List of Famous people born in Japan

Masako Nozawa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. Throughout her life, she has been affiliated with Production Baobab, 81 Produce and self-owned Office Nozawa; she is also affiliated with Aoni Production. Her late husband, Masaaki Tsukada, was also a voice actor.

Shingo Katsurayama is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, CES.

Chizuru Arai is a Japanese judoka.

Takeshi Tomizawa is a Japanese comedian and actor. He performs boke in the double act Sandwichman.

Yutaka Yamamoto is a Japanese anime director from Osaka Prefecture. He is known for his incendiary behavior on Twitter and for being fired from Kyoto Animation and Ordet, the latter of which he helped co-found.

Akari Suda is a Japanese tarento and a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 represented by Twin Planet. She is a member of SKE48's Team E.

Ryota Yamagata is a Japanese sprinter holding Japan's 4th equal-fastest time of 10.00 seconds in the 100m.

Hozumi Gōda is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and sound director affiliated with OGIPRO THE NEXT Co. Inc.. He is part of a three-man comedy team called Kaibutsu Land (怪物ランド).

Kensuke Tanaka is a Japanese professional baseball left fielder who is currently a free agent. He has played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball and the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball.

Rei Sakuma is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. She is best known in Japan for her voice work in the long running children's series Soreike! Anpanman; her most famous role in the English-speaking world, however, is probably as the Chinese Amazon Shampoo in Ranma ½.