List of Famous people born in Japan

Hirohisa Fujii is a Japanese politician who was a member of the House of Councillors from 1977 to 1986, and of the House of Representatives from 1990 to 2012. He served two terms as Minister of Finance, and as Secretary General of the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party of Japan.

Iyo Matsumoto , married name Iyo Ozono , was a popular pop idol in the early '80s. She is now a Japanese TV personality, singer and actress, and is currently signed to Production No Title.

Ryō Tamura is a Japanese comedian who performs tsukkomi and writes the gags for the comedy duo London Boots Ichi-gō Ni-gō. His partner in the duo is Atsushi Tamura.

Yuji Ono is a Japanese football player. He plays as a striker for Gamba Osaka.

Ayako Fujitani is a Japanese writer and actress. She is fluent in English and Japanese.

Katsuei Hirasawa is a Japanese politician, currently serving as Minister of Reconstruction in Yoshihide Suga's cabinet. A member of the House of Representatives, Hirasawa is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party and is openly affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.

Tetsuya Takeda, born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Sannen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei. The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.

Riho Takada is a Japanese actress and model.

Hiroyuki Yoshino is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Sigma Seven. On leading roles, he played Yoshimori Sumimura in Kekkaishi, Yuji Kagura in Tona-Gura!, Takumi Nishijō in Chaos;Head, Yusuke "Bossun" Fujisaki in Sket Dance, Meow in Space Dandy, Favaro in Rage of Bahamut: Genesis and Galina in Yatterman Night. On supporting roles, he played Bernard Firestar in Divergence Eve, Chrome in Cluster Edge, Debito in La storia della Arcana Famiglia, Natsuki Minami in Minami-ke, Allelujah Haptism in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Yuto Kido in Inazuma Eleven, Rin Hirakoba in The Prince of Tennis, Kenichi Saruyama in To Love Ru, Iwaizumi Hajime in Haikyuu!!, Houka Inumuta in Kill la Kill, Hizashi Yamada in My Hero Academia and Yasutumo Arakita in Yowamushi Pedal.

Atsushi Tsutsumishita is a Japanese comedian. He performs tsukkomi in the double act Impulse. His partner is Toshiyuki Itakura.