List of Japanese by net worth

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2015

#	Name	Age	Net Worth	Source of Wealth	Notes
1	Tadashi Yanai & family	66	US$21.1 billion	Fast Retailing
2	Masayoshi Son	57	US$13.9 billion	Softbank
3	Nobutada Saji & family	69	US$10.9 billion	Suntory
4	Hiroshi Mikitani	50	US$10.5 billion	Rakuten
5	Takemitsu Takizaki	69	US$8.8 billion	Keyence
6	Keiichiro Takahara	84	US$5.4 billion	Unicharm
7	Han Chang-Woo & family	84	US$4.9 billion	Maruhan
8	Kunio Busujima & family	90	US$4.4 billion	Sankyo
9	Masatoshi Ito	91	US$3.8 billion	Seven & I Holdings Co.
10	Akira Mori & family	78	US$3.8 billion	Mori Trust
11	Masahiro Miki	59	US$3.5 billion	ABC-Mart
12	Shigenobu Nagamori	70	US$3.1 billion	Nidec
13	Yoshiko Mori	74	US$2.8 billion	Mori Building Company	The late Minoru Mori's widow
14	Yasumitsu Shigeta	50	US$2.1 billion	Hikari Tsushin
15	Kinoshita brothers		US$2.1 billion	Acom	Kyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
16	Takao Yasuda	66	US$2 billion	Don Quijote
17	Akio Nitori	71	US$1.9 billion	Nitori
18	Naruatsu Baba	37	US$1.7 billion	Colopl
19	Minoru & Yuji Otsuka		US$1.7 billion	Otsuka Corporation
20	Kanazawa brothers		US$1.6 billion	Sanyo Bussan	Yokyu, Zenkyu and Shinkyu Kanazawa
21	Hiroko Takei & family		US$1.6 billion	Takefuji	The late Yasuo Takei's widow
22	Tada brothers		US$1.6 billion	Sundrug	Naoki and Takashi Tada
23	Yusaku Maezawa	39	US$1.5 billion	Zozotown
24	Kenji Kasahara	39	US$1.07 billion	mixi
25	Katsumi Tada	69	US$1.5 billion	Daito Trust Construction
26	Hirokazu Sugiura & family	64	US$1.4 billion	Sugi Holdings
27	Chizuko & Michio Matsui		US$1.3 billion	Matsui Securities
28	Kazuo Okada & family	72	US$1.3 billion	Universal Entertainment Corporation
29	Soichiro Fukutake	69	US$1.2 billion	Benesse
30	Yoshikazu Tanaka	38	US$1.1 billion	GREE, Inc.
47	Yoshiyuki Sankai	56	US$1.1 billion	Cyberdyne Inc.
32	Kazuo Inamori & family	83	US$1.1 billion	Kyocera
33	Nobutoshi Shimamura & family	89	US$1.1 billion	Shimamura
34	Shoji Uehara	87	US$1 billion	Taisho Pharmaceutical
35	Hiroshi Ishibashi	68	US$980 million	Bridgestone
36	Yoji Sato & family	69	US$965 million	Dynam
37	Masayuki Ishihara	66	US$950 million	Heiwa
38	Hajime Satomi	73	US$925 million	Sega Sammy Holdings
39	Muneaki Masuda	64	US$910 million	Culture Convenience Club
40	Ryoichi Jinnai	88	US$900 million	Promise
41	Masahiro Noda	76	US$870 million	Obic
42	Yasuhiro Fukushima	67	US$850 million	Square Enix
43	Susumu Fujita	42	US$780 million	Cyber Agent
44	Kagemasa Kozuki	74	US$750 million	Konami
45	Yoshitaka Fukuda	67	US$740 million	Aiful
46	Yoshiko Shinohara	80	US$680 million	Tempstaff
47	Masatoshi Kumagai	51	US$670 million	GMO Internet
48	Satoshi Suzumi	61	US$650 million	Pola
49	Tetsuro Funai	88	US$630 million	Funai
50	Kentaro Ogawa & family	66	US$600 million	Zensho

