Billionaires Born in Japan

Billionaires and Business LeadersBy net worth · Top 100

1. 1Tadashi YanaiJapanese businessman$22.2B
2. 2Masayoshi SonTosu · Japanese businessman$21.6B
3. 3Takemitsu TakizakiAshiya · Japanese businessman$16.3B
4. 4Hiro MatsushitaNishinomiya · Japanese businessman and former racing driver$2.7B
5. 5Yusaku MaezawaKamagaya · Japanese billionaire and entrepreneur$2B
6. 6Taizō SonTech founderTosu · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
7. 7Tatsuki TomitaTech founderKagoshima PrefectureUndisclosed
8. 8Naoki HisayaTech founderOsaka Prefecture · Japanese screenwriterUndisclosed
9. 9Shinji OritoTech founderHyōgo Prefecture · Japanese composerUndisclosed
10. 10Takanori NakamuraPublic company founderYamaguchi Prefecture · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
11. 11Kinoko NasuTech founderKumamoto · Japanese writer, video game designerUndisclosed
12. 12Ryō ŌishiPublic company founderNiigata · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
13. 13Shozaburo ShimanoPublic company founderSakai · Japanese inventorUndisclosed
14. 14Yasuyoshi TokumaTech founderYokosuka · Japanese film producerUndisclosed
15. 15Hiroko YodaTech founderTokyo · Japanese writer and businesspersonUndisclosed
16. 16Tatsuya MinamiTech founderOsaka Prefecture · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
17. 17Hajime KurotsuchiPublic company founderNakatsu · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
18. 18Kagemasa KozukiTech founderKyoto Prefecture · Japanese industrialistUndisclosed
19. 19Tokutarō InouePublic company founderSanda · Japanese politician (1859-1948)Undisclosed
20. 20Masao HoribaPublic company founderShimogyō-ku · Japanese businessman (1924-2015)Undisclosed
21. 21Isao OkawaPublic company founderOsaka · (1926-2001) Japanese businessman, founder of CSK CorporationUndisclosed
22. 22Kōichi ŌkawaPublic company founderSaitama · Japanese businessperson (1970-)Undisclosed
23. 23Syouji OugaPublic company founderTamano · Japanese businessman who founded a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange PrimeUndisclosed
24. 24Yohkichi OhsatoPublic company founderAomori · Japanese talent agency executiveUndisclosed
25. 25Takao YasudaPublic company founderŌgaki-shi · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
26. 26Kentarō OgawaPublic company founderIshikawa Prefecture · Japanese business manager (1948-2026)Undisclosed
27. 27Kobayashi TomijirōPublic company founderSaitama PrefectureUndisclosed
28. 28Manabu YamanaTech founderShinagawaUndisclosed
29. 29Takuya OkadaPublic company founderYokkaichi · Japanese businessman (1925-)Undisclosed
30. 30Nobutoshi ShimamuraPublic company founderOgawa · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
31. 31Genzō Shimazu IPublic company founderKyoto Prefecture · Japanese inventor and engineer (1839-1894)Undisclosed
32. 32Tsutomu ShidaPublic company founderIzunokuni · Japanese businessman (1934-2025)Undisclosed
33. 33Takaaki KidaniTech founderKanazawa · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
34. 34Taichi MurakamiPublic company founderTokyo · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
35. 35Yoshihito KakiharaTech founderFukuoka Prefecture · Japanese businessman (1938-2006)Undisclosed
36. 36Hiroshi MorishitaPublic company founderTomo · Japanese entrepreneurUndisclosed
37. 37Kazuo EnomotoTech founderSaitama Prefecture · Japanese designerUndisclosed
38. 38Masaya HashimotoTech founderEhime Prefecture · Japanese video game directorUndisclosed
39. 39Yasuhiko ShōgakiPublic company founderHyōgo Prefecture · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
40. 40Shigenobu NagamoriPublic company founderMukō-shi · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
41. 41Kazunori UkigawaPublic company founderNiihama · Japanese programmerUndisclosed
42. 42Nobutsugu ShimizuPublic company founderTsu · Japanese businessperson (1926-2022)Undisclosed
43. 43Shun'ya TōjiPublic company founderHyōgo Prefecture · Japanese businessperson (1893-1961)Undisclosed
44. 44Sōma AizōPublic company founderHotaka · Japanese businessman, philanthropist (1870-1954)Undisclosed
45. 45Sōma KokkōPublic company founderSendai · Japanese businesswoman, philanthropistUndisclosed
46. 46Hiroyoshi IshibashiPublic company founderChiba PrefectureUndisclosed
47. 47Momosuke FukuzawaPublic company founderSaitama Prefecture · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
48. 48Seiemon InabaPublic company founderChikusei · Japanese entrepreneur (1925-2020)Undisclosed
49. 49Tachikawa YūjirōPublic company founderŌgaki-shi · Japanese businessman (1862–1925)Undisclosed
50. 50Yoshiko ShinoharaPublic company founderKanagawa Prefecture · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
