List of Famous people born in Japan

Hideo Yamamoto is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Ichi the Killer, which was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2001, and Homunculus.

Katsushige Kawashima is a Japanese retired professional boxer who fought in the super flyweight division. He is a former WBC and lineal super flyweight champion.

Akiko Urasaki , known professionally as Awich , is an Okinawa-born Japanese hip hop artist. She made her major label debut with Universal Music Japan in 2020. Her stage name is short for "Asian wish child," which is the literal meaning of the Japanese characters in her given name.

Isao Arita is a Japanese physician, virologist and vaccination specialist who headed the World Health Organization (WHO) Smallpox Eradication Unit in 1977–85. During this period, smallpox became the first infectious disease of humans to be eradicated globally. For this work, he and his colleagues were awarded the Japan Prize in 1988. He also advised the successful programme to eradicate poliovirus from the Western Pacific region.

Hisashi Namekata is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan.

Sayaka Aoki is a Japanese voice actress and is affiliated with Bell Production management. She is originally from Akita Prefecture. She sometimes uses Shizuka Aoki for stage performances.

Hikaru Minegishi , also known by his nickname Pika, is a Filipino footballer who plays as a winger for United City of the Philippines Football League.

Arisa Go is a Japanese Olympian speed skater.