* 1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer ( See-Saw )

* 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer

* 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer

* 1959 – Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese musician and composer ( Ground Zero and Filament )

* 1973 – Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer

* 1914 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer ( d. 1955 )

* 1951 – Keiichi Suzuki, Japanese composer

* 1974 – Takahito Eguchi, Japanese composer

* 1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer

* 1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer

* 1981 – Mai Hoshimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and composer

* 1909 – Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer ( d. 1989 )

* 1950 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer

* 1968 – Akira Yamaoka, Japanese composer

* 1969 – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Japanese composer

* 1954 – Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer

* 1971 – Junya Nakano, Japanese composer

* 1968 – Kenji Ito, Japanese composer

* 1972 – Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer

* 1966 – Taiji, Japanese singer, musician, and composer ( Loudness and X Japan ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1974 – Akari Kaida, Japanese composer

Michio Miyagi ( 1894 – 1956 ), a blind composer, innovator, and performer, is considered to have been the first Japanese composer to combine western music and traditional koto music.

* 1961 – Michiru Oshima, Japanese composer

* 1959 – Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese video game composer

* March 21 – Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer

Nobuo Kojima's short story " The American School " portrays a group of Japanese teachers of English who, in the immediate aftermath of the war, deal with the American occupation in varying ways.

* Nobuo Fujita ( 1911 – 1997 ), Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy ; conducted the only wartime aircraft bombings on the continental United States

Coincidentally, the " state of Jefferson " was one of the few places in the continental USA to be the subject of an attack during World War II, when Japanese pilot Nobuo Fujita dropped bombs on the Oregon Coast near Brookings on September 9, 1942.

The Japanese Military tries in vain to stop Nobuo, causing immense collateral damage to the Japanese countryside, but to no avail, as the chemicals on Nobuo smell cause interference on the targeting systems of its heat-seeking missiles.

The U. S. military, who have been observing the situation to that point, utilizes Japanese policy to take over the operation, and calls in a NASA unit with space suits to try capture Nobuo alive.

Unaware of this operation, the Japanese army collapses part of the bridge to prevent Nobuo from escaping, trapping him in a tunnel.

Many Japanese video game industry composers worked on the recordings, from people like Chrono series composer Yasunori Mitsuda to Nobuo Uematsu's former band The Black Mages.

In 1970, Nobuo Okuchi, Japanese consul general in Sāo Paulo, was kidnapped, while Curtis C. Cutter, U. S. consul in Porto Alegre, was wounded in the shoulder but escaped kidnapping.

His subsequent film career saw him parody a whole parade of Japanese historical personages, including Kondo Isami and Sakamoto Ryoma, in a series of " jidai-geki " ( historical dramas ) and " chanbara " ( samurai drama ) films, including some directed by Kajirō Yamamoto, Nobuo Nakagawa and Akira Kurosawa.

The Black Mages were a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito-three composers for Square Enix.

The Japanese voice actor cast is notable, with such famous names as Tomokazu Seki playing Dee, Nobuo Tobita playing Ryo, and Rica Matsumoto both playing Bikky and singing the closing theme, " Starlight Heaven ".

* Nobuo Tanaka ( b. 1950 ), Japanese former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency

It was written by Nobuo Uematsu and Kazushige Nojima and was sung by Japanese folk singer Ritsuki Nakano, known as " RIKKI ", whom the music team contacted while searching for a singer whose music reflected an Okinawan atmosphere.

Japanese manga artist Takehiko Inoue headed the game's artistic team, while famed game composer Nobuo Uematsu was recruited to create a more contemporary soundtrack.

The Japanese ambassador to the U. S., Nobuo Matsunaga, said " I believe this garden to be the most authentic Japanese garden, including those in Japan.

Japanese Voice: Nobuo Tobita ( Tales of Destiny 2 )

* Japanese Swords, Nobuo Ogasawara ; Hoikusha Publishing Co, Ltd. ISBN 4-586-54022-2

In a separate piece about Japanese RPG composers, IGN named Yasunori Mitsuda the second best out of ten behind Nobuo Uematsu.