List of Famous people born in Japan
Kenichi Shinoda
Kenichi Shinoda , also known as Shinobu Tsukasa , is a Japanese Yakuza, the sixth and current kumicho of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization.
Tomori Kusunoki
Tomori Kusunoki is a Japanese voice actress who is currently affiliated with the Sony Music Artists agency. She made her voice acting debut in 2017, and in the same year she was cast in her first main role as Kirara, the heroine of the Japanese mobile game Kirara Fantasia. She has also been cast in main roles in Märchen Mädchen and Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online. In 2019, she won the Best New Actress Award with Manaka Iwami, Coco Hayashi, Rina Honnizumi, and Kaede Hondo.
Hirokazu Sawamura
Hirokazu Sawamura is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is currently plays for the Boston Red Sox. He previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants and Chiba Lotte Marines. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 212 pounds (96 kg), he throws and bats right-handed.
Hitori Gekidan
Shōgo Kawashima , known by the stage name Gekidan Hitori is a Japanese comedian, lyricist, actor, novelist, and film director.
Daisuke Takahashi
Daisuke Takahashi is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World champion, the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Four Continents champion, and a five-time Japanese national champion.
Yukie Kawamura
Yukie Kawamura is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, and actress signed to Japan Art.
Harry Sugiyama
Harry Sugiyama is a Japanese television personality and model represented by TakeOff.
Itsunori Onodera
Itsunori Onodera is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He served as the Minister of Defense from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2017 to 2018.
Kanako Momota
Kanako Momota is a Japanese idol actress and singer. She is best known as the leader of the female idol group Momoiro Clover Z. Kanako was ranked 12th most popular Japanese idol of 2013 by Nihon Keizai Shimbun. She is represented by Stardust Promotion talent agency.
Taizō Sugimura
Taizō Sugimura is a Japanese politician and a member of the Diet of Japan, representing the Liberal Democratic Party until 2009. He ran in House of Councillors election in 2010 as a proportional candidate of the Sunrise Party of Japan.