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Most Famous Japanese Business People
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Japan 2,162
8,215 AM 
Akio Morita Japanese Business 1921–1999
Akio Morita Japanese Business 1921–1999 14,118 SH Soichiro Honda Japanese Business 1906–1991
29,995 SE 
Shibusawa Eiichi Japanese Business 1840–1931
Shibusawa Eiichi Japanese Business 1840–1931 30,074 TO Taiichi Ohno Japanese Business 1912–1990
32,082 MI 
Masaru Ibuka Japanese Entrepreneur 1908–1997
Masaru Ibuka Japanese Entrepreneur 1908–1997 37,724 MA 
Momofuku Ando Japanese Business 1910–2007
Momofuku Ando Japanese Business 1910–2007 38,654 MS 
Masayoshi Son Japanese Entrepreneur b. 1957
Masayoshi Son Japanese Entrepreneur b. 1957 45,461 KT 
Kiichiro Toyoda Japanese Entrepreneur 1894–1952
Kiichiro Toyoda Japanese Entrepreneur 1894–1952 70,667 TH 
Takafumi Horie Japanese Business b. 1972
Takafumi Horie Japanese Business b. 1972 76,466 ST 
Shoichiro Toyoda Japanese Business b. 1925
Shoichiro Toyoda Japanese Business b. 1925 88,234 MK 
Mikimoto Kōkichi Japanese Entrepreneur 1858–1954
Mikimoto Kōkichi Japanese Entrepreneur 1858–1954 131,664 FM 
Fujio Mitarai Japanese Entrepreneur b. 1935
Fujio Mitarai Japanese Entrepreneur b. 1935 138,931 IK 
Ichizō Kobayashi Japanese Business 1873–1957
Ichizō Kobayashi Japanese Business 1873–1957 152,091 MT Masataka Taketsuru Japanese Business 1894–1979
180,964 YM 
Yusaku Maezawa Japanese Business b. 1975
Yusaku Maezawa Japanese Business b. 1975 210,849 SN 
Shigenobu Nagamori Japanese Business b. 1944
Shigenobu Nagamori Japanese Business b. 1944 272,560 AS 
Asano Sōichirō Japanese Business 1848–1930
Asano Sōichirō Japanese Business 1848–1930 316,936 TK 
Takadaya Kahei Japanese Business 1769–1827
Takadaya Kahei Japanese Business 1769–1827 346,071 ŌT 
Ōe Taku Japanese Business 1847–1921
Ōe Taku Japanese Business 1847–1921 380,532 GH 
Goryo Hamaguchi Japanese Business 1820–1885
Goryo Hamaguchi Japanese Business 1820–1885 401,953 IY 
Iwasaki Yanosuke Japanese Business 1851–1908
Iwasaki Yanosuke Japanese Business 1851–1908 520,794 TS Toshifumi Suzuki Japanese Entrepreneur b. 1932
535,820 YM 
Yatarō Mishima Japanese Bank 1867–1919
Yatarō Mishima Japanese Bank 1867–1919 893,934 NW 
Natori Wasaku Japanese Entrepreneur 1872–1959
Natori Wasaku Japanese Entrepreneur 1872–1959 1,330,392 KK 
Kawada Koichiro Japanese Bank 1836–1896
Kawada Koichiro Japanese Bank 1836–1896 1,559,401 FK Fumio Kawaguchi Japanese Business b. 1940
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