| Clue | Person | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Emperor during the World War II | Emperor Hirohito | 93%
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| She married John Lennon in 1969 | Yoko Ono | 90%
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| Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2022 | Shinzo Abe | 80%
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| Founders and namesakes of the two richest automobile corporations in Japan | Kiichiro Toyoda | 72%
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| Founders and namesakes of the two richest automobile corporations in Japan | Soichiro Honda | 63%
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| Legendary director who made "Seven Samurai", "Rashomon" and "Ran" | Akira Kurosawa | 49%
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| Studio Ghibli co-founder who made "Spirited Away" | Hayao Miyazaki | 49%
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| Facebook legend who played Sulu on "Star Trek" | George Takei | 42%
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| Prime Minister who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor | Hideki Tōjō | 41%
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| Greatest baseball player in the Japan's history | Ichiro Suzuki | 39%
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| Top Japanese admiral during WWII | Isoroku Yamamoto | 36%
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| Japanese-born President of Peru who took refuge in Japan in 2000 | Alberto Fujimori | 33%
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| 2x Australian Open and 2x US Open tennis champion | Naomi Osaka | 33%
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| Emperor who abdicated in 2019 | Emperor Akihito | 32%
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| Author of "Norwegian Wood" | Haruki Murakami | 28%
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| Emperor who moved the capital from Kyoto to Tokyo | Emperor Meiji | 27%
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| Actor of Mr. Saito in "Inception" and leading star of "The Last Samurai" | Ken Watanabe | 25%
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| "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" is the most famous of his series of prints showing different views of Mount Fuji | Hokusai | 23%
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| Actor who portrayed Mr. Miyagi | Pat Morita | 19%
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| American-born figure skating champion in 1992 | Kristi Yamaguchi | 16%
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