List of personalities from Kyoto

This list enumerates people who were born in the Japanese city of Kyoto or who worked there for a long time.

A.

Akashi Kakuichi (? –1371), Buddhist monk
Kō Andō (1878–1963), violinist
Aoki Mokubei (1767–1833), potter and painter
Arisugawa Taruhito (1835–1895), General
Yasuhiko Asaka (1887-1981), General
Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1436-1490), Shogun
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), Shogun

B.

Motohiko Ban (1905-1998), ski jumper
Tetsurō Ban (* 1968), conductor

D.

Kimiko Date (* 1970), tennis player
Ken Domon (1909–1990), photographer
Hisao Dōmoto (1928-2013), painter

E.

Ejima Kiseki (1666 / 67–1735 / 36), writer

F.

Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1028), regent
Hiroshi Fushida (* 1946), racing car driver
Fushimi Sadanaru (1858–1923), Field Marshal

H

Chisaki Hama (* 1988), actress and singer
Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539-1610), painter
Masao Harada (1912-2000), track and field athlete
Hasegawa Toshiyuki (1891–1940), painter
Hata Teruo (1887–1945), painter
Hattori Nankaku (1683–1759), painter and poet
Chūshirō Hayashi (1920-2010), astrophysicist
Komao Hayashi (* 1936), doll maker
Hayashi Razan (1583-1657), Confucian philosopher
Tetsuji Hashiratani (born 1964), football player
Nao Hibino (* 1994), tennis player
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), general and politician
Naruhiko Higashikuni (1887–1990), politician
Noriko Higuchi (* 1985), track and field athlete
Ken Hirano (1907–1978), writer and literary critic
Kōichi Hashiratani (* 1961), football player and coach
Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558–1637), calligrapher and potter
Tasuku Honjo (* 1942), immunologist
Masao Horiba (1924-2015), inventor
Kōha Horii (1897–1990), painter
Hiroshi Hatano (* 1984), soccer player

I.

Bunmei Ibuki (* 1938), politician
Ikeda Kikunae (1864-1936), chemist
Ike no Taiga (1723–1776), painter
Keizō Imai (born 1950), football player
Imao Keinen (1845–1924), painter
Inagaki Chūsei (1897–1922), painter
Inagaki Toshijirō (1902–1963), painter
Hisao Inagaki (* 1929), Buddhologist and author
Irie Hakō (1887–1948), painter
Ishikawa Goemon (? –1594), robber
Itakura Seikō (1895–1964), painter
Jūzō Itami (1933–1997), actor and film director
Itō Hakudai (1896–1932), painter
Itō Jinsai (1627–1705), Confucian philosopher
Jōichi Itō (* 1966), entrepreneur and activist
Iwakura Tomomi (1825-1883), courtier and politician
Mineko Iwasaki (* 1949), geisha

J

Michio Jimbō (* 1951), mathematician

K

Daisaku Kadokawa (* 1950), politician
Tadaoto Kainoshō (1894–1978), painter
Kunishige Kamamoto (* 1944), soccer player and coach and politician
Kanō Einō (1631–1697), painter
Kanō Mitsunobu (1565–1608), painter
Kanō Motonobu (1476–1559), painter
Kanō Naonobu (1607–1650), painter
Kanō Sadanobu (1597–1623), painter
Kanō Sanraku (1559-1635), painter
Kanō Tan'yū (1602–1674), painter
Tetsu Katsuda (1896–1980), painter
Miyu Katō (* 1994), tennis player
George Kawaguchi (1927–2003), jazz musician
Hajime Kawakami (1879-1946), economist
Tatsumi Kimishima (* 1950), manager
Kimura Shikō (1895–1976), painter
Kinoshita Jun'an (1621-1699), Confucianist
Kitawaki Noboru (1901–1951), painter
Kei Koito (* 1950), organist and composer
Yoshiaki Komai (* 1992), soccer player
Masakazu Konishi (1933-2020), ethologist and neurophysiologist
Konoshima Ōkoku (1877–1938), painter
Kan'in Kotohito (1865–1945), Field Marshal General
Kumi Kōda (* 1982), pop singer
Kōno Bairei (1844–1895), painter
Konoe Atsumaro (1863–1904), politician
Konoe Nobutada (1565-1614), calligrapher and regent
Kusumi Morikage (1620–1690), painter
Minoru Mori (1934–2012), entrepreneur

M.

Hideki Maeda (* 1954), football player
Jun Maeda (1967-2006), motorcycle racer
Seiji Maehara (* 1962), politician
Maekawa Sempan (1888–1960), woodcut artist
Majima Rikō (1874–1962), chemist
Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795), painter
Yoshio Masui (* 1931), cell biologist
Hisako Matsubara (* 1935), writer
Yorikane Masumoto (* 1941), politician
Matsumura Goshun (1752-1811), painter
Matsumoto Ichiyō (1893–1952), painter
Teizō Matsumura (1929–2007), composer
Matsunaga Teitoku (1571–1654), scholar and poet
Daisuke Matsui (* 1981), football player
Yoshiyuki Matsuyama (* 1966), soccer player and coach
Paul Miki (1565–1597), missionary and martyr
Shōnosuke Mikumo (1902–1982), painter
Minagawa Kien (1735–1807), Confucianist and painter
Minezaki Kōtō (18th century), actor
misono (* 1984), singer and actress
Daisuke Miyagawa (* 1972), comedian, actor and presenter
Kazuo Miyagawa (1908–1999), cinematographer
Satoko Miyahara (* 1998), figure skater
Miyake Kōhaku (1893–1957), painter
Mochizuki Gyokusen (1692–1755), painter
Kenji Mori (* 1942), jazz musician and music producer
Junkichi Mukai (1901–1995), painter
Haruki Murakami (* 1949), writer
Akira Murata (1921-2006), entrepreneur

