List of Famous people born in Japan

Hiroki Abe is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Spanish team Barcelona B and the Japan national team.

Yui Ninomiya is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She provides the voice of main character Ema Hinata in the anime Aikatsu Friends!. She released her first studio album Ai toka Kanjō in January 2020.

Kiyoko Fukuda was the First Lady of Japan; she is the wife of Yasuo Fukuda, former Prime Minister of Japan.

Yuki Ota is a Japanese foil fencer, gold medallist at the 2006 Asian Games, silver medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics, team silver medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and individual gold medallist at the 2015 World Fencing Championships.

Rumi Utsugi is a Japanese footballer who last played as a midfielder for Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League. She previously played for Montpellier and Nippon TV Beleza.

Galigali Galixon is a Japanese comedian. His real name is Yusuke Sakamoto .

Keiichi Kimura is a Paralympic swimmer from Japan competing mainly in category S11 events. He has competed at two Summer Paralympics, representing Japan at Beijing in 2008 and London 2012.

Rurika Yokoyama is a Japanese talent and a member of the Japanese idol group Idoling!!!. She is represented by the Production Ogi talent agency. She attends Meiji Gakuin University. She was a member of the idol group "Doll's Vox" in 2005 with AKB48's Oshima Yuko, produced by The Alfee's Toshihiko Takamizawa. She is the first Idoling!!! member to release a solo single.

Masakazu Katsura is a Japanese manga artist, known for several works of manga, including Wing-Man, Shadow Lady, DNA², Video Girl Ai, I"s, and Zetman. He has also worked as character designer for Iria: Zeiram the Animation, Tiger & Bunny and Garo -Guren no Tsuki-, as well as the video game Astral Chain.

Takashi Yamazaki is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and visual effects director. He won the Best Director and Best Screenplay prizes at the Japanese Academy Awards in 2006 for Always: Sunset on Third Street. He is a member of the animation and film visual effects studio Shirogumi.