Toyoko Yamasaki dead at age 88
Japanese writer Died on Sunday September 29th 2013
Famous Dead People from Japan
Over 600 obituaries for famous people from Japan who died. Additional info, news, and memorial pages.
Takafusa Nakamura dies at 87
Japanese economist Died on Thursday September 26th 2013
Aube has died at age 64
Japanese musician Died on Wednesday September 25th 2013
Taro Ishida died at age 69
Japanese voice actor (Astro Boy Died on Saturday September 21st 2013
Hiroshi Yamauchi dies at age 85
Japanese businessman Died on Thursday September 19th 2013
Eiji Toyoda, died aged 100
Japanese industrialist (Toyota Motor Company) Died on Tuesday September 17th 2013
Shinya Taniguchi dies at 32
Japanese Olympic swimmer (2000) Died on Wednesday September 4th 2013
Akio Hattori death at age 84
Japanese mathematician Died on Sunday August 25th 2013
Keiko Fuji dies at 62
Japanese singer and actress Died on Thursday August 22nd 2013
Jun Sadogawa, died aged 34
Japanese manga author (Muteki Kanban Musume) Died on Tuesday August 13th 2013
Hiroshi Ogawa death at age 62
Japanese animator (Crayon Shin-chan Died on Wednesday August 7th 2013
Eiichi Kawatei, died aged 79
Japanese sports executive (ITF Died on Saturday August 3rd 2013
Hirohiko Nakamura passed away at age 70
Japanese politician Died on Wednesday July 31st 2013
Jūgatsu Toi dies at age 64
Japanese travel writer Died on Sunday July 28th 2013
Ryuchi Matsuda died at age 75
Japanese martial arts writer Died on Wednesday July 24th 2013
Jokichi Ikarashi dies at 111
Japanese supercentenarian Died on Tuesday July 23rd 2013
Nobuyuki Aihara dies at 78
Japanese gymnast Died on Tuesday July 16th 2013
Takako Takahashi death at age 81
Japanese novelist and French language translator Died on Friday July 12th 2013
Masao Yoshida has died at age 58
Japanese nuclear engineer Died on Tuesday July 9th 2013
Senji Yamaguchi dies at 82
Japanese atomic bomb survivor (Nagasaki) and anti-war activist Died on Saturday July 6th 2013
Akitsugu Amata dies at 85
Japanese swordsmith Died on Friday July 5th 2013
Noboru Kousaka dies at 94
Japanese politician Died on Tuesday July 2nd 2013
Ryūtarō Nakamura death at age 58
Japanese animation director and storyboard artist (Serial Experiments Lain Died on Saturday June 29th 2013
Death of Sakaida Kakiemon at age 78
Japanese potter Died on Saturday June 15th 2013
Kenji Utsumi passes away at age 75
Japanese voice actor (Fist of the North Star Died on Thursday June 13th 2013
Jiroemon Kimura passes away at age 116
Japanese supercentenarian Died on Wednesday June 12th 2013
Nada Inada has died at age 83
Japanese psychiatrist and writer Died on Thursday June 6th 2013
Takkō Ishimori dies at 81
Japanese voice actor (One Piece Died on Wednesday June 5th 2013
Kozo Igarashi death at age 87
Japanese politician Died on Tuesday May 7th 2013
Death of Shinji Maki at age 78
Japanese comedian Died on Monday April 29th 2013
Yoshio Tabata passed away at age 94
Japanese ryūkōka and enka singer Died on Thursday April 25th 2013
Azuma Konno dies at 65
Japanese politician Died on Wednesday April 24th 2013
Toshio Narahashi obituary: died at age 86
Japanese pharmacologist Died on Sunday April 21st 2013
Rentarō Mikuni has died at age 90
Japanese actor (Rikyu) and director Died on Sunday April 14th 2013
Yasuhiro Yamada, died aged 45
Japanese footballer Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Noboru Yamaguchi obituary: died at age 41
Japanese author (The Familiar of Zero) Died on Thursday April 4th 2013
Masao Yamaguchi passed away at age 81
Japanese anthropologist Died on Sunday March 10th 2013
Death of Takashi Iwashige at age 58
Japanese manga artist Died on Wednesday March 6th 2013
Gorō Naya dies at 83
Japanese voice actor (Lupin III Died on Tuesday March 5th 2013
Death of Seki Matsunaga at age 84
Japanese footballer Died on Monday March 4th 2013
Seijin Noborikawa has died at age 80
Japanese folk musician Died on Tuesday March 19th 2013
Masamichi Noro died at age 78
Japanese aikidoka Died on Friday March 15th 2013
Ichikawa Danjūrō died at age 66
Japanese Kabuki actor Died on Sunday February 3rd 2013
Obituary: Kaoru Shimamura, dead at age 43
Japanese voice actress Died on Tuesday February 26th 2013
Kaoru Kobayashi passed away at age 44
Japanese criminal Died on Thursday February 21st 2013
Masahiro Kanagawa died at age 29
Japanese criminal Died on Thursday February 21st 2013
Kenji Eno has died at age 42
Japanese video game developer (D Died on Wednesday February 20th 2013
Donald Richie obituary: died at age 88
American-born Japanese film critic and cinematic author Died on Tuesday February 19th 2013
Chieko Honda dies at age 49
Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ Died on Monday February 18th 2013
Kazuo Tsunoda obituary: died at age 94
Japanese fighter pilot Died on Thursday February 14th 2013
Yuko Tojo dies at age 73
