This is a list of notable Japanese people.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Japanese.
Architects
Artists
Athletes
Authors
- Kobo Abe, author of The Woman in the Dunes
- Ryunosuke Akutagawa
- Matsuo Basho, author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Osamu Dazai, author of No Longer Human
- Yasunari Kawabata, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Yukio Mishima
- Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji
- Sei Shonagon, author of The Pillow Book
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| 581 BCE–549 BCE
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| Emperor Suizei
| Kamu Nunagawamimi no Mikoto
| presumed legendary; 3rd son of Jimmu
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| 549 BCE–511 BCE
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| Emperor Annei
| Shikitsuhiko Tamademi no Mikoto
| presumed legendary; son and heir of Suizei son and heir of Itoku 2nd son of Kōshō
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| 214 BCE–158 BCE
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| Emperor Kōgen
| Oho Yamato Nekohiko Kuni Kuru no Mikoto
| presumed legendary
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| 157 BCE–98 BCE
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| Emperor Kaika
| Waka Yamato Nekohiko Oho Bibino no Mikoto
| presumed legendary
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| 97 BCE–30 BCE
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| Emperor Sujin
| Mimaki Irihiko Inie no Mikoto
| first emperor with a direct possibility of existence
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| 29 BCE–70 CE
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| Emperor Suinin
| Ikume Irihiko Isachi no Mikoto
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| 71–130
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| Emperor Keikō
| Oho Tarasihiko Osirowake no Mikoto
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| 131–191
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| Emperor Seimu
| Waka Tarasihiko
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| 192–200
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| Emperor Chūai
| Tarasi Nakatsuhiko no Mikoto
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| 201–269
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| Empress Jingū
| Okinaga Tarashihime no Mikoto
| Served as regent for Emperor Ōjin; not counted among the officially numbered emperors
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| 270–310
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| Emperor Ōjin
| Honda no Sumera-mikoto / Ōtomowake no Mikoto / Homutawake no Mikoto
| Last proto-historical emperor, deified as Hachiman
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| 313–399
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| Emperor Nintoku
| Ō Sazaki no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates
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| 400–405
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| Emperor Richū
| Isaho Wake no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates
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| 406–410
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| Emperor Hanzei
| Tajihi Mizuha Wake no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates
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| 411–453
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| Emperor Ingyō
| Wo Asazuma Wakugo no Sukune
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 453–456
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| Emperor Ankō
| Anaho no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 456–479
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| Emperor Yūryaku
| Oho Hatsuse Wakatakeru no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 480–484
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| Emperor Seinei
| Siraka Takehiro Kuni Osi Waka Yamato Neko no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 485–487
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| Emperor Kenzō
| Ohoke no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 488–498
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| Emperor Ninken
| Ohosi(Ohosu) no Mikoto/ Simano Iratsuko
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 498–506
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| Emperor Buretsu
| Wohatsuse Wakasazaki
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 507–531
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| Emperor Keitai
| Ōto/Hikofuto (Hikofuto no Mikoto/Ōdo no Sumera Mikoto)
| Genealogy from this point is considered accurate.
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| 531–535
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| Emperor Ankan
| Hirokuni Oshitake Kanahi no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates.
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| 535–539
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| Emperor Senka
| Takeo Hirokuni Oshitate no Mikoto
| Inaccurate dates.
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!colspan="6"|Asuka period (592–710)
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| 539–571
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| Emperor Kinmei
| Amekuni Oshiharuki Hironiwa no Sumera Mikoto
| Traditional dates.
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| 572–585
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| Emperor Bidatsu
| Osada no Nunakura no Futotamashiki no Mikoto
| Traditional dates.
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| 585–587
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| Emperor Yōmei
| Ooe/Tachibana no Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto
| Traditional dates.
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| 587–592
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| Emperor Sushun
| Hatsusebe no (Wakasasagi) Mikoto
| Traditional dates.
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| 592–628
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| Empress Suiko
| Nukatabe/Toyomike Kashikiyahime
| First non-legendary female emperor (Prince Shotoku acted as her regent); traditional dates.
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| 629–641
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| Emperor Jomei
| Tamura (Oki Nagatarashihi Hironuka no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 642–645
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| Empress Kōgyoku
| Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates, reigned twice
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| 645–654
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| Emperor Kōtoku
| Karu (Ame Yorozu Toyohi no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 655–661
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| Empress Saimei
| Takara (Ame Toyotakaraikashi Hitarashi Hime no Sumera Mikoto)
| Second reign of Empress Kōgyoku (35), traditional dates.
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| 661–672
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| Emperor Tenji
| Katsuragi/Nakano-ooe (Ame Mikoto Hirakasuwake no Mikoto/Amatsu Mikoto Sakiwake no Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 672
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| Emperor Kōbun
| Ōtomo
| Posthumously named (1870), usurped by Temmu
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| 672–686
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| Emperor Tenmu
| Ōama/Ohoshiama/Ōsama (Ame no Nunahara Oki no Mahito no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 686–697
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| Empress Jitō
| Unonosarara (Takama no Harahiro no Hime no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 697–707
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| Emperor Monmu
| Karu (Ame no Mamune Toyoohoji no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 707–715
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| Empress Genmei
| Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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!colspan="6"|Nara period (710–794)
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| 707–715
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| Empress Genmei
| Ahe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Mishiro Toyokuni Narihime no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 724–749
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| Emperor Shōmu
| Obito (Ameshirushi Kunioshiharuki Toyosakurahiko no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 749–758
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| Empress Kōken
| Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto)
| Traditional dates, reigned twice
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| 758–764
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| Emperor Junnin
| Ōi
| Posthumously named (1870), dethroned by Shōtoku
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| 764–770
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| Empress Shōtoku
| Abe (Yamatoneko no Sumera Mikoto)
|Second reign of Empress Kōken (46), traditional dates.
