Quotation authors – japanese

Akihito DEC 23, 1933 Statesman Akio Morita JAN 26, 1921 Businessman Akira Kurosawa MAR 23, 1910 Director Ayumi Hamasaki OCT 2, 1978 Musician Chiaki Kuriyama OCT 10, 1984 Actress Daisaku Ikeda JAN 2, 1928 Writer Dogen Zenji JAN 19, 1200 Philosopher Eisaku Sato MAR 27, 1901 Politician Emperor Hirohito APR 29, 1901 Royalty Haruki Murakami JAN 12, 1949 Writer Hayao Miyazaki JAN 5, 1941 Director Hideki Tojo DEC 30, 1884 Soldier Hideo Nomo AUG 31, 1968 Athlete Hidetoshi Nakata JAN 22, 1977 Athlete Ichiro Suzuki OCT 22, 1973 Athlete Ikkyu Sojun – Poet Ikue Mori – Musician Isoroku Yamamoto APR 4, 1884 Soldier Issey Miyake APR 22, 1935 Designer Joichi Ito JUN 19, 1966 Businessman Junichiro Koizumi JAN 8, 1942 Statesman Junichiro Tanizaki JUL 24, 1886 Author Kanya Kusano – Physicist Kazuo Ishiguro NOV 8, 1954 Author, Writer Kenichi Fukui OCT 4, 1918 Scientist Kenji Miyazawa AUG 27, 1896 Poet Kenzaburo Oe JAN 31, 1935 Writer Kenzo Tange SEP 4, 1913 Architect Kiichi Miyazawa OCT 8, 1919 Politician Kohei Uchimura JAN 3, 1989 Athlete Koichi Tanaka AUG 3, 1959 Scientist Konosuke Matsushita NOV 27, 1894 Businessman Lafcadio Hearn JUN 27, 1850 Author Mako DEC 10, 1933 Actor Masaharu Morimoto MAY 26, 1955 Chef Masaru Ibuka APR 11, 1908 Businessman Matsuo Basho – Poet Miyamoto Musashi – Soldier Morihei Ueshiba DEC 14, 1883 Athlete Murasaki Shikibu – Novelist Namie Amuro SEP 20, 1977 Musician Nobuo Uematsu MAR 21, 1959 Composer Pat Morita JUN 28, 1932 Actor Princess Masako DEC 9, 1964 Royalty Ryoko Tani – Athlete Ryunosuke Satoro – Poet Sadaharu Oh MAY 20, 1940 Athlete Sen Rikyu – Celebrity Sessue Hayakawa JUN 10, 1889 Actor Shigenori Maruyama – Scientist Shigeru Miyamoto NOV 16, 1952 Designer Shigeru Yoshida SEP 22, 1878 Politician Shintaro Ishihara SEP 30, 1932 Politician Shinya Yamanaka SEP 4, 1962 Scientist Shunryu Suzuki MAY 18, 1904 Leader Shusaku Endo MAR 27, 1923 Author Soichiro Honda NOV 17, 1906 Businessman Stan Sakai MAY 25, 1953 Cartoonist Tadao Ando SEP 13, 1941 Architect Taisen Deshimaru NOV 29, 1914 Philosopher Takeru Kobayashi MAR 15, 1978 Celebrity Takeshi Kitano JAN 18, 1947 Actor Tokugawa Ieyasu JAN 31, 1543 Leader Toru Takemitsu OCT 8, 1930 Composer Toshihiko Fukui SEP 7, 1935 Public Servant Utada Hikaru JAN 19, 1983 Musician Yasunari Kawabata JUN 14, 1899 Novelist, Writer Yoshida Kenko – Author Yoshihiko Noda MAY 20, 1957 Statesman Yoshio Taniguchi – Architect Yukihiro Matsumoto APR 14, 1965 Scientist Yukio Mishima JAN 14, 1925 Author, Playwright, Writer