List of Japanese by net worth

This list shows the richest Japanese citizens by net worth, based on the list published by Forbes annually.

2022

Based on Forbes The World's Billionaires 2022[1]

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Tadashi Yanai73US$26.1 billionFast Retailing
2Takemitsu Takizaki76US$23.9 billionKeyence
3Masayoshi Son64US$21.3 billionSoftbank
4Takahisa Takahara60US$6.4 billionUnicharm
5Shigenobu Nagamori77US$5.4 billionNidec
6Hiroshi Mikitani60US$5.1 billionRakuten
7Masatoshi Ito91US$4.6 billionSeven & I Holdings Co.
8Akio Nitori71US$4.0 billionNitori
9Akira Mori & family78US$3.7 billionMori Trust
10 Masahiro Noda 83 US$3.5 billion Obic
11 Yasumitsu Shigeta 57 US$3.2 billion Hikari Tsushin, Inc.
12Masahiro Miki59US$3.0 billionABC-Mart
12 Masateru Uno 75 US$3.0 billion Cosmos Pharmaceutical
14Takao Yasuda72US$2.7 billionDon Quijote
15 Yoichi & Keiko Erikawa N/A US$2.5 billion Koei
16 Katsumi Tada 76 US$2.4 billion Daito Trust Construction
17 Masaaki Arai 56 US$2.1 billion Open House
17 Eiichi Kuriwada 75 US$2.1 billion Sagawa Express
17Yuji Otsuka68US$2.1 billionOtsuka Corporation
20 Yusaku Maezawa 46 US$1.9 billion Zozotown

2015

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2015

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Tadashi Yanai66US$21.1 billionFast Retailing
2Masayoshi Son57US$13.9 billionSoftbank
3Nobutada Saji & family69US$10.9 billionSuntory
4Hiroshi Mikitani50US$10.5 billionRakuten
5Takemitsu Takizaki69US$8.8 billionKeyence
6Keiichiro Takahara84US$5.4 billionUnicharm
7Han Chang-Woo & family84US$4.9 billionMaruhan
8Kunio Busujima & family90US$4.4 billionSankyo
9Masatoshi Ito91US$3.8 billionSeven & I Holdings Co.
10Akira Mori & family78US$3.8 billionMori Trust
11Masahiro Miki59US$3.5 billionABC-Mart
12Shigenobu Nagamori70US$3.1 billionNidec
13Yoshiko Mori74US$2.8 billionMori Building CompanyThe late Minoru Mori's widow
14Yasumitsu Shigeta50US$2.1 billionHikari Tsushin
15Kinoshita brothersUS$2.1 billionAcomKyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
16Takao Yasuda66US$2 billionDon Quijote
17Akio Nitori71US$1.9 billionNitori
18Naruatsu Baba37US$1.7 billionColopl
19Minoru & Yuji OtsukaUS$1.7 billionOtsuka Corporation
20Kanazawa brothersUS$1.6 billionSanyo BussanYokyu, Zenkyu and Shinkyu Kanazawa
21Hiroko Takei & familyUS$1.6 billionTakefujiThe late Yasuo Takei's widow
22Tada brothersUS$1.6 billionSundrugNaoki and Takashi Tada
23Yusaku Maezawa39US$1.5 billionZozotown
24Kenji Kasahara39US$1.07 billionmixi
25Katsumi Tada69US$1.5 billionDaito Trust Construction
26Hirokazu Sugiura & family64US$1.4 billionSugi Holdings
27Chizuko & Michio MatsuiUS$1.3 billionMatsui Securities
28Kazuo Okada & family72US$1.3 billionUniversal Entertainment Corporation
29Soichiro Fukutake69US$1.2 billionBenesse
30Yoshikazu Tanaka38US$1.1 billionGREE, Inc.
47Yoshiyuki Sankai56US$1.1 billionCyberdyne Inc.
32Kazuo Inamori & family83US$1.1 billionKyocera
33Nobutoshi Shimamura & family89US$1.1 billionShimamura
34Shoji Uehara87US$1 billionTaisho Pharmaceutical
35Hiroshi Ishibashi68US$980 millionBridgestone
36Yoji Sato & family69US$965 millionDynam
37Masayuki Ishihara66US$950 millionHeiwa
38Hajime Satomi73US$925 millionSega Sammy Holdings
39Muneaki Masuda64US$910 millionCulture Convenience Club
40Ryoichi Jinnai88US$900 millionPromise
41Masahiro Noda76US$870 millionObic
42Yasuhiro Fukushima67US$850 millionSquare Enix
43Susumu Fujita42US$780 millionCyber Agent
44Kagemasa Kozuki74US$750 millionKonami
45Yoshitaka Fukuda67US$740 millionAiful
46Yoshiko Shinohara80US$680 millionTempstaff
47Masatoshi Kumagai51US$670 millionGMO Internet
48Satoshi Suzuki61US$650 millionPola
49Tetsuro Funai88US$630 millionFunai
50Kentaro Ogawa & family66US$600 millionZensho