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| 770–781
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| Emperor Kōnin
| Shirakabe (Amemune Takatsugi no Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 781–806
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| Emperor Kanmu
| Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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!colspan="6"|Heian period (794–1185)
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| 781–806
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| Emperor Kanmu
| Yamabe (Yamatoneko Amatsu Hitsugi Iyaderi no Mikoto)
| Traditional dates.
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| 809–823
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| Emperor Saga
| Kamino
| Traditional dates.
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| 823–833
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| Emperor Junna
| Ōtomo
| Traditional dates.
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| 833–850
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| Emperor Ninmyō
| Masara
| Traditional dates.
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| 850–858
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| Emperor Montoku
| Michiyasu
| Traditional dates.
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| 858–876
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| Emperor Seiwa
| Korehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 876–884
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| Emperor Yōzei
| Sadaakira
| Traditional dates.
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| 884–887
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| Emperor Kōkō
| Tokiyasu
| Traditional dates.
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| 887–897
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| Emperor Uda
| Sadami
| Traditional dates.
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| 897–930
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| Emperor Daigo
| Atsuhito
| Traditional dates.
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| 930–946
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| Emperor Suzaku
| Yutaakira
| Traditional dates.
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| 946–967
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| Emperor Murakami
| Nariakira
| Traditional dates.
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| 967–969
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| Emperor Reizei
| Norihira
| Traditional dates.
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| 969–984
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| Emperor En'yū
| Morihira
| Traditional dates.
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| 984–986
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| Emperor Kazan
| Morosada
| Traditional dates.
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| 986–1011
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| Emperor Ichijō
| Yasuhito/Kanehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1011–1016
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| Emperor Sanjō
| Okisada/Iyasada
| Traditional dates.
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| 1016–1036
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| Emperor Go-Ichijō
| Atsuhira
| Traditional dates.
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| 1036–1045
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| Emperor Go-Suzaku
| Atsunaga/Atsuyoshi
| Traditional dates.
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| 1045–1068
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| Emperor Go-Reizei
| Chikahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1068–1073
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| Emperor Go-Sanjō
| Takahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1073–1086
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| Emperor Shirakawa
| Sadahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1087–1107
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| Emperor Horikawa
| Taruhito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1107–1123
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| Emperor Toba
| Munehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1123–1142
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| Emperor Sutoku
| Akihito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1142–1155
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| Emperor Konoe
| Narihito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1155–1158
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| Emperor Go-Shirakawa
| Masahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1158–1165
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| Emperor Nijō
| Morihito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1165–1168
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| Emperor Rokujō
| Yorihito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1168–1180
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| Emperor Takakura
| Norihito
| Traditional dates.
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!colspan="6"|Kamakura period (1185–1333)
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| 1183–1198
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| Emperor Go-Toba
| Takahira
| Traditional dates.
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| 1198–1210
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| Emperor Tsuchimikado
| Tamehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1210–1221
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| Emperor Juntoku
| Morihira/Morinari
| Traditional dates.
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| 1221
| 60px
| Emperor Chūkyō
| Kanehira/Kanenari
| Posthumously named (1870)
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| 1221–1232
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| Emperor Go-Horikawa
| Yutahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1232–1242
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| Emperor Shijō
| Mitsuhito/Hidehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1242–1246
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| Emperor Go-Saga
| Kunihito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1246–1260
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| Emperor Go-Fukakusa
| Hisahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1260–1274
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| Emperor Kameyama
| Tsunehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1274–1287
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Uda
| Yohito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1287–1298
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| Emperor Fushimi
| Hirohito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1298–1301
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Fushimi
| Tanehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1301–1308
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Nijō
| Kuniharu
| Traditional dates.
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| 1308–1318
| 60px
| Emperor Hanazono
| Tomihito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1318–1339
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Daigo
| Takaharu
| Traditional dates; Southern Court
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!colspan="6"|Northern Court (1333–1392)
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| 1331–1333
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| Emperor Kōgon
| Kazuhito
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| 1336–1348
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| Emperor Kōmyō
| Yutahito
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| 1348–1351
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| Emperor Sukō
| Okihito
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| 1351–1352
|colspan="3"|Interregnum
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| 1352–1371
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| Emperor Go-Kōgon
| Iyahito
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| 1371–1382
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| Emperor Go-En'yū
| Ohito
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| 1382–1392
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| Emperor Go-Komatsu
| Motohito
|Reunified courts in 1392, see 100 below
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!colspan="6"|Muromachi period (1333–1573)
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| 1318–1339
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| Emperor Go-Daigo
| Takaharu
| Traditional dates; Southern Court
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| 1368–1383
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| Emperor Chōkei
| Yutanari
| Southern Court
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| 1383–1392
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| Emperor Go-Kameyama
| Hironari
| Southern Court
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| 1392–1412
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| Emperor Go-Komatsu
| Motohito
| Reunified courts, see also entry in Northern Court section.
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| 1412–1428
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| Emperor Shōkō
| Mihito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1428–1464
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Hanazono
| Hikohito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1464–1500
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado
| Fusahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1500–1526
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Kashiwabara
| Katsuhito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1526–1557
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Nara
| Tomohito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1557–1586
| 60px
| Emperor Ōgimachi
| Michihito
| Traditional dates.
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!colspan="6"|Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573–1603)
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| 1557–1586
| 60px
| Emperor Ōgimachi
| Michihito
| Traditional dates.
