List of Famous people born in Japan

Yuji Yoshioka is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder and the current coach of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.。

Yoshiki Takahashi is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Sagan Tosu.

Keizaburō Tejima is a Japanese artist and children's picture book author. He is known for his books and their illustrations. Tejima's illustrative technique is woodblock. Books he has written and illustrated include Fox's Dream, Owl Lake, Swan Sky and The Bear's Autumn.

Kentaro Kuwahara is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars from 2008 to 2010 and the Orix Buffaloes from 2011 to 2014.

Kensuke Kondo is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Fumi Dan is a Japanese actress. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 17th Japan Academy Prize for her role in Bloom in the Moonlight. Her father is the novelist Kazuo Dan and she herself has won awards for her essays.

Yurina Hase , formerly Yurika Ochiai , is a Japanese voice actress, singer and gravure idol. She is also known by her nickname Yurishi (ゆりしー) in Japan.

Shima Shinoda , better known as Shima Iwashita, is a Japanese actress who has appeared in about 100 films and many TV productions. She is married to film director Masahiro Shinoda, in whose films she has frequently appeared. She won the award for best actress at the 2nd Hochi Film Award for her performance in Shinoda's Ballad of Orin.

Takahiro Ikeyama is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder. A slugging shortstop, Ikeyama played for the Yakult Swallows his entire career, from 1984–2002.

Miyu Tomita is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Saitama Prefecture who is signed to Amuse. After aspiring to become a voice actress while studying in elementary school, she participated in two voice acting auditions in 2014, winning one of them. Some of her roles include Otako in Please Tell Me! Galko-chan, Yume Nijino in Aikatsu Stars!, Gabriel White Tenma in Gabriel DropOut, Riko in Made in Abyss, and Rizu Ogata in We Never Learn.