Kobe University alumni

Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since October 2025. She is the first woman to hold either of these positions in Japanese history. A member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 and since 2005, she also held ministerial posts during the premierships of Shinzo Abe and Fumio Kishida.

Japanese doctor and medical scientist (born 1962)

Japanese association football player

Japanese association football player

Japanese association football player

Japanese association football player (1912–2007)

Japanese association football player

Japanese association football player

Japanese association football player (1922–1994)

Japanese association football player (1922–1990)

75th Prime Minister of Japan (1922-1998)

Japanese association football player

Japanese association football player

Japanese association football player

Japanese tennis player (1909-1945)

Japanese composer and pianist

Japanese actor

Japanese economist

Japanese politician

Japanese politician

20th century Japanese Businessman, founder of Idemitsu Kosan.

Japanese sculptor (1925–2008)

Japanese composer

Japanese politician

Japanese businessman (1926–2007)

Japanese entrepreneur

Japanese critic and politician

Japanese physicist (1943-)

Japanese politician

Japanese singer-songwriter

Japanese historian (1934–2016)

Japanese sculptor (born 1947)

(1949-2018)

Taiwanese politician