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!colspan="6"|Edo period (1603–1868)
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| 1586–1611
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Yōzei
| Kazuhito/Katahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1629–1643
| 60px
| Empress Meishō
| Okiko
| Traditional dates.
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| 1643–1654
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Kōmyō
| Tsuguhito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1655–1663
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Sai
| Nagahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1663–1687
| 60px
| Emperor Reigen
| Satohito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1687–1709
| 60px
| Emperor Higashiyama
| Asahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1709–1735
| 60px
| Emperor Nakamikado
| Yasuhito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1735–1747
| 60px
| Emperor Sakuramachi
| Teruhito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1747–1762
| 60px
| Emperor Momozono
| Toohito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1762–1771
| 60px
| Empress Go-Sakuramachi
| Toshiko
| Traditional dates.
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| 1771–1779
| 60px
| Emperor Go-Momozono
| Hidehito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1780–1817
| 60px
| Emperor Kōkaku
| Tomohito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1817–1846
| 60px
| Emperor Ninkō
| Ayahito
| Traditional dates.
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| 1846–1867
| 60px
| Emperor Kōmei
| Osahito
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!colspan="6"|Modern Japan (Imperial and Postwar) (1867–present)
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| 1867–1912
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| Emperor Meiji
| Mutsuhito
| First Emperor of the Empire of Japan.
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| 1912–1926
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| Emperor Taishō
| Yoshihito
| Crown Prince Hirohito served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926.
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| 1926–1989
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| Emperor Shōwa
| Hirohito
| Served as Sesshō (Prince Regent) 1921–1926. Last Emperor of the Empire of Japan.
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| 1989–2019
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| Emperor Akihito <!-- As he is not dead, he doesn't have a "posthumous name" yet. -->
| Akihito
| Referred to as 'the Emperor Emeritus' or Daijō Tennō (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus) in Japanese and as Emperor Akihito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Heisei. He abdicated in 2019 in favor of his eldest son Naruhito. He was the first monarch since Emperor Kōkaku to do so.
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| 2019–present
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| Emperor "Kinjō" <br/>(Reigning monarch) <!-- As he is not dead, he doesn't have a "posthumous name" yet. -->
| Naruhito
| Referred to as 'the Present Emperor' or Tenno Heika (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor) in Japanese and as Emperor Naruhito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Reiwa.
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Historians
- Ienaga Saburō
- Kanda Nobuo
- Maruyama Masao
- Naitō Torajirō
- Ikuhiko Hata
- Shinichi Kitaoka
- Kan Kimura
- Ichirō Inaba
- Naoki Inose
Military leaders
Samurai
A
- Abe Masakatsu
- Adachi Kagemori
- Adams, William (foreign born) <!--He is British-born thus do not follow WP:MOS-JP regarding to Japanese names, but you can put it in format of "Surname - comma- first name", which is accepted and official in the West -->
- Akao Kiyotsuna
- Akechi Mitsuhide
- Akiyama Nobutomo
- Amago Haruhisa
- Amago Yoshihisa
- See also Amago clan
- Ankokuji Ekei
- Aochi Shigetsuna
- Arai Hakuseki
- Araki Murashige
- Arima Kihei
- Asakura Yoshikage
- Azai Hisamasa
- Azai Nagamasa
- Azai Sukemasa
B
- Baba Nobufusa
- Bessho Nagaharu
C
- Chōsokabe Morichika
- Chōsokabe Kunichika
- Chōsokabe Motochika
- Chōsokabe Nobuchika
- Collache, Eugène
D
- Date Masamune
- See also Date clan
- Doi Toshikatsu
E
- Endō Naotsune
- Enomoto Takeaki
F
- Fūma Kotarō
- Fuwa Mitsuharu
- Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara no Tōda)
- Fukushima Masanori
G
- Gamō Katahide
- Gamō Ujisato
H
- Hasekura Tsunenaga
- Hattori Hanzō
- Hatano Hideharu
- Hirate Masahide
- Hitotsubashi Keiki
- Hōjō Masako
- Hōjō Tokimune
- Hōjō Ujiyasu
- Hōjō Ujimasa
- Honda Tadakatsu
- Honda Komatsu (Inahime)
- Honganji Kennyo
- Hosokawa Fujitaka
- Hosokawa Gracia
- Hosokawa Tadaoki
- Hotta Masatoshi
I
- Ii Naomasa
- Ii Naomori
- Ii Naosuke
- Ii Naotaka
- Ii Naoyuki
- Iizasa Ienao
- Ijuin Tada'aki
- Imagawa Yoshimoto
- Imai Kanehira
- Ishida Mitsunari
- Itagaki Nobukata
- Itagaki Taisuke
- Itō Hirobumi
- Iwanari Tomomichi
K
- Kaneko Ietada
- Katagiri Katsumoto
- Katō Kiyomasa
- Kawakami Gensai
- Kido Takayoshi
- Kikkawa Hiroie
- Kimotsuki Kanetsugu
- Kobayakawa Hideaki
- Kobayakawa Hidekane
- Kobayakawa Takakage
- Kojima Toyoharu
- Kuroda Denta
- Kuroda Kanbei Don Sim(e)on Josui Yoshitaka
- Kuroda Kiyotaka
- Kusunoki Masashige
- Kumagai Naozane
M
- Maeda Keiji
- Maeda Nagatane
