List of Famous people born in Japan

Toshio Hirano is a Japanese immunologist and academic, best known for his discovery of interleukin-6. Since August 2011, he has served as the 17th President of Osaka University.

KAORI. is a freelance Japanese voice actress and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was previously employed by Contemporary Music Society and Aksent.

Masahiro Usui is a Japanese actor and member of the acting troupe D-BOYS, produced by Watanabe Entertainment.

Shinichiro Kurimoto and is a Japanese author and a politician. He is also an economic anthropologist and a philosopher who introduced the ideas of Karl Polanyi and his younger brother Michael Polanyi to Japan. He was a professor at universities such as Meiji University and Northwestern University.

Yujiro Kawamata is a Japanese mathematician working in algebraic geometry.

Yōsuke Kuroda is a Japanese anime screenwriter. He has his own studio enterprise, Studio Orphee.

Shino Kakinuma is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known for her roles as Naru Osaka in Sailor Moon, Suzuko in Mahô tsukai Sally, and voiced Videl in Dragon Ball Kai while her original voice actor, Yūko Minaguchi was on a hiatus. Kakinuma is married to fellow voice actor Toshio Furukawa and is attached to Aoni Production.