List of Famous people born in Japan

The Pillows are a Japanese alternative rock band formed in 1989. The group has released 22 studio albums, several EPs and compilations, and over 40 singles. Outside Japan, they are best known as the group responsible for the soundtrack to the FLCL OVA series.

Kimikaze Toshiji is a former professional sumo wrestler from Tokyo, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 13. He won the jūryō championship in March 2012.

Keiji Oyama is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2008, the Chunichi Dragons from 2009 to 2011, and for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2012 to 2015.

Chieko Hosokawa is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1958 with Crimson Rose . Her series Crest of the Royal Family, which received the 1991 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo, has been continuously serialized in Princess since 1976.

Shinobu Ohtaka is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the creation of the manga series Sumomomo Momomo and Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.

Kazuma Yamaguchi is a Japanese football player for Matsumoto Yamaga FC.

Hiroshi Hara is a Japanese architect and author on architecture. His major works, including Kyōto Station, the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, the Yamato International building in Tokyo, the Sapporo Dome in Hokkaidō, and other important structures in Japan, have earned many awards. With a doctorate in engineering, he was a professor at the University of Tokyo until 1997, and has held an emeritus position since that time.

Masamori Tokuyama is a Japanese-born Korean former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2006. He held the WBC super-flyweight title twice between 2000 and 2006.

Iori Katsura is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Marie Miyake is a Japanese voice actress from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Pro-Fit.