- Maeda Toshiie
- Maeda Toshinaga
- Maeda Toshitsune
- Manabe Akifusa
- Matsudaira Nobutsuna
- Matsudaira Nobuyasu
- Matsudaira Higo no Kami Katamori
- Matsudaira Sadanobu
- Matsudaira Tadayoshi
- Matsudaira Teru
- Matsunaga Hisahide
- Matsuo Bashō
- Matsudaira Motoyasu
- Minamoto no Mitsunaka
- Minamoto no Yoshiie
- Minamoto no Yoshimitsu
- Minamoto no Yoshinaka
- Minamoto no Yoshitomo
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune
- Minamoto no Tameyoshi
- Minamoto no Yorimasa
- Minamoto no Yorimitsu
- Minamoto no Yoritomo
- Minamoto no Noriyori
- Mirei Kiritani
- Miura Anjin
- Miura Yoshimoto
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Miyoshi Chōkei
- Miyoshi Yoshitsugu
- Mizuno Tadakuni
- Mōri Motonari
- Mori Nagayoshi
- Mōri Okimoto
- Mori Ranmaru
- Mōri Takamoto
- Mōri Terumoto
- Mori Yoshinari
N
- Nagakura Shinpachi
- Nagao Harukage
- Nagao Masakage
- Nagao Tamekage
- Naoe Kanetsugu
- Nakagawa Kiyohide
- Naoe Kagetsuna
- Naoe Kanetsugu
- Nihonmatsu Yoshitsugu
- Niimi Nishiki
- Niiro Tadamoto
- Niwa Nagahide
- Niwa Nagashige
O
- Oda Nobuhide
- Oda Nobunaga
- Oda Nobutada
- Oda Nobutomo
- Oda Nobukatsu
- Ogasawara Shōsai
- Ōishi Kuranosuke
- Okada Izō
- Judge Ōoka
- Ōta Dōkan
- Ōtomo Sōrin
- Okita Sōji
- Ōkubo Toshimichi
- Ōuchi Yoshitaka
R
- Rokkaku Yoshitaka
- Rusu Masakage
- Ryūzōji Takanobu
- See also Ryūzōji clan
S
- Saigo Kiyokazu
- Sagara Taketō
- Saigō Takamori
- Saigō Yoshikatsu
- Saitō Dōsan
- Saitō Hajime
- Saitō Yoshitatsu
- Sakai Tadakiyo
- Sakai Tadashige
- Sakai Tadayo
- Sakamoto Ryōma
- Sakuma Morimasa
- Sakuma Nobumori
- Sanada Masayuki
- Sanada Nobuyuki
- Sanada Yukimura
- Sasaki Kojirō
- Sasaki Yoshikiyo
- Serizawa Kamo
- Shibata Katsuie
- Shima Sakon
- Shimada Ichirō
- Shimazu Katsuhisa
- Shimazu Tadahisa
- Shimazu Tadatsune
- Shimazu Tadayoshi
- Shimazu Takahisa
- Shimazu Yoshihiro
- Shimazu Yoshihisa
- Sue Yoshitaka
T
- Tachibana Muneshige
- Tachibana Dōsetsu
- Tachibana Ginchiyo
- Taigen Sessai
- Taira no Kiyomori
- Taira no Masakado
- Takahashi Shigetane
- Takenaka Shigeharu
- Takaoka Muneyasu
- Takasugi Shinsaku
- Takayama Justo (Shigetomo)
- Takayama Ukon
- Takechi Hanpeita
- Takeda Katsuyori
- Takeda Nobushige
- Takeda Shingen
- Tani Tateki
- Toki Yorinari
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Tokugawa Hidetada
- Tokugawa Nariaki
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- Toyotomi Hideyori
- Tozuka Tadaharu
- Tsukahara Bokuden
U
- Uesugi Kagekatsu
- Uesugi Kagetora
- Uesugi Kenshin
- Ukita Naoie
- Umezawa Michiharu
- Usami Sadamitsu
W
- Watanabe Kazan
- Watanabe no Tsuna
Y
- Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
- Yamada Arinaga
- Yamada Arinobu
- Yamada Nagamasa
- Yamagata Masakage
- Yamanami Keisuke
- Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
- Yonekura Shigetsugu
- Yagyū Munenori
- Yamauchi Kazutoyo
- Yūki Hideyasu
Kamakura shōguns
thumb|Grave of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo ]]
- Minamoto no Yoritomo, r. 1192–1199
- Minamoto no Yoriie, r. 1202–1203
- Minamoto no Sanetomo, r. 1203–1219
- Kujō Yoritsune, r. 1226–1244
- Kujō Yoritsugu, r. 1244–1252
- Prince Munetaka, r. 1252–1266
- Prince Koreyasu, r. 1266–1289
- Prince Hisaakira, r. 1289–1308
- Prince Morikuni, r. 1308–1333
- Prince Morinaga, r.1333–1334
- Prince Norinaga, r. 1334–1338
Kamakura shikken
thumb|right|Site of Hōjō Takatoki's death
- Hōjō Tokimasa, r. 1203–1205
- Hōjō Yoshitoki, r. 1205–1224
- Hōjō Yasutoki, r. 1224–1242
- Hōjō Tsunetoki, r. 1242–1246
- Hōjō Tokiyori, r. 1246–1256
- Hōjō Tokimune, r. 1268–1284
- Hōjō Sadatoki, r. 1284–1301
- Hōjō Morotoki, r. 1301–1311
- Hōjō Takatoki, r. 1316–1326
Ashikaga shōguns
- Ashikaga Takauji, ruled 1338–1358
- Ashikaga Yoshiakira, r. 1359–1368
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, r. 1368–1394
- Ashikaga Yoshimochi, r. 1395–1423
- Ashikaga Yoshikazu, r. 1423–1425
- Ashikaga Yoshinori, r. 1429–1441
- Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, r. 1442–1443
- Ashikaga Yoshimasa, r. 1449–1473
- Ashikaga Yoshihisa, r. 1474–1489
- Ashikaga Yoshitane, r. 1490–1493, 1508–1521
- Ashikaga Yoshizumi, r. 1494–1508
- Ashikaga Yoshiharu, r. 1521–1546
- Ashikaga Yoshiteru, r. 1546–1565
- Ashikaga Yoshihide, r. 1568
- Ashikaga Yoshiaki, r. 1568–1573
Tokugawa shōguns
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col" | Number
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Tokugawas
! scope="col" | Took office
! scope="col" | Left office
|-
!| 1
|| 100px
| style="width:16%;"| Tokugawa Ieyasu
|| 1603
|| 1605
|-
!| 2
|| 100px
| style="width:16%;"| Tokugawa Hidetada
|| 1605
|| 1623
|-
!| 3
|| 100px
| style="width:16%;"| Tokugawa Iemitsu
|| 1623
|| 1651
|-
!| 4
|| 100px
| style="width:16%;"| Tokugawa Ietsuna
|| 1651
|| 1680
|-
!| 5
|| 100px
| style="width:16%;"| Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
|| 1680
|| 1709
|-
!| 6
|| 100px
| style="width:16%;"| Tokugawa Ienobu
|| 1709
|| 1712
|-
!| 7
|| 100px
| style="width:16%;"| Tokugawa Ietsugu
|| 1713
|| 1716
|-
!| 8
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Yoshimune
|| 1716
|| 1745
|-
!| 9
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Ieshige
|| 1745
|| 1760
|-
!| 10
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Ieharu
|| 1760
|| 1786
|-
!| 11
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Ienari
|| 1786
|| 1837
|-
!| 12
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Ieyoshi
