List of Famous people born in Japan

Takashi Tsukamoto is a Japanese actor, singer, and model.

Masaaki Toma , born Masaaki Iemoto , is a professional Japanese football referee. He has been refereeing in the J-League since 2008 and has officiated a number of international club and country matches.

Osamu Hayashi is a Japanese tarento and Yobikō lecturer.

Naoki Matayoshi is a Japanese comedian, screenwriter, and novelist who won the Akutagawa Prize in 2015 for his book Hibana , which was adapted into the Netflix series Hibana: Spark.

Masanobu Ando is a Japanese actor.

Shoko Haida is a Japanese singer, actress, and tarento. Her stage name was Himeka Chikoto when she was in the Takarazuka Revue.

Kazumi Saito is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He was a two-time winner of the Eiji Sawamura Award, but did not pitch in a regular season game after October 2007 due to various shoulder injuries.

Kazuyo Matsui is a Japanese actress, investor, businesswoman, essayist, university professor, and lifestyle adviser. Her married name was Kazuyo Funakoshi . She divorced her husband Eiichiro Funakoshi in December, 2017. She is represented by the Kazuyo Matsui Jimusho agency.

Yui Ichikawa , is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, Yui-nyan. As an actress she has appeared in several dramas (doramas), and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career. She played a minor role in the movie Ju-on: The Grudge and reprised her character for a bigger role in the sequel, Ju-on: The Grudge 2. She has recently portrayed Nana Komatsu (Hachi) in the film adaptation of the famous manga Nana, and on December 18, 2006, Ichikawa and co-star Mika Nakashima went to New York City for the International Premier of Nana 2 at the IFC Center.

Mitsuru Karahashi is a Japanese actor for TV Asahi who has had small roles in various tokusatsu series. He was born May 30, 1977 in Fukushima Prefecture.