List of Famous people born in Japan

Takaya Kamikawa is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor.

Imai Masato is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Gero, Gifu he attended Sophia University as an undergraduate. Upon graduation, he joined Sanwa Bank in 1985 and worked in Chicago, Illinois for five years from 1989. He entered The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in 2004 as a currency trader. In 2009 he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time and has been subsequently re-elected in 2012, 2014 and 2017.

Shingo Katori is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, radio personality. He was the youngest member of SMAP, the best-selling boy band in Asia. After the group's disbandment on 31 December 2016, Katori has been pursuing his solo career. He left Johnny & Associates on 9 September 2017, together with two other SMAP members, Goro Inagaki and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and entered CULEN, a Japanese talent agency. On 22 September 2017, they launched a new project, "atarashiichizu" as their common fan site, supported by various Japanese leading creators. Since then, Katori has been extending his activities also into artistic fields.

Tomoko Hagiwara is a retired Japanese female backstroke, butterfly and medley swimmer. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. She is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca. She also competed twice on Sasuke in the 28th and 29th competitions. In the 28th competition, she failed the Quintuple Step. In the 29th competition, she failed the Hedgehog.

175R is a Japanese ska punk band from Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Yoko Minamino is a Japanese actress and singer. She graduated from Horikoshi High School. She played Saki Asamiya in the second season of the live action Sukeban Deka TV series replacing fellow idol star Yuki Saitō. She is currently employed by the K Dash Group talent agency. She has previously worked for the S1 Company, Southern Field, and Sweet Basil talent agencies.

Yoshihiro Takayama is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Debuting for UWF International (UWFI) in the 1990s, Takayama joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 1997 after UWF-i folded. In 2000, he joined Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), and later became a mainstay in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) where he arguably achieved his greatest success, holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and NWF Heavyweight Championship simultaneously in 2003. He is one of only three men to hold all three of puroresus major heavyweight titles, the other being Kensuke Sasaki and Keiji Muto.

Eriko Kitagawa is a Japanese screenwriter and film director. She is best known for writing Japanese television dramas, notably Long Vacation (1996), Beautiful Life (2000), Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi (2002) and Orange Days (2004).

Miyuki Koizumi is a Japanese model from Niigata Prefecture, Japan. As well as modelling the Paris collection, she appears in domestic adverts and national magazines. She is currently signed to Tateoka Office Co., Ltd.

Keitaro Hoshino is a retired Japanese boxer.