List of Famous people born in Japan

Yumi Ishikawa

First Name Yumi
Last Name Ishikawa
Born on January 1, 1987 (age 39)
Born in Japan

Yumi Ishikawa is a Japanese actress, model, writer and opinion leader. She is a founder of the KuToo movement. In 2019, she was included on the BBC's 100 Women list.

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Kazuhiro Yamaji

First Name Kazuhiro
Last Name Yamaji
Born on June 4, 1954 (age 72)
Born in Japan
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Kazuhiro Yamaji is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Mie Prefecture affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company. He is the famous official dubbing roles for Jason Statham, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Sean Penn, Song Kang-ho, Willem Dafoe, Christoph Waltz, Al Pacino, Vincent Cassel and many more.

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Hitomi Honda

First Name Hitomi
Last Name Honda
Born on October 6, 2001 (age 24)
Height 158 cm | 5'2

Hitomi Honda is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a member of the South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One after the competition television show Produce 48 and part of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 Team 8.

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Isao Hashizume

First Name Isao
Last Name Hashizume
Born on September 17, 1941 (age 84)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Isao Hashizume is a Japanese actor.

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Kaori Sakanaka

First Name Kaori
Last Name Sakanaka
Born on May 10, 1984 (age 42)

Kaori Ishikawa is a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, representing Hokkaido's 11th district after being elected for the first time. She was an analyst for Nippon BS Broadcasting before meeting her husband, Tomohiro Ishikawa, whom she has two children with. Ishikawa was born in Yokohama and graduated from the University of the Sacred Heart.

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Arne Sorenson

First Name Arne
Last Name Sorenson
Born on October 13, 1958
Died on February 16, 2021 (aged 62)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Arne Morris Sorenson was a Japanese-born American hotel executive. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International. A graduate of Luther College and the University of Minnesota Law School, Sorenson became the head of Marriott on March 31, 2012. He previously practiced law in Washington, D.C. with Latham and Watkins, had been a director for Wal-Mart, and had served as the Chief Operating Officer for Marriott.

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Jun Shibuki

First Name Jun
Last Name Shibuki
Born on November 19, 1968 (age 57)

Tanazawa Rika, known by her stage name Jun Shibuki , is a Japanese musical actress and stage performer.

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Keiko Masuda

First Name Keiko
Last Name Masuda
Born on September 2, 1957 (age 68)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Keiko Masuda is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She is better known by her nickname Kei, and is one half of Pink Lady, the top idol group in Japan in the 1970s. In the United States, they are known for their self-titled TV program. Masuda is represented by her own management firm Kei-Office .

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Nana Okada

First Name Nana
Last Name Okada
Born on November 7, 1997 (age 28)

Nana Okada , also known as Naachan (なぁちゃん), is a Japanese idol, actress and a member of the Japanese idol girl groups AKB48, STU48, and Tentoumu Chu! She had the reputation of being a "serious" idol early in her career due to her perfectionism, which has evolved into a more "eccentric" image in recent years. She is a fixture in AKB48's major single lineups since 2016 and is considered one of the best singers in the group.

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Ryudo Uzaki

First Name Ryudo
Born on February 23, 1946 (age 80)

Ryudo Uzaki is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor.

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