Deaths from Japan
Yu Yu Hakusho
Japanese voice actor (Yu Yu Hakusho) · 31 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 31
Nobuyuki Furuta
Japanese voice actor (Yu Yu Hakusho) · 31 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 31
Sumiteru Taniguchi
Japanese anti-nuclear weapons activist · 30 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 30 · Other
Haruo Nakajima
Japanese actor (Godzilla) · 07 August 2017 · August 2017 · August 7
Masatoshi Yoshino
Japanese geographer and climatologist · 29 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 29 · Other
Shoichi Masuo
Japanese graphic director and animator (Macross: Do You Remember Love? · 27 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 27 · Other
Michiko Inukai
Japanese writer and philanthropist · 24 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 24
Shu Nakajima
Japanese actor (47 Ronin) · 16 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 16
Seiji Yokoyama
Japanese composer (Saint Seiya · 10 July 2017 · July 2017 · July 10
Yōko Nogiwa
Japanese actress (Yakuza Deka · 16 June 2017 · June 2017 · June 16 · Yôko
Tatsuya Nomi
Japanese actor (Gosei Sentai Dairanger) · 20 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 20
Yumeji Tsukioka
Japanese actress (The Temptress and the Monk) · 13 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 13
Yoshimitsu Banno
Japanese director (Godzilla vs. Hedorah) · 09 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 9 · Other
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu
Japanese sumo wrestler · 02 May 2017 · May 2017 · May 2
Shōichi Watanabe
Japanese scholar and historical revisionist · 17 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 17 · Shoichi
Norio Shioyama
Japanese animation director (Oh! Production) · 15 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 15 · Other
Toshio Matsumoto
Japanese film director (Funeral Parade of Roses) · 13 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 13
Yuushi Matsuyama
Japanese composer and film scorer · 10 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 10
Ikutaro Kakehashi
Japanese engineer · 01 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 1 · Other
Daisuke Satō
Japanese game designer · 26 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 26 · Other
Osamu Fujimura
Japanese phonetician · 25 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 25 · Other
Tsunehiko Watase
Japanese actor (The Incident) · 16 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 16
Morihiro Hashimoto
Japanese darts player · 14 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 14
Masaki Katayama
Japanese translator · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Other
Mutsumi Tsukumo
Japanese mangaka · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13 · Other
Fumio Kitamura
Japanese landscape scholar · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Akio Kimura
Japanese professor of Russian studies · 13 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 13
Yukinori Miyabe
Japanese speedskater (1992 Olympic Games bronze medal winner) · 08 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 8 · Other
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
Japanese musician (The Spiders) · 02 March 2017 · March 2017 · March 2
Toshio Nakanishi
Japanese musician (Plastics) · 28 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 28
Seijun Suzuki
Japanese film and television director and writer · 22 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 22
Jiro Taniguchi
Japanese manga artist · 11 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 11
Rina Matsuno
Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku) · 09 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 9
Shunji Fujimura
Japanese actor (Monkey · 01 February 2017 · February 2017 · February 1
Masaya Nakamura
Japanese businessman · 30 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 30 · Other
Yuji Ijiri
Japanese-born American accounting academic · 29 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 29 · Yūji
Kozo Kinomoto
Japanese footballer and sports executive · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Kōzō
Shigeru Kōyama
Japanese actor (Samurai Rebellion · 16 January 2017 · January 2017 · January 16 · Koyama
Jinpachi Nezu
Japanese actor (Farewell to the Land) · 30 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 30
Shūji Iuchi
Japanese anime director (Crush Gear Turbo · 20 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 20 · Other
Paul Shinichi Itonaga
Japanese Roman Catholic prelate · 18 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 18 · Itonaga · Other
Harley Saito
Japanese professional wrestler · 15 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 15
Chonosuke Takagi
Japanese judoka · 11 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 11 · Other
Mika Kurosawa
Japanese dancer and choreographer · 10 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 10 · Other
Hiroshi Arakawa
Japanese professional baseball player · 04 December 2016 · December 2016 · December 4
Haruka Eigen
Japanese professional wrestler · 29 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 29
Lily
Japanese singer and actress (Shinobi: Heart Under Blade) · 12 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 12
Genjiro Arato
Japanese filmmaker and actor · 07 November 2016 · November 2016 · November 7
Mikijirō Hira
Japanese actor (Rampo · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24
Kaneta Kimotsuki
Japanese voice actor (Doraemon · 24 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 24
Junko Tabei
Japanese mountaineer · 22 October 2016 · October 2016 · October 22 · Other