List of Famous people born in Japan

Takashi Chinen is a Japanese former gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in Barcelona as part of the Japanese men's gymnastic team. Chinen is a specialist in the pommel horse.

Minami Takahashi is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She is affiliated with Haikyō. Her major roles include Konomi Baba in The Idolmaster Million Live! from The Idolmaster franchise, Megumi Tadakoro in Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma, Midoriko in Selector Infected Wixoss, Ojou in Please Tell Me! Galko-chan, and Saturn in Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls.

Hakubun Shimomura is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Helen Nishikawa is a female Japanese TV presenter and actress. Although one of her parents is American, Helen does not speak native-level English.

Tadashi Settsu is a Japanese baseball player. He has been with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks since 2009, and plays as pitcher, wearing number 50. In 2009, he was voted Most Valuable Rookie. The next year, he became the first pitcher ever to make 70 or more appearances in his first two seasons in the league.

Natsumi Okamoto is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She is represented with Ever Green Entertainment.

Yuichi Nakagaichi is a former volleyball player from Japan, who played for the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. Playing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain he ended up in 16th place at the 1998 World Championship. On 26 October, 2016, Nakagaichi became the Head Coach of the Japan men's national volleyball team.

Tsutomu Yamazaki is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for The Funeral and Farewell to the Ark. Yamazaki is well known for his role "Nenbutsu no Tetsu" on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu Shiokinin and Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin.

Satsuki Shimabukuro, better known by her stage name Meisa Kuroki, is a Japanese actress, model and singer. She is represented by the agency Sweet Power and is signed to Sony Music Japan. She made her acting debut in 2004. She has modeled for the popular Japanese fashion magazine JJ, among others, and is the current Japanese representative for Epson and Giorgio Armani. She has appeared in numerous television dramas, commercials, films, and stage productions.

Kazutomo Miyamoto is a retired Japanese professional pitcher.