List of Famous people born in Japan

Hanae Shibata is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds. She played for Japan national team.

Tomoya Ohtani is a Japanese composer and record producer who works for video game company Sega, most notably as a sound director for the Sonic the Hedgehog series since the mid–2000s. Ohtani also performs live musical pieces from the Sonic series on bass guitar, often alongside fellow Sega musician Jun Senoue.

Haruko Matsuda is a former Japanese badminton player. Matsuda graduated from the Kumamoto Chuo High School. The Fujitsu player, competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Matsuda won the National Championships in the mixed doubles event in 1991 and 1995; and in the women's doubles event in 1996 and 1998.

Chisato Hoshi is a Japanese badminton player.

Christopher Reich is an American author.

Takanori Aki , also known as 'Aki-san', is the president and CEO of Good Smile Company. He was born in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.