List of Famous people born in Japan

Jūrō Kara is a Japanese avant-garde playwright, theatre director, author, actor, and songwriter. He was at the forefront of the Angura ("underground") theatre movement in Japan.

Kanta Sato is a Japanese actor, he is a member of EXILE's theater company. He is best known for his role as Naoki Irie in the Japanese movie series "Itazura na Kiss".

Tetsuya Naito is a Japanese professional wrestler signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the leader of the Los Ingobernables de Japon faction.

Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker.

Yōko Natsuki is an actress, born 24 October 1952 in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. She started her career in the 1977 movie Karate for Life. One of her television roles was as Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series Yoshimune Hyōbanki: Abarenbō Shōgun. She also regularly appeared in Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi.

Ryoya Kurihara is a Japanese professional baseball catcher and outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Yuka Ozaki is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She is currently represented with Ken-On.

Futoshi Ikeda is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Eri Tosaka is a Japanese freestyle wrestler from Japan. She competes in the 48 kg division and won the silver medal in the same division at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships. Her performance improved in the 2013 World Wrestling Championships where she won the gold medal after defeating Mayelis Caripá of Venezuela. She won the 2016 Rio Olympic gold medal for Women's 48 kg freestyle wrestling by 3-2 decision over Mariya Stadnik of Azerbaijan. She was trailing by a point till very late. She was successful to convert a take down with 2secs remaining on the clock to win the gold medal bout.

Furuya Tsunehira is a Japanese critic, writer, and political activist. Since November 2014, he has been the president of the non-profit Koto Video Promotion Agency.