|| 1837
|| 1853
|-
!| 13
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Iesada
|| 1853
|| August 14, 1858
|-
!| 14
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Iemochi
|| August 14, 1858
|| August 29, 1866
|-
!| 15
|| 100px
|| Tokugawa Yoshinobu
|| August 29, 1866
|| November 19, 1867
|}
Over the course of the Edo period, influential relatives of the shōgun included:
- Tokugawa Mitsukuni of the Mito domain
- Tokugawa Nariaki of the Mito domain
- Tokugawa Mochiharu of the Hitotsubashi branch
- Tokugawa Munetake of the Tayasu branch.
- Matsudaira Katamori of the Aizu branch.
- Matsudaira Sadanobu, born into the Tayasu branch, adopted into the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira of Shirakawa.
Pre-modern
Emperors
- Emperor Jinmu
- Emperor Kōbun
- Emperor Tenmu
- Emperor Go-Toba
- Emperor Go-Daigo
Commanders from loyal family
- Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto
- Yamato Takeru
- Empress Jingū
Commanders in Thirty-Eight Years' War
- Ōtomo no Otomaro
- Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
- Aterui
Modern
- Anami Korechika
- Doihara Kenji
- Enomoto Takeaki
- Kuroki Itei (Kuroki Tamemoto)
- Matsui Iwane
- Ōta Minoru
- Suzuki Kantarō
- Tōgō Heihachirō
- Tōjō Hideki
- Yamamoto Isoroku
- Shiro Kawase
- Ishiwara Kanji
Musicians
Personalities
Comedians
Idols (male)
Idols (female)
Models
Musicians and singers (male)
Musicians and singers (female)
Tarento
- Aya Ueto
- Becky
- Kazushige Nagashima
- Kano sisters
- Matt Kuwata
- Mina Fukui
- Momoiro Clover Z
- Naomi Watanabe
- Roland (Japanese host)
Actors
Actresses
TV and radio personalities
- Iijima Ai
- Mao Inoue
- Kano sisters
- Sugita Kaoru
- Mino Monta
- Shinohara Tomoe
Others
- Kurihara Harumi
- Ghib Ojisan
- Papaya Suzuki
- Rina Gonoi
Prime Ministers
Meiji period (1868–1912)
Prime Ministers of Emperor Meiji
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
!rowspan=2 style="width:25px;"|No.
!colspan=2 style="width:280px;"|Prime Minister
!colspan=3|Term of office
! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"|Political Party
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"|Government
!rowspan=2|Elected
!rowspan=2 style="width:20px;"|Ref
|-
!Portrait
! style="width:180px;"|Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 1
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Itō Hirobumi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">伊藤 博文</span></span><br />
|22 December 1885
|30 April 1888
|
| style="background:;"|None
|1. Itō I
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 2
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Kuroda Kiyotaka<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">黑田 清隆</span></span><br />
|30 April 1888
|25 October 1889
|
| style="background:;"|None
|2. Kuroda
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| —
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Sanjō Sanetomi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">三條 實美</span></span><br />
|25 October 1889
|24 December 1889
|
| style="background:;"|None
|Sanjō (interim)
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 3
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Yamagata Aritomo<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">山縣 有朋</span></span><br />
|24 December 1889
|6 May 1891
|
| style="background:;"|None
|3. Yamagata I
|1890
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 4
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Matsukata Masayoshi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">松方 正義</span></span><br />
|6 May 1891
|8 August 1892
|
| style="background:;"|None
|4. Matsukata I
|1892
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Itō Hirobumi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">伊藤 博文</span></span><br />
|8 August 1892
|31 August 1896
|
| style="background:;"|None
|5. Itō II
| 1894<br/> 1894
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Yamagata Aritomo<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">山縣 有朋</span></span><br />
|8 November 1898
|19 October 1900
|
| style="background:;"|None
|9. Yamagata II
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 7
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Saionji Kinmochi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">西園寺 公望</span></span><br />
|7 January 1906
|14 July 1908
|
| style="background:;"|Rikken Seiyūkai
|12. Saionji I
|1908
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Katsura Tarō<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">桂 太郎</span></span><br />
|14 July 1908
|30 August 1911
|
| style="background:;"|None
|13. Katsura II
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Ōkuma Shigenobu<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">大隈 重信</span></span><br />
|16 April 1914
|9 October 1916
|
| style="background:;"|Rikken Dōshikai
|17. Ōkuma II
|1915
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 10
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Hara Takashi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">原 敬</span></span><br />
|29 September 1918
|4 November 1921
|
| style="background:;"|Rikken Seiyūkai
|19. Hara
|1920
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|colspan=10 | During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (<span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">内田 康哉</span></span> Uchida Kōsai) was the acting prime minister.
