List of Famous people born in January

Takashi Odawara is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Maziya. He formerly played for fellow Philippines Football League sides JPV Marikina Davao Aguilas and United City

Takashi Tanihata is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Initiatives from Osaka party. A native of Osaka Prefecture and graduate of Kansai University he was elected for the first time in 1989 after an unsuccessful run in 1986.

Nick Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar and cryptographer known for his research in digital contracts and digital currency. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1989 with a degree in computer science and received a law degree from George Washington University Law School. He holds an honorary professorship at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín.

Shōji Satō is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He has also published various dōjinshi under the pen name Inazuma and runs an erotic genre group called Digital Accel Works. He is responsible for the character design and illustration for the Highschool of the Dead manga. He is the former assistant of Kōshi Rikudō, the creator of the popular manga series Excel Saga.