2013

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2013

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Masayoshi Son55US$22.3 billionSoftbank
2Tadashi Yanai & family64US$15.5 billionFast Retailing
3Nobutada Saji & family67US$10.7 billionSuntory
4Hiroshi Mikitani50US$6.4 billionRakuten
5Kunio Busujima & family88US$5.2 billionSankyo
6Akira Mori & family77US$5 billionMori Trust
7Takemitsu Takizaki68US$4.7 billionKeyence
8Han Chang-Woo & family82US$3.4 billionMaruhan
9Keiichiro Takahara82US$3.3 billionUnicharm
10Masatoshi Ito89US$2.8 billionSeven & I Holdings Co.
11Shoji Uehara84US$2.5 billionTaisho Pharmaceutical
12Masahiro Miki57US$2.4 billionABC-Mart
13Hiroshi Yamauchi85US$2.1 billionNintendo
14Hiroko Takei & familyUS$2 billionTakefujiThe late Yasuo Takei's widow
15Yoshikazu Tanaka36US$1.9 billionGREE, Inc.
16Yasumitsu Shigeta48US$1.65 billionHikari Tsushin
17Kanazawa brothersUS$1.6 billionSanyo Bussan
18Kinoshita brothersUS$1.56 billionAcomKyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
19Katsumi Tada68US$1.52 billionDaito Trust Construction
20Kazuo Okada & family70US$1.5 billionUniversal Entertainment Corporation
21Chizuko & Michio MatsuiUS$1.4 billionMatsui Securities
22Minoru & Yuji OtsukaUS$1.34 billionOtsuka Corporation
23Shigenobu Nagamori68US$1.3 billionNidec
24Tada brothersUS$1.26 billionSundrugNaoki and Takashi Tada
25Soichiro Fukutake67US$1.25 billionBenesse
26Kagemasa Kozuki72US$1.2 billionKonami
27Hajime Satomi71US$1.17 billionSega Sammy Holdings
28Ryoichi Jinnai86US$1.1 billionPromise
29Takao Yasuda64US$1.08 billionDon Quijote
30Kanbee Kokubu & family74US$1.07 billionKokubu
31Nobutoshi Shimamura & family87US$1.1 billionShimamura
32Akio Nitori69US$1.2 billionNitori
33Yoshiko Mori72US$1 billionMori Building CompanyThe late Minoru Mori's widow
34Kazuo Inamori & family81US$960 millionKyocera
35Masayuki Ishihara & family64US$930 millionHeiwa
36Hirokazu Sugiura & family62US$910 millionSugi Holdings
37Yoji Sato & family67US$890 millionDynam
38Muneaki Masuda62US$850 millionCulture Convenience Club
39Hiroshi Ishibashi66US$820 millionBridgestone
40Nobuyoshi Fujisawa43US$820 millionJ Trust
41Tetsuro Funai86US$750 millionFunai
42Yusaku Maezawa37US$740 millionZozotown
43Kentaro Ogawa & family65US$730 millionZensho
44Yoshitaka Fukuda65US$630 millionAiful
45Yasuhiro Fukushima65US$570 millionSquare Enix
46Masahiro Noda74US550$ millionObic
47Tomoko Namba51US550$ millionDeNA
48Eitaro Itoyama71US$500 millionShin Nihon Kanko
49Hiroyuki InoueUS$450 millionYamato Kogyo
50Shoichiro Toyoda88US$400 millionToyota Motor Corporation

