List of Famous people born in Japan

Chiho Saito is a Japanese manga artist, most noted for the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena. In 1996, she received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Kanon. She is part of the Be-Papas manga artist collective.

Norie Hiro is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Hannah Stambaugh is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for WE League club Omiya Ardija Ventus.

Fumito Ueda is a Japanese video game designer. Ueda is best known as the director and lead designer of Ico (2001) and Shadow of the Colossus (2005) while leading Team Ico at Japan Studio, and The Last Guardian (2016) through his own development company GenDesign. His games have achieved cult status and are distinguished by their usage of minimal plot and scenario using fictional languages, and use of overexposed, desaturated light. He has been described by some as an auteur of video games.

Masaaki Kato is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.