michiharu Mishima (January 1, 1897 - April 20, 1965) was a novelist, playwright and drama critic born in Azabu, Tōkyō. He was a viscount, a member of the House of Peers and the House of Councillors and was parliamentary vice-minister to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He was also a Peers School graduate. His pen name was Shōdō Mishima (三島章道 "Mishima Shōdō"). His grandfather was Michitsune Mishima.
- Tokyo Sexwale
Mosima Gabriel Sexwale (born 5 March, 1953), commonly known as Tokyo Sexwale, is a South African businessman and former politician, anti-apartheid activist, and political prisoner. His nickname of "Tokyo" is derived from his involvement with the sport of karate as a youth. A charismatic leader, Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities, alongside figures such as Nelson Mandela.
- Tokyo Rose
Tokyo Rose (alternate spelling Tokio Rose) was a generic name given by Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II to any of approximately twenty English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda.
- Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo (born 25 February 1986 in Stockholm, Stockholms Län, Sweden) is a Swedish singer who competed as as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 — the Swedish version of Idol. His two songs charted on the official Swedish singles chart. "Öppna Din Dörr" (Tommy Nilsson cover) peaked at No. 24 in 2006 and "Tokyo" (credit to Danny) was two weeks at No. 1 in 2007.
- Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 "Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko)", born February 18 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. She gained international fame because of her marriage to British musician John Lennon. She currently lives in New York City. Despite having a kanji reading, Ono's name appears in katakana (ヨーコ・オノ Yōko Ono) in the Japanese press and on album credits.
- Andrew Shuttleworth
IT and social media enthusiast & business connector in Japan who loves connecting with people.
- Tamiyo Kusakari
Tamiyo Kusakari is a Japanese dancer for the Maki Asami Ballet Company. In 1987, she made her debut as Odette in Swan Lake. Kusakari won the first prize at the Japan Ballet Competition of 1987. She received the Muramatsu Award in 1988, and the Tachibana Akiko Award in 1990. Kusakari is also known for her starring role as Mai Kishikawa in "Shall We Dansu?". Kusakari is married to a movie directer Masayuki Suo who is best known for directing "Shall We Dansu?".
- Daisuke Matsuzaka
is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He previously played for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League. He was selected the MVP of the 2006 World Baseball Classic and is an Olympic bronze medalist
- Miho Maeshima
Miho Maeshima (born July 26, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan) is a popular Japanese model and adult film actress who formerly appeared on broadcast television in Japan. Her AV debut was in 2006. She describes herself as an "bitch that never can never get enough of sex".
- Hiroyuki Sanada
is a Japanese actor. He began training with Sonny Chiba's Japan Action Club. Originally aiming to be an action star, he developed good all-round martial arts ability. He was first noticed as a serious actor in the movie "Mahjong Hourouki" directed by Makoto Wada. Wada and Sanada's relationship is similar to that of John Huston and Humphrey Bogart and since then Sanada has acted in every one of Wada's movies.
- Natsume Sano
is a Japanese gravure idol, and a female talent. She is from Tokyo, belongs to the show-business production 'Metal Box'. Her nickname is 'Burin' (means a piggie), derives from her hobby collecting pig goods. She is deeply interested in Feng shui.
- Lyrics Born
Lyrics Born (formerly known as Asia Born, born Tom Shimura in Tokyo, Japan in 1972), is a half-Japanese-American, half-Italian-American hip hop rapper. He is one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.
- Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman (born Martin Adam Friedman December 8, 1962 in Washington, D.C., United States) is an American guitarist. He is perhaps best known as the lead guitarist for the thrash metal band Megadeth for close to ten years. He now resides in Japan. His ex-wife (Chihiro) is Japanese. He hosted his own television programs, "Rock Fujiyama" and "Jukebox English" on Japanese television.
- Maki Goto
is a J-pop singer and part of Hello! Project. She is a former member of Morning Musume and has performed in numerous Hello! Project subgroups such as Petitmoni, Akagumi 4, 7-nin Matsuri, Sexy 8, Gomattou and Nochiura Natsumi.
- Jun Kusanagi
Jun Kusanagi (sometimes spelled June Kusanagi is a Japanese model and AV idol. She is known for being "very slim... but also very shapely, with a remarkably large bust." Through her appearances in AVs, adult cinema, photobooks, magazines and television, she has been called "a super popular AV actress", "one of Japan's most prolific and popular photo model/AV stars," and "one of the biggest AV legends ever."
- Kentarō Haneda
was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger of popular anime and movies and video game music as well. His popular name was Haneken.
- Erika Sawajiri
is a Japanese actress, model, and musician. Her alias in her music career was Kaoru Amane, but she has recently started her own project under the name Erika. She is currently affiliated with Stardust Promotion, and became popular after playing a girl who suffered from an intractable disease called spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD) in the nonfiction drama "1 Litre of Tears".
- Madoka Ozawa
Madoka Ozawa (born 3 March 1978) is a Japanese AV idol. She was born 3 March, 1978 in Tokyo and has performed in several porn movies. She is only 1.56 m or 5' 1½". She has given up adult movies in 2003 in order to seek a broader entertainment career, focusing on Taiwan.
- Hitomi Aizawa
is a Japanese gravure idol. She is also a Race queen * "Blood type:" O * "Height:" 160cm * "Bust:" 93cm * "Waist:" 60cm * "Hips:" 92cm
- Masako, Crown Princess Of Japan
is the wife of Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan, the first son of the Emperor Akihito and the Empress Michiko, and a member of the Japanese imperial family through marriage. She was born, the eldest daughter of Hisashi Owada, a senior diplomat. She has two younger sisters, twins named Setsuko and Reiko. Masako went to live in Moscow, Russia with her parents when she was two years old, and attended kindergarten in Moscow. Upon returning to Japan, she attended a private girl's school, …
- Miho Hatori
Miho Hatori is a singer and songwriter, primarily known as the vocalist of the New York City group Cibo Matto. Miho expressed an early interest in music while growing up in Japan. She worked in a record shop where she was exposed to many different styles of music, and sometimes performed as a club DJ. Miho moved to the United States, New York sometime around 1993 to study at an English school; Where she sometimes continued her infrequent work as a DJ.
- Saori Yamamoto
Saori Yamamoto is a Japanese gravure idol from Tokyo, Japan.
- Ami Ayukawa
born February 18, 1981 in the vicinity of the border between Western Tokyo and the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan) is a Japanese AV Idol starring in pornographic movies since 1999. Often referred to as an "AV Queen," she has worked for both "pro" studios and independent companies like Moodyz and Wanz Factory. She is highly regarded by fans for her energetic passion and thrashing during sex; often portrayed as a submissive character.
- Ihei Kimura
Ihei Kimura is one of the most celebrated Japanese photographers of the twentieth century, particularly known for his portrayal of Tokyo and Akita. Born on 12 December 1901 in Shitaya-ku (now Taitō-ku), Tokyo, Kimura started taking photographs when very young but his interest intensified when he was around 20 and living in Tainan (Taiwan), where he was working for a sugar wholesaler. He opened a photographic studio in Nippori, Tokyo in 1924.
- Fumiko Orikasa
is a female seiyū and singer. Her blood type is A. She is represented by the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.
- Emi Kobayashi
is a Japanese gravure idol. She is from Tokyo, and belongs to the show-business production "Suns Entertainment". She belonged to "Yellow Cab" before 2004. One of her great-grandmothers is Russian. She portrayed the prostitute who became a nun named Saori in "Lion-Maru G"
- Maki Ishii
Maki Ishii (石井眞木; surname Ishii; b. Tokyo, Japan, May 28, 1936; d. Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, April 8, 2003) was a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music, and brother of composer Kan Ishii. He studied composition and conducting from 1952 to 1958 in Tokyo, then moved to Berlin, where he continued his studies under Boris Blacher and Josef Rufer. In 1962 he returned to Japan.
- Ami Tokito
is a Japanese idol and singer. She is known for always wearing glasses. She has recently been featured in the Tsunku produced trio Gyaruru together with Asami Abe and Natsuko "Gal" Sone.
- Akira Kurosawa
was a prominent Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His first credited film ("Sugata Sanshiro") was released in 1943; his last ("Madadayo") in 1993. His many awards include the Legion d'Honneur and an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.
- Megumi Ogata
(June 6, 1965) is a female seiyū and singer from the Tokyo Metroplitan area. As a singer, she goes by the name em:óu. She attended Tōkai University, but left due to lack of interest. Her blood type is B.
- Koichi Sugiyama
(his birth name is 椙山 浩一, which is pronounced the same) (born April 11, 1931) is a Japanese music composer, council member of JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers), and honorary chairman of the Japanese Backgammon Society. He is best known composing music for the Dragon Quest video game series from Enix (later Square Enix) and several Japanese TV shows such as Space Runaway Ideon, Cyborg 009, and Gatchaman.
- Kou Shibasaki
born, is a Japanese singer and actress.
- Sayaka Kanda
is the daughter of J-pop star Seiko Matsuda and releases music under the name SAYAKA. She was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. She is currently putting her music career on hold, but hopes to return soon. Sayaka has also had many roles in various TV dramas, movies, and commercials. In 1999, while a student at the Japanese school in Los Angeles, she appeared in Bean Cake, a short film which won the Palme d'Or du court métrage at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
- Tatsuro Yamashita
(February 4, 1953-) is a Japanese musician, and producer. He is also known as husband and producer of Mariya Takeuchi. After the hits of single "Ride on Time" and same-titled album which was released in 1980, all his albums have reached the top five on the Japanese music chart (Oricon weekly chart). His most well-known song is "Christmas Eve". It first appeared on his album "Melodies" in 1983. In 1986, this song was released as single.
- Hiroki Azuma
born May 9 1971 in Mitaka, Tokyo is a Japanese cultural critic. He began his writing inspired by Kojin Karatani's work. He is an associate of Takashi Murakami and the Superflat movement. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1999 and became a professor at the International University of Japan in 2003.