Tokyo, Japan

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

Japanese theoretical physicist who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize for fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics

Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate known for his novels, short stories, and essays addressing political, social, and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons and existentialism, recognized with the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature

Japanese modernist writer whose surreal novel "The Woman in the Dunes" earned international acclaim and Kafka comparisons

Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan, known for privatizing state-owned companies and advocating for a pro-United States foreign policy and neoliberal economic policies

Prolific Japanese author, playwright, actor, and political activist, known for "Confessions Of A Mask" and his dramatic final act

Japanese physicist who pioneered neutrino astronomy and won the 2002 Nobel Prize for detecting cosmic neutrinos

Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of Aikido, known respectfully as Kaiso or Ōsensei