List of Famous people born in Japan

Hiromasa Ougikubo is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing as a flyweight in the Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional since 2006, he has also competed for Shooto, Vale Tudo Japan, and The Ultimate Fighter.

Marina Inoue is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with Sigma Seven. She was signed into Aniplex until 2007. She was chosen out of 2,000 people from the "Gonna be a star" auditions for the title role in the OVA Le Portrait de Petit Cossette.

Shigeru Izumiya is a Japanese poet, folk singer, actor, tarento. He established the record company For Life Records with Takuro Yoshida, Yosui Inoue, and Hitoshi Komuro in 1975. He also directed the 1986 film Death Powder.

Eri Nitta is a Japanese singer, actress, lyricist, and tarento. She made her professional debut as the fourth member of the all-female singing group Onyanko Club in 1985. She made her solo debut with the hit song Winter Opera Glasses on January 1, 1986. Nitta performed the opening and ending theme songs for the first 14 episodes of the Little Women anime television series from Nippon Animation.

Hiroko Hatano is a Japanese model and actress. As an 18-year-old, she made her model debut on Japanese fashion magazine JJ in March 1994. She was one of the top models for the magazine until 2001, when she temporarily quit modelling to concentrate on her acting career. She is now working for the fashion magazine, CLASSY.

Narumi Yasuda is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 8th Yokohama Film Festival for Inujini seshi mono, Minami e Hashire, Umi no Michi o! and Sorobanzuku. She also won the award for best actress at the 13th Hochi Film Award for Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad.

Mario Kuroba is a Japanese model and actor who is affiliated with Vithmic Co., Ltd.

Tomoko Honda is an announcer on Fuji Television. Honda graduated from Rikkyo University and has been working for Fuji TV since April, 2006. Honda used to date Makoto Hasebe.

Takao Ochi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Setagaya, Tokyo, he graduated from Keio University with a degree in economics in March 1986 and from École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales in France in June 1991. He also received a master's degree in the history of foreign affairs in Japanese politics from the University of Tokyo in March 2005. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in September 2005 after running unsuccessfully in 2003. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.

Mio Matsumura is a Japanese female announcer for Fuji Television.