List of Famous people born in Japan

Ai Takahashi is a Japanese pop singer and actress who is formerly associated with the Hello! Project and is best known as the leader of Morning Musume and Hello! Project until 2011. She is also a former member of its popular subgroup Mini Moni.

Ayaka Nishiwaki , nicknamed A~chan , is a Japanese singer and dancer. She is known as one of the members of the Japanese electropop group Perfume.

Emi Nitta is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Nagano Prefecture affiliated with the talent agency Difference. She became a voice actress after passing an audition organized by talent agency S-inc. She officially transferred to Difference on 1 September 2017. Some of her major roles are Honoka Kōsaka in Love Live! and Tokoha Anjō in Cardfight!! Vanguard G. She made her anime voice acting debut as Ricca Morizono in Da Capo III. She made an appearance at the Bangkok Comic Con in July 2014.

Yōko Shimada is a Japanese actress. She is best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shōgun.

Kozo Tashima is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He is current president of Japan Football Association.

Yu Yamada is a Japanese model, actress and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine.

Hinako Sano is a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol who is affiliated with Horipro.

Shimba Tsuchiya is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Himawari Theatre Group. He debuted as an actor in 2005 and as a voice actor in 2016. Tsuchiya is best known for portraying Tsutomu Goshiki in Haikyū!! and Tatara Fujita in Welcome to the Ballroom. As an actor, he is best known for his role of Toshio Saeki in the 2009 horror film, The Grudge 3. He has two older sisters; Honoka, a model, and Tao Tsuchiya, also an actress.

Satsuki Katayama is a Japanese politician serving her first term in Japan's House of Councillors, having been elected in July 2010 as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). She previously represented the Shizuoka 7th district in the House of Representatives for one term from 2005 until 2009.

Ryo Kimura is a Japanese actor who debuted in 2002. His first movie was Moonlight Jellyfish, in which he co-starred with Tatsuya Fujiwara. He played the role of Michio, a mentally challenged 15-year-old boy diagnosed with an incurable skin disease called XP.