Japanese political activist Died on Wednesday February 13th 2013
Yasushi Takahashi dies at age 88
Japanese theoretical physicist Died on Tuesday February 12th 2013
Yasuko Hatoyama dies at 90
Japanese political financier Died on Monday February 11th 2013
Ikuzo Sakurai dies at 68
Japanese politician Died on Sunday February 10th 2013
Keiko Fukuda dies at age 99
Japanese-born American martial artist Died on Saturday February 9th 2013
Shōtarō Yasuoka, died aged 92
Japanese writer Died on Saturday January 26th 2013
Hiroshi Nakajima passed away at age 84
Japanese physician Died on Saturday January 26th 2013
Obituary: Sukekiyo Kameyama, dead at age 58
Japanese voice actor (Winnie-the-Pooh) Died on Saturday January 26th 2013
Shozo Shimamoto obituary: died at age 85
Japanese artist Died on Friday January 25th 2013
Tatsuo Sato dies at 75
Japanese politician Died on Wednesday January 23rd 2013
Death of Toyo Shibata at age 101
Japanese poet Died on Sunday January 20th 2013
Taihō Kōki death at age 72
Japanese sumo wrestler Died on Saturday January 19th 2013
Hōō Tomomichi dead at age 56
Japanese sumo wrestler Died on Wednesday January 16th 2013
Nagisa Oshima passes away at age 80
Japanese director and screenwriter (In the Realm of the Senses) Died on Tuesday January 15th 2013
Riki Kawara dies at 75
Japanese politician Died on Sunday January 13th 2013
Itaru Ishida has died at age 33
Japanese Magic: The Gathering player Died on Sunday January 13th 2013
Koto Okubo dies at 115
Japanese supercentenarian Died on Saturday January 12th 2013
Death of Tatsuji Nomura at age 90
Japanese scientist Died on Friday January 11th 2013
Hisayuki Sasaki obituary: died at age 48
Japanese golf player Died on Thursday January 3rd 2013
Obituary: Hidetoshi Nakamura, dead at age 60
Japanese voice actor (Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Died on Wednesday December 24th 2014
Takeshi Taketsuru died at age 90
Japanese whisky distiller (Nikka) Died on Wednesday December 17th 2014
Taitetsu Unno passed away at age 85
Japanese Shin Buddhist scholar and author Died on Saturday December 13th 2014
Obituary: Takao Saito, dead at age 85
Japanese cinematographer Died on Saturday December 6th 2014
Koichi Kawakita passes away at age 72
Japanese special effects director (Godzilla vs. Biollante) Died on Friday December 5th 2014
Michio Kushi has died at age 88
Japanese-born American scholar Died on Sunday December 28th 2014
Go Seigen dead at age 100
Chinese-born Japanese Go player Died on Sunday November 30th 2014
Bunta Sugawara dies at 81
Japanese actor (Torakku Yarō Died on Friday November 28th 2014
Rokurō Naya obituary: died at age 82
Japanese voice actor (Saint Seiya Died on Monday November 17th 2014
Ken Takakura dies at 83
Japanese actor (The Yakuza Died on Monday November 10th 2014
Naoki Tanemura dies at age 78
Japanese railway writer Died on Thursday November 6th 2014
Admire Rakti dies at age 6
Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse Died on Tuesday November 4th 2014
Fumiko Hayashida obituary: died at age 103
American subject of iconic photo of internment of Japanese Americans Died on Sunday November 2nd 2014
Kazuko Yanaga dead at age 67
Japanese voice actress (Ace wo Nerae! Died on Saturday November 1st 2014
Hajime Tamura death at age 90
Japanese politician Died on Saturday November 1st 2014
Hisahiko Okazaki died at age 84
Japanese diplomat and political commentator Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
Genpei Akasegawa dies at 77
Japanese author and artist Died on Sunday October 26th 2014
Peter Baptist died at age 93
Japanese Roman Catholic prelate Died on Saturday October 25th 2014
Yasumasa Narasaki died at age 86
Japanese politician Died on Tuesday October 21st 2014
Daisuke Oku dies at age 38
Japanese footballer (Jubilo Iwata Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Anna Nakagawa died at age 49
Japanese actress (A Sign Days Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Masaru Emoto dies at 71
Japanese author Died on Friday October 17th 2014
Ichirō Satake dies at age 86
Japanese mathematician Died on Friday October 10th 2014
Yoshikazu Sakamoto dead at age 87
Japanese political scientist Died on Thursday October 2nd 2014
Hitoshi Motoshima passes away at age 92
Japanese politician Died on Friday October 31st 2014
Obituary: Koichiro Kimura, dead at age 44
Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler Died on Tuesday October 28th 2014
Iwao Akiyama death at age 93
Japanese printmaker Died on Monday September 15th 2014
Takatada Ihara dies at 85
Japanese television producer and director Died on Sunday September 14th 2014
Yoshinori Sakai obituary: died at age 69
Japanese athlete Died on Wednesday September 10th 2014
Yoshiko Yamaguchi dies at age 94
Chinese-born Japanese actress (Eternity) and singer Died on Sunday September 7th 2014