- Toshio Masuda1927–2026Japanese film director and screenwriter known for Nikkatsu action films, Tora! Tora! Tora!, and the Space Battleship Yamato series.
- Botan Nakata1948–2026Kamigata manzai comedian known as Nakata Button, half of the Nakata Kausu duo and a pioneer of idol-style manzai.
- Kōichi Watanabe1957–2026Kōichi Watanabe was a Japanese Liberal Democratic Party politician who served five terms in the House of Representatives and as vice minister for internal affairs.
- Shirō Akagi?–2026赤軍派の元メンバーで1970年のよど号ハイジャック事件の実行犯の一人。国際手配のまま北朝鮮で亡命生活を送った。
- Kōken Fuji?–2026第259世天台座主，天台宗最高位的领袖，延暦寺住持，享年94岁。
- Awa Taguchi1998–2026Awa Taguchi (田口あわ) was a Japanese gravure idol and haiku poet who performed under the pen name Shiratori Awa.
- Tsunaki Mihara1946–2026Guitarist and vocalist of the 1960s group-sounds band Jacky Yoshikawa and Blue Comets, later a bandleader and arranger.
- Hana Kuraki2001–2026Hana Kuraki was a Japanese adult video actress who debuted in 2024 under the T-Powers agency and died suddenly at age 25.
- Nobue Matsubara1961–2026Japanese enka singer who debuted in 1979 and appeared on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen seven times.
- Toru Shigemi1959–2026Keyboardist and arranger who played with Tatsuro Yamashita, CHAGE and ASKA, and MISIA, and arranged Kiroro's hit 'Nagai Aida'.
- Kataoka Kamezō IV1961–2025歌舞伎俳優の四代目片岡亀蔵。古典から新作まで確かな演技力と愛嬌で脇役として舞台を支えた。
- Leo Morimoto1943–2026Japanese actor and narrator known for his gentle voice, voicing Thomas the Tank Engine and appearing in dramas like Long Vacation and Kids Return.
- Hasegawa Yasuchika1946–2026President of Takeda Pharmaceutical and former representative director of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai).
- Akiko Kitagawa1945–2026Japanese classical pianist and honorary professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.
- Tamotsu Watanabe1936–2026Japanese theater critic who established modern kabuki criticism and was named a Person of Cultural Merit.
- Isao Harimoto1940–2026Legendary Japanese professional baseball player who set the Nippon Professional Baseball record with 3,085 career hits and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
- Ikuo Oshima1947–2026Japanese explorer and dog-sled hunter who was the first Japanese person to reach the North Pole by dogsled, living for over half a century in Greenland.
- Abe Shinichi?–2026A Japanese manga artist known for "Miyoko Asagaya Kibun" and as one of the "Garo Sanba Karasu" trio of the avant-garde manga magazine Garo.
- Great Gidayu1958–2026Japanese comedian, musician, and actor, a longtime member of Beat Takeshi's comedy troupe Takeshi-gundan.
- Masao Yora1957–2026Former Mainichi Shimbun special editorial committee member and political commentator who appeared widely on Japanese television.
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