List of Famous people born in Japan

Kenji Tamura is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan. A native of Shizuoka, Shizuoka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he worked at the Ministry of Finance from 1991 to 2002 and attended the Ford School at the University of Michigan in 1993. He was elected for the first time in 2004 after an unsuccessful run in 2003. He is an assenter of the movie The Truth about Nanjing.

Shunya Suganuma is a Japanese footballer for Gamba Osaka in the J1 League. His regular playing position is centre-back. He has previously had spells with Roasso Kumamoto, Júbilo Iwata, Kyoto Sanga and Montedio Yamagata.

Tatsuo Kinoshita is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in 2006 and 2007 and the Chunichi Dragons in 2011.

Takeshi Hidaka is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played with the Orix BlueWave/Orix Buffaloes from 1998 to 2012 and the Hanshin Tigers from 2013 to 2014.

Tōru Shinohara is a Japanese manga artist.

Momoko Kuroda is a Japanese haiku poet and essayist.

Kazuo Honma is a Japanese football striker.

Hiroaki Okuno is a Japanese footballer who plays for Cerezo Osaka as a midfielder.

Seiken Sugiura is a Japanese politician and lawyer. He was named Minister of Justice on October 31, 2005 and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Being a Buddhist, he imposed a moratorium on executions during his time as Minister of Justice.

Mia Ikumi is a Japanese manga artist best known for being the illustrator of Tokyo Mew Mew, a manga series she created with Reiko Yoshida. Her first manga story The Sleeping Princess of Berry Forest was written when she was just 18 years old.