List of Famous people born in Japan
Daisuke Miura
Daisuke Miura is a Japanese former professional baseball player from Kashihara, Nara, Japan. He was a starting pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars from 1992 through 2016.
Liv Ullmann
Liv Johanne Ullmann is a Norwegian actress and film director. Recognised as one of the greatest European actresses, Ullmann is known as the muse and frequent partner of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
Satoshi Kuroda
Satoshi Kuroda is a former professional Japanese baseball infielder and current coach for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Asahi Inoue
Asahi Inoue is an announcer for NHK.
Aya Hirayama
Aya Hirayama is a Japanese actress who has appeared in various films including Waterboys (2001). Hirayama was born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan which is now part of Nasushiobara.
Tetta Sugimoto
Tetta Sugimoto is a Japanese actor.
Makoto Imaoka
Makoto Imaoka, nicknamed "Makochan", is a former Japanese professional baseball player from Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan.
Yoshihiro Akiyama
Yoshihiro Akiyama , also known as Sung-hoon Choo (추성훈), is a Japanese mixed martial artist and judoka who won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championships for South Korea and for Japan at the 2002 Asian Games. A fourth-generation Japanese of Korean descent, he acquired Japanese nationality in 2001. He is the former K-1 HERO's Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion.
Maggy
Natsuki Margaret Gibb , known professionally as Maggy , is a biracial (hāfu) Japanese Canadian model and tarento. She is known for many television shows such as Sport on Fuji TV (2009-), NTV's Hirunandesu! (2014-) and Buzz Rhythm (2015-).
Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura is a Japanese curler from Sapporo. She is currently the skip of the Hokkaido Bank FORTIUS curling team on the World Curling Tour.