Japanese By Naturalization
- Akebono Taro (b. Chad Rowan), sumo wrestler
- Debito Arudou (b. David Aldwinckle), English teacher, activist and author
- Chen Kenmin, TV chef
- Sergio Ariel Escudero, football player
- Ofer Feldman, scholar of Japanese political psychology
- Dido Havenaar, football player
- Mike Havenaar, football player
- Hoshitango Imachi, sumo wrestler
- Koizumi Yakumo (b. Lafcadio Hearn), Meiji-era author
- Konishiki Yasokichi (b. Saleva'a Fuauli Atisano'e), sumo wrestler
- Wagner Lopes (b. Wagner Augusto Lopes), football player
- Miura Anjin (b. William Adams), Edo-era mariner
- Erikson Noguchipinto, football player
- Bobby Ologun, TV talent
- Ruy Ramos (b. Ruy Gonçalves Ramos Sobrinho), soccer player
- Rikidōzan (b. Kim Sin-Nak), wrestler
- J. R. Sakuragi (b. Milton "J.R." Henderson), basketball player
- Ademir Santos, football player
- Alessandro Santos (b. Alessandro dos Santos), football player
- Roan Suda, linguist, literary translator
- Marcos Sugiyama, volleyball player
- Takamiyama Daigoro, (b. Jesse James Wailani Kuhaulua), sumo wrestler
- Marutei Tsurunen (b. Martti Turunen), politician
- Batara Eto, co-founder of mixi
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