2013

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2013

#	Name	Age	Net Worth	Source of Wealth	Notes
1	Masayoshi Son	55	US$22.3 billion	Softbank
2	Tadashi Yanai & family	64	US$15.5 billion	Fast Retailing
3	Nobutada Saji & family	67	US$10.7 billion	Suntory
4	Hiroshi Mikitani	50	US$6.4 billion	Rakuten
5	Kunio Busujima & family	88	US$5.2 billion	Sankyo
6	Akira Mori & family	77	US$5 billion	Mori Trust
7	Takemitsu Takizaki	68	US$4.7 billion	Keyence
8	Han Chang-Woo & family	82	US$3.4 billion	Maruhan
9	Keiichiro Takahara	82	US$3.3 billion	Unicharm
10	Masatoshi Ito	89	US$2.8 billion	Seven & I Holdings Co.
11	Shoji Uehara	84	US$2.5 billion	Taisho Pharmaceutical
12	Masahiro Miki	57	US$2.4 billion	ABC-Mart
13	Hiroshi Yamauchi	85	US$2.1 billion	Nintendo
14	Hiroko Takei & family		US$2 billion	Takefuji	The late Yasuo Takei's widow
15	Yoshikazu Tanaka	36	US$1.9 billion	GREE, Inc.
16	Yasumitsu Shigeta	48	US$1.65 billion	Hikari Tsushin
17	Kanazawa brothers		US$1.6 billion	Sanyo Bussan
18	Kinoshita brothers		US$1.56 billion	Acom	Kyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
19	Katsumi Tada	68	US$1.52 billion	Daito Trust Construction
20	Kazuo Okada & family	70	US$1.5 billion	Universal Entertainment Corporation
21	Chizuko & Michio Matsui		US$1.4 billion	Matsui Securities
22	Minoru & Yuji Otsuka		US$1.34 billion	Otsuka Corporation
23	Shigenobu Nagamori	68	US$1.3 billion	Nidec
24	Tada brothers		US$1.26 billion	Sundrug	Naoki and Takashi Tada
25	Soichiro Fukutake	67	US$1.25 billion	Benesse
26	Kagemasa Kozuki	72	US$1.2 billion	Konami
27	Hajime Satomi	71	US$1.17 billion	Sega Sammy Holdings
28	Ryoichi Jinnai	86	US$1.1 billion	Promise
29	Takao Yasuda	64	US$1.08 billion	Don Quijote
30	Kanbee Kokubu & family	74	US$1.07 billion	Kokubu
31	Nobutoshi Shimamura & family	87	US$1.1 billion	Shimamura
32	Akio Nitori	69	US$1.2 billion	Nitori
33	Yoshiko Mori	72	US$1 billion	Mori Building Company	The late Minoru Mori's widow
34	Kazuo Inamori & family	81	US$960 million	Kyocera
35	Masayuki Ishihara & family	64	US$930 million	Heiwa
36	Hirokazu Sugiura & family	62	US$910 million	Sugi Holdings
37	Yoji Sato & family	67	US$890 million	Dynam
38	Muneaki Masuda	62	US$850 million	Culture Convenience Club
39	Hiroshi Ishibashi	66	US$820 million	Bridgestone
40	Nobuyoshi Fujisawa	43	US$820 million	J Trust
41	Tetsuro Funai	86	US$750 million	Funai
42	Yusaku Maezawa	37	US$740 million	Zozotown
43	Kentaro Ogawa & family	65	US$730 million	Zensho
44	Yoshitaka Fukuda	65	US$630 million	Aiful
45	Yasuhiro Fukushima	65	US$570 million	Square Enix
46	Masahiro Noda	74	US550$ million	Obic
47	Tomoko Namba	51	US550$ million	DeNA
48	Eitaro Itoyama	71	US$500 million	Shin Nihon Kanko
49	Hiroyuki Inoue		US$450 million	Yamato Kogyo
50	Shoichiro Toyoda	88	US$400 million	Toyota Motor Corporation

