Itaru Ishida
Japanese Magic: The Gathering player
Died on Sunday January 13th 2013
Famous Dead People from Japan
Over 600 obituaries for famous people from Japan who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Koto Okubo
Japanese supercentenarian
Died on Saturday January 12th 2013
Tatsuji Nomura
Japanese scientist
Died on Friday January 11th 2013
Hisayuki Sasaki
Japanese golf player
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2013
Michio Kushi
Japanese-born American scholar
Died on Sunday December 28th 2014
Hidetoshi Nakamura
Japanese voice actor (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Takeshi Taketsuru
Japanese whisky distiller (Nikka)
Died on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Taitetsu Unno
Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and author
Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Takao Saito
Japanese cinematographer
Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
Koichi Kawakita
Japanese special effects director (Godzilla vs. Biollante)
Died on Friday December 5th 2014
Bunta Sugawara
Japanese actor (Torakku Yarō
Died on Friday November 28th 2014
Rokurō Naya
Japanese voice actor (Saint Seiya
Died on Monday November 17th 2014
Ken Takakura
Japanese actor (The Yakuza
Died on Monday November 10th 2014
Naoki Tanemura
Japanese railway writer
Died on Thursday November 6th 2014
Admire Rakti
Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse
Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Fumiko Hayashida
American subject of iconic photo of internment of Japanese Americans
Died on Sunday November 2nd 2014
Kazuko Yanaga
Japanese voice actress (Ace wo Nerae!
Died on Saturday November 1st 2014
Hajime Tamura
Japanese politician
Died on Saturday November 1st 2014
Koichiro Kimura
Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
Died on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Hisahiko Okazaki
Japanese diplomat and political commentator
Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
Genpei Akasegawa
Japanese author and artist
Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami
Japanese Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Saturday October 25th 2014
Yasumasa Narasaki
Japanese politician
Died on Tuesday October 21st 2014
Daisuke Oku
Japanese footballer (Jubilo Iwata
Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Anna Nakagawa
Japanese actress (A Sign Days
Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Masaru Emoto
Japanese author
Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Ichirō Satake
Japanese mathematician
Died on Friday October 10th 2014
Yoshikazu Sakamoto
Japanese political scientist
Died on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Hitoshi Motoshima
Japanese politician
Died on Friday October 31st 2014
Wakachichibu Komei
Japanese sumo wrestler
Died on Wednesday September 17th 2014
Iwao Akiyama
Japanese printmaker
Died on Monday September 15th 2014
Takatada Ihara
Japanese television producer and director
Died on Sunday September 14th 2014
Yoshinori Sakai
Japanese athlete
Died on Wednesday September 10th 2014
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Chinese-born Japanese actress (Eternity) and singer
Died on Sunday September 7th 2014
Yoko Yamaguchi
Japanese songwriter and novelist
Died on Saturday September 6th 2014
Ichirō Satsuki
Japanese rōkyoku performer
Died on Thursday September 4th 2014
Iemasa Kayumi
Japanese voice actor (Lupin III
Died on Tuesday September 30th 2014
Takamaro Shigaraki dead at age 87
Takamaro Shigaraki, a Japanese Buddhist philosopher,
died on September 26, 2014, at age 87. Born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1926, he studied at Ryukoku University and went on to spend…
Carlotta Ikeda
Japanese butoh dancer
Died on Wednesday September 24th 2014
Kazusuke Ogawa
Japanese literary critic
Died on Saturday September 20th 2014
Takako Doi
Japanese politician
Died on Saturday September 20th 2014
Hirofumi Uzawa
Japanese economist
Died on Thursday September 18th 2014
Yasuyuki Nakai
Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants)
