List of Famous people born in Japan

Kaho Onodera is a Japanese curler from Sapporo. She currently plays third on the Hokkaido Bank FORTIUS curling team skipped by Sayaka Yoshimura.

Maso Yamazaki , better known by his stage name Masonna, is a Japanese noise musician. He was born Takushi Yamazaki on November 16, 1966 in Miyazu, Kyoto, Japan.

Hiroshi Nanami is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Hachiro Okonogi is a Japanese politician who has served in the House of Representatives since 1993, representing the Kanagawa 3rd district. He also served in the Cabinet as Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission, Minister in charge of Building National Resilience, and Minister of State for Disaster Management from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Tomohiro Anraku is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was drafted second overall in the 2014 NPB Draft out of Saibi High School in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

Kaori Mizumori is a Japanese enka singer with Tokuma Japan Communications. Her real name is Yukiko Ōde (大出弓紀子). She started her enka singing career in 1995.

Ryo Miyaichi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger for St. Pauli in the 2. Bundesliga. He played for the Japan national team.

Yasunori Oshima is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman and third baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1971 to 1987 and the Nippon Ham Fighters from 1988 to 1994.

Koji Matsui is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, receiving a master's degree from Northwestern University while in the ministry. Leaving the ministry in 2000, he was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2001.

Naoki Yoshikawa is a Japanese professional baseball 2nd baseman for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.