100 Japanese respected by the world

is a list of 100 prominent Japanese people published annually by the Japanese edition of Newsweek. The list contains both living and dead people, fictional characters such as Doraemon and Godzilla and a racehorse.
2005
* Yoshizawa Akira, original origami creator
* Ushio Amagatsu, director of Sankai Juku
* Isao Aoki, golfer
* Nobuyoshi Araki, photographer
* Madama Butterfly, geisha in an opera
* Mitsuko Coudenhove, wife of Heinrich Coudenhove-Kalergi
* Doraemon, anime character
* Eiko and Koma, dancer
* Leo Esaki, physicist
* Leonard Eto, wadaiko performer
* Takahisa Fujinami, motorcycle trials rider
* Kinji Fukasaku, film director
* Godzilla
* Sesshu Hayakawa, first Japanese Hollywood star
* Hiromix, photographer
* Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate
* Daisuke Inoue, inventor of karaoke
* , sumo wrestler
* Yuriko Kajiya, ballerina
* Mayuko Kamio, violist
* Yutaka Katayama, first president of America Nissan
* Hokusai Katsushika, painter
* Natsuo Kirino, novelist
* Kitaro, composer
* Kobori
* Junichiro Koizumi, then prime minister of Japan
* Yakumo Koizumi, writer
* Masayuki Komatsu, agronomist
* Michiko Koshino, fashion designer
* Mamoru Kotake, president of a manufacturer of croquette
* Koxinga, military leader of the Chinese dynasty Ming
* DJ Krush, DJ, producer
* Aki Kuroda, artist
* Haruhiko Kuroda, president of Asia Development Bank
* John Manjiro, translator and teacher
* Yoshihide Matsumura, counterfeit detector
* Koichiro Matsuura, director general of UNESCO
* Toshiro Mifune, actor
* Atsuko Miyaji, cryptologist
* Amon Miyamoto, stage director
* Hayao Miyazaki, animator
* Michio Morishima, economist
* Chiaki Mukai, astronaut
* Masanori Murakami, first Japanese major league player
* Lady Murasaki, writer, poet
* NIGO, designer
* Ikuo Nakamura, photographer
* Ganjiro Nakamura, kabuki actor
* Hideo Nakata, film director
* Takeshi Nakatani
* Keiji Nakazawa, mangaka
* Tomohiro Nishikado, game creator
* Keiji Nishioka, instructor of agricultural technologies
* Takako Nishizaki, violist
* Suwa Nobuhiko, film director
* Yuta Tabuse, first Japanese NBA player
* Hideyo Noguchi, medical researcher, bacteriologist
* Takayuki Noguchi, humanitarianist
* Eiji Oe, conductor
* Issei Ogata, actor
* Masao Ogura, former chief executive of Yamato Transport
* Akihiko Okamura, photographer
* Shinji Ono, footballer
* Rainstick Orchestra, band
* Yasujiro Ozu, film director
* Puffy, pop duo
* Sen no Rikyu, tea practitioner
* Ruson Sukezaemon, trader of the Sengoku period
* Anna Saeki, Tango singer
* Ryoma Sakamoto, samurai of the Tosa domain
* Hatsue Sato, chief
* Takuma Sato, F1-driver
* Kazuyo Sejima, architect
* Toko Shinoda, painter
* Kenzo Suzuki, wrestler
* Muneo Suzuki, member of the Diet (parliament)
* Yu Suzuki, game creator
* Shinichi Suzuki, violin educator
* Kenzo Takada, fashion designer
* Kazuki Takahashi, mangaka
* Tomoko Takahashi, artist
* Hisao Takashi, repairer of wall painting
* Nobukazu Takemura, DJ, composer, mucisian
* Yoshio Taniguchi, architect
* Akira Toriyama, mangaka
* Ayako Uehara, pianist
* Yoshiho Umeda,
* Tetsuya Wakuda, owner chief of restaurant Tetsuyazu
* Sadao Watanabe, jazz musician
* Junichi Watanabe, author
* Hiro Yamagata, painter
* Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
* Iwao Yamawaki, architect
* Munayoshi Yanagi
* Munetaka Yokota, pipe organ builder
* Tateru Yoshino, French chef
* Uesugi Yozan, feudal lord of Yonezawa domain
2007
* Takeo Okamoto, sculptor
* Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist
* Nobuo Uematsu, game music composer
* SINCO, creator of FleeceDog
* Kouichi Honda, Arabian calligrapher
* Aoki Sadaharu, pâtissier
* Shigeaki Aso, glove designer
* Shark, a protagonist of the 2004 film Bondi Tsunami
* Domo, NHK character
* Akio Kanei, president of Fujimegane
* Marie Okabe, second spokeswoman for United Nations Secretary-General
* Yosuke Daichi, air guitarist
* Shunpei Kobe, veterinarian
* Yuki Okayama, soprano singer
* Tetsuya Yamashita, garson
* Mayuko Fujiki, couch for the Spanish national synchronize swimming team
* Kuheiji Kuno, a manufacturer of a local sake
* Gamarjobat, pantomime group
* Tsunemi Kubodera, marine zoologist
* Aya Uekawa, artist
* Yuki Atae, doll creator
* Fumiyuki Beppu, road racer
* Delta Blues, Pop Rock, racehorse
* DJ Scotch Egg, techno artists
* Shuichi Endo, cameraman
* Dai Fujikura, composer
* Shunsuke Fujisawa, NPO Tanzania Polepole Club
* Keiko Fukuda, judoka
* Takumi Gima, winner of the teen division of the world championship for whistling
* Takahiro Hamaguchi, watchmaker
* Magoichi Hasebe, builder of optical equipments
* Masaaki Hatsumi, martial artist
* Yukichi Hattori, ballet dancer
* Taizo Hirabayashi, rugby referee
* Joji Hirota, musician
* Miyuki Kobayashi, biathlete, and Takuji, Kobayashi, coach and guide
* Isezaki Kenji, professor at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
* Masayo Ishigure, koto and shamisen performer
* Toyoo Ito, architect
* Yuko Sumida Jackson, dancer
* Akira Jinbo, drummer
* Kage, illustrator of satirical portraits
* Megumi Kanda, trombone performer
* Hisatoyo Kato, who contributed to the development of digitalization of medical X-ray image processing
* Kenji Kato, executive concierge for Capitol Tokyu Hotel
 
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