List of Famous people born in Japan

Hiroki Hattori is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Takahiro Yokomichi is a Japanese politician who belongs to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and was a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Sapporo, Hokkaidō and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the first of his five terms in the House of Representatives in 1969 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party in the electoral district of his late father Setsuo. He left the House of Representatives and was elected to be the governor of Hokkaidō. He served for three terms from 1983 to 1995. After finishing his term as governor, he left the Socialist Party, joining the DPJ. In 1996 he was re-elected to the House of Representatives. He is the leader of the most left-leaning faction in the DPJ. After the victory of 2009 elections, then-DPJ President Yukio Hatoyama named him as the next house speaker of the House of Representatives.

Shintaro Kago is a Japanese guro manga artist. He debuted in 1988 on the magazine COMIC BOX.

Sekiryo Kaneda , also known as Sekiryo Yamauchi , was the second president of what is now Nintendo Co., Ltd., from 1929 to 1949. He married the daughter of Fusajiro Yamauchi, Tei Yamauchi, and took the Yamauchi surname. Kaneda died in 1949, leaving Nintendo to be run by his grandson, Hiroshi Yamauchi.

Tetsuo Nagata is a Japanese cinematographer based in France. He was the Director of Photography for numerous films, including Narco, Paris, je t'aime and La Vie En Rose . He won the César Award for Best Cinematography twice, in 2001 for The Officers' Ward and in 2007 for La Vie en rose. Nagata was also Director of Photography for commercials such companies as Rolex, Clinique and Honda. He was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography at the 39th Japan Academy Prize for 125 Years Memory (2015).