List of Famous people born in Japan

Kenzie

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Born on January 31, 1976 (age 50)
Born in Japan

Kim Yeon-jung, known professionally as Kenzie, is a South Korean songwriter and record producer who signed under SM Entertainment. She has composed and written mostly songs for SM artists such as BoA, Isak N Jiyeon, Super Junior, The Grace, TVXQ, Girls' Generation, Shinee, f(x), Exo, Red Velvet, SuperM, and NCT, as well as non-SM acts such as Twice, CIX, and The Boyz.

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Hiroyuki Yoshino

First Name Hiroyuki
Last Name Yoshino
Born on June 2, 1970 (age 56)
Born in Japan

Hiroyuki Yoshino is a Japanese screenwriter. He has written several anime series for the Sunrise anime series, My-HiME and My-Otome.

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Akemi Takada

First Name Akemi
Last Name Takada
Born on March 31, 1955 (age 71)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Akemi Takada is a Japanese manga artist and anime character designer born in Tokyo, Japan. Her character-design work is one of the more recognizable styles of the 1980s, when she worked on series like Creamy Mami and Kimagure Orange Road. She is also noted for her long collaboration with director Mamoru Oshii. She graduated from Tama Art University, after which she worked for Tatsunoko Pro. She is currently a freelance manga artist with her own studio, though she is also a member of the creative group Headgear. She also has her own designer jewelry store called Diakosmos.

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