2012

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2012

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Tadashi Yanai & family63US$10.6 billionFast Retailing
2Nobutada Saji & family66US$7.9 billionSuntory
3Masayoshi Son54US$6.9 billionSoftbank
4Hiroshi Mikitani47US$6.3 billionRakuten
5Kunio Busujima & family86US$5.7 billionSankyo
6Takemitsu Takizaki66US$4 billionKeyence
7Yoshikazu Tanaka35US$3.5 billionGREE, Inc.
8Akira Mori & family75US$3.2 billionMori Trust
9Keiichiro Takahara81US$2.9 billionUnicharm
10Han Chang-Woo & family81US$2.8 billionMaruhan
11Hiroshi Yamauchi84US$2.7 billionNintendo
12Masatoshi Ito87US$2.6 billionSeven & I Holdings Co.
13Eitaro Itoyama69US$2.5 billionShin Nihon Kanko
14Masahiro Miki56US$2.4 billionABC-Mart
15Hiroko Takei & family70US$2 billionTakefujiThe late Yasuo Takei's widow
16Katsumi Tada66US$1.9 billionDaito Trust Construction
17Shigenobu Nagamori67US$1.8 billionNidec
18Kazuo Okada & family69US$1.6 billionUniversal Entertainment Corporation
19Soichiro Fukutake66US$1.5 billionBenesse
20Kanazawa brothersUS$1.4 billionSanyo Bussan
21Kinoshita brothersUS$1.3 billionAcomKyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
22Ryoichi Jinnai85US$1.25 billionPromise
23Akio Nitori68US$1.2 billionNitori
24Kanbei Kokubu & family72US$1.18 billionKokubu
25Hajime Satomi70US$1.15 billionSega Sammy Holdings
26Nobutoshi Shimamura & family86US$1.1 billionShimamura
27Minoru & Yuji Otsuka89/59US$1.05 billionOtsuka Corporation
28Tetsuro Funai85US$1 billionFunai
29Yasumitsu Shigeta47US$990 millionHikari Tsushin
30Yusaku Maezawa36US$950 millionZozotown
31Kazuo Inamori & family80US$940 millionKyocera
32Takao Yasuda62US$930 millionDon Quijote
33Chizuko & Michio Matsui57/58US$910 millionMatsui Securities
34Tada brothersUS$900 millionSundrugNaoki and Takashi Tada
35Muneaki Masuda61US$850 millionCulture Convenience Club
36Shoji Uehara84US$800 millionTaisho Pharmaceutical
37Hirokazu Sugiura & family60US$740 millionSugi Holdings
38Hiroshi Ishibashi63US$670 millionBridgestone
39Yasuhiro Fukushima64US$660 millionSquare Enix
40Kentaro Ogawa64US$650 millionZensho

