List of Famous people born in Japan

Aika, is a Japanese singer/songwriter, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She is known for her 2006 debut album Ai-Wo, with its songs "Orange Moon" and "Ai-wo", which reached the top 10 in Japanese charts on its first week of its release. Her second studio album is released in February 2017. In 2018, she released "Heard An Angel". She co-wrote the gold-certified song "Path of Independence" for her sister, Ayaka Hirahara.

Izumi Nakamitsu is a United Nations Under-Secretary-General of Disarmament Affairs from March 29, 2017 appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She succeeded Kim Won-soo of the Republic of Korea. Prior to this, she served as the Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator, and Crisis Response Unit leader of the United Nations Development Programme.

Kaela Kimura is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter.

Fumiya Fujii is a Japanese musician, actor and former lead singer of The Checkers born in Kurume. His younger brother is Naoyuki Fujii, a musician and former sax player for The Checkers. His eldest son is Fuji TV announcer Kōki Fujii. He formerly belonged to Yamaha Music Foundation and Three Star Pro, and now he is part of a private agency, FFM Co.

Hikaru Nishida is a Japanese pop singer and actress. She was born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and made her singing debut with the release of the single Fifteen on 6 April 1988, named after her age at the time.

Junichi Tazawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox, Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Angels.

Ukyo Shuto is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Yuma Kagiyama is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2021 World silver medalist, the 2020 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2020 Youth Olympic champion, the 2020 World Junior silver medalist, the 2019–20 Japanese junior national champion, and the 2019–20 and 2020-21 Japanese national bronze medalist.

Takashi Kawamura is a Japanese politician of the Nagoya-based Genzei Nippon party, currently serving as Mayor of Nagoya. He was previously a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Seishirō Sakamoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Hanshin Tigers.