Most Famous Japanese Actors
Japan has produced 303 notable actors throughout history, led by Hayao Miyazaki. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Top Ranked
- Hayao Miyazaki — Japanese Film (Born 1941) , ranked #224
- Akira Kurosawa — Japanese Film (1910–1998) , ranked #273
- Takeshi Kitano — Japanese Film (Born 1947) , ranked #1194
- Osamu Tezuka — Japanese Film (1928–1989) , ranked #1458
- Toshiro Mifune — Japanese Actor (1920–1997) , ranked #1533
- Isao Takahata — Japanese Film (1935–2018) , ranked #2766
- Ken Watanabe — Japanese Actor (Born 1959) , ranked #3606
- Ryuichi Sakamoto — Japanese Actor (Born 1952) , ranked #4096
- Takashi Miike — Japanese Film (Born 1960) , ranked #5947
- Mamoru Oshii — Japanese Film (Born 1951) , ranked #6074
- Rinko Kikuchi — Japanese Actor (Born 1981) , ranked #6831
- Takeshi Kaneshiro — Japanese Actor (Born 1973) , ranked #6997
- Ryōko Hirosue — Japanese Actor (Born 1980) , ranked #7027
- Sessue Hayakawa — Japanese Actor (1889–1973) , ranked #7067
- Namie Amuro — Japanese Actor (Born 1977) , ranked #7261
- Katsuhiro Otomo — Japanese Screenwriter (Born 1954) , ranked #7422
- Makoto Shinkai — Japanese Film (Born 1973) , ranked #7778
- Takashi Shimura — Japanese Actor (1905–1982) , ranked #7929
- Hideaki Anno — Japanese Film (Born 1960) , ranked #8001
- Shun Oguri — Japanese Actor (Born 1982) , ranked #9227