List of Famous people born in Japan

Takeshi Iwaya is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He served as the Minister of Defense from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019.

Michihiro Yasuda is a Japanese footballer.

Nenji Kobayashi is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Poppoya.

Yōji Matsuda is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan.

Kenji Moriwaki is a Japanese comedian and radio personality.

Shōgo Noda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in his entire career with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Tsuyoshi Ueda is a Zainichi Korean former professional baseball outfielder. An ethnic Korean, his birth name is Hanja: 周剛史.

Mihiro Taniguchi , real name Hiromi Yamase , is a Japanese actress, singer, fiction writer, TV entertainer and former adult video (AV) actress.

Kuniaki Takizaki , more commonly known as Neko Hiroshi , is a Japanese-born owarai comedian who uses his short stature, at 1.45 meters and 45 kilograms (99 lb), and cat persona in his act. He is also an avid marathon runner. In 2011, he became a naturalized citizen of Cambodia, and intended to compete in the Olympics for Cambodia.

Toshiaki Odate is a Japanese professional golfer. Odate played on the Japan Golf Tour, and won twice.