(see article Japanese in the United Kingdom).

The family name is given in italics.
Usually the family name comes first in regards to Japanese historical figures, but in modern times not
so for the likes of Kazuo Ishiguro and Katsuhiko Oku, both well known in the United Kingdom.

Yuki Amami - Actress - studied in England
Aoki Shuzo - Diplomat, signed the 1894 treaty in London
Genda Minoru - Naval attaché and planner of the Pearl Harbor strike; in 1940 he saw Spitfires and Bf 109s in combat over London during the Battle of Britain
Hayashi Tadasu - A student in London from 1866 - 1868
Yuzuru Hiraga - IJN naval officer who was educated at London from 1905 - 1908, part of the design team for the famous Yamato battleship
Taka Hirose - Bassist of the band Feeder
Inagaki Manjirō - Cambridge University graduate and diplomat
Imekanu - Ainu Yukar poet who worked with John Batchelor
Kazuo Ishiguro - Famous Writer, see The Remains of the Day
Iwakura Tomomi - see Iwakura mission especially
Shinji Kagawa - played for English football club Manchester United
Kamisaka Sekka - Studied and spread Japonisme and Art Nouveau, studied in Glasgow from 1901 - 1910
Kikuchi Dairoku - Cambridge University graduate and politician
Kunisawa Shinkurō - Yōga painter who studied in England in the Meiji era
Yoshio Markino - Japanese Artist active in London in the first half of the 20th century
Mori Arinori - Studied at University College London in 1865 one of the Satsuma students
Naoko Mori - Actress - famous for playing Toshiko Sato in Torchwood and Doctor Who
Yoshinori Muto - Footballer for Newcastle United
Shunsuke Nakamura - played for Scottish football club Celtic
Natsume Sōseki - Author of I Am a Cat
Shinji Okazaki - footballer for Leicester City
Katsuhiko Oku - Oxford University rugby player, diplomat in Japanese embassy in London who died in Iraq, 2003.
Posthumously promoted to ambassador.
See also the Oku-Inoue fund for the children of Iraq.

Kishichiro Okura - 20th century Entrepreneur
Hisashi Owada - Cambridge University graduate, father of Princess Masako
Rina Sawayama - 21st century Musician
Suematsu Kenchō - Cambridge University graduate and statesman
Ginnosuke Tanaka - Cambridge University graduate, introduced rugby to Japan
Tōgō Heihachirō - Spent time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest naval heroes, the "Nelson of the East"
Maya Yoshida - footballer currently playing for Premier League club Southampton
Yamao Yōzō - Member of the Choshu Five, see also Japanese students in the United Kingdom
(see article Japanese in the United Kingdom).
The family name is given in italics. Usually the family name comes first in regards to Japanese historical figures, but in modern times not
so for the likes of Kazuo Ishiguro and Katsuhiko Oku, both well known in the United Kingdom.
Yuki Amami - Actress - studied in England
Aoki Shuzo - Diplomat, signed the 1894 treaty in London
Genda Minoru - Naval attaché and planner of the Pearl Harbor strike; in 1940 he saw Spitfires and Bf 109s in combat over London during the Battle of Britain
Hayashi Tadasu - A student in London from 1866 - 1868
Yuzuru Hiraga - IJN naval officer who was educated at London from 1905 - 1908, part of the design team for the famous Yamato battleship
Taka Hirose - Bassist of the band Feeder
Inagaki Manjirō - Cambridge University graduate and diplomat
Imekanu - Ainu Yukar poet who worked with John Batchelor
Kazuo Ishiguro - Famous Writer, see The Remains of the Day
Iwakura Tomomi - see Iwakura mission especially
Shinji Kagawa - played for English football club Manchester United
Kamisaka Sekka - Studied and spread Japonisme and Art Nouveau, studied in Glasgow from 1901 - 1910
Kikuchi Dairoku - Cambridge University graduate and politician
Kunisawa Shinkurō - Yōga painter who studied in England in the Meiji era
Yoshio Markino - Japanese Artist active in London in the first half of the 20th century
Mori Arinori - Studied at University College London in 1865 one of the Satsuma students
Naoko Mori - Actress - famous for playing Toshiko Sato in Torchwood and Doctor Who
Yoshinori Muto - Footballer for Newcastle United
Shunsuke Nakamura - played for Scottish football club Celtic
Natsume Sōseki - Author of I Am a Cat
Shinji Okazaki - footballer for Leicester City
Katsuhiko Oku - Oxford University rugby player, diplomat in Japanese embassy in London who died in Iraq, 2003. Posthumously promoted to ambassador. See also the Oku-Inoue fund for the children of Iraq.
Kishichiro Okura - 20th century Entrepreneur
Hisashi Owada - Cambridge University graduate, father of Princess Masako
Rina Sawayama - 21st century Musician
Suematsu Kenchō - Cambridge University graduate and statesman
Ginnosuke Tanaka - Cambridge University graduate, introduced rugby to Japan
Tōgō Heihachirō - Spent time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest naval heroes, the "Nelson of the East"
Maya Yoshida - footballer currently playing for Premier League club Southampton
Yamao Yōzō - Member of the Choshu Five, see also Japanese students in the United Kingdom
Japan–United Kingdom relations