List of Famous people born in Japan

Kazumasa Oda is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and composer. He was the leader of folk rock band Off Course from 1969 to 1989, and has done solo work since 1985.

Second Tenko Hikita , best known under the stage name of Princess Tenko and formerly Mari Asakaze, is a Japanese pop singer turned magician specialising in grand illusions.

Masaru Nakamura is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Mariachis de Guadalajara of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Kazuaki Kiriya , born April 20, 1968, is a Japanese photographer and director of films and music videos. His birth name is Kazuhiro Iwashita . He is represented by Paradigm Agency.

Natsuko Godai (伍代夏子),, of Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese enka singer.

Hiroto Fuku is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Shori Sato is a Japanese idol, actor, and member of the idol group Sexy Zone, under the Johnny & Associates from 30 October 2010.

Keiko Aoki is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer better known as Bull Nakano . She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano. As a wrestler she was a villain, who often teamed with her mentor Dump Matsumoto. In Japan, she held several of AJW's singles and tag team championships. After being phased out by the company in the early 1990s, she traveled to North America, where she first competed in Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), becoming its first World Women's Champion. In 1994, she made her way to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where she had feuded with Alundra Blayze over the WWF Women's Championship. After holding the title once, she also competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). In 1998, Nakano began competing as a professional golfer, and in 2006, she joined a tour with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA).

Daisuke Sobue is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Shinobu Nakayama is an actress and a former J-pop singer. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and released her first single on 2 November 1988. Her final release as a J-pop artist was on 1 March 1991. She was a member of the short-lived idol groups Nanatsuboshi and Rakutenshi. She is the younger sister of actress Miho Nakayama.