List of Famous people born in Japan

Fumi Hirano is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and essayist who is best known for voicing Lum Invader in the anime series Urusei Yatsura. Fumi attended Tamagawa University in Machida, Tokyo where she graduated with a degree in Theatre from the Department of Fine Arts in the College of Humanities. She is affiliated with Aoni Production.

Yoshiie Tachibana is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Nozomi Ōhashi is a Japanese former child actress and singer attached to the Central Kodomo Gekidan talent agency. She is noted for her role in the 2008 Studio Ghibli film Ponyo. Nozomi has also starred in various Japanese television series.

Masaki Sumitani is a Japanese comedian, retired professional wrestler, and tarento ("talent") also known under his performing name of Razor Ramon Hard Gay , which he adopted from Razor Ramon. His act was featured on the Bakusho Mondai no Bakuten! (Daibakuten) Saturday variety show on TBS Television in Japan, in 2005.

Chō is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Kōnosu, Saitama. His former stage name was Yūichi Nagashima . He is a graduate of the Nishogakusha University Department of Literature and received training at Bungakuza's research establishment and the Seinenza Theater Company before attaching himself to Production Baobab in 1986. He transferred to the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society in 2007. On August 23, 2006, he changed his stage name to Chō after his character in Tanken Boku no Machi. His hobbies include badminton and jogging, and he is a licensed teacher in calligraphy.

Masataka Matsutoya is a Japanese arranger, composer, music producer, and motor journalist. He currently resides in Setagaya, Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio Senior High School and Keio University. His wife is singer-songwriter, composer, and lyricist Yumi Matsutoya. His mother, Kazuko, is the auditor of Kirarasha, the firm Masataka established after his marriage to Arai.

Kenichiro Teratsuji, better known by his stage names Kenchi Tachibana (橘ケンチ) or simply KENCHI, is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is a member of J-Pop groups Exile and Exile The Second. He was also member of J Soul Brothers' second generation Nidaime J Soul Brothers until their migration to Exile in 2009.

Chiaki Mukai is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights, and the first Asian woman in space. Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was STS-65 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1994, which was a Spacelab mission. Her second spaceflight was STS-95 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. In total she has spent 23 days in space.

Shigenori Yamazaki is Japanese actor and voice actor. He is married to an actress Rei Yoshii in November 11, 2016.

Mikako Kotani is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she gained a bronze medal each for the solo and duet events, and the 1992 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to be Japan's flag-bearer for the 1988 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.