Most Famous Japanese Athletes
Japan has produced 688 notable athletes throughout history, led by Keisuke Honda. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Top Ranked
- Keisuke Honda — Japanese Football (Born 1986) , ranked #5565
- Ichiro Suzuki — Japanese Baseball (Born 1973) , ranked #6704
- Hideo Kojima — Japanese Game (Born 1963) , ranked #8748
- Shinji Okazaki — Japanese Football (Born 1986) , ranked #9204
- Yuto Nagatomo — Japanese Football (Born 1986) , ranked #9290
- Hiroshi Kiyotake — Japanese Football (Born 1989) , ranked #9994
- Atsuto Uchida — Japanese Football (Born 1988) , ranked #10598
- Takashi Inui — Japanese Football (Born 1988) , ranked #10882
- Akebono Tarō — Japanese Rikishi (Born 1969) , ranked #11224
- Makoto Hasebe — Japanese Football (Born 1984) , ranked #11423
- Kei Nishikori — Japanese Player (Born 1989) , ranked #12038
- Takashi Usami — Japanese Football (Born 1992) , ranked #12325
- Yoshito Ōkubo — Japanese Football (Born 1982) , ranked #13182
- Junichi Inamoto — Japanese Football (Born 1979) , ranked #13612
- Yoichiro Kakitani — Japanese Football (Born 1990) , ranked #13879
- Mike Havenaar — Japanese Football (Born 1987) , ranked #14215
- Shinji Ono — Japanese Football (Born 1979) , ranked #14484
- Yu Darvish — Japanese Baseball (Born 1986) , ranked #15134
- Gichin Funakoshi — Japanese Karate (1868–1957) , ranked #15519
- Hiroki Sakai — Japanese Football (Born 1990) , ranked #16260