Most Famous Japanese Actors & Filmmakers

50 Japanese Actors & Filmmakers in view out of 361

Film & TV 361
Japan 2,162
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki Japanese Film Born 1941
#224
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa Japanese Film 1910 – 1998
#273
Takeshi Kitano
Takeshi Kitano Japanese Film Born 1947
#1,194
Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka Japanese Film 1928 – 1989
#1,458
Toshiro Mifune
Toshiro Mifune Japanese Actor 1920 – 1997
#1,533
Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata Japanese Film 1935 – 2018
#2,766
Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe Japanese Actor Born 1959
#3,606
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto Japanese Actor Born 1952
#4,096
SK
Satoshi Kon Japanese Animator 1963 – 2010
#4,915
Takashi Miike
Takashi Miike Japanese Film Born 1960
#5,947
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii Japanese Film Born 1951
#6,074
Rinko Kikuchi
Rinko Kikuchi Japanese Actor Born 1981
#6,831
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takeshi Kaneshiro Japanese Actor Born 1973
#6,997
Ryōko Hirosue
Ryōko Hirosue Japanese Actor Born 1980
#7,027
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa Japanese Actor 1889 – 1973
#7,067
Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro Japanese Actor Born 1977
#7,261
Katsuhiro Otomo
Katsuhiro Otomo Japanese Screenwriter Born 1954
#7,422
Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai Japanese Film Born 1973
#7,778
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Japanese Actor 1905 – 1982
#7,929
HA
Hideaki Anno Japanese Film Born 1960
#8,001
Shun Oguri
Shun Oguri Japanese Actor Born 1982
#9,227
LM
Leiji Matsumoto Japanese Film Born 1938
#9,858
Mika Nakashima
Mika Nakashima Japanese Actor Born 1983
#10,356
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Japanese Actor Born 1950
#10,389
ZM
Zeami Motokiyo Japanese Actor 1363 – 1443
#10,757
Nana Mizuki
Nana Mizuki Japanese Seiyū Born 1980
#11,079
Kōichi Yamadera
Kōichi Yamadera Japanese Actor Born 1961
#11,246
Hironobu Sakaguchi
Hironobu Sakaguchi Japanese Film Born 1962
#11,643
Meiko Kaji
Meiko Kaji Japanese Actor Born 1947
#11,801
Chiaki Kuriyama
Chiaki Kuriyama Japanese Actor Born 1984
#11,921
Yū Aoi
Yū Aoi Japanese Actress Born 1985
#11,980
Yasushi Akimoto
Yasushi Akimoto Japanese Producer Born 1958
#12,569
Masami Nagasawa
Masami Nagasawa Japanese Actor Born 1987
#12,697
Eiji Tsuburaya
Eiji Tsuburaya Japanese Cinema 1901 – 1970
#13,092
Maria Ozawa
Maria Ozawa Japanese Actor Born 1986
#13,200
KT
Ken Takakura Japanese Actor 1931 – 2014
#13,822
Mamoru Hosoda
Mamoru Hosoda Japanese Film Born 1967
#14,077
IH
Ishirō Honda Japanese Film 1911 – 1993
#14,096
Sion Sono
Sion Sono Japanese Actor Born 1961
#14,289
MK
Meisa Kuroki Japanese Actor Born 1988
#15,385
TF
Tatsuya Fujiwara Japanese Seiyū Born 1982
#15,967
Maki Horikita
Maki Horikita Japanese Actor Born 1988
#16,371
Kenichi Matsuyama
Kenichi Matsuyama Japanese Actor Born 1985
#16,822
NK
Naomi Kawase Japanese Film Born 1969
#16,828
Kōji Yakusho
Kōji Yakusho Japanese Actor Born 1956
#16,992
ES
Erika Sawajiri Japanese Actor Born 1986
#17,843
Ken Ogata
Ken Ogata Japanese Actor 1937 – 2008
#18,147
Yoji Yamada
Yoji Yamada Japanese Film Born 1931
#18,374
Tamlyn Tomita
Tamlyn Tomita Japanese Actor Born 1966
#19,516
Tomohisa Yamashita
Tomohisa Yamashita Japanese Actor Born 1985
#19,777

By the numbers

Inside Japan Actors & Filmmakers

361 notable people in this slice of the dataset.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous japan actors & filmmakers born in each.

Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Japan Actors & Filmmakers peaked in the 1980s with 70 people.

What Japan Actors & Filmmakers Are Known For

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Actor are Japan Actors & Filmmakers's biggest group — 63% of all notables (227).

Japan Actors & Filmmakers over-index on seiyū — 423.7× the global rate.

  1. Actor227
  2. Film46
  3. Seiyū42
  4. Screenwriter11
  5. Model11
  6. Animator7
  7. Actress3
  8. Producer3
  1. Seiyū42423.7×
  2. Animator7102.3×
  3. Model1115.5×
  4. Actor22713.6×
  5. Film4612.4×
  6. Screenwriter119.7×

City Hot Spots

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