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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

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