List of Famous people born in Japan

Hikari Ishida is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series Hana no Asuka-gumi!. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna". Ishida also made numerous commercials for hair products and released several photobooks and videos. Ishida has had at least one song appear on the NHK program Minna no Uta. She is younger sister of Yuriko Ishida, also an actress.

Aoi Nakamura is a Japanese photomodel and actor. He belongs to the talent agency LesPros Entertainment.

Sawa Yoshikawa , better known by her stage name Sawa Suzuki , is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Horipro.

Shinji Takehara was a professional boxer in the Middleweight (160lb) division. He was the first boxer from Japan to capture a World Middleweight Title.

Kazunori "Toshio" Shinozuka is a former professional Japanese baseball player. As a boy, Ichiro Suzuki learned to pattern his original swinging pendulum leg kick after Shinozuka's.

Banri Kaieda is a Japanese politician who was the President of the Democratic Party of Japan between 2012 and 2014.

Chizuru Ikewaki is a Japanese actress.

Ayaka Sasaki is a Japanese idol singer. She is known as a member of the female musical group Momoiro Clover Z.

Tamao Akae is a Japanese freelance announcer, chairperson, and radio personality. She is a former Asahi Broadcasting Corporation announcer. Currently she is a freelancer.

Ryoko Moriyama is a Japanese folk singer. Her father is Hisashi Moriyama, a pioneer of Japanese jazz. Her son Naotaro Moriyama is a singer. Her first cousin Hiroshi Kamayatsu is also a musician.