List of Famous people born in Japan

Yutaka Ooe is a Japanese enka singer.

Tadamori Ōshima is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the National Diet. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.

Shigeki Hosokawa is a Japanese actor and former model.

Manami Toyota is a retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. She is considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, regardless of gender.

Kōji Hashimoto , known professionally as Kōji Yakusho , is a Japanese actor.

Tsuyoshi Ihara is a Japanese actor, martial artist, and writer of Korean descent.

Yūki Nagasato is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Racing Louisville FC. She is the first female footballer to play for the first-team of a Japanese men's club.

Kazuya Shiraishi is a Japanese filmmaker.

Takumi Akiyama is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Shin Kobayashi , better known as Shin Yazawa , is a Japanese actress and entertainer who is represented by the talent agency, Japan Music Entertainment.