List of Famous people born in Japan

Jun Ōki , better known as Bibiru Ōki , is a Japanese comedian represented by Watanabe Entertainment. His wife is singer Akina.

Ryuta Yamamura is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, lyricist, composer and actor. He is the vocalist of the flumpool and The Turtles Japan.

Noriko Iriyama is a Japanese actress and model. She graduated from Kyoritsu Women's University in 2008.

Hideki Hashigami is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Misaki Emura is a Japanese fencer. In 2017, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual sabre event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan. She also won the gold medal in the women's team sabre event.

Kosei Tanaka is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a three-weight world champion, having held the WBO mini-flyweight title from 2015 to 2016; the WBO junior-flyweight title from 2016 to 2017; and the WBO flyweight title from 2018 to 2020. Upon winning his first world title in only his fifth bout, he became the fastest Japanese fighter ever to become a world champion. Along with Vasyl Lomachenko, he is also the fastest ever fighter to win titles in three weight-classes, having accomplished the feat in only 12 bouts.

Elizabeth Sakura Narita , better known by her stage name Lisa, is a Japanese singer, songwriter and producer. In 1998, she debuted as a member of the Japanese urban contemporary group M-Flo with Verbal and Taku Takahashi. In 2002, she left the band in order to pursue a solo project and released seven albums as a soloist. In December 2017, she rejoined as a member of M-Flo.

Shugo Oshinari is a Japanese actor.

Junpei Mizobata is a Japanese actor, best known as Kudo Shinichi in Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi e no Chousenjou and Saga Kazuma in Hanazakari no Kimitachi e. He also appears in the drama Akai Ito as Atsushi Nishino.

Tomoe Shinohara is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer, producer and artist. She is notable for her flamboyant fashion sense and bubbly personality, as well her distinctive squealing speaking voice. She is also a close friend of singer Eiko Matsumoto.