Best Japanese Fonts
We have rounded up our very best Japanese fonts from popular Japanese designers and international designers alike, to offer you with a variety of choices for all your future design projects.
From serif and sans serif, to handwritten scripts and brush fonts, we made sure to include a bit of everything. Most of the fonts include around 6700 characters and offer the option to type vertically.
Use these fonts on apparel, branding, logo, magazines, quotes, packaging, advertising, video games and any other design project in need of a great Japanese font.
In this article you will find the best Japanese fonts:
1. TA Fuga-Fude
2. AFS BirdsEye
3. Amechan-Pop-Maru
4. Night Sky Mincyou
5. URW Heisei-Gothic
6. Kashima – Japanese Brush Font
7. AFS Marugo
8. URW Mincho
9. Love Mincyou
10. TA Kantsubaki
and more.
1. TA Fuga-Fude
The finest Japanese brush font is here!
Ta Fuga-Fude is a beautiful and powerful design brush font based on Japanese brush calligraphy.
Included in this set:
- TA Fuga-Fude: 2 fonts
2. AFS BirdsEye
Introducing AFS BirdsEye – a clean Japanese sans serif font.
This Japanese font designed by Takeharu Suzuki, also known as the “Meiryo” font designer. AFS BirdsEye is a clean and professional font that can be used for many branding designs.
Included in this set:
- AFS BirdsEye: 4 fonts (AFS BirdsEye EL/AFS BirdsEye R/AFS BirdsEye DB/AFS BirdsEye E)
3. Amechan-Pop-Maru
If you want to add something sweet to your designs then here is the font for you! This cute Japanese font is sure to brighten a variety of designs.
This font is a rounded, bold font offered as .OTF and .TTF files with the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Amechan-Pop-Maru
4. Night Sky Mincyou
The dreamiest Japanese serif font is here!
With this font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Night Sky Mincyou
5. URW Heisei-Gothic
This is a gothic Japanese font that gives you a beautiful balance when you type these letterforms.
It is suitable for display on videos and games and has a highly readable typeface that can express clear contrast on the screen. Designed to meet today’s versatile needs, it is optimized for professional use in the digital age.
URW Heisei Gothic has 4 weights, including Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji, numerals, and symbols.
Included in this set:
- 4 font styles for URW Heisei-Gothic: Regular, Medium, Bold, Heavy
6. Kashima – Japanese Brush Font
Kashima is a brush font with a Japanese style that made with a real brush pen. It looks very natural.
This font is great for apparel, branding, logo, magazine, quotes, packaging, advertising, and any other design project in need of a Japanese brush font.
Note: This is a western font inspired by Japanese fonts and it does not include Japanese alphabet characters.
Included in this set:
- Full set of Kashima font
7. AFS Marugo
Introducing AFS Marugo family – a versatile Japanese rounded sans serif font.
We selected 10 fonts from the 35 basic AFS fonts and modified in a round gothic style with keeping the original shape. This is the best font to use for cute expressions as a design font. You can use this for your web projects too with the .WOFF version which is simultaneously released with this.
Included in this set:
- AFS Marugo Family: 10 fonts
- AFS GothicDuex Classic E_M
- AFS GothicDuex Classic R_M
- AFS GothicDuex Display E_M
- AFS GothicDuex E_M
- AFS GothicDuex R_M
- AFS GothicNews Lnova_M
- AFS GothicView E_M
- AFS GothicView L_M
- AFS Printemps E_M
- AFS Printemps R_M
8. URW Mincho
A font with a soft and beautiful look. It is highly readable and can be used as this text, making it ideal for long texts such as novels.
It is suitable for display on videos and games, and it is designed so that horizontal lines and curves can be clearly seen on the screen.
URW Mincho has 3 types of weights, including Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji, numerals and symbols.
Included in this set:
- 3 font styles for URW Mincho: Light, Regular, Medium
9. Love Mincyou
Fall in love with this romantic serif font!
This is a Japanese serif font that is sprinkled with love hearts everywhere!
With this font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Love Mincyou
10. TA Kantsubaki
The finest Japanese brush font is here!
A handwritten brush font by Japanese brush calligrapher Hideo Miyagi.
Included in this set:
- TA Kantsubaki
11. TA Kouran
Introducing Ta Kouran – a fine Japanese brush font.
This artistic brush font is reproduced with the delicate brush letters by the popular brush calligrapher Koran. You can produce elegant writing with beautiful brush letters such as greeting cards, menus and web banners, wedding cards, business cards and much more!
Included in this set:
- TA Kouran
12. Rainbow Mincyou
Introducing a retro Japanese serif font!
With this font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Rainbow Mincyou
13. Marshmallow-Pop Heart
The sweetest, bubbly Japanese font is here!
This rounded, bold font sprinkles the shapes of hearts everywhere!
With this font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Marshmallow-Pop Heart
14. Yamatoshi – Natural And Expressive Script Font
Yamatoshi is a handwritten script font inspired by Japanese calligraphy culture. This font is perfect for energising your design with a free spirit vibe. Seems like it was written effortlessly, which makes Yamatoshi stands out for its natural charm.
