List of Famous people born in Japan

Kōyō Aoyagi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Manaka Iwami is a Japanese voice actress. She won the award at the 13th Seiyu Awards.

Akemi Okamura is a Japanese voice actress and narrator. She is affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She performed a song in the NHK program Minna no Uta and currently voices Nami in One Piece.

Hiroki Konno is a Japanese comedian and actor who was a member of the comedy duo King of Comedy.

Asami Seto is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Sigma Seven. Her debut role was as Yoshino Takatsuki in Wandering Son, with major roles including Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero, Mai Sakurajima in Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, Chihaya Ayase in Chihayafuru, Shoko Sashinami in Valvrave the Liberator, Asagi Aiba in Strike the Blood, Mirage Farina Jenius in Macross Delta, Nobara Kugisaki in Jujutsu Kaisen and Konatsu Miyamoto in Tari Tari.

Daisuke Araki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Yukio Hashi is a Japanese enka singer and an actor. Yukio's real name is Yukio Hashi , using a different kanji.

Wakanohana Kanji II is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Ōwani, Aomori. He was the sport's 56th yokozuna. After retirement he became head coach of Magaki stable. Due to poor health he left the Japan Sumo Association in December 2013.

Kyoko Iwasaki is a Japanese swimming coach and retired Olympic swimmer from Numazu, Shizuoka. She won the gold medal in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She was at the age of 14 years and 6 days when she got the medal.

Naoyuki Uwasawa is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League.