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

  1. Hayao Miyazaki — Japanese Film (Born 1941) , ranked #224
  2. Akira Kurosawa — Japanese Film (1910–1998) , ranked #273
  3. Takeshi Kitano — Japanese Film (Born 1947) , ranked #1194
  4. Osamu Tezuka — Japanese Film (1928–1989) , ranked #1458
  5. Toshiro Mifune — Japanese Actor (1920–1997) , ranked #1533
  6. Isao Takahata — Japanese Film (1935–2018) , ranked #2766
  7. Ken Watanabe — Japanese Actor (Born 1959) , ranked #3606
  8. Ryuichi Sakamoto — Japanese Actor (Born 1952) , ranked #4096
  9. Takashi Miike — Japanese Film (Born 1960) , ranked #5947
  10. Mamoru Oshii — Japanese Film (Born 1951) , ranked #6074
  11. Rinko Kikuchi — Japanese Actor (Born 1981) , ranked #6831
  12. Takeshi Kaneshiro — Japanese Actor (Born 1973) , ranked #6997
  13. Ryōko Hirosue — Japanese Actor (Born 1980) , ranked #7027
  14. Sessue Hayakawa — Japanese Actor (1889–1973) , ranked #7067
  15. Namie Amuro — Japanese Actor (Born 1977) , ranked #7261
  16. Katsuhiro Otomo — Japanese Screenwriter (Born 1954) , ranked #7422
  17. Makoto Shinkai — Japanese Film (Born 1973) , ranked #7778
  18. Takashi Shimura — Japanese Actor (1905–1982) , ranked #7929
  19. Hideaki Anno — Japanese Film (Born 1960) , ranked #8001
  20. Shun Oguri — Japanese Actor (Born 1982) , ranked #9227