Talk:List of Japanese people

BoA (Born in South Korea) under Musicians
She is not Japanese. She is Korean. She is just popular in Japan and sings some japanese music. Since this is the list of Japanese PEOPLE, I removed her. nakjisanjeok

Update
Sigh. This page needs INCREDIBLE update :( Revth 14:11, 27 Feb 2004 (UTC)

The page claims that names are in Japanese order but in fact many of the names are not.Brettr 06:19, 2005 Apr 5 (UTC)

Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
I included this non-Hepburn romanization because that's the name under which he won the Nobel Prize for physics.

Name order
What is the justification for using the Japanese name order for modern people on this page? The Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) says to use the usual name order. For example, Toshiro Mifune, rather than Mifune Toshirō. I noticed User:AutumnSnow changed the list of actors into Japanese order, can someone justify doing that please? I did do a revert on the page but I have undone it again, since I would rather not take that kind of drastic action. Perhaps there is a reason for this name ordering. Comments? --DannyWilde 08:23, 7 October 2005 (UTC)


 * This comment makes sense. And I notice that in almost 6 years no one has argued against these points. Nonetheless, the page is a confused mix of name orders. And, the instructions to use Japanese name order remain at the top of the page. That (to me) is not helpful. I came to the page and thought to contribute several names. The people I added were already in Wikipedia, so I just linked to their pages. Those pages used western name order. I hope it doesn't rub anyone the wrong way, but I'm going to delete the note about using Japanese name order. It's misinformation, as far as I can see. — Comment added by Lupa avens (talk • contribs) 00:43, 17 July 2011 (UTC)

Akebono
Removed Akebono from the list (Sumo) because errr.... he isn't Japanese. He's from Hawaii. Saiing 13:30, 7 March 2006 (JST)


 * errr... he became a Japanese citizen in 1996. Check wikipedia. So please put it back where it was.122.27.250.213 (talk) 03:08, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Crime
Why no section on famous Japanese criminals? I will start compiling one shorly for introduction to the main page. If you have any comments or suggestions for inclusion please let me know. 122.27.250.213 (talk) 02:46, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Animators
How come there are no Japanese animators?--Yacatisma (talk) 23:05, 28 July 2014 (UTC)