List of Famous people born in Japan

Daichi Kamada is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Japan national team.

Yasuha Ebina , known professionally as Yasuha, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, tarento, record producer, and entrepreneur. Ebina's personal life has often sparked controversy and made widespread media coverage. As well as her singing career, she was also successful as a tarento, appearing in numerous Japanese television and radio programs.

Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. Jackson in the dubbed version of the Avengers, as Nicholas "Nick" Fury.

Tsubasa Imai is a Japanese retired singer, actor and dancer formerly in the Japanese agency Johnny & Associates. He joined Johnny & Associates in 1995 and officially debuted in 2002 in the duo Tackey & Tsubasa with Hideaki Takizawa. They are signed to the record label Avex Trax. Imai released his first solo single, "Backborn", on February 24, 2010.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre.

Fumitoshi Ishino , better known by his stage name Takkyu Ishino , is a Japanese DJ, record producer, and singer from Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is a member of Denki Groove.

Naomi Kawase is a Japanese film director. She was also known as Naomi Sento , with her then-husband's surname. Many of her works have been documentaries, including Embracing, about her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and Katatsumori, about the grandmother who raised her.

Kaori Matsumoto is a female Japanese judoka.

Shuuka Fujii is a former Japanese dancer, fashion model, actress, and singer. She performed as a member of the music groups E-girls, Flower, and ShuuKaRen, and was a former exclusive model for JJ and Love Berry.

Takahiro Suzuki is a retired Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player.