List of Famous people born in Japan

Megumi Hinata is a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and musician.

Naoko Fujioka is a Japanese professional boxer. She is Japan's first ever five-division world champion, having held the WBA female flyweight title since 2018 and previously the WBC female minimumweight; WBO female junior-flyweight; WBA female super-flyweight; and WBO female bantamweight titles between 2012 and 2017. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world's best active female flyweight by The Ring and BoxRec.

Hideo Ohno is a Japanese physicist. He is the 22nd president of Tohoku University, succeeding Susumu Satomi in April 2018.

Ko Yanagisawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender, primarily as a right-back for Gamba Osaka.

Takayuki Shinohara is a professional Japanese baseball player.

Kimie Shingyoji is an actress and model in Japan. She has appeared in films Eureka, Station To Heaven, Natsumeke No Shokutaku, and Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl.

Masahiro Mori is a Japanese roboticist noted for his pioneering work in the fields of robotics and automation, his research achievements in humans' emotional responses to non-human entities, as well as for his views on religion. The ASIMO robot was designed by one of Masahiro's students.

Ryōsuke Hashiguchi is a Japanese film director particularly known for projects concerning LGBT community issues. He won the award for Best Director at the 24th Yokohama Film Festival for Hush! and at the 33rd Hochi Film Award for All Around Us.

Minoru Suganuma is a former Japanese football player.

Yuika Sugasawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds. She also plays for Japan national team.