List of Famous people born in Japan

Nobuyuki Suzuki is a Japanese actor based in Indonesia and in Tokyo, Japan,

Kazuaki Yoshinaga is a Japanese coach. He is the current head coach at Albirex Niigata.

Tetsuya Yamamoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Wakashoyo Shunichi is a Japanese mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler and former sumo wrestler.

Yoshifumi Suzuki is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Italy. He currently plays for Suntory Sunbirds.

Mokona is the pen name of the lead artist, colorist, and composition designer of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp. She was formerly known as Mokona Apapa ; she dropped her last name because it sounded too "immature". Clamp has had a huge impact on the "manga explosion" according to an account in The New York Times in 2006. Their artwork has been characterized as "wispy", "fluid" and "dramatic" which has resonated with both male and female demographic readers of manga. The Tsubasa manga sold more than a million copies in the United States, and television programs based on the concept have been successful as well as DVD spinoffs.

Nobuko Okashita is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kagawa Prefecture and graduate of Gakushuin Women's Junior College, she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000. She lost her seat in 2003 but was re-elected two years later.

Nobuo Serizawa is a Japanese professional golfer.