List of Famous people born in Japan

Kao Miura is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2021–22 Japan junior national champion.

Satsumi Matsuda is a Japanese voice actress from Takatsuki, Osaka, affiliated with Arts Vision. She is the twin sister of Risae Matsuda. Both were the 4th and 5th Anisong Grand Prix Finalists with Marina Kawano (4th) and Konomi Suzuki (5th).

Hideo Ōnishi is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives, representing the Tokyo 16th district. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Mariya Yamada is a Japanese actress and a gravure idol. She won the title of "Miss Young Magazine" in 1996.

Satoshi Fukuda is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) pitcher who last played for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

Tomomitsu Yamaguchi is a Japanese comedian, actor, voice actor, singer and presenter from Shijōnawate, Osaka. He is a graduate of the Osaka Prefecture North Shijōnawate Senior High School. He is currently attached to the Yoshimoto Creative Agency. He is best known as the boke half of the Manzai act "DonDokoDon" alongside tsukkomi Keiji Hirahata.

Hirohiko Araki is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his long-running series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, which was first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1987 and has to date sold over 100 million copies in Japan alone. The series is known for frequent references to Western rock music, fashion, and Italy, all of which Araki is reportedly very fond of.

Yoshie Takeshita is a Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous. She is currently Head Coach of Japanese volleyball team Victorina Himeji.

Yukiko Kashiwagi is a Japanese actress and was the wife of Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto from 1971 until his death in 1985. In the 1970s, Kashiwagi retired from her career as an actress and instead presented a series of welfare performances with her husband in children's homes and nursing homes, and on Japanese television.

Hideyuki Ohashi is a Japanese former professional boxer and two-time minimumweight world champion.