Deaths from Japan
Noboru Yamaguchi
Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero) · 04 April 2013 · April 2013 · April 4
Seijin Noborikawa
Japanese folk musician · 19 March 2013 · March 2013 · March 19
Masamichi Noro
Japanese aikidoka · 15 March 2013 · March 2013 · March 15 · Other
Takashi Iwashige
Japanese manga artist · 06 March 2013 · March 2013 · March 6
Gorō Naya
Japanese voice actor (Lupin III · 05 March 2013 · March 2013 · March 5 · Goro
Kenji Eno
Japanese video game developer (D · 20 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 20 · Other · En'ō
Donald Richie
American-born Japanese film critic and cinematic author · 19 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 19
Chieko Honda
Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ · 18 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 18
Kazuo Tsunoda
Japanese fighter pilot · 14 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 14 · Other
Yuko Tojo
Japanese political activist · 13 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 13 · Other
Yasushi Takahashi
Japanese theoretical physicist · 12 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 12
Yasuko Hatoyama
Japanese political financier · 11 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 11 · Other
Ichikawa Danjūrō XII
Japanese Kabuki actor · 03 February 2013 · February 2013 · February 3 · XII
Sukekiyo Kameyama
Japanese voice actor (Winnie-the-Pooh) · 26 January 2013 · January 2013 · January 26
Taihō Kōki
Japanese sumo wrestler · 19 January 2013 · January 2013 · January 19
Hōō Tomomichi
Japanese sumo wrestler · 16 January 2013 · January 2013 · January 16 · Hoo
Nagisa Oshima
Japanese director and screenwriter (In the Realm of the Senses) · 15 January 2013 · January 2013 · January 15
Itaru Ishida
Japanese Magic: The Gathering player · 13 January 2013 · January 2013 · January 13
Koto Okubo
Japanese supercentenarian · 12 January 2013 · January 2013 · January 12 · Other
Takao Saito
Japanese cinematographer · 06 December 2014 · December 2014 · December 6 · Other
Koichi Kawakita
Japanese special effects director (Godzilla vs. Biollante) · 05 December 2014 · December 2014 · December 5 · Kōichi · Other
Hidetoshi Nakamura
Japanese voice actor (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam · 24 December 2014 · December 2014 · December 24
Takeshi Taketsuru
Japanese whisky distiller (Nikka) · 17 December 2014 · December 2014 · December 17 · Other
Taitetsu Unno
Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and author · 13 December 2014 · December 2014 · December 13
Go Seigen
Chinese-born Japanese Go player · 30 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 30
Bunta Sugawara
Japanese actor (Torakku Yarō · 28 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 28
Rokurō Naya
Japanese voice actor (Saint Seiya · 17 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 17
Ken Takakura
Japanese actor (The Yakuza · 10 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 10
Naoki Tanemura
Japanese railway writer · 06 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 6
Admire Rakti
Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse · 04 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 4 · Other
Fumiko Hayashida
American subject of iconic photo of internment of Japanese Americans · 02 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 2 · Other
Kazuko Yanaga
Japanese voice actress (Ace wo Nerae! · 01 November 2014 · November 2014 · November 1
Daisuke Oku
Japanese footballer (Jubilo Iwata · 17 October 2014 · October 2014 · October 17
Anna Nakagawa
Japanese actress (A Sign Days · 17 October 2014 · October 2014 · October 17
Koichiro Kimura
Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler · 28 October 2014 · October 2014 · October 28 · Artists
Hisahiko Okazaki
Japanese diplomat and political commentator · 26 October 2014 · October 2014 · October 26
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami
Japanese Roman Catholic prelate · 25 October 2014 · October 2014 · October 25 · Ishigami · Other
Ichirō Satsuki
Japanese rōkyoku performer · 04 September 2014 · September 2014 · September 4 · Ichiro
Iemasa Kayumi
Japanese voice actor (Lupin III · 30 September 2014 · September 2014 · September 30
Carlotta Ikeda
Japanese butoh dancer · 24 September 2014 · September 2014 · September 24 · Other
Takatada Ihara
Japanese television producer and director · 14 September 2014 · September 2014 · September 14
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Chinese-born Japanese actress (Eternity) and singer · 07 September 2014 · September 2014 · September 7
Ryūko Seihō
Japanese sumo wrestler and actor · 29 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 29
Norihiro Nakajima
Japanese manga artist · 28 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 28
Masakane Yonekura
Japanese actor and stage director · 26 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 26
Chūsei Sone
Japanese film director (Angel Guts: Red Classroom) · 26 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 26
Kongō Masahiro
Japanese sumo wrestler · 12 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 12 · Kongo
Futatsuryū Jun’ichi
Japanese sumo wrestler · 12 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 12 · Junichi
Yasuyuki Nakai
Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants) · 09 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 9
Yoshiki Sasai
Japanese biologist (RIKEN) · 05 August 2014 · August 2014 · August 5
Shūsei Nakamura
Japanese voice actor (Ashita no Joe · 30 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 30
Kyozan Joshu Sasaki
Japanese-born American Rinzai Zen teacher · 27 July 2014 · July 2014 · July 27 · Sasaki · Other
Ichiro Komatsu
Japanese civil servant and diplomat · 23 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 23
Yoo Byung-eun
Japanese-born South Korean religious leader and businessman · 12 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 12 · Other
Kim Heungsou
Japanese Korean-born South Korean harmonism artist · 09 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 9
Prince Katsura
Japanese royal · 08 June 2014 · June 2014 · June 8 · Other
Kōji Kojima
Japanese Olympic volleyball coach (1972) · 27 May 2014 · May 2014 · May 27 · Koji
Shinichi Yamaji
Japanese racing car driver · 26 May 2014 · May 2014 · May 26
Kaiketsu Masateru
Japanese sumo wrestler (Ozeki) and executive · 18 May 2014 · May 2014 · May 18
Noribumi Suzuki
Japanese film director (Torakku Yarō) · 15 May 2014 · May 2014 · May 15