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 11
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Takahashi Korekiyo<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">高橋 是清</span></span><br />
|13 November 1921
|12 June 1922
|
| style="background:;"|Rikken Seiyūkai
|20. Takahashi
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 12
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Katō Tomosaburō<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">加藤 友三郎</span></span><br />
|12 June 1922
|24 August 1923
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|21. Katō To.
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|colspan=10 | During this interval, Foreign Minister Uchida Kosai (<span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">内田 康哉</span></span> Uchida Kōsai) was the acting prime minister.
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Yamamoto Gonnohyōe<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">山本 權兵衛</span></span><br />
|2 September 1923
|7 January 1924
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|22. Yamamoto II
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=3 style="background:;"| 14
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Katō Takaaki<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">加藤 高明</span></span><br />
|11 June 1924
|2 August 1925
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Kenseikai
|rowspan=2|24. Katō Ta.
|rowspan=2| —
|rowspan=3|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|2 August 1925
|28 January 1926
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|colspan=10 | During this interval, Interior Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō (<span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">若槻 禮次郎</span></span> Wakatsuki Reijirō) was the acting prime minister.
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 15
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Wakatsuki Reijirō<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">若槻 禮次郎</span></span><br />
|30 January 1926
|20 April 1927
|
| style="background:;"|Kenseikai
|25. Wakatsuki I
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|}
Shōwa period under 1890 Constitution (1926–1947)
Prime Ministers of Emperor Shōwa under 1890 Constitution
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%;"
|-
!rowspan=2 style="width:25px;"|No.
!colspan=2 style="width:280px;"|Prime Minister
!colspan=3|Term of office
! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"|Political Party
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"|Government
!rowspan=2|Elected
!rowspan=2 style="width:20px;"|Ref
|-
!Portrait
! style="width:180px;"|Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 16
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Tanaka Giichi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">田中 義一</span></span><br />
|20 April 1927
|2 July 1929
|
| style="background:;"|Rikken Seiyūkai
|26. Tanaka G.
|1928
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 17
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Osachi Hamaguchi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">濱口 雄幸</span></span><br />
|2 July 1929
|14 April 1931
|
| style="background:;"|Rikken Minseitō
|27. Hamaguchi
|1930
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Wakatsuki Reijirō<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">若槻 禮次郎</span></span><br />
|14 April 1931
|13 December 1931
|
| style="background:;"|Rikken Minseitō
|28. Wakatsuki II
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
|colspan=10 | During this interval, Finance Minister Takahashi Korekiyo (<span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">高橋 是清</span></span> Takahashi Korekiyo) was the acting prime minister.
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 19
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Saitō Makoto<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">齋藤 實</span></span><br />
|26 May 1932
|8 July 1934
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|30. Saitō
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 20
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Keisuke Okada<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">岡田 啓介</span></span><br />
|8 July 1934
|9 March 1936
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|31. Okada
|1936
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 21
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Kōki Hirota<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">廣田 弘毅</span></span><br />
|9 March 1936
|2 February 1937
|
| style="background:;"|None
|32. Hirota
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 22
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Senjūrō Hayashi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">林 銑十郎</span></span><br />
|2 February 1937
|4 June 1937
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|33. Hayashi
|1937
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 23
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Fumimaro Konoe<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">近衞 文麿</span></span><br />
|4 June 1937
|5 January 1939
|
| style="background:;"|None
|34. Konoe I
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 24
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Hiranuma Kiichirō<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">平沼 騏一郎</span></span><br />
|5 January 1939
|30 August 1939
|
| style="background:;"|None
|35. Hiranuma
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 25
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Nobuyuki Abe<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">阿部 信行</span></span><br />
|30 August 1939
|16 January 1940
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|36. Abe N.
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 26
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Mitsumasa Yonai<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">米内 光政</span></span><br />
|16 January 1940
|22 July 1940
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|37. Yonai
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=3 style="background:; color:white;"|
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Fumimaro Konoe<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">近衞 文麿</span></span><br />
|22 July 1940
|18 July 1941
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Taisei Yokusankai|
|38. Konoe II
| —
|rowspan=3|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 28
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Kuniaki Koiso<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">小磯 國昭</span></span><br />
|22 July 1944
|7 April 1945
|
| style="background:;"|Military
|41. Koiso
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white;"| 29
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Kantarō Suzuki<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">鈴木 貫太郎</span></span><br />
|7 April 1945
|17 August 1945
|
| style="background:;"|Taisei Yokusankai|
|42. Suzuki K.
