This list contains the names of Japanese dissidents in Imperial Japan, which lasted from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to the end of World War II. The list includes, but not limited to, communists, anarchists, and religious dissidents.
A
edit- Kazuo Aoyama, a communist
D
edit- Taisen Deshimaru, a buddhist teacher
H
editI
edit- Shoichi Ichikawa, a Japanese Communist Party member
- Yuki Ikeda
- Ayako Ishigaki, a journalist
- Noe Itō
K
edit- Wataru Kaji, a writer
- Shigeo Kamiyama, a Japanese Communist Party member
- Fumiko Kaneko, a pre-Shōwa period assassin
- Sen Katayama, founding member of the Japanese Communist Party
- Takiji Kobayashi, an author of proletarian literature
- Shūsui Kōtoku, a Japanese anarchist
- Tokuda Kyuichi
M
edit- Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Soka Gakkai member
- Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese Communist Party member
N
edit- Daisuke Namba, pre-Shōwa period assassin
- Eitaro Noro, Japanese Communist Party member
- Sanzo Nosaka, Japanese Communist Party leader
O
edit- George Ohsawa, pacifist
- Shigeki Oka, socialist
- Sakae Ōsugi, anarchist
S
editT
edit- Jōsei Toda, Soka Gakkai member
- Makoto Tomioka, anarchist
Y
edit- Mitsu Yashima, artist, and wife of Taro Yashima
- Taro Yashima, artist