Yasunori Suzuki died at age 50
Japanese serial murderer Died on Friday August 2nd 2019
Famous Dead People from Japan
Over 600 obituaries for famous people from Japan who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Naomi Ishida dies at age 49
Naomi Ishida, a Japanese animation color designer and colorist who worked for Kyoto Animation, died on July 18, 2019, aged 49. Born on August 6, 1969, she joined the studio…
Miyako Sumiyoshi has died at age 30
Japanese Olympic speed skater (2014) Died on Tuesday January 23rd 2018
Yosuke Natsuki death at age 81
Japanese actor (Storm Over the Pacific Died on Friday January 19th 2018
Katsuhikari Toshio obituary: died at age 75
Japanese sumo wrester Died on Wednesday January 17th 2018
Sumiko Iwao passed away at age 83
Japanese psychologist Died on Tuesday January 16th 2018
Marley Carib dead at age 70
Japanese manga writer (Old Boy) Died on Monday January 15th 2018
Mikio Fujioka has died at age 36
Japanese guitarist (Babymetal) Died on Tuesday January 9th 2018
Senichi Hoshino died at age 70
Japanese Hall of Fame baseball player (Chunichi Dragons) and manager (Chunichi Dragons Died on Friday January 5th 2018
Chu Ishikawa has died at age 51
Japanese composer (Tetsuo: The Iron Man) Died on Sunday December 31st 2017
Tamio Ōki passes away at age 89
Japanese voice actor and narrator Died on Wednesday December 20th 2017
Michiru Shimada, died aged 58
Japanese anime screenwriter Died on Friday December 15th 2017
Heitaro Nakajima has died at age 96
Japanese digital audio pioneer Died on Wednesday December 13th 2017
Ryusuke Morimoto died at age 77
Japanese calligrapher Died on Wednesday December 13th 2017
Death of Atsutoshi Nishida at age 73
Japanese businessman Died on Saturday December 9th 2017
Akira Hirose died at age 76
Japanese-born Canadian plasma physicist Died on Wednesday December 6th 2017
Death of Cherry Taketani at age 47
Japanese Brazilian singer and guitarist Died on Monday December 4th 2017
Obituary: Don Arakawa, dead at age 71
Japanese professional wrestler (NJPW) Died on Saturday December 2nd 2017
Norihiko Hashida passes away at age 72
Japanese folk singer-songwriter (The Folk Crusaders) Died on Saturday December 2nd 2017
Noriko Hashida passes away at age 72
Japanese folk singer-songwriter (The Folk Crusaders) Died on Saturday December 2nd 2017
Masao Sugiuchi passed away at age 97
Japanese Go player Died on Wednesday November 22nd 2017
Hiromi Tsuru dies at age 57
Japanese voice actress (Dragon Ball Died on Friday November 17th 2017
Tokyo Joe death at age 75
Japanese-Canadian professional wrestler Died on Monday November 6th 2017
Komiya Yasutaka dies at 91
Japanese artist Died on Sunday October 29th 2017
Death of Devil Murasaki at age 75
Japanese professional wrestler Died on Sunday October 29th 2017
Yoji Kondo death at age 84
Japanese astrophysicist and author Died on Wednesday October 18th 2017
Koichi Kishi obituary: died at age 77
Japanese politician Died on Monday October 16th 2017
Obituary: Chikara Hashimoto, dead at age 83
Japanese baseball player and actor Died on Saturday October 14th 2017
Yosihiko H., died aged 93
Japanese-born American anthropologist Died on Saturday October 7th 2017
Ryūji Saikachi dies at 89
Japanese voice actor (Castle in the Sky Died on Tuesday October 3rd 2017
Yoshitomo Tokugawa passed away at age 67
Japanese writer Died on Wednesday September 27th 2017
Kenji Watanabe death at age 48
Japanese Olympic swimmer Died on Tuesday September 19th 2017
Toshihiko Nakajima died at age 55
Japanese voice actor (Cowboy Bebop) Died on Saturday September 16th 2017
Tsunenori Kawai dies at 80
Japanese politician Died on Friday September 8th 2017
Yoshio Tsuchiya, died aged 90
Japanese actor Died on Tuesday September 5th 2017
Yu Yu passed away at age 59
Japanese voice actor (Yu Yu Hakusho) Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Nobuyuki Furuta, died aged 59
Japanese voice actor (Yu Yu Hakusho) Died on Thursday August 31st 2017
Obituary: Sumiteru Taniguchi, dead at age 88
Japanese anti-nuclear weapons activist Died on Wednesday August 30th 2017
Tsutomu Hata died at age 82
Japanese politician Died on Monday August 28th 2017
Tadayoshi Nagashima dead at age 66
Japanese politician Died on Saturday August 19th 2017
Haruo Nakajima died at age 88
Japanese actor (Godzilla) Died on Monday August 7th 2017
Masaaki Hirao died at age 79
Japanese Composer Died on Tuesday August 1st 2017
Masatoshi Yoshino death at age 89
Japanese geographer and climatologist Died on Saturday July 29th 2017
Shoichi Masuo obituary: died at age 57
Japanese graphic director and animator (Macross: Do You Remember Love? Died on Thursday July 27th 2017
Death of Keisuke Sagawa at age 80
Japanese actor Died on Wednesday July 26th 2017
Tarō Kimura passes away at age 52
Japanese politician Died on Tuesday July 25th 2017
Michiko Inukai, died aged 96
Japanese writer and philanthropist Died on Monday July 24th 2017
Shigeaki Hinohara obituary: died at age 105
Japanese physician Died on Tuesday July 18th 2017
