People from Hyōgo Prefecture

Japanese fashion designer (1939-2020)

American-Japanese actress, singer and model

Japanese folklorist (1875–1962)

Japanese director of anime series and original video animations (1972-2019)

Japanese Buddhist priest

Japanese daimyo (1546 – 1604)

Japanese mountain climber

Japanese philosopher

Japanese comedian, professional wrestler and tarento

Japanese Zen buddhist monk

Japanese animator

thumb|Shuten-dōji's severed head attacks the warrior Raikō. Shuten-dōji (, also sometimes called , or ) is a mythical oni or demon leader of Japan, who according to legend was killed by the hero Minamoto no Raikō. Although decapitated, the demon's detached head still took a bite at the hero, who avoided death by wearing multiple helmets stacked on his head.

Japanese physicist (1954-)

Japanese civil servant

Japanese film director and screenwriter (1930-1985)

Japanese politician (1902-1985)

Japanese Zen buddhist teacher

Japanese journalist, former NHK announcer (born 1977)

Japanese composer (1938-2018)

Japanese anime director

Japanese artist

Japanese samurai

actress

Japanese art curator and professor (born 1957)

Japanese singer and actor

Japanese film director