Shumon Miura dies at 91
Japanese author Died on Sunday February 5th 2017
Famous Dead People from Japan
Over 600 obituaries for famous people from Japan who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Yoshiro Hayashi has died at age 89
Japanese politician Died on Saturday February 4th 2017
Shunichiro Okano obituary: died at age 85
Japanese football player Died on Friday February 3rd 2017
Shunji Fujimura, died aged 82
Japanese actor (Monkey Died on Wednesday February 1st 2017
Masaya Nakamura died at age 91
Japanese businessman Died on Monday January 30th 2017
Yuji Ijiri dies at 81
Japanese-born American accounting academic Died on Sunday January 29th 2017
Obituary: Hiroki Matsukata, dead at age 74
Japanese actor Died on Monday January 23rd 2017
Tokio Kano obituary: died at age 82
Japanese politician Died on Saturday January 21st 2017
Kozo Kinomoto dies at age 68
Japanese footballer and sports executive Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Shigeru Kōyama passed away at age 87
Japanese actor (Samurai Rebellion Died on Monday January 16th 2017
Akio Takamori died at age 66
Japanese-born American sculptor Died on Friday January 13th 2017
Kosei Kamo dead at age 84
Japanese tennis player Died on Thursday January 12th 2017
Jinpachi Nezu passed away at age 69
Japanese actor (Farewell to the Land) Died on Friday December 30th 2016
Archie Miyatake death at age 92
Japanese photographer Died on Saturday December 24th 2016
Shūji Iuchi obituary: died at age 66
Japanese anime director (Crush Gear Turbo Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Sata Isobe passed away at age 72
Japanese volleyball player Died on Tuesday December 20th 2016
Paul Shinichi has died at age 88
Japanese Roman Catholic prelate Died on Sunday December 18th 2016
Sadatoshi Ozato has died at age 86
Japanese politician Died on Friday December 16th 2016
Harley Saito died at age 48
Japanese professional wrestler Died on Thursday December 15th 2016
Chonosuke Takagi has died at age 68
Japanese judoka Died on Sunday December 11th 2016
Mika Kurosawa dies at age 59
Japanese dancer and choreographer Died on Saturday December 10th 2016
Death of Hiroshi Arakawa at age 86
Japanese professional baseball player Died on Sunday December 4th 2016
Haruka Eigen passes away at age 70
Japanese professional wrestler Died on Tuesday November 29th 2016
Masatoshi Kurata, died aged 77
Japanese politician Died on Wednesday November 23rd 2016
Kenichirō Takai passed away at age 79
Japanese manga writer Died on Monday November 14th 2016
Obituary: Lily, dead at age 64
Japanese singer and actress (Shinobi: Heart Under Blade) Died on Saturday November 12th 2016
Osamu Ishiguro passes away at age 80
Japanese tennis player Died on Thursday November 10th 2016
Genjiro Arato passed away at age 70
Japanese filmmaker and actor Died on Monday November 7th 2016
Yuichi Takai died at age 84
Japanese writer Died on Thursday October 27th 2016
Haguroiwa Tomomi died at age 70
Japanese sumo wrestler Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Mikijirō Hira dies at age 82
Japanese actor (Rampo Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Kaneta Kimotsuki dies at age 80
Japanese voice actor (Doraemon Died on Monday October 24th 2016
Junko Tabei obituary: died at age 77
Japanese mountaineer Died on Saturday October 22nd 2016
Kenji Kosaka passes away at age 70
Japanese politician Died on Saturday October 22nd 2016
Seiji Hirao dead at age 53
Japanese rugby union player and coach Died on Thursday October 20th 2016
Michiyo Yasuda dead at age 77
Japanese animator (Spirited Away Died on Wednesday October 5th 2016
Death of Michiyuki Kawashima at age 47
Japanese musician (Boom Boom Satellites) Died on Sunday October 9th 2016
Death of Kazunari Tanaka at age 49
Japanese voice actor (Haikyū!! Died on Monday October 10th 2016
Haruko Wakita passed away at age 82
Japanese historian Died on Tuesday September 27th 2016
Koichi Kato dies at 77
Japanese politician Died on Friday September 9th 2016
Zenzo Matsuyama, died aged 91
Japanese screenwriter and director Died on Saturday August 27th 2016
Obituary: Hotaru Akane, dead at age 32
Japanese pornographic actress Died on Monday August 15th 2016
Shūgorō Nakazato has died at age 97
Japanese martial artist Died on Thursday August 25th 2016
Morihiko Hiramatsu dies at 92
Japanese politician Died on Monday August 22nd 2016
Yasumitsu Toyoda died at age 81
Japanese baseball player Died on Sunday August 14th 2016
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu dead at age 61
Japanese sumo wrestler Died on Sunday July 31st 2016
Hiroko Nakamura passed away at age 72
Japanese classical pianist Died on Tuesday July 26th 2016
Wahei Takeda dies at age 83
Japanese equity investor and food manufacturing executive Died on Thursday July 21st 2016
Tomohiko Kira died at age 56
