Most famous Japanese public figure?

George Takai who played Sulu on Star Trek.

Hirohito Japenese Emperor from ww2 and decades after.

YoYo Ma: Classical Musician

and many more.

Famous or infamous? Following were leaders during WW2; for a more detailed list go to

Emperor Hirohito

Kantarō Suzuki: Vice-Chairman of the Councilors of Court

Hideki Tōjō: Prime Minister, Home Affairs Minister, Education Minister, Trade Minister, War Minister, Head of Kodoha Party; also Commander-in-Chief of Japanese Imperial Forces in same period, also lead the Keishicho (Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); also was for some time head of the Munitions Ministry.

Kantarō Suzuki: Grand Chamberlain

Isoroku Yamamoto: Chief of General Staff of Combined Fleet

Other notable leaders:

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki – religious leader

Honda Kōtarō – scientist (steel)

Jūrō Oka – whale hunter and eater it would appear.

Extracted from Wikipedia

I have a very poor memory for Japanese names. I remember some because I pointedly made the effort to remember them or not. For example I recall the name Kyuu Sakamoto who have a crossover hit that we call "the sukiyaki song" But, some other Japanese singers whoes names I would like to remember, I cannot. For example. the singer - song writer who wrote Jidai. I know some other songs that she did and also that another reconding artist did the same song (Sakurada Junko)

I remember the names of some famous Japanese novelists. Like Soseki Natsume but I cannot remember the name of the author of the book that I am currently reading (Umebe no karuka)

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It is no longer that straightforward, pricey, due to the fact that most ceramics artists should not "noted" outside of ceramics and confined artistic circles. Leonardo da Vinci did not work in ceramics. However, among 16th-century artists, Bernard Palissy did, and he is lovely famous. A loved ones of ceramics artists were the della Robbia, who stay VERY famous. Way more recently, Judy Chicago has been closely related to ceramics work in the context of "The Dinner social gathering":

Oda Nobunaga (Oda is the last name)

He tried (and almost finished, but died shortly before it was done) to unify Japan.

akira toriama, creator of dragonball