Wikipedia:List of people on the postage stamps of Japan

This article lists people who have been featured on Japanese postage stamps.

Ryukyu Islands

A

 * Akihito (1959) Emperor of Japan
 * Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1999) Writer
 * Ando Hiroshige (1997) Painter
 * Arashi Kanjūrō (2000) Actor
 * Arisukawanomiya Taruhito (1896) Royal Family
 * Atsumi Kiyoshi (2000, 2006) Actor

B

 * Bandō Tsumasaburō (1999) Actor
 * Beethoven, Ludwig van (2005) German composer
 * Buchanan, James (1960) American President

C

 * Chishū Ryū (2006) Actor
 * Clark, William S. (2001 L) Professor
 * Chiossone, Edoardo (1994) Engraving specialist

D

 * Daidouzan (1979) Sumo Wrestler
 * Doi Takao (2000) Astronaut

E

 * Enomoto Kenichi (2000) Actor

F

 * Fujiwara Yoshie (1998) Opera Singer
 * Fujiwara no Kamatari (1939, 1945) Founder of the Fujiwara clan
 * Fujiwara no Teika (2005) Waka poet
 * Fukada Hisaya (2003 L)
 * Fukuzawa Yukichi (1950, 1958) Teacher, translator, entrepreneur and political theorist
 * Furuhashi Hironoshin (2000) Swimmer
 * Futabayama Sadaji (2000) Sumo Wrestler

G

 * Gotokudaiji no Sadaijin (2006)

H

 * Hamada Mitsuo (2006) Actor
 * Hanawa Hokinoichi (1996) Japanologist
 * Hanaoka Seishū (2000, 2004) Physician
 * Hara Setsuko (2006) Actress
 * Hayami Gyoshu (1994) Painter
 * Hayashi Fumiko (2000) Novelist
 * Higuchi Ichiyō (1951, 1981) Author
 * Hiraga Gennai (2004) Inventor
 * Hirata Mitsuru (2006) Actor
 * Hishida Shunsō (1951) Painter
 * Hitomi Kinue (2000) Athlete
 * Hornfischer, Kurt (1952) German heavyweight wrestler
 * Hozumi Nobushige (1999) Statesman, legal expert

I

 * Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (1950) Kabuki actor
 * Ichikawa Danjūrō XI (1991) Kabuki actor
 * Ichikawa Ebizo (1956, 2000) Kabuki actor
 * Ichikawa Komazo III (1988) Kabuki actor
 * Ichikawa Raizo (2006) Actor
 * Ino Tadataka (1995) Surveyor, cartographer
 * Iseno Taifu (2006)
 * Ishihara Yujiro (1997) Actor, singer
 * Ishikawa Goemon (1992) Ninja warrior
 * Iwai Hanshiro (1984)
 * Iwai Kumejiro (1988)
 * Iwamigata (1979)
 * Iwasaki Yataro (1986) Founder of Mitsubishi Company Group
 * Izumo no Okuni (1989, 2003) Founder of Kabuki

J

 * Jingū (1908) Empress
 * Jinmaku (1978)
 * Jitukawa Nobuwaka II (1992)

K

 * Kamiya Jihee (1991)
 * Kanaguri Shizo (1999) Marathon runner
 * Kaneko Misuzu (2003 L) Poet
 * Kanō Hōgai (1951) Painter
 * Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (1992)
 * Katsushika Hokusai (1999) Painter
 * Katsura Beicho III (1999) Rakugo Teller
 * Katsura Bunraku VIII (1999) Rakugo Teller
 * Kawabata Yasunari (1999, 2000) Writer
 * Kawakami Otojiro (1999) Actor
 * Kawakami Sadayakko (1999) Actress, Business woman
 * Kazama Morio (2006) Actor
 * Keller, Helen (2000) Deafblind American author
 * Kimura Sakae (1952) Astronomer
 * Ki no Tsurayuki (1993) Author
 * Kishi Keiko (2000, 2006) Actress
 * Kitano Takeshi (2006) Film director, comedian
 * Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa (1896) Prince
 * Kitasato Shibasaburō (2003) Physician and bacteriologist
 * Kobayashi Akira (2006) Actor, singer
 * Kobayashi Takiji (2000) Author
 * Kōda Rohan (1997) Author
 * Koga Masao (2004) Composer
 * Kokontei Shincho V (1999) Rakugo Teller
 * Komura Jutaro (1999 L) Statesman, diplomat
 * Kondo Makoto (1986) Educator
 * Koizumi Yakumo (2004) Author
 * Kumagai Naozane (1992) Bushi
 * Kume Danjo (1991)
 * Kunisada Chuji (1999)
 * Kuroki Hitomi (2006) Actress
 * Kurosawa Akira (2000) Film Director
 * Kyō Machiko (2006) Actress

