List of Famous people born in Japan

Suzu Chiba is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan. She competed for her native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won the bronze medal in the 400 m Freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Western Australia.

Anna Hachimine is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency, Oscar Promotion. Her sister is Nana Hachimine.

Shuntarō Tanikawa is a Japanese poet and translator. He is one of the most widely read and highly regarded of living Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad, and a frequent subject of speculations regarding the Nobel Prize in Literature. Several of his collections, including his selected works, have been translated into English, and his Floating the River in Melancholy, translated by William I. Eliott and Kazuo Kawamura, won the American Book Award in 1989.

Chiaki Ito is a Japanese singer, actress, dancer, model and a former member of the group AAA.

Yutaka Nagare is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a Scrum-half. He currently plays for Sunwolves in Super Rugby and Suntory Sungoliath in Japan's domestic Top League.

Yasutomo Kubo is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played for the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2005 to 2008, the Hanshin Tigers from 2009 to 2013, and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, he played for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

Yuka Ōtsubo is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Chiba Prefecture affiliated with Early Wing. In 2014, she started her career as a singer by joining the band SmileY inc. with Vocaloid musician Yuuyu-P. She also did the voice of Vocaloid character Azuki Masaoka for V4.

Masahiro Inoue is a Japanese actor. He got his start in acting portraying Keigo Atobe in Musical: The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Presence, Hyotei as part of the Hyoutei B Cast. In 2009, he portrayed the lead role in Kamen Rider Decade, Tsukasa Kadoya, who had the ability to transform into the title character and in the music videos for Gackt's "Journey Through the Decade" and "Stay the Ride Alive" as the series' main character. He later appears in the Garo series Garo: Goldstorm Sho as the main antagonist Jinga.

Fujiko Kojima is a Japanese actress, fashion model, and tarento represented by Asia Business Partners.

Azusa Senou , is a Japanese singer, actress and model. She was a former member of the Japan's idol group Coco in the late 1990s.