Yoshinori Ohsumi (1974) - Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
Shinzo Abe (1977) - Former Prime Minister of Japan, known for his economic policies known as 'Abenomics'.
Hayao Miyazaki (1963) - Renowned animator, filmmaker, and manga artist, co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
Yoichiro Nambu (1952) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.
Takeshi Kitano (1974) - Acclaimed filmmaker, actor, and comedian, known for his work in Japanese cinema.
Yasunari Kawabata (1924) - Nobel Laureate in Literature, the first Japanese to receive this honor.
Masatoshi Koshiba (1955) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, particularly in the detection of cosmic neutrinos.
Toshihide Maskawa (1967) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature.
Hideki Shirakawa (1966) - Nobel Laureate in Chemistry for the discovery and development of conductive polymers.
Isamu Akasaki (1964) - Nobel Laureate in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes.
