List of Famous people born in Japan

Rumi Hiiragi is a Japanese actress.

Susumu Terajima is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his portrayal of yakuza figures, most notably in the films of Takeshi Kitano.

Naoki Hyakuta is a Japanese novelist and television producer. He is known for his right-wing political views and denying Japanese war crimes prior to and during World War II. He is particularly known for his 2006 novel The Eternal Zero, which became a popular 2013 film, his controversial period as a governor of government broadcaster NHK, as well as his support of Nanjing Massacre denial.

Serina is a Japanese entertainer who is a former member of the idol group SDN48 and represented by the talent agency, A-Plus.

Midori Goto who performs under the mononym Midori, is a Japanese-born American violinist. She made her debut with the New York Philharmonic at age 11 as a surprise guest soloist at the New Year's Eve Gala in 1982. In 1986 her performance at the Tanglewood Music Festival with Leonard Bernstein conducting his own composition made the front-page headlines in The New York Times. Midori became a celebrated child prodigy, and one of the world's preeminent violinists as an adult.

Katsutoshi Kaneda is a Japanese politician who served as the Japanese Minister of Justice in 2016–2017. He studied and graduated at the Hitotsubashi University.

Tasuku Hatanaka is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, best known as the voice of Yuma Tsukumo in the anime series Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal. He also voices starring characters Ushio in Ushio and Tora, Ikoma in Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Gō Nagakura in Battery, and Fudō Nomura in Armed Girl's Machiavellism. In 2016, he was listed among the Best Voice Actors for Newtype Anime Awards for 2015-16.

Ayaki Suzuki is a Japanese retired footballer.

Ryūta Konno is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Harumi Miyako is a Japanese singer of enka.