51. 51Minoru YoneyamaPublic company founderNagaoka · Japanese businessman (1924–2019)Undisclosed
52. 52Hiroaki SugaPublic company founderKita-ku · Japanese biochemist, university teacher, and businessman (born 1963)Undisclosed
53. 53Fujita DenzaburōPublic company founderHagiUndisclosed
54. 54Susumu FujitaPublic company founderSabae · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
55. 55Masaji TaniguchiPublic company founderSaitama Prefecture · Japanese businessperson (1913-2009)Undisclosed
56. 56Kenzō TsujimotoTech founderKashihara · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
57. 57Takami KondoPublic company founderOsaka Prefecture · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
58. 58Tōjūrō IijimaPublic company founderMitaka · Japanese businessperson (1910-1989)Undisclosed
59. 59Riku TazumiPublic company founderKobe · Japanese entrepreneur, founder of ANYCOLOR Inc.Undisclosed
60. 60Noboru IshiguroTech founderTokyo Prefecture · Japanese anime director (1938–2012)Undisclosed
61. 61Junichi MasudaTech founderYokohama · Japanese video game developerUndisclosed
62. 62Minamoto TakahitoTech founderKyoto · Japanese entrepreneur, investor and businessmanUndisclosed
63. 63Hitoshi SakimotoTech founderTokyo · Japanese composerUndisclosed
64. 64Naoshi NishimuraPublic company founderTokyo · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
65. 65Kazuo OkadaTech founderOsaka · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
66. 66Takeo FujisawaPublic company founderYūki-shi · Japanese businessman (1910-1988)Undisclosed
67. 67Takeda Chōbei IPublic company founderHirose district · Japanese businessman, founder of Takeda PharmaceuticalsUndisclosed
68. 68Sakichi ToyodaPublic company founderFuchi district · Japanese inventor and industrialist (1867–1930)Undisclosed
69. 69Kazuhiko NishiTech founderKobe · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
70. 70Yoshiki OkamotoTech founderEhime Prefecture · Japanese video game designer (born 1961)Undisclosed
71. 71Kensuke TanakaTech founderTokyo · Japanese lyricistUndisclosed
72. 72Gisaburō ShionoPublic company founderOsaka PrefectureUndisclosed
73. 73Isao TakahataTech founderIse · Japanese filmmaker (1935–2018)Undisclosed
74. 74Masashi MiyamotoTech founderJapanese businessmanUndisclosed
75. 75Minoru ArakawaTech founderKyoto · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
76. 76Tokuro FujiwaraTech founderJapanese video game designerUndisclosed
77. 77Masahiro SakuraiTech founderHino · Japanese video game designer (born 1970)Undisclosed
78. 78Tadao KashioPublic company founderNankoku · founder of Casio (1917–1993)Undisclosed
79. 79Akihiro HinoTech founderŌmuta-shi · President and CEO of Japanese video game developer Level-5Undisclosed
80. 80Akira ToriyamaTech founderKiyosu · Japanese manga artist and character designer (1955-2024)Undisclosed
81. 81Masahiro MikiPublic company founderIse · Japanese businessmanUndisclosed
82. 82Hajime TabataTech founderIwata · Japanese video game directorUndisclosed
83. 83Sachiko KunōPublic company founderKudamatsu · Japanese businesspersonUndisclosed
84. 84Eiji TsuburayaTech founderSukagawa · Japanese film director (1901-1970)Undisclosed
85. 85Tomonobu ItagakiTech founderTokyo · Japanese video game designer (1967–2025)Undisclosed
86. 86Fumito UedaTech founderTatsuno · Japanese video game designerUndisclosed
87. 87Kōnosuke MatsushitaTech founderWakayama · founder of Panasonic (1894-1989)Undisclosed
88. 88Toshihiro NagoshiTech founderShimonoseki · Japanese video game designerUndisclosed
89. 89Hiroki KikutaTech founderAichi Prefecture · Japanese composerUndisclosed
90. 90Tetsuya TakahashiTech founderShizuoka Prefecture · Japanese writer, video game designerUndisclosed
91. 91Masaya MatsuuraTech founderOsaka · Japanese video game designer and musician. (born 1961)Undisclosed
92. 92Yu SuzukiTech founderKamaishi · Japanese video game designerUndisclosed
93. 93Shigesato ItoiPublic company founderMaebashi · Japanese copywriterUndisclosed
94. 94Satoshi TajiriTech founderSetagaya · Japanese video game designerUndisclosed
95. 95Koichi NakamuraTech founderKagawa Prefecture · Japanese video game designerUndisclosed
96. 96Eikichi KawasakiTech founderIbaraki Prefecture · Businessman, former professional boxer of JapanUndisclosed
97. 97Takao HayashiPublic company founderMinamiuonuma · Japanese mathematics educatorUndisclosed
98. 98Akio MoritaTech founderNagoya · Japanese businessman (1921-1999)Undisclosed
99. 99Keita TakahashiTech founderMoji-ku · Japanese video game designer (born 1975)Undisclosed
100. 100Hironobu SakaguchiTech founderHitachi · Japanese video game designer (born 1962)Undisclosed