2010

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2010

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Tadashi Yanai60US$9.2 billionFast Retailing
2Nobutada Saji64US$8.6 billionSuntory
3Akira Mori73US$6.1 billionMori Trust
4Masayoshi Son52US$5.6 billionSoftbank
5Kunio Busujima84US$5.3 billionSankyo
6Hiroshi Mikitani44US$4.7 billionRakuten
7Hiroshi Yamauchi82US$3.8 billionNintendo
8Eitaro Itoyama67US$3.4 billionShin Nihon Kanko
9Takemitsu Takizaki64US$2.9 billionKeyence
10Hiroko Takei68US$2.5 billionTakefujiThe late Yasuo Takei's family
11Masahiro Miki54US$2.1 billionABC-Mart
12Keiichiro Takahara78US$1.95 billionUnicharm
13Shigenobu Nagamori65US$1.9 billionNidec
14Masatoshi Ito85US$1.85 billionIto-Yokado
15Yokyu KanzawaUS$1.8 billionSanyo Bussan
16Katsumi Tada64US$1.75 billionDaito Trust Construction
17Han Chang-Woo78US$1.7 billionMaruhan
18Yoshikazu Tanaka32US$1.6 billionGREE, Inc.
19Soichiro Fukutake64US$1.4 billionBenesse
20Minoru Mori75US$1.35 billionMori Building Company
21Tetsuro Funai83US$1.3 billionFunai Electric
22Ryoichi Jinnai83US$1.25 billionPromise
23Kanbei Kokubu70US$1.2 billionKokubu
24Nobutoshi Shimamura83US$1.1 billionShimamura
25Kinoshita brothersUS$1.05 billionAcomKyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
26Kazuo Okada67US$1 billionUniversal Entertainment Corporation
27Chizuko & Michio Matsui55/56US$960 millionMatsui Securities
28Kazuo Inamori78US$920 millionKyocera
29Junichiro Takada73US$900 millionTakata Corporation
30Akio Nitori66US$890 millionNitori
31Muneaki Masuda59US$800 millionCulture Convenience Club
32Hajime Satomi68US$780 millionSega Sammy Holdings
33Kenji Kasahara34US$720 millionmixi
34Yasuhiro Fukushima62US$710 millionSquare Enix
35Tada brothersUS$700 millionSundrugNaoki and Takashi Tada
36Minoru & Yuji Otsuka87/56US$690 millionOtsuka Corporation
37Takao Yasuda60US$690 millionDon Quijote
38Yasumitsu Shigeta44US$660 millionHikari Tsushin
39Shoji Uehara82US$640 millionTaisho Pharmaceutical
40Shoichiro Toyoda84US$620 millionToyota Motor Corporation

2007

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2007

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Akira Mori69US$5.5 billionMori Trust
2Masayoshi Son49US$5.45 billionSoftbank
3Hiroshi Yamauchi79US$4.8 billionNintendo
4Kunio Busujima82US$4.3 billionSankyo
5Hiroko Takei65US$4 billionTakefujiThe late Yasuo Takei's family
6Nobutada Saji61US$3.9 billionSuntory
7Eitaro Itoyama65US$3.8 billionShin Nihon Kanko
8Tadashi Yanai58US$3.6 billionFast Retailing
9Takemitsu Takizaki62US$2.7 billionKeyence
10Masatoshi Ito83US$2.6 billionIto-Yokado
11Yoshitaka Fukuda59US$2.5 billionAiful
12Kinoshita brothersUS$2.37 billionAcomKyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
13Hiroshi Mikitani42US$2.2 billionRakuten
14Kazuo Okada64US$2.1 billionAruze
15Fukuzo Iwasaki82US$2 billionIwasaki Sangyo
16Toichi Takenaka64US$1.9 billionTakenaka Corporation
17Masahiro Miki51US$1.8 billionABC-Mart
18Kanbei Kokubu68US$1.7 billionKokubu
19Ryoichi Jinnai80US$1.4 billionPromise
20Yasumitsu Shigeta42US$1.37 billionHikari Tsushin
21Tetsuro Funai80US$1.34 billionFunai Electric
22Shigenobu Nagamori53US$1.3 billionNidec
23Kenshin Oshima59US$1.2 billionSFCG
24Minoru & Yuji Otsuka84/53US$1.16 billionOtsuka Corporation
25Han Chang-Woo76US$1.16 billionMaruhan
26Hajime Satomi65US$1.14 billionSega Sammy Holdings
27Soichiro Fukutake61US$1.11 billionBenesse
28Tadahiro Yoshida60US$1.1 billionYKK
29Chizuko & Michio Matsui52/54US$1.09 billionMatsui Securities
30Kazuo Inamori75US$1 billionKyocera
31Yasuhiro Fukushima59US$900 millionSquare Enix
32Shosuke Idemitsu79US$895 millionIdemitsu Kosan
33Shoichiro Toyoda82US$800 millionToyota Motor Corporation
34Keiko & Yoichi Erikawa58/56US$780 millionKoei
35Yusuke Miyama61US$775 millionLeopalace21
36Shoji Uehara79US$770 millionTaisho Pharmaceutical
37Ryuji Arai61US$730 millionBic Camera
38Nobutoshi Shimamura71US$650 millionShimamura
39Etsuko & Gen Fujita77/NAUS$630 millionThe late Den Fujita's family
40Akio Nitori63US$610 millionNitori

