List of Famous people born in Japan

Arisa Komiya is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Shimotsuke, Tochigi. Komiya is known for starring as Yoko Usami/Yellow Buster in the 2012 Super Sentai series Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters and Dia Kurosawa in the multimedia project Love Live! Sunshine!!. She is currently affiliated with Box Corporation.

Hiromi Itō is one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan, with more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, numerous books of essays, and several major literary prizes to her name. She divides her time between the towns of Encinitas, California and Kumamoto in southern Japan. She is currently teaching at School of Culture, Media and Society in Waseda University, Tokyo.

Masashi Nakayama is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the head coach of Júbilo Iwata. He played as a forward in his playing career. Born in Shizuoka, Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and University of Tsukuba before he joined Yamaha Motors of the Japan Soccer League, a precursor to the J1 League, which consisted of company sponsored teams. He retired in December 2012 at age 45 after playing 3 seasons for Consadole Sapporo, then he came back almost three years later with Azul Claro Numazu in Japan Football League, the club has been promoted to the J3 League since 2017. He also attends by the nickname Gon Nakayama.

Yoshio Nomura is a Japanese guitarist, music producer, narrator, former idol and actor. In the 80's, he was part of the idol group Tanokin Trio. He released a single called "kimagure ONE-WAY BOY" in 1983 as lead vocalist and guitarist of THE GOOD-BYE.

Kōji Tanigawa is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is the 17th Lifetime Meijin and also a former president of the Japan Shogi Association (JSA).

Yasutaro Matsuki is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He also worked as a football commentator.

Hisayoshi Harasawa is a Japanese judoka.

Kentaro Sonoura is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Takamatsu, Kagawa and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in the 2005 general election after an unsuccessful run in 2003.

Takashi Tezuka is a Japanese video game designer, director and producer. He is a senior officer of Nintendo EPD and executive at Nintendo.

Shōta Ōno is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.