List of Famous people born in Japan

Nobuyuki Shiina is a Japanese football player. He plays for Kataller Toyama.

Yuka Miyazaki is a Japanese television personality and former pop singer. She was formerly the leader of the Hello! Project group Juice=Juice. Her fruit in the group was peach.

Izumi Shima is a Japanese mainstream film actress who is best known for her roles in Nikkatsu's Roman Porno film series.

Mia Murano is a Japanese model and actress.

Yasumi Matsuno is a Japanese video game designer. Matsuno was first introduced to video games in arcades while waiting for the train, and first played Space Invaders and Xevious there. He attended Hosei University for foreign policy but dropped out, and after working for a time as an economic reporter, he joined Quest Corporation.

Koji Tsuruoka is a Japanese diplomat. Since 2016, he served as the Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Kakifly is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for creating the series K-On! which was also adapted as an anime by Kyoto Animation.

Marie Yanaka is the 2011 winner of the Miss Nippon beauty pageant. She graduated from the faculty of law at Keio University.

Kenji Nomura is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture affiliated with Aoni Production. Known for playing characters large in size, he has starring roles in anime shows, including Mitsunori Kugayama in Genshiken, Chairman Harabote in Kinnikuman: Ultimate Muscle, Lorenzo in Ristorante Paradiso, Gilles de Rais in Drifters. He also voices in a bunch of supporting roles in anime series including Battle Spirits, First Love Limited, Jormungand, Kanokon, Valkyria Chronicles, Yes! PreCure5, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. He voices several villain characters in One Piece.