List of Famous people born in Japan

Aaron Wolf is a Japanese judoka who won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest. His father is an American.

Hirohiko Izumida is a Japanese politician and the governor of Niigata Prefecture since October 25, 2004.

Nana Katase is a Japanese actress, singer, and fashion model.She is known for acting for Death Note: The Last Name (2006), Arakawa Under the Bridge (2010) and 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008).

Ryusei Yokohama is a Japanese actor and model. He is affiliated with Stardust Promotion. He is best known for playing the role of Hikari Nonomura in the 2014 Super Sentai TV series Ressha Sentai ToQger, and for the joint role of Hajime Hinata / Izuru Kamakura in the 2015 theatrical play Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Academy of Despair: The Stage.

Kai Asakura is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing as a bantamweight in the Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional competitor since 2012, he formerly competed for Road Fighting Championship, Fighting Network Rings and DEEP.

Hayato Sakamoto is a Japanese shortstop with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Sho Sakurai is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi.

Hiro Shimono is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with I'm Enterprise. His notable roles include Keima Katsuragi in The World God Only Knows, Connie Springer in Attack on Titan, Nai in Karneval, Ayato Kamina in RahXephon, Akihisa Yoshii in Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts, Norifumi Kawakami in Ace of Diamond, Satoshi Mochida in the Corpse Party series, Syo Kurusu in Uta no Prince-sama series, Dabi in My Hero Academia and Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Koki Tanaka is a Japanese singer–songwriter and actor. He was a member of Jpop idol boy band KAT-TUN from their debut until September 30, 2013 when his contract with Johnny & Associates was terminated. When he was a member of KAT-TUN, he was recognized as the rapper in the group and has a hip-hop-influenced style. Out of the other members, Tanaka was most often paired up with Yuichi Nakamaru and they even formed a comedy duo 'TaNaka'. After leaving Johnny & Associates, Tanaka formed a new rock band called INKT.

Kensho Ono is a Japanese actor and singer. His most well-known characters are Tetsuya Kuroko, the titular protagonist in the anime series Kuroko's Basketball, Giorno Giovanna in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Slaine Troyard in Aldnoah.Zero, Yuya Sakaki in Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, Hakuryu Ren in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Mikaela Hyakuya in Seraph of the End. He is also known as the Japanese dub voice of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter film series, and as Muromachi Tōji in the Prince of Tennis musical, as well as the Japanese voice for Diluc, from the open-world RPG, Genshin Impact.