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🇯🇵 Famous Japanese
The 100 most famous people born in Japan.
98 historical figures, born between 1543 and 2006, across 2 countries.
Birth years 1543 to 2006 · 2 countries · 1 continent · Main fields: Sports (41), Entertainment (20), Politics (15), Arts & Music (11), Literature (7), Military (2)
How to play
A historical figure from Famous Japanese is shown
Drop a pin on the world map where you think they were born
Score by how close you are, over five rounds
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Who you might get
48 of 98 figures in this map. Birthplaces are hidden — that's what the game asks you to guess.
Hayao Miyazaki b. 1941
Yoko Ono b. 1933
Haruki Murakami b. 1949
Tokugawa Ieyasu b. 1543
Naomi Osaka b. 1997
Akira Toriyama b. 1955
Fumio Kishida b. 1957
Shigeru Ishiba b. 1957
Shigeru Miyamoto b. 1952
Kazuo Ishiguro b. 1954
Isoroku Yamamoto b. 1884
Hikaru Nakamura b. 1987
Joan Fontaine b. 1917
Ichiro Suzuki b. 1973
Yuzuru Hanyū b. 1994
Yuki Tsunoda b. 2000
Kazuyoshi Miura b. 1967
Shohei Ohtani b. 1994
Osamu Dazai b. 1909
Ken Watanabe b. 1959
Yoshihide Suga b. 1948
Osamu Tezuka b. 1928
Kaori Sakamoto b. 2000
Hiroyuki Sanada b. 1960
Mitski b. 1990
Hiroo Onoda b. 1922
Takehiro Tomiyasu b. 1998
Asuka b. 1981
Keisuke Honda b. 1986
Takeshi Kitano b. 1947
IYO SKY b. 1990
Takumi Minamino b. 1995
Victoria Principal b. 1950
Junichiro Koizumi b. 1942
Satoshi Kon b. 1963
Liv Ullmann b. 1938
Tarō Asō b. 1940
Satoru Iwata b. 1959
Naoya Inoue b. 1993
Robert Griffin III b. 1990
Ayumi Hamasaki b. 1978
Kairi Sane b. 1988
Makoto Shinkai b. 1973
Antonio Inoki b. 1943
Shinji Kagawa b. 1989
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa b. 1892
Rui Hachimura b. 1998
Riku Miura b. 2001
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