List of Famous people born in Japan

Mari Yaguchi is a Japanese singer, actress, and television personality. She joined the girl group Morning Musume in 1998 as a second generation member and was the leader of subgroups within Hello! Project, such as Mini-Moni, Morning Musume Sakuragumi, and ZYX. After leaving Morning Musume in 2005, Yaguchi has continued to appear on television in dramas and variety shows.

Mineko Nomachi is a Japanese essayist, columnist, illustrator, and radio and television personality. She is best known for her blog I'm Queer but I'm an Office Lady , which was published as a book by Bungeishunjū in 2006, and for multiple radio and television programs co-hosted with writer Mitsurou Kubo. Her name is a pen name derived from a combination of the names of her paternal and maternal grandmothers.

Ado Onaiwu is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Yokohama F. Marinos in J1 League. He is the son of a Japanese mother and a Nigerian father.

Louis Okoye is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Haruka Igawa is a Japanese actress.

Kazuhiko Inoue is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. His notable works include Kakashi Hatake in Naruto and Gildarts Clive in Fairy Tail.

Koji Abe is a Japanese comedian, comic chat artist, actor and lyricist. His wife is former Morning Musume member and tarento Ai Takahashi.

Tadahito Iguchi , nicknamed "Gucci", is a Japanese former professional baseball second baseman and current manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Yukiyo Toake is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 23rd Blue Ribbon Awards for Furueru Shita and at the 29th for Gray Sunset.

Hirokazu Kore-eda is a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor. He began his career in television and has since directed more than a dozen feature films, including Nobody Knows (2004), Still Walking (2008), and After the Storm (2016). He won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father, Like Son and won the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters.