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100 Japanese respected by the world (世界が尊敬する日本人 Sekai ga sonkeisuru nippon-jin ) is a list of 100 prominent Japanese people published annually by the Japanese edition of Newsweek. The list contains both living and dead people, fictional characters such as Doraemon and Godzilla and a racehorse.
2005[]
- Yoshizawa Akira, original origami creator
- Ushio Amagatsu, director of Sankai Juku
- Isao Aoki, golfer
- Nobuyoshi Araki, photographer
- Madama Butterfly, geisha in an opera
- Mitsuko Coudenhove, wife of Heinrich Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Doraemon, anime character
- Eiko and Koma, dancer
- Leo Esaki, physicist
- Leonard Eto, wadaiko performer
- Takahisa Fujinami, motorcycle trials rider
- Kinji Fukasaku, film director
- Godzilla
- Sesshu Hayakawa, first Japanese Hollywood star
- Hiromix, photographer
- Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate
- Daisuke Inoue, inventor of karaoke
- Kaio, sumo wrestler
- Yuriko Kajiya, ballerina
- Mayuko Kamio, violist
- Yutaka Katayama, first president of America Nissan
- Hokusai Katsushika, painter
- Natsuo Kirino, novelist
- Kitaro, composer
- Kobori
- Junichiro Koizumi, then prime minister of Japan
- Yakumo Koizumi, writer
- Masayuki Komatsu, agronomist
- Michiko Koshino, fashion designer
- Mamoru Kotake, president of a manufacturer of croquette
- Koxinga, military leader of the Chinese dynasty Ming
- DJ Krush, DJ, producer
- Aki Kuroda, artist
- Haruhiko Kuroda, president of Asia Development Bank
- John Manjiro, translator and teacher
- Yoshihide Matsumura, counterfeit detector
- Koichiro Matsuura, director general of UNESCO
- Toshiro Mifune, actor
- Atsuko Miyaji, cryptologist
- Amon Miyamoto, stage director
- Hayao Miyazaki, animator
- Michio Morishima, economist
- Chiaki Mukai, astronaut
- Masanori Murakami, first Japanese major league player
- Lady Murasaki, writer, poet
- NIGO, designer
- Ikuo Nakamura, photographer
- Ganjiro Nakamura, kabuki actor
- Hideo Nakata, film director
- Takeshi Nakatani
- Keiji Nakazawa, mangaka
- Tomohiro Nishikado, game creator
- Keiji Nishioka, instructor of agricultural technologies
- Takako Nishizaki, violist
- Suwa Nobuhiko, film director
- Yuta Tabuse, first Japanese NBA player
- Hideyo Noguchi, medical researcher, bacteriologist
- Takayuki Noguchi, humanitarianist
- Eiji Oe, conductor
- Issei Ogata, actor
- Masao Ogura, former chief executive of Yamato Transport
- Akihiko Okamura, photographer
- Shinji Ono, footballer
- Rainstick Orchestra, band
- Yasujiro Ozu, film director
- Puffy, pop duo
- Sen no Rikyu, tea practitioner
- Ruson Sukezaemon, trader of the Sengoku period
- Anna Saeki, Tango singer
- Ryoma Sakamoto, samurai of the Tosa domain
- Hatsue Sato, chief
- Takuma Sato, F1-driver
- Kazuyo Sejima, architect
- Toko Shinoda, painter
- Kenzo Suzuki, wrestler
- Muneo Suzuki, member of the Diet (parliament)
- Yu Suzuki, game creator
- Shinichi Suzuki, violin educator
- Kenzo Takada, fashion designer
- Kazuki Takahashi, mangaka
- Tomoko Takahashi, artist
- Hisao Takashi, repairer of wall painting
- Nobukazu Takemura, DJ, composer, mucisian
- Yoshio Taniguchi, architect
- Akira Toriyama, mangaka
- Ayako Uehara, pianist
- Yoshiho Umeda,
- Tetsuya Wakuda, owner chief of restaurant Tetsuyazu
- Sadao Watanabe, jazz musician
- Junichi Watanabe, author
- Hiro Yamagata, painter
- Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
- Iwao Yamawaki, architect
- Munayoshi Yanagi
- Munetaka Yokota, pipe organ builder
- Tateru Yoshino, French chef
- Uesugi Yozan, feudal lord of Yonezawa domain
2007[]
- Takeo Okamoto, sculptor
- Toshiko Akiyoshi, jazz pianist
- Nobuo Uematsu, game music composer
- SINCO, creator of FleeceDog
- Kouichi Honda, Arabian calligrapher
- Aoki Sadaharu, pâtissier
- Shigeaki Aso, glove designer
- Shark, a protagonist of the 2004 film Bondi Tsunami
- Domo, NHK character
- Akio Kanei, president of Fujimegane
- Marie Okabe, second spokeswoman for United Nations Secretary-General
- Yosuke Daichi, air guitarist
- Shunpei Kobe, veterinarian
- Yuki Okayama, soprano singer
- Tetsuya Yamashita, garson
- Mayuko Fujiki, couch for the Spanish national synchronize swimming team
- Kuheiji Kuno, a manufacturer of a local sake
- Gamarjobat, pantomime group
- Tsunemi Kubodera, marine zoologist
- Aya Uekawa, artist
- Yuki Atae, doll creator
- Fumiyuki Beppu, road racer
- Delta Blues, Pop Rock, racehorse
- DJ Scotch Egg, techno artists
- Shuichi Endo, cameraman
- Dai Fujikura, composer
- Shunsuke Fujisawa, NPO Tanzania Polepole Club
- Keiko Fukuda, judoka
- Takumi Gima, winner of the teen division of the world championship for whistling
- Takahiro Hamaguchi, watchmaker
- Magoichi Hasebe, builder of optical equipments
- Masaaki Hatsumi, martial artist
- Yukichi Hattori, ballet dancer
- Taizo Hirabayashi, rugby referee
- Joji Hirota, musician
- Miyuki Kobayashi, biathlete, and Takuji, Kobayashi, coach and guide
- Isezaki Kenji, professor at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
- Masayo Ishigure, koto and shamisen performer
- Toyoo Ito, architect
- Yuko Sumida Jackson, dancer
- Akira Jinbo, drummer
- Kage, illustrator of satirical portraits
- Megumi Kanda, trombone performer
- Hisatoyo Kato, who contributed to the development of digitalization of medical X-ray image processing
- Kenji Kato, executive concierge for Capitol Tokyu Hotel