Gorō Shimura — Classmates
Huang Xianfan
1899
– 1982
· Age 82
Deceased
Yasunari Kawabata
1899
– 1972
· Age 72
Deceased
Kenzaburō Ōe
1935
– 2023
· Age 88
Deceased
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
1892
– 1927
· Age 35
Deceased
Yukio Hatoyama
1947
· Age 79
Alive
Yoshinori Ohsumi
1945
· Age 81
Alive
Masatoshi Koshiba
1926
– 2020
· Age 94
Deceased
Leo Esaki
1925
· Age 100
Alive
Kōbō Abe
1924
– 1993
· Age 68
Deceased
Yoichiro Nambu
1921
– 2015
· Age 94
Deceased
Natsume Sōseki
1867
– 1916
· Age 49
Deceased
Takaaki Kajita
1959
· Age 66
Alive
Ei-ichi Negishi
1935
– 2021
· Age 85
Deceased
Osamu Dazai
1909
– 1948
· Age 38
Deceased
Isao Takahata
1935
– 2018
· Age 82
Deceased
T
Teizo Takeuchi
1908
– 1946
· Age 37
Deceased
K
Koichi Oita
1914
– 1996
· Age 82
Deceased
M
Masao Nozawa
Shunichiro Okano
1931
– 2017
· Age 85
Deceased
T
Tadao Takayama
1904
– 1980
· Age 76
Deceased
S
Shigemaru Takenokoshi
1906
– 1980
· Age 74
Deceased
Kitasato Shibasaburō
1853
– 1931
· Age 78
Deceased
Y
Yasuo Haruyama
1906
– 1987
· Age 81
Deceased
H
Hideo Shinojima
1910
– 1975
· Age 65
Deceased
T
Takeo Wakabayashi
1907
– 1937
· Age 29
Deceased
S
Shiro Teshima
1907
– 1982
· Age 75
Deceased
Birendra of Nepal
1945
– 2001
· Age 55
Deceased
M
Masao Ono
1923
– 2001
· Age 77
Deceased
U
Uichiro Hatta
1903
– 1989
· Age 85
Deceased
D
Daigoro Kondo
1907
– 1991
· Age 83
Deceased
Syukuro Manabe
1931
· Age 94
Alive
N
Nobuyuki Kato
1920
· Age 106
Alive
K
Ko Arima
1917
· Age 108
Alive
Empress Masako
1963
· Age 62
Alive
K
Kazu Naoki
1918
– 1945
· Age 26
Deceased
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
1886
– 1965
· Age 79
Deceased
Mori Ōgai
1862
– 1922
· Age 60
Deceased
Zhou Youguang
1906
– 2017
· Age 111
Deceased
Kijūrō Shidehara
1872
– 1951
· Age 78
Deceased
Arata Isozaki
1931
– 2022
· Age 91
Deceased
Yukiya Amano
1947
– 2019
· Age 72
Deceased
D. T. Suzuki
1870
– 1965
· Age 94
Deceased
Naoko Yamazaki
1970
· Age 55
Alive
Tetsu Katayama
1887
– 1978
· Age 90
Deceased
Sōichi Noguchi
1965
· Age 60
Alive
Toyo Ito
1941
· Age 84
Alive
Kunihiko Kodaira
1915
– 1997
· Age 82
Deceased
Fumihiko Maki
1928
– 2024
· Age 95
Deceased
Nam June Paik
1932
– 2006
· Age 73
Deceased
T
Toyoji Takahashi
1915
– 1940
· Age 24
Deceased