| Clue | Japanese Person | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| John Lennon's wife | Yoko Ono | 86%
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| Emperor during World War II | Hirohito | 81%
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| Princess Mononoke director | Hayao Miyazaki | 52%
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| Current Emperor | Akihito | 51%
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| Rashomon director | Akira Kurosawa | 47%
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| #31 from the Yankees | Ichiro Suzuki | 31%
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| First unificator of Japan during the Sengoku period | Oda Nobunaga | 31%
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| The Great Wave off Kanagawa | Katsushika Hokusai | 30%
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| Starred in Inception and Letters from Iwo Jima | Ken Watanabe | 29%
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| Female novelist during the Heian period | Murasaki Shikibu | 29%
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| Japanese Prime Minister, 2001-2006 | Junichiro Koizumi | 28%
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| Writer who committed suicide by seppuku | Yukio Mishima | 25%
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| Actor who collaborated with the above | Toshiro Mifune | 19%
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| Breaststroke swimmer who won gold in 2004 and 2008 | Kosuke Kitajima | 17%
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| Founder of the world's top manufacturing car company | Kiichiro Toyoda | 15%
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| Mentored The Karate Kid | Noriyuki Morita | 12%
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