List of Famous people born in Japan

Akira Aizawa is a Japanese long-distance runner.

Yūji Moriyama is an anime character designer, animator, animation supervisor and director. He is a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association and a winner of the 4th Japan Animation Awards in the Animation Director category.

Kohei Gondo is a Japanese badminton player and also plays for the Tonami badminton club. He was the 2013 men's doubles and 2014 mixed doubles semi-finalist at the USA International Challenge tournament.

Hiroki Okamura is a Japanese badminton player.

Daisuke Nishio is a Japanese animator and director. He joined Toei Doga as animator in 1981. After doing several TV series, he was promoted to assistant director on Dr. Slump - Arale-chan in 1982. He debuted as director for Dragon Ball in 1986 and made his film debut that same year with Dragon Ball: The Legend of Shenlong. Nishio also directed its sequel TV series, Dragon Ball Z, and several of its films.