List of Famous people born in Japan

Miya Sato (born 7 March 1990} is a Japanese female volleyball player.

Maki Takada is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Yumi Takigawa is a Japanese actress and singer. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1974.

Takashi Fujii , born March 10, 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese comedian and singer who belongs to the Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo and is the popular host of Matthew's Best Hit TV (as the character Matthew Minami , and various other related shows on TV Asahi, a major television network in Japan.

Kaori Momoi is a Japanese actress.

Yoshiro Nakamatsu , also known as Dr. NakaMats , is a Japanese inventor. He regularly appears on Japanese talk shows demonstrating his inventions.

Tetsurō Araki is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, and director. He goes by the alias Mochizuki Saburō when working as an episode director and key animator.

Yoko Takahashi is a Japanese singer, who is best known for her work throughout the 1990s, most particularly for her singles which were performed for and featured in anime, most notably the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise.

Ayako Wakao is a Japanese actress who was one of the country's biggest stars of the 20th century.

Yuta Iyama Kisei, Honinbo, Meijin is a Japanese professional Go player. In April 2016, he became the first player in Japanese history to hold all seven major titles simultaneously. In January 2018, Iyama became the first professional Go player to be awarded Japan's People's Honour Award.