List of Famous people born in Japan

Yukiko Kashihara is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1988 World Junior bronze medalist and the 1988 Japanese national bronze medalist.

Takuma Abe is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for J2 League side FC Ryukyu.

Yuya Miura is a Japanese footballer who plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.

Yuriko Nakamura is a Japanese composer and pianist. Some of her songs were also used for the soundtrack of Shusuke Kaneko's Summer Vacation 1999.

Taro Sugimoto is a Japanese football player for Matsumoto Yamaga FC.

Fumitaka Konoe was the eldest son and heir of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and the 13th generation descendant of Emperor Go-Yōzei. He served as First Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II, and died in detention in the Soviet Union.

Sho Naruoka is a Japanese former football player who last played for Fujieda MYFC.

Rei Nishiyama is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Kazuhisa Kawahara is a Japanese retired football player.

Sayuri Sugimoto is a Japanese group rhythmic gymnast.