2012

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2012

#	Name	Age	Net Worth	Source of Wealth	Notes
1	Tadashi Yanai & family	63	US$10.6 billion	Fast Retailing
2	Nobutada Saji & family	66	US$7.9 billion	Suntory
3	Masayoshi Son	54	US$6.9 billion	Softbank
4	Hiroshi Mikitani	47	US$6.3 billion	Rakuten
5	Kunio Busujima & family	86	US$5.7 billion	Sankyo
6	Takemitsu Takizaki	66	US$4 billion	Keyence
7	Yoshikazu Tanaka	35	US$3.5 billion	GREE, Inc.
8	Akira Mori & family	75	US$3.2 billion	Mori Trust
9	Keiichiro Takahara	81	US$2.9 billion	Unicharm
10	Han Chang-Woo & family	81	US$2.8 billion	Maruhan
11	Hiroshi Yamauchi	84	US$2.7 billion	Nintendo
12	Masatoshi Ito	87	US$2.6 billion	Seven & I Holdings Co.
13	Eitaro Itoyama	69	US$2.5 billion	Shin Nihon Kanko
14	Masahiro Miki	56	US$2.4 billion	ABC-Mart
15	Hiroko Takei & family	70	US$2 billion	Takefuji	The late Yasuo Takei's widow
16	Katsumi Tada	66	US$1.9 billion	Daito Trust Construction
17	Shigenobu Nagamori	67	US$1.8 billion	Nidec
18	Kazuo Okada & family	69	US$1.6 billion	Universal Entertainment Corporation
19	Soichiro Fukutake	66	US$1.5 billion	Benesse
20	Kanazawa brothers		US$1.4 billion	Sanyo Bussan
21	Kinoshita brothers		US$1.3 billion	Acom	Kyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
22	Ryoichi Jinnai	85	US$1.25 billion	Promise
23	Akio Nitori	68	US$1.2 billion	Nitori
24	Kanbei Kokubu & family	72	US$1.18 billion	Kokubu
25	Hajime Satomi	70	US$1.15 billion	Sega Sammy Holdings
26	Nobutoshi Shimamura & family	86	US$1.1 billion	Shimamura
27	Minoru & Yuji Otsuka	89/59	US$1.05 billion	Otsuka Corporation
28	Tetsuro Funai	85	US$1 billion	Funai
29	Yasumitsu Shigeta	47	US$990 million	Hikari Tsushin
30	Yusaku Maezawa	36	US$950 million	Zozotown
31	Kazuo Inamori & family	80	US$940 million	Kyocera
32	Takao Yasuda	62	US$930 million	Don Quijote
33	Chizuko & Michio Matsui	57/58	US$910 million	Matsui Securities
34	Tada brothers		US$900 million	Sundrug	Naoki and Takashi Tada
35	Muneaki Masuda	61	US$850 million	Culture Convenience Club
36	Shoji Uehara	84	US$800 million	Taisho Pharmaceutical
37	Hirokazu Sugiura & family	60	US$740 million	Sugi Holdings
38	Hiroshi Ishibashi	63	US$670 million	Bridgestone
39	Yasuhiro Fukushima	64	US$660 million	Square Enix
40	Kentaro Ogawa	64	US$650 million	Zensho

2010

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2010

#	Name	Age	Net Worth	Source of Wealth	Notes
1	Tadashi Yanai	60	US$9.2 billion	Fast Retailing
2	Nobutada Saji	64	US$8.6 billion	Suntory
3	Akira Mori	73	US$6.1 billion	Mori Trust
4	Masayoshi Son	52	US$5.6 billion	Softbank
5	Kunio Busujima	84	US$5.3 billion	Sankyo
6	Hiroshi Mikitani	44	US$4.7 billion	Rakuten
7	Hiroshi Yamauchi	82	US$3.8 billion	Nintendo
8	Eitaro Itoyama	67	US$3.4 billion	Shin Nihon Kanko
9	Takemitsu Takizaki	64	US$2.9 billion	Keyence
10	Hiroko Takei	68	US$2.5 billion	Takefuji	The late Yasuo Takei's family
11	Masahiro Miki	54	US$2.1 billion	ABC-Mart
12	Keiichiro Takahara	78	US$1.95 billion	Unicharm
13	Shigenobu Nagamori	65	US$1.9 billion	Nidec
14	Masatoshi Ito	85	US$1.85 billion	Ito-Yokado
15	Yokyu Kanzawa		US$1.8 billion	Sanyo Bussan
16	Katsumi Tada	64	US$1.75 billion	Daito Trust Construction
17	Han Chang-Woo	78	US$1.7 billion	Maruhan
18	Yoshikazu Tanaka	32	US$1.6 billion	GREE, Inc.
19	Soichiro Fukutake	64	US$1.4 billion	Benesse
20	Minoru Mori	75	US$1.35 billion	Mori Building Company
21	Tetsuro Funai	83	US$1.3 billion	Funai Electric
22	Ryoichi Jinnai	83	US$1.25 billion	Promise
23	Kanbei Kokubu	70	US$1.2 billion	Kokubu
24	Nobutoshi Shimamura	83	US$1.1 billion	Shimamura
25	Kinoshita brothers		US$1.05 billion	Acom	Kyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
26	Kazuo Okada	67	US$1 billion	Universal Entertainment Corporation
27	Chizuko & Michio Matsui	55/56	US$960 million	Matsui Securities
28	Kazuo Inamori	78	US$920 million	Kyocera
29	Junichiro Takada	73	US$900 million	Takata Corporation
30	Akio Nitori	66	US$890 million	Nitori
31	Muneaki Masuda	59	US$800 million	Culture Convenience Club
32	Hajime Satomi	68	US$780 million	Sega Sammy Holdings
33	Kenji Kasahara	34	US$720 million	mixi
34	Yasuhiro Fukushima	62	US$710 million	Square Enix
35	Tada brothers		US$700 million	Sundrug	Naoki and Takashi Tada
36	Minoru & Yuji Otsuka	87/56	US$690 million	Otsuka Corporation
37	Takao Yasuda	60	US$690 million	Don Quijote
38	Yasumitsu Shigeta	44	US$660 million	Hikari Tsushin
39	Shoji Uehara	82	US$640 million	Taisho Pharmaceutical
40	Shoichiro Toyoda	84	US$620 million	Toyota Motor Corporation

