🇯🇵 Most Influential Japanese People — Top 20 ① 🇯🇵 Emperor Meiji — Modernization of Japan ② 🇯🇵 Oda Nobunaga — Military leader who helped unify Japan ③ 🇯🇵 Tokugawa Ieyasu — Founder of the Tokugawa shogunate ④ 🇯🇵 Emperor Hirohito — Emperor during World War II and Japan’s postwar transition ⑤ 🇯🇵 Shinzo Abe — Influential former prime minister ⑥ 🇯🇵 Hayao Miyazaki — Legendary animation filmmaker ⑦ 🇯🇵 Akira Kurosawa — Internationally influential film director ⑧ 🇯🇵 Soichiro Honda — Founder of Honda Motor Company ⑨ 🇯🇵 Akio Morita — Co-founder of Sony ⑩ 🇯🇵 Masayoshi Son — Technology investor and SoftBank founder ⑪ 🇯🇵 Eiichiro Oda — Creator of One Piece ⑫ 🇯🇵 Osamu Tezuka — Pioneer of modern manga and anime ⑬ 🇯🇵 Shigeru Miyamoto — Legendary Nintendo game designer ⑭ 🇯🇵 Marie Kondo — Internationally recognized organizing expert and author ⑮ 🇯🇵 Yoko Ono — Artist and peace activist ⑯ 🇯🇵 Haruki Murakami — Internationally acclaimed novelist ⑰ 🇯🇵 Hideki Yukawa — Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist ⑱ 🇯🇵 Kenzaburō Ōe — Nobel Prize-winning novelist ⑲ 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka — Grand Slam tennis champion and global sports figure ⑳ 🇯🇵 Ryuichi Sakamoto — Influential composer and musician