List of Famous people born in Japan

Hayato Araki , is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Rintaro is the pseudonym of Shigeyuki Hayashi , a well-known director of anime. He works frequently with the animation studio Madhouse, though he is a freelance director not employed directly by any one studio. He began working in the animation industry—at age 17—as an in-between animator on the 1958 film Hakujaden. His works have won and been nominated for multiple awards, including a nomination for Best Film (Metropolis) at the 2001 Festival de Cine de Sitges.

Miki Sasaki is a former volleyball player from Japan, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the #4 jersey. There she and the Japan women's national team took fifth place. She participated in the 2003 FIVB World Grand Prix.

Seiya Ando is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Alvark Tokyo of the B.League in Japan. He plays as Playmaker and is a native of Tokyo.

Takuya Honda is a Japanese football player playing for J2 League team Montedio Yamagata.

Nobuhiro Kiyotaki FBA is a Japanese economist and the Harold H. Helms '20 Professor of Economics and Banking at Princeton University. He is especially known for proposing several models that provide deeper microeconomic foundations for macroeconomics, some of which play a prominent role in New Keynesian macroeconomics.

Reiko Tosa is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the marathon race.

Satoshi Kinsui is a Japanese Linguist, and he is currently a professor at Osaka University.