2007

Based on Forbes Japan's Richest 2007

#	Name	Age	Net Worth	Source of Wealth	Notes
1	Akira Mori	69	US$5.5 billion	Mori Trust
2	Masayoshi Son	49	US$5.45 billion	Softbank
3	Hiroshi Yamauchi	79	US$4.8 billion	Nintendo
4	Kunio Busujima	82	US$4.3 billion	Sankyo
5	Hiroko Takei	65	US$4 billion	Takefuji	The late Yasuo Takei's family
6	Nobutada Saji	61	US$3.9 billion	Suntory
7	Eitaro Itoyama	65	US$3.8 billion	Shin Nihon Kanko
8	Tadashi Yanai	58	US$3.6 billion	Fast Retailing
9	Takemitsu Takizaki	62	US$2.7 billion	Keyence
10	Masatoshi Ito	83	US$2.6 billion	Ito-Yokado
11	Yoshitaka Fukuda	59	US$2.5 billion	Aiful
12	Kinoshita brothers		US$2.37 billion	Acom	Kyosuke, Shigeyoshi and Katsuhiro Kinoshita
13	Hiroshi Mikitani	42	US$2.2 billion	Rakuten
14	Kazuo Okada	64	US$2.1 billion	Aruze
15	Fukuzo Iwasaki	82	US$2 billion	Iwasaki Sangyo
16	Toichi Takenaka	64	US$1.9 billion	Takenaka Corporation
17	Masahiro Miki	51	US$1.8 billion	ABC-Mart
18	Kanbei Kokubu	68	US$1.7 billion	Kokubu
19	Ryoichi Jinnai	80	US$1.4 billion	Promise
20	Yasumitsu Shigeta	42	US$1.37 billion	Hikari Tsushin
21	Tetsuro Funai	80	US$1.34 billion	Funai Electric
22	Shigenobu Nagamori	53	US$1.3 billion	Nidec
23	Kenshin Oshima	59	US$1.2 billion	SFCG
24	Minoru & Yuji Otsuka	84/53	US$1.16 billion	Otsuka Corporation
25	Han Chang-Woo	76	US$1.16 billion	Maruhan
26	Hajime Satomi	65	US$1.14 billion	Sega Sammy Holdings
27	Soichiro Fukutake	61	US$1.11 billion	Benesse
28	Tadahiro Yoshida	60	US$1.1 billion	YKK
29	Chizuko & Michio Matsui	52/54	US$1.09 billion	Matsui Securities
30	Kazuo Inamori	75	US$1 billion	Kyocera
31	Yasuhiro Fukushima	59	US$900 million	Square Enix
32	Shosuke Idemitsu	79	US$895 million	Idemitsu Kosan
33	Shoichiro Toyoda	82	US$800 million	Toyota Motor Corporation
34	Keiko & Yoichi Erikawa	58/56	US$780 million	Koei
35	Yusuke Miyama	61	US$775 million	Leopalace21
36	Shoji Uehara	79	US$770 million	Taisho Pharmaceutical
37	Ryuji Arai	61	US$730 million	Bic Camera
38	Nobutoshi Shimamura	71	US$650 million	Shimamura
39	Etsuko & Gen Fujita	77/NA	US$630 million		The late Den Fujita's family
40	Akio Nitori	63	US$610 million	Nitori

See also

• The World's Billionaires
• List of countries by the number of US dollar billionaires
• Lists of people by nationality
• List of Japanese people

References

Forbes.com: Japan's 50 Richest:

• 2013

Forbes.com: Japan's 40 Richest:

• 2012
• 2010
• 2007