Ichirō Mizuki
19482022
Japanese singer and voice actor, affectionately known as 'Aniki,' who recorded over 1,200 songs for anime and tokusatsu, and founded the anison band JAM Project
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19482022
Japanese singer and voice actor, affectionately known as 'Aniki,' who recorded over 1,200 songs for anime and tokusatsu, and founded the anison band JAM Project
19282018
Japanese marine biologist who discovered green fluorescent protein and won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
19101998
Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films with a bold, dynamic style that bridged Eastern and Western cinema, becoming one of history's most influential directors
19212015
American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Chicago, born in Japan
17601849
Japanese ukiyo-e artist, painter, and printmaker known for The Great Wave off Kanagawa and influencing European Impressionists
18841948
Japanese general and politician who served as Prime Minister during World War II, leading a period marked by widespread state violence and mass killings
19061979
Japanese theoretical physicist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics
19321998
Japanese actress, seiyū, and stage actor known for iconic roles in films like "Godzilla" (1954) and "The Mysterians" (1959)
19402021
Japanese theoretical physicist known for his Nobel Prize-winning work on CP-violation and the prediction of three families of quarks
19542022
Japanese statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan for two terms, becoming the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history
18921927
Japanese writer, novelist, poet, and literary critic, regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story," after whom the Akutagawa Prize is named
18791926
Emperor of Japan from 1912-1926 who presided over the Taishō democracy era and Japan's emergence as a modern world power