Note: This is a western font inspired by Japanese fonts and it does not include Japanese alphabet characters.
Yamatoshi – Natural And Expressive Script Font
Included in this set:
- Uppercase
- Lowercase
- Numerals and Punctuations
- Ligatures and Alternates
15. Starry Sky Mincyou
This decorative Japanese serif font sprinkles your text with stars!
With this font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Starry Sky Mincyou
16. Otenba Gothic
The most cheerful Japanese font is here!
This is Japanese sans serif font and is also the thinner version of Yancha-Pop so you can use them together!
With this font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Otenba Gothic
17. Retro Gaming AFS Gothic
Let’s go back to the 80’s with this pixelated Japanese font!
This is a retro gaming-like font that is used in vintage games. Add 100 external characters and emojis!
Included in this set:
- Retro Gaming AFS Gothic: 2 fonts(AFS Dot 10GCR/AFS Dot 10GSQR)
18. URW Heisei-Mincho
URW Heisei-Mincho is a Japanese serif font family by URW.
This is a Mincho font that combines the curves and sharpness of a soft and gentle impression that does not make you feel old, even in the design that values basic Japanese beauty.
Moreover, the beauty of Mincho is expressed in the splatter and the squirrel, which is a new typeface that is thick and highly visible.
URW Heisei Mincho has 3 types of weights, including Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji, numerals and symbols.
Included in this set:
- 3 font styles for URW Heisei-Mincho: Regular, Medium, Bold
19. Jumpyon-Maru
Introducing the most playful and joyful font around!
This font is a rounded, bold font that is designed to bring you happy vibes!
With this fun font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Jumpyon-Maru
20. AFS Limone
Introducing AFS Limone – a modern Japanese display font.
This font is ideal for branding designs with a modern Japanese theme such as logos and quirky designs.
Included in this set:
- AFS Limone: 4 fonts(AFS Limone R/AFS Limone B), each font has JIS90 and JIS2004
21. AFS Serif-Gothic
Introducing AFS Serif-Gothic – a refined Japanese display font.
This typeface is inspired by Egyptian lettering. The thick lines of the serif font bring a solid feel to your designs.
This display font is eye-catching and great for captions, logos and many more! This font will make your designs stand out from the crowd!
Included in this set:
- AFS Serif-Gothic: 2 fonts, JIS90 and JIS2004
22. URW Maru-Gothic
URW Maru-Gothic is a Japanese rounded font family by URW.
This is a rounded Gothic font with a moderate impression and moderate slack and is designed with a warm rounded line in mind.
This has a human-like, natural look that is easy to read and is ideal for small font sizes, making it suitable for display headings and long sentences. It has a simple look and is easy to use, making it ideal for editorial designs, books, magazines, corporate designs, and all kinds of publications.
URW Maru-Gothic has 3 weights, including Katakana, Hiragana, Kanji, numerals, and symbols.
Included in this set:
- 3 font styles for URW Maru-Gothic: Light, Regular, Medium
23. Pixel AFS Gothic
Create futuristic designs with this Japanese pixel font!
This is a Japanese sans serif font used on electronic billboards that can be seen in the city. With added 100 emojis!
Included in this set:
- Pixel AFS Gothic: 3 fonts(AFS Dot 16GCL/AFS Dot 16GCR/AFS Dot 16GSQR)
24. Onamura – Serif Experimental Display Fonts
Introducing Onamura, serif experimental display fonts.
We designed this font carefully with the information about the Middle Ages, Ukiyo-E, & Art Nouveau that greatly influenced art worldwide. In this font family, there are collaboration vibes. Both are the basis of the phenomenal blend of idealism between western and Japanese artists.
Consisting of 10 fonts in 10 weights, it features an extended charset of over 850 glyphs, covering multilingual support, including Western European, Central European, and Southeastern European. Complete with advanced open type features like stylistic alternates, discretionary ligatures, ordinals, small caps, fractions, and case-sensitive forms.
The elegant and refined details seen in this font provide a new aesthetic input, satisfy contemporary style, and give a range of choices for luxury typographic projects. This font is perfectly suited for high-impact headlines. Advance open-type features are stunning on logos, branding, magazines, website, etc.
Note: This is a western font inspired by Japanese fonts and it does not include Japanese alphabet characters.
Onamura – Serif Experimental Display Fonts
Included in this set:
- Onamura OTF
- Onamura TTF
- Onamura WOFF
- Onamura WOFF2
25. Yancha-Pop Rounded
Bring happiness to your designs!
This is Japanese bold sans serif font that is rounded version of Yancha-Pop
With this font, you get both .OTF and .TTF files and each file has approx 6700 characters including Kanji. You also have the option to type vertically.
Included in this set:
- Yancha-Pop Rounded
Best Japanese Fonts
We hope you have enjoyed this selection of best Japanese fonts and western Japanese inspired fonts and you found a favourite one you can’t wait to add to your designs.
If you’d like to discover more similar fonts please check our Japanese Fonts category page where you can find a wider variety of fonts.
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