Japanese guitarist and composer Died on Sunday July 3rd 2016
Kyosen Ōhashi dies at 82
Japanese television host and politician Died on Tuesday July 12th 2016
Rokusuke Ei, died aged 83
Japanese author and lyricist ("Sukiyaki") Died on Monday July 11th 2016
Death of Shōichi Fujimori at age 89
Japanese royal steward Died on Saturday June 25th 2016
Death of Hiroshi Minatoya at age 72
Japanese judoka Died on Wednesday June 15th 2016
Obituary: Joseph Atsumi, dead at age 80
Japanese Roman Catholic prelate Died on Tuesday June 28th 2016
Obituary: Goro Hasegawa, dead at age 83
Japanese game inventor (Othello) Died on Monday June 20th 2016
Kunio Hatoyama dead at age 67
Japanese politician Died on Tuesday June 21st 2016
Yumi Shirakawa dies at age 79
Japanese actress Died on Wednesday June 15th 2016
Akihiro Komori passed away at age 85
Japanese composer (Yuusha Raideen Died on Sunday June 5th 2016
Tsuyoshi Makino dies at 70
Japanese author Died on Friday May 20th 2016
Yuka Sugizaki, died aged 26
Japanese animator (Attack on Titan Died on Saturday May 28th 2016
Noriko Nishimoto passed away at age 75
Japanese-born Australian puppeteer Died on Monday May 16th 2016
Death of Yūko Mizutani at age 51
Japanese voice actress (Minnie Mouse Died on Tuesday May 17th 2016
Mitsuo Horiuchi, died aged 86
Japanese politician Died on Monday May 16th 2016
Makiko Futaki died at age 58
Japanese animator (Studio Ghibli) Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Yukio Ninagawa passes away at age 80
Japanese director Died on Thursday May 12th 2016
Kōjō Tanaka death at age 91
Japanese photographer Died on Friday May 6th 2016
Isao Tomita, died aged 84
Japanese musician and composer. Died on Thursday May 5th 2016
Kaname Harada has died at age 99
Japanese flying ace during World War II Died on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Tomohiro Matsu has died at age 43
Japanese manga writer Died on Monday May 2nd 2016
Death of Sakumi Yoshino at age 57
Japanese manga writer Died on Wednesday April 20th 2016
Atsumi Yoshikubo passed away at age 45
Japanese psychiatrist Died on Thursday April 14th 2016
Death of Toshiro Konishi at age 63
Japanese chef Died on Sunday April 17th 2016
Tōru Ōhira dies at 86
Japanese voice actor Died on Tuesday April 12th 2016
Obituary: Kōji Wada, dead at age 42
Japanese singer (Digimon Died on Sunday April 3rd 2016
Jun Shiraoka dead at age 71
Japanese photographer Died on Thursday March 17th 2016
Shozo Awazu dies at age 92
Japanese judoka Died on Thursday March 17th 2016
Shizuko Natsuki dies at 77
Japanese author Died on Monday March 21st 2016
Ryo Fukui passes away at age 67
Japanese pianist Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Akira Tago passed away at age 90
Japanese psychologist Died on Tuesday March 15th 2016
Masanobu Deme death at age 83
Japanese film director (Station to Heaven Died on Sunday March 13th 2016
Taka Chiba death at age 56
Japanese manga writer Died on Saturday February 27th 2016
Hayabusa passed away at age 47
Japanese professional wrestler (Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling) Died on Friday March 4th 2016
Obituary: Francis Xavier, dead at age 80
Japanese Roman Catholic prelate Died on Monday February 29th 2016
Shōichi Ueno passes away at age 79
Japanese newspaper publisher (Asahi Shimbun) and philanthropist Died on Monday February 29th 2016
Death of Chiaki Morosawa at age 56
Japanese anime screenwriter (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED) Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Death of Mutsuo Tahara at age 72
Japanese judge Died on Friday February 19th 2016
Death of Yūko Tsushima at age 68
Japanese author Died on Thursday February 18th 2016
Quan Minyu passed away at age 12
Japanese singer Died on Tuesday February 9th 2016
Asami Nagakiya passes away at age 30
Japanese musician Died on Wednesday February 10th 2016
Sir Christopher dies at age 91
Japanese-born British mathematician Died on Saturday February 13th 2016
Daigo Kashino dies at 33
Japanese actor Died on Monday February 15th 2016
Yasushi Nirasawa, died aged 52
Japanese creature designer Died on Tuesday February 2nd 2016
Death of Takeo Uesugi at age 75
Japanese landscape architect Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Ryuichi Doi dead at age 76
Japanese politician Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Koichi Sekimoto passes away at age 37
Japanese footballer (Sagan Tosu) Died on Saturday January 23rd 2016
Yasutaro Koide dies at age 112
Japanese supercentenarian Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Death of Shigeji Kaneko at age 84
Japanese boxer Died on Saturday January 2nd 2016
Eiji Kimizuka dead at age 63
Japanese general Died on Monday December 28th 2015
Takeharu Kunimoto passed away at age 55
Japanese musician Died on Thursday December 24th 2015