2006

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2006

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Masayoshi Son48US$7 billionSoftbank
2Yasuo Takei76US$5.6 billionTakefuji
3Kunio Busujima81US$5.4 billionSankyo
4Nobutada Saji60US$5 billionSuntory
5Akira Mori68US$4.9 billionMori Trust
6Hiroshi Mikitani41US$4.5 billionRakuten
7Tadashi Yanai57US$4.4 billionFast Retailing
8Eitaro Itoyama64US$4.3 billionShin Nihon Kanko
9Kinoshita brothersUS$3.5 billionAcomKyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
10Masatoshi Ito82US$3.3 billionIto-Yokado
11Takemitsu Takizaki61US$3 billionKeyence
12Yoshitaka Fukuda58US$2.8 billionAiful
13Fukuzo Iwasaki81US$2.4 billionIwasaki Sangyo
14Hiroshi Yamauchi78US$2.2 billionNintendo
15Yasumitsu Shigeta41US$1.9 billionHikari Tsushin
16Tetsuro Funai79US$1.85 billionFunai Electric
17Ryoichi Jinnai79US$1.75 billionPromise
18Shigenobu Nagamori52US$1.7 billionNidec
19Kazuo Okada63US$1.55 billionAruze
20Minoru & Yuji Otsuka83/52US$1.5 billionOtsuka Corporation
21Kenshin Oshima58US$1.4 billionSFCG
22Hideo Morita54US$1.35 billionSonyThe late Akio Morita's son
23Tadahiro Yoshida59US$1.3 billionYKK
24Soichiro Fukutake60US$1.28 billionBenesse
25Reijiro Kobayashi78US$1.25 billionKOSÉ
26Yoshiaki Tsutsumi72US$1.2 billionSeibu Railway
27Hajime Satomi64US$1.17 billionSega Sammy Holdings
28Han Chang-Woo75US$1.15 billionMaruhan
29Toichi Takenaka63US$1 billionTakenaka Corporation
30Masakazu Shiiki78US$980 millionSanyo Shinpan
31Kanbei Kokubu67US$970 millionKokubu
32Nobutoshi Shimamura70US$925 millionShimamura
33Kazuo Inamori74US$875 millionKyocera
34Reijiro & Yasuo HattoriUS$850 millionSeiko
35Shoichiro Toyoda81US$730 millionToyota Motor Corporation
36Shoji Uehara78US$710 millionTaisho Pharmaceutical
37Yoji Sato60US$705 millionDynam
38Yasuhiro Fukushima58US$700 millionSquare Enix
39Kenkichi Nakajima85US$690 millionHeiwa Corporation
40Muneaki Masuda55US$680 millionCulture Convenience Club

1996

Based on Forbes World's Billionaires 1991[2]

