List of Famous people born in Japan

Yu Tamura is a Japanese rugby union player. He mostly plays fly-half.

Tetsushi Tanaka is a Japanese actor.

Rui Machida is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and at the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Shuji Kira is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Oita, Oita and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he ran unsuccessfully for the governorship of Oita Prefecture in 2003. In the same year, he ran for the House of Representatives as an independent and was elected for the first time.

Shie Kohinata is a Japanese actress, tarento, and singer. She is from Tokyo. She has one younger brother. She was formerly represented by Space Craft.

Asuka Ōgame is a Japanese voice actress from Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Sigma Seven.

Mariya Ise is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with Across Entertainment. She is popularly known as the voice actress of Urara Kasugano/Cure Lemonade in Yes! PreCure 5 and its sequel GoGo!, Killua Zoldyck in Hunter × Hunter (2011), Reg in Made in Abyss, Eureka in Pokémon XY, and Levy McGarden in Fairy Tail.

Manabu Mima is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Kinichi Hagimoto is a Japanese comedian. He is active as a stage performer, emcee, and manager of the amateur Ibaraki Golden Golds of the Japanese Baseball Association.

Sion Sono is a Japanese filmmaker, author, and poet. Best known on the festival circuit for the film Love Exposure (2008), he has been called "the most subversive filmmaker working in Japanese cinema today".