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:#be0026;"| 30
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2 nowrap|Higashikuni Naruhiko<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">東久邇宮 稔彦 王</span></span><br />
|17 August 1945
|9 October 1945
|
| style="background:#be0026;"|Imperial Family
|43. Higashikuni
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:;"| 31
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Kijūrō Shidehara<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">幣原 喜重郎</span></span><br />
|9 October 1945
|22 May 1946
|
| style="background:;"|None
|44. Shidehara
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|- style="background:#eee;"
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:black;"| 32
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Shigeru Yoshida<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">吉田 茂</span></span><br />
|22 May 1946
|24 May 1947
|
| style="background:; color:black;"|Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)|
|45. Yoshida I
|1946
|rowspan=2|
|-
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|
|}
Shōwa period under 1947 Constitution (1947–1989)
Prime Ministers of Emperor Shōwa under 1947 Constitution
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan=2 style="width:25px;"|No.
!colspan=2 style="width:280px;"|Prime Minister
!colspan=3|Term of office
! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"|Political Party
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"|Government
!colspan=2|Elected
!rowspan=2 style="width:20px;"|Ref
|-
!Portrait
!width=180px|Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
!Gen.
!Coun.
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"|33
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Tetsu Katayama<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">片山 哲</span></span><br />
|24 May 1947
|10 March 1948
|
| style="background:;"|Japan Socialist Party|
|46. Katayama<br/>
|1947
|1947
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 34
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Hitoshi Ashida<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">芦田 均</span></span><br />
|10 March 1948
|15 October 1948
|
| style="background:;"|Democratic Party (Japan, 1947)|
|47. Ashida<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=5 style="background:;"|
|rowspan=5|80px
|rowspan=5|Shigeru Yoshida<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">吉田 茂</span></span><br />
|15 October 1948
|16 February 1949
|rowspan=4|
|rowspan=4 style="background:;"|DLP<br /><small>Minshu Jiyūtō</small><br /><small>(until 1950);</small><br />Liberal<br/><small>Jiyūtō</small>
|48. Yoshida II<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=5|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|19 March 1955
|22 November 1955
|53. Hatoyama I. II<br/>
|1955
| —
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="border-top:solid 0 gray; background:;"|
|22 November 1955
|23 December 1956
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|54. Hatoyama I. III<br/>
| —
| —
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 36
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Tanzan Ishibashi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">石橋 湛山</span></span><br />
|23 December 1956
|25 February 1957
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|55. Ishibashi<br/>
| —
|1956
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=3 style="background:; color:white"| 37
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Nobusuke Kishi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">岸 信介</span></span><br />
|25 February 1957
|12 June 1958
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|56. Kishi I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=3|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|12 June 1958
|19 July 1960
|57. Kishi II<br/>
|1958
|1959
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=4 style="background:; color:white"| 38
|rowspan=4|80px
|rowspan=4|Hayato Ikeda<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">池田 勇人</span></span><br />
|19 July 1960
|8 December 1960
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|58. Ikeda I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=4|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|8 December 1960
|9 December 1963
|59. Ikeda II<br/>
|1960
|1962
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|9 December 1963
|9 November 1964
|60. Ikeda III<br/>
|1963
| —
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=4 style="background:; color:white"| 39
|rowspan=4|80px
|rowspan=4|Eisaku Satō<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">佐藤 榮作</span></span><br />
|9 November 1964
|17 February 1967
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|61. Satō I<br/>
| —
|1965
|rowspan=4|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|17 February 1967
|14 January 1970
|62. Satō II<br/>
|1967
|1968
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|14 January 1970
|7 July 1972
|63. Satō III<br/>
|1969
|1971
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=3 style="background:; color:white"| 40
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Kakuei Tanaka<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">田中 角榮</span></span><br />
|7 July 1972
|22 December 1972
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|64. Tanaka K. I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=3|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|22 December 1972
|9 December 1974
|65. Tanaka K. II<br/>
|1972
| —
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 41
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Takeo Miki<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">三木 武夫</span></span><br />
|9 December 1974
|24 December 1976
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|66. Miki<br/>
| —
|1974
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 42
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Takeo Fukuda<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">福田 赳夫</span></span><br />
|24 December 1976
|7 December 1978
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|67. Fukuda T.<br/>
|1976
|1977
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=3 style="background:; color:white"| 43
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Masayoshi Ōhira<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">大平 正芳</span></span><br />
|7 December 1978
|9 November 1979
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|68. Ōhira I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=3|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|9 November 1979
|12 June 1980
|69. Ōhira II<br/>
|1979
| —
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|colspan=11 | During this interval, Chief Cabinet Secretary Masayoshi Ito (<span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">伊東 正義</span></span> Itō Masayoshi) was the acting prime minister.
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 44
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Zenkō Suzuki<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">鈴木 善幸</span></span><br />
|17 July 1980
|27 November 1982
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|70. Suzuki Z.<br/>
|1980
|1980
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=4 style="background:; color:white"| 45
|rowspan=4|80px
|rowspan=4|Yasuhiro Nakasone<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">中曽根 康弘</span></span><br />
|27 November 1982
|27 December 1983
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|71. Nakasone I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=4|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|27 December 1983
|22 July 1986
|72. Nakasone II<br/>
|1983
|1983
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|22 July 1986
|6 November 1987
|73. Nakasone III<br/>
|1986
|1986
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 46
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Noboru Takeshita<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">竹下 登</span></span><br />
|6 November 1987
|3 June 1989
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|74. Takeshita<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|}
Heisei period (1989–2019)
Prime Ministers of Emperor Akihito
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
|-
!rowspan=2 style="width:25px;"|No.
!colspan=2 style="width:280px;"|Prime Minister
!colspan=3|Term of office
! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"|Political Party
! style="width:160px;" rowspan="2"|Government
!colspan=2|Elected
!rowspan=2 style="width:20px;"|Ref
|-
!Portrait
!width=180px|Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
!Took office
!Left office
!Days
!Gen.
