BIG IN JAPAN:
349: Toshinobu Kubota
First Japanese man of soul
348: Midori Ito
Ice skater
347: Tomohiro Hoshino
Paralyzed artist and poet
346: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
344: Norika Fujiwara
The Japanese "It Girl"
343: Ikebana
Flowers kept alive
342: Hirotada Ototake
Author of "No One's Perfect"
341: Korean food
Hot and popular in Japan
340: Tsuyoshi Kunasagi
Pointy-faced SMAP member
339: Koji Ishizaka
Heavyweight veteran actor
338: Kokichi Mikimoto
Founder of Mikimoto Pearls
337: Warren Cromartie
The "Messiah" of the Yomiuri Giants
335: Bonsai
Japan's dwarfed trees in a pot
334: Salaryman Kintaro
New icon in Japanese pop culture
333: Nagare Hagiwara
Rugged Japanese actor
332: Noboru Takeshita
Kuromaku politician
331: Ihara Saikaku
Radical 17th century writer
330: Ikkokudo
Okinawan ventriloquist
329: Takashi Murakami
The centerpiece of artist
328: Hideki Togi
The Imperial Palace Gagaku Orchestra
327: Konoshiki
Japan's most feared and most successful wrestler
326: Tarepanda
The floppy panda of Japan
325: Suziki Ichiro
Orix Blue Wave right fielder
324: Jakucho Setouchi
Nun re-writes "The Tale of Genji"
323: Otohime
Helping women's bathroom etiquette
322: Dragon Ash
Hip-hop revolutionists
321: Kimiko Date
Tennis player
320: Kan Fukuhara
Flautist
319: Godzilla
Mutant dinosaur movie star
318: Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Popular punk band
317: Ken Kutaragi
CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment
316: Masahiro Motoki
High-rising entertainer
315: Katada Kikuyu
Japan's premier female taiko player
314: Keizo Obuchi
Prime Minister
313: Booska
The big, orange bucktooth monster
312: Shizuyo Sato
Japanese martial arts master
311: Yujiro Ishihara
Actor, singer and Japanese icon
310: Saburo Kitajima
Japanese enka singer
309: Kaya Yamada
Japan's hippie god
308: L'Arc en Ciel
Japanese pop band
307: Shintaro Ishihara
Governor and author
306: Morita Akio
Sony co-founder
305: Miyazaki Hayao
Film producer
304: Sailor Moon
Girl's comic
303: Hachiko
Shibuya's loyal dog
302: Hayashi Chie
Japanese dancer
300: Kobayashi Sachiko
Enka singer

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