List of Famous people born in Japan

Takamoto Katsuta is a Japanese rally driver. He currently rallies for the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT in the World Rally Championship. He rose to prominence after taking a surprise victory in the WRC-2 class at the 2018 Rally Sweden.

Toshio Kayama is a Japanese politician and the current mayor of Sagamihara a designated city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was first elected in 2007.

Dejima Takeharu is a former sumo wrestler from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. A former amateur champion, he made his professional debut in 1996, reaching the top makuuchi division the following year. In July 1999 he won the yūshō or tournament championship and earned promotion to the second highest rank of ōzeki. He lost the rank in 2001 and, for the most part, remained a maegashira until his retirement in 2009. He won ten special prizes and six gold stars over his long career. He wrestled for Musashigawa stable. He is now an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Ōnaruto Oyakata.

Ryota Ishioka is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kōichi Hashimoto is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He is currently affiliated with Umikaze, though he has been attached to Arts Vision, Aksent, Ken Production, and Art 7 in the past.

Shinichiro Ohta is a Japanese voice actor and television announcer noted primarily in the West for his appearance as the kitchen reporter in Iron Chef, where he was known for his rapid-fire announcing style. On the English-language version of Iron Chef, which aired on Food Network, Ohta's dialogue is dubbed by American voice actor Jeff Manning. Ohta's character is perhaps best known for his line, "Fukui-san?", which he would say several times per episode, when interrupting Kenji Fukui's commentary with a report from the field. His talent agency is Aoni Production.

Toshio Iue was a Japanese inventor and industrialist who founded Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.. Prior to the founding of Sanyo, he played an influential role in the growth and development of Matsushita Electric Works, working closely alongside his brother-in-law and lifetime confidant, Konosuke Matsushita.

Akira Nogami is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, currently working as Akira. He has also worked as a trainer.