List of Famous people born in Japan

Yoshihiko Miyauchi is a Japanese businessman. He is Senior Chairman of ORIX Corp. and was a former CEO of ORIX Corp. Miyauchi served as President of the Council for Promoting Regulatory Reform in Japan. As of 2007, ORIX was Japan's largest leasing and leading diversified financial services conglomerate with assets in excess of US$69 billion and subsidiaries & associates in 24 countries worldwide.

Yoshihiko Hosoda is a Japanese actor from Tokyo who has starred the movies Detroit Metal City (2008) and Ooku (2010). He was once affiliated to the talent agency Stardust Promotion under his stage name Yoshihiko Hosoda, but left in October 2013. He is currently affiliated with Alpha Agency under his real name.

Koji Higashino is a Japanese comedian and television presenter. He is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency. He graduated from Hyōgo Prefectural Takarazuka High School. He is nicknamed Higashinori .

Rio Matsumoto is a Japanese actress, model and singer. She has had a prolific career in television drama series since the mid-1990s and since 2003 has also been in several films. She was formerly known as Megumi Matsumoto (松本恵).

Takashi Tachibana is a Japanese journalist. Tachibana is known for his articles on Japanese social problems.

Saori Ōnishi is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She played La Folia Rihavein in her first main role for the anime series Strike the Blood. She is known for her roles as Eriri Spencer Sawamura in Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Ais Wallenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, and Vignette April Tsukinose in Gabriel DropOut. She won the Best Supporting Actress award and the Personality Award at the 12th Seiyu Awards.

Yukako Kawai is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. In 2018, she won the silver medal in the 62 kg event at the 2018 World Wrestling Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. A year later, she won one of the bronze medals in this event.

Yoshiyuki Tomino is a Japanese mecha anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist best known for creating the Gundam anime franchise. He was born in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, and studied at Nihon University's College of Art.

Seiichiro Yamashita is a Japanese voice actor from Fukuyama, Hiroshima. He is affiliated with Office Osawa. He graduated from Department of Voice Acting Talent of Amusement Media Academy. His major roles include Kakeru Naruse in Orange, Takahiro Mizuno in Walkure Romanze, Buntarō Hōjō in Girls Beyond the Wasteland, and Rekka Yukimura in Battle Spirits: Burning Soul.

Rina Sawayama is a Japanese-born British singer-songwriter and model based in London. In 2017, she self-released her debut extended play, Rina. After signing to Dirty Hit in 2020, she released her debut studio album, Sawayama to widespread critical acclaim.