# Name Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Yoshiaki TsutsumiUS$9.2 billionSeibu Railway
2Yasuo TakeiUS$5.2 billionTakefuji
3Masayoshi SonUS$4.6 billionSoftbank
4Masatoshi ItoUS$4 billionIto-Yokado
5Iwasaki familyUS$4 billionIwasaki Sangyo
6Minoru & Akira MoriUS$3.9 billionMori Building Company
7Keizo SajiUS$3.2 billionSuntory
8Kyosuke KinoshitaUS$3.1 billionAcom
9Goroemon YoshimotoUS$2.5 billion
10Rinji ShinoUS$2.5 billion
11Yasuyuki NambuUS$2.5 billionPasona
12Hisakichi YamaguchiUS$2.4 billion
13Kanichiro IshibashiUS$2.4 billionBridgestone
14Eitaro ItoyamaUS$2.3 billionShin Nihon Kanko
15Akio MoritaUS$2.3 billionSony
16Akihiko OtsukaUS$2.2 billionOtsuka Pharmaceutical
17Kazuo MatsudaUS$2.2 billion
18Masahiro OhgaUS$2.1 billion
19Ryoichi JinnaiUS$2.1 billionPromise
20Shoji UeharaUS$1.9 billionTaisho Pharmaceutical
21Masakuni OsanoUS$1.7 billionKokusai KogyoThe late Kenji Osano's nephew
22Kenkichi NakajimaUS$1.6 billionHeiwa Corporation
23Kunio BusujimaUS$1.6 billionSankyo
24Kenshin OshimaUS$1.5 billionSFCG
25Takemitsu TakizakiUS$1.4 billionKeyence
26Hiroshi YamauchiUS$1.4 billionNintendo
27Tadahiro YoshidaUS$1.3 billionYKK
28Den FujitaUS$1.3 billion
29Hiroshi TakeiUS$1.3 billion
30Masafumi MiyamotoUS$1.3 billionSquare
31Soichiro FukutakeUS$1.3 billionEnix
32Masakazu ShiikiUS$1.2 billionSanyo Shinpan
33Kenichi MabuchiUS$1.1 billionMabuchi Motor
34Kazuo InamoriUS$1.1 billionKyocera
35Isono familyUS$1.1 billionMeidi-Ya
36Renichi TakenakaUS$1.1 billionTakenaka Corporation
37Ryusuke KimuraUS$1.1 billion
38Otani familyUS$1 billion
39Toyoda familyUS$1 billionToyota Motor Corporation
40Junichi MurataUS$1 billionMurata Machinery

1991

Based on Forbes World's Billionaires 1991[3]

# Name Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Taikichiro MoriUS$15 billionMori Building Company
2Yoshiaki TsutsumiUS$14 billion & moreSeibu Railway
3Kitaro WatanabeUS$7 billion & moreAzabu Building
4Kenkichi Nakajima & familyUS$6.1 billionHeiwa Corporation
5Takenaka familyUS$5.4 billionTakenaka Corporation
6Yoneichi Otani & familyUS$5 billionNew Otani Hotels
7Hirotomo TakeiUS$4.5 billion
8Tetsuo Ohga familyUS$4 billion & more
9Hattori familyUS$3.5 billionSeiko
10Ken HayashibaraUS$3 billionHayashibara Co., Ltd.
11Isono familyUS$3 billionMeidi-Ya
12Junichi Murata & familyUS$3 billionMurata Machinery
13Rinji ShinoUS$3 billion
14Haruhiko Yoshimoto & familyUS$3 billion
15Eitaro ItoyamaUS$2.9 billionShin Nihon Kanko
16Hisakichi YamaguchiUS$2.9 billion
17Al-Rajhi familyUS$2.8 billion
18Yohachiro IwasakiUS$2.8 billionIwasaki Sangyo
19Tadao Yoshida & familyUS$2.8 billion
20Kiyoshi SagawaUS$2.7 billionSagawa Express

See also

References

  1. "Forbes Billionaires 2022: The Richest People In The World". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. "World's Billionaire List 1996". areppim AG. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. "Here's Forbes' Richest List". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2016-12-14.

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