List of Famous people born in Japan

Masahiro Wada is a former Japanese football player and manager. His sons Atsuki Wada and Tomoki Wada are also footballer.

Masakazu Sekiguchi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Chichibu District, Saitama and graduate of Josai Dental University, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2003 after serving in the assembly of Saitama Prefecture for three terms.

Issei Futamata is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Misawa, Aomori. He is best known for the roles of Skullomania, Yusaku Godai, Chibi, Kiyoshi Shusse, Kinkotsuman (Kinnikuman), and Saburou (Sazae-san). His wife is fellow voice actress Tomoka Kiriyama .

Masanori Kobayashi is a Japanese professional golfer.

Mayumi Ono is a Japanese former field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Tōru Matsumoto is a retired Japanese badminton player from NTT East Badminton Club. He studied in Hieizan High School graduated from and Waseda University. After playing 8 years in club, he served as a manager for 3 years before finally retiring in 2015.

Kinya Kotani , also known as KINYA, is a male singer and actor from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He sang the theme songs for the anime Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle and various songs for Gravitation.