List of Japanese by net worth

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2015

# Name Age Net Worth Source of Wealth Notes
1Tadashi Yanai & family66US$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 Suzumi61US$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

See also

References

Forbes.com: Japan's 50 Richest:

Forbes.com: Japan's 40 Richest:

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