Most Famous Japanese Business People

Japan has produced 33 notable business people throughout history, led by Akio Morita. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Akio Morita — Japanese Business (1921–1999) , ranked #8215
  2. Soichiro Honda — Japanese Business (1906–1991) , ranked #14118
  3. Shibusawa Eiichi — Japanese Business (1840–1931) , ranked #29995
  4. Taiichi Ohno — Japanese Business (1912–1990) , ranked #30074
  5. Masaru Ibuka — Japanese Entrepreneur (1908–1997) , ranked #32082
  6. Momofuku Ando — Japanese Business (1910–2007) , ranked #37724
  7. Masayoshi Son — Japanese Entrepreneur (Born 1957) , ranked #38654
  8. Kiichiro Toyoda — Japanese Entrepreneur (1894–1952) , ranked #45461
  9. Takafumi Horie — Japanese Business (Born 1972) , ranked #70667
  10. Shoichiro Toyoda — Japanese Business (Born 1925) , ranked #76466
  11. Mikimoto Kōkichi — Japanese Entrepreneur (1858–1954) , ranked #88234
  12. Fujio Mitarai — Japanese Entrepreneur (Born 1935) , ranked #131664
  13. Ichizō Kobayashi — Japanese Business (1873–1957) , ranked #138931
  14. Lady Kasuga — Japanese Nanny (1579–1643) , ranked #150444
  15. Masataka Taketsuru — Japanese Business (1894–1979) , ranked #152091
  16. Yusaku Maezawa — Japanese Business (Born 1975) , ranked #180964
  17. Shigenobu Nagamori — Japanese Business (Born 1944) , ranked #210849
  18. Kaori Kawanaka — Japanese Archer (Born 1991) , ranked #262135
  19. Asano Sōichirō — Japanese Business (1848–1930) , ranked #272560
  20. Takadaya Kahei — Japanese Business (1769–1827) , ranked #316936