List of Famous people born in Japan

Ryōhei Kimura is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer. His roles included Ryouta Kise in the Kuroko no Basket series, Bokuto Koutarou in Haikyū!!, Kaito Momota in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony, Chihiro Furuya in Sankarea, Roche in Neo Angelique ~Abyss~ series, Hinata from Angel Beats!, Akira Takizawa in Eden of the East, Shouma Takakura in Mawaru Penguindrum, Kodaka Hasegawa in Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Touji Ato in Tokyo Ravens and Kaito Yashio in Robotics;Notes. He won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 6th Seiyu Awards. He is affiliated with Himawari Theatre Group.

Hiroyuki Nakajima , nicknamed "Nakaji", is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Seibu Lions, Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Oakland Athletics organization.

Reni Takagi is a Japanese idol and a member of the girl group Momoiro Clover Z. She is the former leader of the group, before leadership was passed to Kanako Momota, and her signature color in the group is purple. In April 2012, she became a DJ of her own radio show called Takagi Reni no King of Rock.

Miho Katō , better known by her stage name of Miliyah Kato is a Japanese pop and urban singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and author. In 2003, Kato started her career as a singer when she provided vocal to Reggae Disco Rockers' song "Cherry Oh! Baby". Her hip-hop-influenced debut album, Rose (2005) was certified platinum in Japan. She gained further recognition when she was featured in M-Flo's track "One Day" (2005). Kato's second studio album Diamond Princess achieved minor commercial success, certified gold by the RIAJ and peaking at number five in Japan. Her third studio album, Tokyo Star (2008) yielded her first top-ten single, "La La La", which was later certified double-platinum for its ringtone sales. Kato's first compilation album Best Destiny (2008) became her first number-one album, certified platinum in Japan. Her fourth studio album Ring became her best-selling album, and yielded three top-ten singles: "Sayonara Baby", "20 -Cry-", and "Love Forever", which was certified million in Japan. The song from the album, "Aitai" were certified triple-platinum despite being not released as a single. Her fifth studio album Heaven (2010) debuted atop on the Oricon chart and has yielded two platinum singles, "Why" and "Last Love".

Kōji Ishizaka is a Japanese actor.

Jun Fubuki is a Japanese actress.

Miu Hirano is a Japanese table tennis player. She won the women's singles at the 2017 Asian Table Tennis Championships, sweeping away three top Chinese players - Olympic champion and world number one Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling and in the finals, Chen Meng - to clinch the championship. She also won the 2016 Women's World Cup — the youngest ever winner.

Noriko Fukuda is a Japanese announcer for TV Tokyo, and former RKB Mainichi Broadcasting announcer.

Yasuhisa Shiozaki is a Japanese politician who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Shinzō Abe until August 2007.

Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player from the Kumamoto Saishunkan team who specializes in singles play. She was the first Japanese player to hold the number 1 position in the BWF women's singles ranking.