Shu Nakajima dies at age 69
Japanese actor (47 Ronin) Died on Sunday July 16th 2017
Seiji Yokoyama passes away at age 82
Japanese composer (Saint Seiya Died on Monday July 10th 2017
Mr. Pogo obituary: died at age 66
Japanese professional wrestler Died on Friday June 23rd 2017
Obituary: Mao Kobayashi, dead at age 34
Japanese TV presenter Died on Friday June 23rd 2017
Keiichi Tahara dies at 65
Japanese photographer Died on Monday June 19th 2017
Yōko Nogiwa died at age 81
Japanese actress (Yakuza Deka Died on Friday June 16th 2017
Masahide Ōta obituary: died at age 92
Japanese historian and politician Died on Tuesday June 13th 2017
Kaoru Yosano, died aged 78
Japanese politician Died on Wednesday May 24th 2017
Tatsuya Nomi dies at age 47
Japanese actor (Gosei Sentai Dairanger) Died on Saturday May 20th 2017
Gaisi Takeuti has died at age 91
Japanese mathematician Died on Wednesday May 17th 2017
Yumeji Tsukioka has died at age 94
Japanese actress (The Temptress and the Monk) Died on Saturday May 13th 2017
Yoshimitsu Banno dies at age 86
Japanese director (Godzilla vs. Hedorah) Died on Tuesday May 9th 2017
Sadanoyama Shinmatsu has died at age 79
Japanese sumo wrestler Died on Tuesday May 2nd 2017
Hiroshi Nakai died at age 74
Japanese politician Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Shōichi Watanabe death at age 86
Japanese scholar and historical revisionist Died on Monday April 17th 2017
Norio Shioyama has died at age 77
Japanese animation director (Oh! Production) Died on Saturday April 15th 2017
Toshio Matsumoto death at age 85
Japanese film director (Funeral Parade of Roses) Died on Thursday April 13th 2017
Peggy Hayama died at age 83
Japanese singer Died on Thursday April 13th 2017
Yuushi Matsuyama dead at age 79
Japanese composer and film scorer Died on Monday April 10th 2017
Ryo Kagawa dead at age 69
Japanese folk singer Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Makoto Ōoka passes away at age 86
Japanese poet and literary critic Died on Wednesday April 5th 2017
Ikutaro Kakehashi dead at age 87
Japanese engineer Died on Saturday April 1st 2017
Daisuke Satō has died at age 52
Japanese game designer Died on Sunday March 26th 2017
Osamu Fujimura passes away at age 89
Japanese phonetician Died on Saturday March 25th 2017
Death of Shuntaro Hida at age 100
Japanese physician Died on Monday March 20th 2017
Tomiko Okazaki death at age 73
Japanese politician Died on Sunday March 19th 2017
Hiroto Muraoka has died at age 85
Japanese footballer Died on Saturday March 18th 2017
Yoshiyuki Arai has died at age 82
Japanese politician Died on Saturday March 18th 2017
Tsunehiko Watase passes away at age 72
Japanese actor (The Incident) Died on Thursday March 16th 2017
Obituary: Morihiro Hashimoto, dead at age 40
Japanese darts player Died on Tuesday March 14th 2017
Death of Kasugafuji Akihiro at age 51
Japanese sumo wrestler Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Kōichirō Morita dead at age 91
Japanese physician Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Arai Yoshiyuki died at age 82
Japanese politician Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Shinji Kojima passed away at age 89
Japanese historian Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Masaki Katayama, died aged 87
Japanese translator Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Mutsumi Tsukumo dies at 65
Japanese mangaka Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Keisuke Nagatomo dead at age 77
Japanese graphic designer Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Takashi Inoue dies at 56
Japanese actor Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Shoji Sugiyama passed away at age 83
Japanese martial artist Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Yasuyuki Kuwahara passed away at age 74
Japanese footballer Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Death of Fumio Kitamura at age 93
Japanese landscape scholar Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Akio Kimura dies at 91
Japanese professor of Russian studies Died on Monday March 13th 2017
Yukinori Miyabe dead at age 48
Japanese speedskater (1992 Olympic Games bronze medal winner) Died on Wednesday March 8th 2017
Keisuke Tanimura death at age 85
Japanese politician Died on Monday March 6th 2017
Hiroshi Kamayatsu died at age 84
Japanese musician (The Spiders) Died on Thursday March 2nd 2017
Toshio Nakanishi, died aged 61
Japanese musician (Plastics) Died on Tuesday February 28th 2017
Fumio Karashima dies at age 68
Japanese jazz pianist Died on Monday February 27th 2017
Death of Seijun Suzuki at age 93
Japanese film and television director and writer Died on Wednesday February 22nd 2017
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, died aged 78
Japanese swimmer Died on Tuesday February 14th 2017
Obituary: Jiro Taniguchi, dead at age 69
Japanese manga artist Died on Saturday February 11th 2017
Rina Matsuno obituary: died at age 18
Japanese pop singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku) Died on Thursday February 9th 2017