M

 * Maejima Hisoka (1927, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1968, 1985, 1994) Statesman, politician, businessman
 * Masako, Crown Princess of Japan (1993, 2000) Princess
 * Masaoka Shiki (1951, 2001 L, 2002) Author, poet
 * Yūsaku Matsuda (2006) Actor
 * Matsui Sumako (1999) Actress
 * Matsumoto Koshiro VII (1991) Kabuki actor
 * Matsuo Bashō (1987, 1989, 2002 L) Poet
 * Matsuzaka Keiko (2006) Actress
 * Empress Michiko of Japan (1959) Empress
 * Mifune Toshirō (2000, 2006) Actor
 * Minamoto no Yoritomo (1968, 1982) First Shōgun of Kamakura Shogunate
 * Mishima Yahiko (1999) Athlete
 * Misora Hibari (1997, 2000) Singer
 * Miyagi Michio (1994) Composer, musician
 * Miyazawa Kenji (1996) Author, poet
 * Miyazawa Rie (2006) Actress
 * Mori Masayuki (2006) Actor
 * Mori Ōgai (1951, 1990) Physician, translator, novelist, poet
 * Motoori Norinaga (2001) Scholar of Kokugaku

N

 * Nagaoka Hantaro (2000, 2003) Physicist
 * Nagashima Shigeo (2000) Baseball player
 * Nakamura Baigyoku III (1991) Kabuki actor
 * Nakamura Ganjiro II (1991) Kabuki actor
 * Nakamura Hakuo I (1992) Kabuki actor
 * Nakamura Kichiemon I (1992) Kabuki actor
 * Nakamura Teijo (2000) Poet
 * Nakamura Utaemon VI (1991) Kabuki actor
 * Nakamura Kanzaburo XVII (1992) Kabuki actor
 * Nakatsuhime (1988)
 * Nakaya Ukichiro (2000) Physicist
 * Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (1993, 2000) Prince
 * Naruse Jinzo (2000) Educator
 * Natsume Masako (2006) Actress
 * Natsume Sōseki (1950, 1999) Novelist
 * Niijima Jo (1950) Educator
 * Nishi Amane (1952) Philosopher
 * Nishida Kitaro (1995) Philosopher
 * Nishina Yoshio (1990) Physicist
 * Nitobe Inazo (1952) Agricultural Economist, Author, Educator, Diplomat, Politician
 * Nogi Maresuke (1937, 1938, 1942, 1944, 1945) General
 * Noguchi Hideyo (1949, 1999) Doctor, bacteriologist
 * Noguchi, Isamu (2004) Japanese - American artist, landscape architect
 * Nukata no Ookimi (1981)

O

 * Oda Mikio (2000) Athlete
 * Oe Kenzaburo (2000) Author
 * Ogiya Yugiri (1991)
 * Oh Sadaharu (2000) Baseball player
 * Okakura Tenshin (1952) Scholar
 * Okochi Denjiro (2006) Actor
 * Onoe Baiko VII (1992) Kabuki actor
 * Onoe Bairyoku II (1992) Kabuki actor
 * Onoe Kikugoro VI (1991) Kabuki actor
 * Ono no Komachi (2005) Poet
 * Ono no Michikaze (2000 L) Calligrapher
 * Oshi kochi no Mitsune (2006)
 * Otani Oniji (1984) Kabuki actor
 * Ōtsuki Fumihiko (2000) Lexicographer, Linguist, Historian
 * Ozaki Yukio (1960) Politician
 * Ozawa Seiji (2000) Conductor
 * Ozu Yasujiro (2003 L) Film director

