List of Famous people born in Japan

Yoshiteru Hirobe is a Japanese badminton player, and joined the Unisys team in 2005. Hirobe graduated from the Chuo University. In 2009, he won the Osaka International Challenge tournament in the men's doubles event partnered with Hajime Komiyama. At the Superseries event, He was the semi-finalist of the 2010 Denmark and Korea Open.

Miyuki Tai is a retired Japanese badminton player from NTT East Club.

Hisako Mori is a Japanese badminton player, born in Kanagawa Prefecture. She competed in women's doubles with team mate Kimiko Jinnai at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Issei Nishikawa is a Japanese politician and a former governor of Fukui Prefecture in Japan. He was elected first in 2003. A native of Asahi, Fukui and graduate of Kyoto University with the B.L. degree in 1968, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1968.

Hiroshi Yanaka is a Japanese voice actor.

Keisuke Yoshida is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Raw Summer won the Fantastic Off-Theatre Competition Grand Prize at the 2006 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

Sumiko Kitada later Sumiko Shiba , is a retired Japanese badminton player. After working at Shijonawate Junior College, Kitada played for Sanyo Electric Ltd. and won a bronze medal in the women's singles exhibition event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She is the eight-time Japanese national champion and doubles runner-up four times. She also finished third in the 1986 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals. In 2005, she was appointed as a member of the Nippon Badminton Association Strengthening Committee, and after serving as the head of the strengthening headquarters, she was appointed as the head of the national strengthening department in June 2015.

Izo Hashimoto is a Japanese screenwriter and film director.

Katsumasa Suzuki is a Japanese politician who is a member of House of Representatives for the Tomorrow Party of Japan. He was formerly a member of the Democratic Party of Japan.