List of Famous people born in Japan

Atsuko Takahata is a Japanese actress, voice actress and tarento from Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.

}} Ayatsugu Yamashita is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Munetaka Aoki is a Japanese actor. He played Sanosuke Sagara in the live action adaptation of the manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin. He is married to Japanese actress and model Yūka.

Melo Imai is a Japanese tarento and half-pipe snowboarder. Her maiden name is Narita (成田).

Yuichi Fukunaga is a Japanese jockey who has won 29 Grade 1 races in Japan and abroad. He is affiliated with the Japan Racing Association (JRA) in Rittō. His father is former jockey Yoichi Fukunaga who was said to be a "genius" during his active career, and his uncle is Takashi Kitamura, also a former jockey. His wife is former Fuji TV announcer Midori Matsuo. Since July 2016, he has a management contract with Horipro, the entertainment production in which his wife is also affiliated.

Masato Matsuura , better known by his stage name Max Matsuura , is a Japanese record producer and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of the one of the largest music labels Avex Group. He is known mainly for discovering and developing new artists into stars, as well as for reviving Ami Suzuki's career after she was released by her previous record label.

Takako Suzuki is a Japanese politician from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. She represents Hokkaido through the proportional representation block. She was a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and New Party Daichi.

Yusei Kikuchi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Kikuchi formerly played for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League.

Yasuhide Nakayama is a Japanese politician representing the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), elected in December 2012 as a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and was re-elected in the December 2015 and 2017 elections. Nakayama served as State Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Japanese cabinet, and later as State Minister for Defense. After the snap elections in October 2017, Nakayama was appointed the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Momoko Kikuchi is a Japanese actress, entertainer, singer, and scholar who is represented by the talent agency, Parfit Production.