The film has many references to the anime industry with characters being named after animators such as Yasuo Ōtsuka and Ichirō Itano, designer Yutaka Izubuchi, writer Kazunori Itō, and composer Kenji Kawai.

* Springs, a Japanese band, formed by Aya Hirano, Yuuki Yoshida, Ayaka Itō

* Risa Itō ( 理佐 ), a Japanese manga artist

Important artists included Itō Shinsui and Kawase Hasui, who were named Living National Treasures by the Japanese government.

His political nemesis came when politically influential Imperial Japanese Army, led by Yamagata Aritomo, whose main faction was advocating annexation forced Itō to resign on 14 June 1909.

With his political and diplomatic skills backed by Japanese military's strong presence, Itō laid the foundation for Japan's colonization of Korea and expansion into Manchuria, China and Russia during the World War II.

Itō Hirobumi and the other Meiji leaders deliberately modeled the Japanese House of Peers on the House of Lords, as a counterweight to the popularly elected House of Representatives ( Shūgiin ).

Terauchi was appointed as the third and last Japanese Resident-General of Korea on the assassination of Itō Hirobumi in Harbin by An Jung-geun.

In addition to his literary career, Itō was also an amateur master of the Japanese tea ceremony.

A British missionary and a former Japanese prime minister Itō Hirobumi tricked Kang, into agreeing to cede Chinese sovereignty to Itō.

Itō Hirobumi, one of the principal authors of the Meiji constitution intended the new kazoku peerage to serve as a political and social bulwark for the " restored " emperor and the Japanese imperial institution.

According to Professor Lei Chia-sheng, Japanese former prime minister Itō Hirobumi ( 伊藤博文 ) arrived in China on September 11, 1898, approximately the same time that Kang Youwei invited British missionary Timothy Richard to Beijing.

Soon after, he met the bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi, who urged him to reconsider art, as well as the Japanese dancer Michio Itō, whose celebrity status later helped Noguchi find acquaintances in the art world.

* Itō official website ( Japanese )

* Maiko Itō ( 麻衣子 ) ( born 1964 ), Japanese actress

The Modern Political and Constitutional History Collection comprises some 300, 000 items related to Japan's political and legal modernization in the 19th century, including the original document archives of important Japanese statesmen from the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th century like Itō Hirobumi, Iwakura Tomomi, Sanjō Sanetomi, Mutsu Munemitsu, Terauchi Masatake, and other influential figures from the Meiji ( 1868 – 1912 ) and Taishō ( 1912 – 1926 ) Periods.

During that period, southern Japanese leaders such as Saigō Takamori of Satsuma, or Itō Hirobumi and Inoue Kaoru of Chōshū cultivated personal connections with British diplomats, notably Ernest Mason Satow.

* Takeo Itō ( 武夫 ), general in the Imperial Japanese Army

Itō ( 伊藤 ) is the sixth most common Japanese family name.

* Itō Atsushi, a Japanese actor

* Itō Ayumi, a Japanese actress

* Itō Chiaki, a singer in the Japanese pop band AAA ( triple A )

* Itō Shinsui, birth name of Ito Shinsui ( pseudonym ), a Japanese Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in the Taishō and Showa period

* Itō Hiroshi, a Japanese voice actor, or seiyū

* Itō Hitoshi, a Japanese poet, novelist, translator and literary critic ( who worked under the name Sei Ito or Sei Itoh )

* May 24 – Ichirō Ozawa, Japanese politician

, c. 1220, Gukanshō ; " The Future and the Past: a translation and study of the ' Gukanshō ,' an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219 " translated from the Japanese and edited by Delmer M. Brown & Ichirō Ishida.

However, some Japanese political analysts believe that Fujii lost a power struggle with Democratic Party of Japan chairman Ichirō Ozawa, and henceforth resigned.

The was a Japanese liberal party ( not to be confused with the conservative Liberal Democratic Party ) formed in 1998 by Ichirō Ozawa and Hirohisa Fujii.

Like many Japanese names, Ichirō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

* Ichirō Hatoyama ( 鳩山 一郎, 1883 – 1959 ), a Japanese politician and former Prime Minister

* Ichirō Nagai ( 永井 一郎, born 1931 ), a Japanese seiyū

* Ichirō Ozawa ( 小沢 一郎, born 1942 ), a Japanese politician, Secretary-General of Democratic Party of Japan

* Ichirō Ozawa, a Japanese politician

The term was first coined by Japanese physicist Kōji Fushimi, who was working with Ichirō Shōji.

* 1978 – Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist ( Maximum the Hormone )

* 1961 – Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist ( Lazy and Loudness )

* 1968 – Heath, Japanese bass guitarist ( X Japan )

* 1977 – Kensuke Kita, Japanese guitarist ( Asian Kung-Fu Generation )

* 1966 – Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist

* Leda, guitarist in Japanese rock band DELUHI.

* 1944 – Hideki Ishima, Japanese guitarist ( Flower Travellin ' Band )

* 1950 – Reichi Nakaido, Japanese rock guitarist

* 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor ( Dué le Quartz and S. K. I. N.

* January 29 – hyde, Japanese rock musician, singer and guitarist

* July 8 – Sugizo, Japanese guitarist and singer

* February 22 – Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist

* March 27 – Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist ( B ' z )

* Die ( musician ), Japanese musician, guitarist of the band Dir en grey

* Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit. V. Panther

Japanese guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi and saxophonist Kaoru Abe, among others, took free jazz in another direction, approaching the energy levels of noise.

First Japanese heavy metal bands started emerging in the late 1970s, pioneered by bands like Bow Wow, formed in 1975 by guitarist Kyoji Yamamoto, and Loudness, formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki.

Sean Taro Ono Lennon ( Japanese name ; born October 9, 1975 ) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and actor of English, Japanese and Irish descent.

It is speculated that his father, who was a lounge guitarist whom he never met, may have been partially Japanese.

* Shu, the guitarist in the Japanese rock band, BACK-ON

Dion has collaborated with John Shanks and ex-Evanescence guitarist Ben Moody, as well as Kristian Lundin, Peer Astrom, Linda Perry, Japanese singer Yuna Ito, and R & B singer-songwriter Ne-Yo.

Japanese fusion guitarist Kazumi Watanabe released numerous fusion albums throughout 1980s and 1990s, highlighted by his works such as Mobo Splash and Spice of Life.

Between the release of Luxaeterna and Shambala, guitarist Gustavo di Padua joined the group and the band recorded Shambala, including the bonus track " Neo " featuring JAM Project members Ricardo Cruz and Hironobu Kageyama performing entirely Japanese vocals.