List of Famous people born in Japan

Eizo Kenmotsu is a former Japanese artistic gymnast, who won seven world titles and three Olympic gold medals between 1968 and 1979. In retirement, he became a leading Japanese coach. He also served as sports director of the Nippon Sport Science University and vice president of the Japan Gymnastics Association. In 2006, Kenmotsu was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Kazumi Watanabe is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Sugizo have cited him as an influence.

Tsunekazu Ishihara (石原恒和) is a Japanese video game designer, director, producer and businessman who is the president of The Pokémon Company. Prior to working with the Pokémon series, Ishihara was part of Ape Inc. and worked on titles such as EarthBound, and then years later he founded Creatures Inc.

Yasuharu Nanri is a Japanese former figure skater. He is the 2007 and 2008 Japanese national bronze medalist. He competed at the 2008 World Championships, placing 19th with a personal best total score in international competition.

Yū Okazaki is a Japanese manga artist and a former member of Dynamic Productions. His real name is Yoshihiro Okada , which he has used in some publications. After finishing high school, he joined Dynamic Productions and while working as Go Nagai's assistant, he debuted with Hello! Love for the Gakken Naka ni Course magazine. His most representative work is the manga version of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam published from 1979-05 to 1980-02 by Akita Shoten in the magazine Boken Oh. He has also worked in some manga versions of Cutie Honey and UFO Robot Grendizer.

Risa Ozaki is a Japanese tennis player.

Yuki Matsushita is a former Japanese football player. He last played for Tochigi City FC.

Mizuki Inoue , nicknamed Mizuki (魅津希), is a Japanese female kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Inoue has fought in the kickboxing promotion J-Girls and MMA promotion Jewels. She won the 2010 Jewels -56 kg Rough Stone Grand Prix tournament at 16 years of age, becoming one of the youngest female champions in a major MMA promotion.

Masashi Eriguchi is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.

Toshiko Koshijima is a Japanese singer. Along with composer, record producer and DJ Yasutaka Nakata, she is the lead vocalist of the electronica band Capsule, which she formed in 1997 with Nakata when they were both 17. Their formal debut came in 2001 with the release of the single "Sakura". Two more singles and their debut album, High Collar Girl, followed the same year.