Demonyms of Japan

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General

• Japan - Japanese / Nihon, Nippon - Nihonjin, Nipponjin

What follows is a list of English demonyms for Japanese places. In almost every case, the Japanese demonym can be made simply by adding jin (人), the Chinese character reading for "person," to the end of the Japanese place name.

Regional and Local Demonyms, by Islands

• Bonin Islands - Bonin Islander
  
  
• Hokkaido - Hokkaidoite, Hokkaidoan
  
  
• Honshu - Honshuan
  • Hiroshima - Hiroshiman
  • Kyoto - Kyotoite
  • Osaka - Osakan
  • Nagoya - Nagoyan
  • Tokyo - Tokyoite
  • Yokohama - Yokohaman
  
  
• Kuril Islands - Kurilian
  
  
• Kyushu - Kyushuan
  • Kagoshima - Kagoshiman
  • Fukuoka - Fukuokan
  • Nagasaki - Nagasakian
  
  
• Okinawa - Okinawan
  
  
• Ryukyu Islands - Ryukyuan
  
  
• Shikoku - Shikokuan
  
  
• Volcano Islands - Volcano Islander
  • Iwo Jima - Iwo Jiman
  
  

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This is not a complete list, by any means - please feel free to /msg me with suggestions!

Huzzahs go to in10se for the original idea to node the demonyms of the world.