List of Famous people born in Japan

Hisaya Nakajo is a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She also uses the names Peco Fujiya and Ryou Fumizuki for doujinshi with her circle, Daisanteikoku.

Hitoshi Sakimoto is a Japanese video game music composer and arranger. He is best known for scoring Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII, though he has composed soundtracks for over 80 other games. He began playing music and video games in elementary school, and began composing video game music for money by the time he was 16. Sakimoto's professional career began a few years later in 1988 when he started composing music professionally as a freelancer, as well as programming sound drivers for games. Five years and 40 games later, he achieved his first mainstream success with the score to Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen. In 1997, he joined Square and composed for his first international success, the score to Final Fantasy Tactics.

Ryota Taohata is a Japanese badminton player who affiliated with Nihon Unisys team since April 2011. He was a bronze medalist at the 2013 East Asian Games in the men's doubles event, and was part of the Japanese team that won silver medal at the 2016 Asia Team Championships. He won the mixed doubles titles at the 2012 Canada Open and 2014 Russian Open. He retired from the Unisys team on 31 March 2017.

Fumihiko Machida is a Japanese badminton player. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.