List of Famous people born in Japan

Kei Hosogai is a Japanese actor and musician most notable for his roles as Hiyoshi Wakashi in the Prince of Tennis Musicals and Basco Ta Jolokia in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. From ages 6–9 and 11–23, he lived in the United States, primarily in Seattle, Washington, and in the state of Hawaii; because of this, he is fluent in English. He was the bassist of the rock band Cocoa Otoko and is represented by the Japanese agency GMB Production.

Kaoru Kobayashi is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto. He won the award for best actor at the 30th Yokohama Film Festival and the award for the best-supporting actor at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Sorobanzuku.

Satoshi Iizuka is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Mariko Shinoda is a Japanese singer, actress, fashion model, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was the captain of Team A.

Sayuri Hori is a Japanese announcer, television reporter, television personality, and news anchor for NHK. She is a correspondent for NHK's morning infotainment program Asaichi. She was a correspondent for NHK's evening news show News Watch 9, as well as a newsreader for morning news show NHK News Ohayō Nippon.

Hiroshi Tanahashi is a Japanese professional wrestler who works primarily for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). His accolades in NJPW include being a record setting eight-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, a two-time IWGP Intercontinental Champion, a three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion and a three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. He is the current NEVER Openweight Champion in his first reign. Tanahashi holds the record for most reigns as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, while his fifth reign held the record for most successful defenses with eleven until May 5, 2018. He has also won NJPW's premier tournament, the G1 Climax, on three occasions and won the New Japan Cup twice, in 2005 and 2008, making him one of the greatest and most decorated wrestlers in New Japan's history.

Tadao Ando is a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism". He is the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.

Kyōhei Shibata is a Japanese actor and singer. In 1980, he won his first major award at the Elan d'or Awards for his role in Oretachi wa Tenshi da! . Shibata won great popularity through his role in Abunai Deka series.

Tsunekazu Takeda is a Japanese businessman, retired Olympic equestrian and the former President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, stepping down on 21 March 2019 amidst a corruption investigation. He also resigned as a member of the International Olympic Committee.

Yūki Ono is a Japanese voice actor and singer who dubs in anime shows and video games. He was represented by Atomic Monkey and is now a freelancer. His major roles are: Josuke Higashikata in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Taiga Kagami in Kuroko's Basketball, Zenkichi Hitoyoshi in Medaka Box, Kaname Tsukahara in Kimi to Boku, Masayuki Hori in Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun and Ishisaki Jun in Ace of Diamond.