List of Famous people born in Japan

Toru Oniki is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently manager of Kawasaki Frontale.

Erika Yamakawa is a female fashion model from Japan. She is from Iwate. She appeared in the show-business production Avant-gardes. She was a gravure idol.

Isao Aoki is a Japanese professional golfer. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.

Rila Fukushima is a Japanese fashion model and actress best known for her comic book roles in film and TV and has appeared in projects such as the superhero film The Wolverine (2013) as Yukio, the TV series Arrow as Tatsu Yamashiro, and Ghost in the Shell (2017) as the Red Robed Geisha.

Izumi Ashikawa was a Japanese actress.

Nana Yamada is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She was a member of NMB48's Team M. She left the group on April 3, 2015. Her younger sister, Suzu Yamada, is a member of NMB48, and her younger brother, Yuma Nakayama, is an actor represented by Johnny & Associates.

Yukiko Ueno is a Japanese softball pitcher for Renesas Takasaki and the Japanese national team, who holds a bronze and a gold medal from 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, respectively. She became the first pitcher ever to produce a perfect game at the Olympics, against China in Athens. With fastball which tops out at 128 km/h (80 mph), she is widely recognized as the fastest pitcher in women's softball.

Hideaki Ōmura is a politician and the current governor of Aichi Prefecture. He was a former member of the Liberal Democratic Party, also a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Hekinan and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1982. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was defeated in the 2009 election by DPJ candidate Kensuke Ōnishi.

Yūko Miyamura is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and sound director. Her nickname is Miyamū (みやむー). She played Kazuha Toyama in Detective Conan and Asuka Langley Soryu in Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Shinjiro Atae is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and model associated with Avex Entertainment. He debuted as a member of the co-ed group AAA in 2005. Early on in his career, Atae starred in television and film projects including the live-action adaptations of Psychic Detective Yakumo, Delicious Gakuin, Teiō, Guardian Angel, and Ramune.