Died on Saturday August 9th 2014
Mitsuo Higashinaka
Japanese politician
Died on Thursday August 7th 2014
Yoshiki Sasai
Japanese biologist (RIKEN)
Died on Tuesday August 5th 2014
Mayumi Inaba
Japanese writer
Died on Saturday August 30th 2014
Ryūko Seihō
Japanese sumo wrestler and actor
Died on Friday August 29th 2014
Norihiro Nakajima
Japanese manga artist
Died on Thursday August 28th 2014
Masakane Yonekura
Japanese actor and stage director
Died on Tuesday August 26th 2014
Chūsei Sone
Japanese film director (Angel Guts: Red Classroom)
Died on Tuesday August 26th 2014
Aiko Miyawaki
Japanese sculptor
Died on Wednesday August 20th 2014
Nobuyuki Sekiyama
Japanese politician
Died on Monday August 18th 2014
Kongō Masahiro
Japanese sumo wrestler
Died on Tuesday August 12th 2014
Futatsuryū Jun’ichi
Japanese sumo wrestler
Died on Tuesday August 12th 2014
Shūsei Nakamura
Japanese voice actor (Ashita no Joe
Died on Wednesday July 30th 2014
Kyozan Joshu Sasaki
Japanese-born American Rinzai Zen teacher
Died on Sunday July 27th 2014
Ichiro Komatsu
Japanese civil servant and diplomat
Died on Monday June 23rd 2014
Yozo Ishikawa
Japanese politician
Died on Saturday June 21st 2014
Yoo Byung-eun
Japanese-born South Korean religious leader and businessman
Died on Thursday June 12th 2014
Kim Heungsou
Japanese Korean-born South Korean harmonism artist
Died on Monday June 9th 2014
Prince Katsura
Japanese royal
Died on Sunday June 8th 2014
Kaneyasu Marutani
Japanese politician
Died on Tuesday June 3rd 2014
Noribumi Suzuki
Japanese film director (Torakku Yarō)
Died on Thursday May 15th 2014
Kōji Kojima
Japanese Olympic volleyball coach (1972)
Died on Tuesday May 27th 2014
Shinichi Yamaji
Japanese racing car driver
Died on Monday May 26th 2014
Kaiketsu Masateru
Japanese sumo wrestler (Ozeki) and executive
Died on Sunday May 18th 2014
Junichi Watanabe
Japanese writer (A Lost Paradise)
Died on Wednesday April 30th 2014
Yukio Takefuta
Japanese English education scholar
Died on Wednesday April 30th 2014
Ken Kagaya
Japanese politician
Died on Thursday April 24th 2014
Yoshio Shinozuka
Japanese Imperial Army soldier (Unit 731)
Died on Sunday April 20th 2014
Akira Endo
Japanese-born American conductor
Died on Thursday April 3rd 2014
Keizō Kanie
Japanese actor
Died on Sunday March 30th 2014
Runa Akiyama
Japanese voice actress
Died on Saturday March 8th 2014
Shōji Yasui
Japanese actor (The Burmese Harp)
Died on Monday March 3rd 2014
Nishioka Tsuneo
Japanese martial artist
Died on Saturday February 8th 2014
Hiroyuki Suzuki
Japanese architectural historian
Died on Monday February 3rd 2014
Michio Mado
Japanese poet
Died on Friday February 28th 2014
Toshiko D’Elia
Japanese-born American long-distance runner
Died on Wednesday February 19th 2014
Kokichi Shimoinaba
Japanese politician and police chief
Died on Monday February 17th 2014
Ken’ichi Yamamoto
Japanese novelist
Died on Thursday February 13th 2014
Hōzan Yamamoto
Japanese musician
Died on Monday February 10th 2014
Keiko Awaji
Japanese actress (Stray Dog
Died on Saturday January 11th 2014
Tesshin Okada
Japanese boxer
Died on Monday January 6th 2014
Yashiki Takajin
Japanese singer-songwriter and television presenter
Died on Friday January 3rd 2014
Kazuhiko Sakazaki
Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants)
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Oiteyama Hirokuni
Japanese sumo wrestler
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Gudo Wafu Nishijima
Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and teacher
Died on Tuesday January 28th 2014
Yōko Mitsui
Japanese poet
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Masaaki Tsukada
Japanese voice actor (Bleach
Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Tokuo Yamashita
Japanese politician
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Ichirō Nagai
Japanese voice actor (Sazae-san
Died on Monday January 27th 2014
Higashifushimi Kunihide
Japanese Buddhist monk
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Masako Bandō
Japanese novelist
Died on Monday January 27th 2014