!Coun.
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 47
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Sōsuke Uno<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">宇野 宗佑</span></span><br />
|3 June 1989
|10 August 1989
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|75. Uno<br/>
| —
|1989
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=3 style="background:; color:white"| 48
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Toshiki Kaifu<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">海部 俊樹</span></span><br />
|10 August 1989
|28 February 1990
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|76. Kaifu I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=3|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|28 February 1990
|5 November 1991
|77. Kaifu II<br/>
|1990
| —
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 49
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Kiichi Miyazawa<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">宮澤 喜一</span></span><br />
|5 November 1991
|9 August 1993
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|78. Miyazawa<br/>
| —
| 1992
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 50
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Morihiro Hosokawa<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">細川 護熙</span></span><br />
|9 August 1993
|28 April 1994
|
| style="background:;"|Japan New Party|
|79. Hosokawa<br/>
|1993
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 51
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Tsutomu Hata<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">羽田 孜</span></span><br />
|28 April 1994
|30 June 1994
|
| style="background:;"|Japan Renewal Party|
|80. Hata<br/>
| —
| —
!rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 52
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Tomiichi Murayama<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">村山 富市</span></span><br />
|30 June 1994
|11 January 1996
|
| style="background:;"|Japan Socialist Party|
|81. Murayama<br/>
| —
|1995
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=3 style="background:; color:white"| 53
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Ryūtarō Hashimoto<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">橋本 龍太郎</span></span><br />
|11 January 1996
|7 November 1996
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|82. Hashimoto I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=3|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|7 November 1996
|30 July 1998
|83. Hashimoto II<br/>
|1996
|1998
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 54
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Keizō Obuchi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">小渕 恵三</span></span><br />
|30 July 1998
|5 April 2000
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|84. Obuchi<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=3 style="background:; color:white"| 55
|rowspan=3|80px
|rowspan=3|Yoshirō Mori<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">森 喜朗</span><br /></span>
|5 April 2000
|4 July 2000
|rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|85. Mori I<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=3|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|4 July 2000
|26 April 2001
|86. Mori II<br/>
|2000
| —
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=4 style="background:; color:white"| 56
|rowspan=4|80px
|rowspan=4|Junichirō Koizumi<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">小泉 純一郎</span></span><br />
|26 April 2001
|19 November 2003
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|87. Koizumi I<br/>
| —
|2001
|rowspan=4|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|19 November 2003
|21 September 2005
|88. Koizumi II<br/>
|2003
|2004
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
|21 September 2005
|26 September 2006
|89. Koizumi III<br/>
|2005
| —
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white;"| 57
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Shinzō Abe<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">安倍 晋三</span></span><br />
|26 September 2006
|26 September 2007
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|90. Abe S. I<br/>
| —
|2007
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white;"| 58
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Yasuo Fukuda<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">福田 康夫</span></span><br />
|26 September 2007
|24 September 2008
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|91. Fukuda Y.<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white;"| 59
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Tarō Asō<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">麻生 太郎</span></span><br />
|24 September 2008
|16 September 2009
|
| style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|92. Asō<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 60
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Yukio Hatoyama<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">鳩山 由紀夫</span></span><br />
|16 September 2009
|8 June 2010
|
| style="background:;"|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)|
|93. Hatoyama Y.<br/>
|2009
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 61
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Naoto Kan<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">菅 直人</span></span><br />
|8 June 2010
|2 September 2011
|
| style="background:;"|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)|
|94. Kan<br/>
| —
|2010
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=2 style="background:; color:white"| 62
|rowspan=2|80px
|rowspan=2|Yoshihiko Noda<br/><span lang="ja"><span style="font-size:125%;">野田 佳彦</span></span><br />
|2 September 2011
|26 December 2012
|
| style="background:;"|Democratic Party (Japan, 1998)|
|95. Noda<br/>
| —
| —
|rowspan=2|
|-
|colspan=7 align=left|
|- bgcolor=#EEEEEE
!rowspan=4 style="background:; color:white;"|
|rowspan=4|80px
|rowspan=4|Shinzō Abe<br/><span lang="ja"><span style=font-size:125%;>安倍 晋三</span></span><br />
|26 December 2012
|24 December 2014
|rowspan=3|
|rowspan=3 style="background:;"|Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|
|96. Abe S. II<br/>
|2012
|2013
|rowspan=4|
- Aneha Hidetsugu
- Hatta Yoichi
- Horie Kenichi
- Kawakami Kiyoshi
- Jonathan Kestenbaum, Baron Kestenbaum
- Takeru Kobayashi
- Shinji Matsuo
- Sakae Menda
- Masao Miyamoto
- Shigeru Miyamoto
- Nitobe Inazō
- Sakae Ōba
- Konosuke Matsushita
- Onoda Hirō
- Nui Onoue
- Sakae Ōsugi
- Airi Ōtsu, organic farmer
- Sakai Toshihiko
- Lady Saigō
- Sakamura Ken
- San'yūtei Enchō
- Sugihara Chiune
- Satoshi Tajiri
- Hisao Taoka, engineer
- Sonoda Tenkoko
- Hiro Matsushita
- Terada Torahiko
- Uchimura Kanzō
- Gunpei Yokoi
- Yasutaro Koide
- Yoshikawa Takeo
- Yuasa Takashi
- Hitomi Watanabe
- Masumi Watanabe
- Hirofumi Yamashita
- Naoki Urasawa
- Masashi Usami, engineer
Other Japanese
See also
- List of people by nationality