Medal with Purple Ribbon

Memorial

Shigeo Toya

12/24/1947 – 04/15/2026

78 years

Japanese sculptor

Memorial

Sadao Shoji

10/30/1937 – 04/05/2026

88 years

Japanese mangaka

Memorial

Kazumasa Nagai

01/01/1929 – 02/23/2026

97 years

Japanese printmaker and graphic designer (born 1929)

Osaka

Memorial

Haruo Misumi

01/01/1927 – 02/02/2026

99 years

Japanese folklorist (1927-)

Osaka Prefecture

Memorial

Hifumi Katō

01/01/1940 – 01/22/2026

86 years

Japanese shogi player

Memorial

Kion Saburosuke III

03/25/1934 – 11/30/2025

91 years

Family Tree

Memorial

Tatsuya Nakadai

12/13/1932 – 11/08/2025

92 years

Japanese actor, director, singer, narrator, and voice actor

Memorial

Hitomi Obara

01/04/1981 – 07/18/2025

44 years

Japanese sport wrestler

Hachinohe

Memorial

Manji Inoue

03/24/1929 – 07/14/2025

96 years

Memorial

Masahiro Mori

02/12/1927 – 01/12/2025

97 years

Memorial

Yōji Kuri

04/09/1928 – 11/24/2024

96 years

Memorial

Toshiyuki Nishida

11/04/1947 – 10/17/2024

76 years

Setagaya

Memorial

Yonemaru Katsura

04/06/1925 – 08/01/2024

99 years

Memorial

Komao Hayashi

09/22/1936 – 05/15/2024

87 years

Memorial

Yukio Kasaya

08/17/1943 – 04/23/2024

80 years

Japanese ski jumper

Sapporo

Memorial

Shizuka Ijūin

02/09/1950 – 11/24/2023

73 years

Memorial

Taku Miki

05/13/1935 – 11/18/2023

88 years

Memorial

Shinji Tanimura

12/11/1948 – 10/08/2023

74 years

Memorial

Torahiko Hayashi

05/18/1926 – 09/13/2023

97 years

Memorial

Taijirō Iimori

09/30/1940 – 08/15/2023

82 years

Memorial

Yumie Hiraiwa

03/15/1932 – 06/09/2023

91 years

Memorial

Isamu Kurita

07/18/1929 – 05/05/2023

93 years

Memorial

Leiji Matsumoto

01/25/1938 – 02/13/2023

85 years

Japanese manga artist