P

 * Palusalu, Kristjan (1952) Estonian heavyweight wrestler

R

 * Raiden Tameemon (1978) Sumo Wrestler
 * Rikidōzan (2000) Wrestler
 * Russell, George (1949) Boy Scout

S

 * Saito Mokichi (2003) Poet
 * Saito Musashibo Benkei (1991) Warrior
 * Sakai Yoshinori (1996) Athlete, who lit the Olympic Flame, 1964. Former Fuji Television Director
 * Sakamoto Ryōma (2000) Leader of the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu
 * Sanada Hiroyuki (2006) Actor
 * Sano Tsunetami (1939) Statesman, Founder of the Japanese Red Cross Society
 * Sanyutei Ensho VI (1999) Rakugo Teller
 * Sata Keiji (2000) Actor
 * Sato Ichiei (1999 L) Poet
 * Sawamura Eiji (2000) Baseball player
 * Seki Takakazu (1992) Mathematician
 * Shiba Ryotaro (2000) Novelist
 * Shigemitsu Mamoru (2000) Minister of Foreign Affairs
 * Shimamura Hogetsu (1999) Writer
 * Shimazaki Toson (1993) Author
 * Shinmi Masaoki (1960) Ambassador
 * Shirase Nobu (1960, 1999) Explorer
 * Sho Deikun (1993)
 * Shoriki Matsutaro (1984) Owner of Yomiuri Media Group, Minister of Science Technology
 * Shotoku Taishi (2000) Prince
 * Siebold, Philipp Franz von (1996) German physician
 * Soga Goro (1992)
 * Soga Juro (1992)
 * Sugihara Chiune (2000) Diplomat
 * Soma Gyofu (1995 L) Poet
 * Suo no Naishi (2006)
 * Suzuki Umetaro (1993) Scientist

T

 * Takamine Hideko (2006) Actress
 * Takamura Kotaro (2000) Poet and sculptor
 * Takehisa Yumeji (1999) Painter
 * Takekuma (1979) Sumo Wrestler
 * Takemoto Gidayu (2001) Gidayu bushi Singer
 * Takizawa Bakin (1998) Author
 * Tanaka Kinuyo (2000) Actress
 * Tanakadate Aikitsu (2002) Geophysicist
 * Terada Torahiko (1952) physicist, author
 * Tezuka Osamu (1997) Manga artist, animator
 * Tōgō Heihachirō (1937, 1938, 1942, 1944, 1945) Fleet Admiral
 * Tomii Masaaki (1999) Jurist
 * Tomohiko Takeuchi (1984) Poet
 * Tsuboi Sakae (2000) Novelist, Poet
 * Tsuda Umeko (2000) Educator
 * Tsuruta Kōji (2006) Actor
 * Tsuruta Yoshiyuki (2000) Swimmer
 * Tsubouchi Shoyo (1950) Author, Critic, Playwright, Translator

U

 * Uchimura Kanzo (1951) Author, Christian Evangelist
 * Uehara Ken (2000) Actor
 * Uemura Shoen (1999) Painter
 * Ume Kenjirō (1952, 1999) Legal scholar
 * Yoshijirō Umezu (2000) Chief commander of the Japanese army

W

 * Watanabe Kazan (1993) Painter

Y

 * Yakushimaru Hiroko (2006) Actress, singer
 * Kōji Yakusho (2006) Actor
 * Yamabe no Akahito (2006) Poet
 * Yamamoto Yuzo (2000) Novelist, playwright
 * Yanagiya Kosan V (1999) Rakugo Teller
 * Yorozuya Kinnosuke (2006) Actor
 * Yosano Akiko (1992, 1999) Author, poet, social reformer
 * Yoshida Shigeru (1996) Prime Minister
 * Yoshida Shoin (1959) Scholar
 * Yoshikawa Eiji (2000) Novelist
 * Yoshinaga Sayuri (2006) Actress
 * Yoshino Sakuzo (1999) Author, political thinker
 * Yoshioka Yayoi (2000) Physician, Women's rights activist
 * Yukawa Hideki (1985, 2000) Theoretical physicist