N

Hiroyuki Nagato (1934-2011), actor
Hiroko Nakajima (* 1948), calligrapher
Nakamura Daizaburō (1898–1947), painter
Ikkō Nakatsuka (* 1965), politician
Nakayama Yoshiko (1836–1907), lady-in-waiting
Hideo Nishiyama (1911–1989), painter
Suishō Nishiyama (1879–1958), painter
Nishimura Goun (1877–1938), painter
Nonomura Ninsei (17th century), potter

O

Tadao Oda (* 1940), mathematician
Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743), potter and painter
Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716), painter and lacquer artist
Kōta Ogino (born 1997), football player
Okada Tamechika (1823–1864), painter
Ryō Orime (* 1982), racing car driver
Nagisa Ōshima (1932–2013), film director and screenwriter
Ōta Kijirō (1883–1951), painter
Kōshō Ōtani (1911–2002), Buddhist monk
Ōtani Kōzui (1876–1948), Buddhist monk

P

Bonnie Pink (born 1973), singer

R.

Ryōkei Shōsen (1602–1670), Buddhist monk

S.

Keiji Sada (1926–1964), actor
Yutaka Sado (* 1961), conductor
Takao Saitō (1929-2014), cameraman
Shihō Sakakibara (1887–1971), painter
Sakuma Shōzan (1811–1864), politician and physicist
Sanjō Sanetomi (1837-1891), court nobleman
Katsuzō Satomi (1895–1981), painter
Mitsuo Sawamoto (* 1951), chemist
Tsuda Seifū (1880–1978), painter
Seishirō Shimatani (1938-2001), football player and coach
Osamu Shimomura (1928-2018), biochemist
Fukumi Shimura (* 1924), artisan
Masazō Sono (1886–1969), mathematician
Suda Kunitarō (1891–1961), painter
Sugawara no Takasue no Musume (1008-1057 / 1067), poet
Aya Sugimoto (* 1968), singer, model and actress
Salome Scheidegger (1987), Swiss pianist
Kiki Sukezane (* 1989), actress and martial artist

T

Masaharu Taguchi (1916–1982), swimmer
Tomoyuki Taira (* 1959), politician
Takako Takahashi (1932–2013), writer
Takeda Kanryūsai (? –1867), samurai
Yuji Takeoka (* 1946), artist and sculptor
Kento Takeuchi (* 1987), tennis player
Takeuchi Seihō (1864–1942), painter
Takahiro Tamura (1928-2006), actor
Hirokazu Tanaka (* 1957), video game composer
Tawaraya Sōtatsu (16th / 17th century), painter
Shinobu Terajima (* 1972), theater and film actress
Tomioka Tessai (1836–1924), painter and calligrapher
Shinsen Tokuoka (1896–1972), painter
Tomii Masaaki (1858–1935), legal scholar
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906–1979), physicist
Eiji Tsuburaya (1901–1970), special effects artist
Ayano Tsuji (* 1978), pop and folk singer
Tsuji Kakō (1871-1931), painter
Kazuhiro Tsuji (* 1969), makeup artist

U

Ai Ueda (* 1983), triathlete
Uemura Shōen (1875-1949), painter
Shōkō Uemura (1902-2001), painter
Ryūzaburō Umehara (1888–1986), painter
Utagawa Sadahide (1807–1878), woodcut artist

W.

Emi Wada (* 1937), costume designer
Kentarō Wada (born 1996), football player
Yoshi Wada (* 1943), musician
Shin'ichirō Watanabe (born 1965), anime director
Risa Wataya (* 1984), writer

Y

Hisanari Yamada (1907–1987), diplomat and politician
Itsuki Yamada (* 1990), football player
Seishi Yamaguchi (1901-1994), poet
Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818), painter
Hiroshi Yamauchi (1927–2013), entrepreneur
Yamawaki Tōyō (1706–1762), painter
Stomu Yamashta (* 1947), composer and musician
Masakazu Yamazaki (1934–2020), playwright, literary critic and philosopher
Yamazaki Susumu (1833–1868), spy
Yasui Sōtarō (1888–1955), painter
Yosano Tekkan (1873-1935), writer
Yoshida Kenkō (1283-1350), poet and Buddhist monk
Yoshida Mitsuyoshi (1598–1672), mathematician
Tatsuo Yoshida (1932-1977), Mangaka
Yoshiko Yuasa (1896–1990), Slavist and translator
Mikiko Yoshioka (* 1964), skeleton pilot