List of Famous people born in Japan

Mizuki Tsujimura is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi.

Haruka Kitaguchi is a Japanese female javelin thrower, who won an individual gold medal at the Youth World Championships. She also has the Japanese national record for the same event, as she threw 66.00 m at the Honjo Athletic Stadium in Kitakyushu in 2019.

Akira Nakamura is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Hiroshi Morie , known exclusively by his stage name Heath, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is the bass guitarist of the rock band X Japan. He joined the group in 1992 a few months after the ex-bassist Taiji Sawada left the band. Heath stayed with X Japan until the band's dissolution in 1997 and reunited with the band from 2007 onward.

Haruki Kadokawa is a Japanese publisher, film producer, director and screenwriter. He was the son of Genyoshi Kadokawa and inherited the position of president of the publishing house Kadokawa Shoten in 1975. Under his guidance, the company soon branched into film production, and by 1994 Kadokawa had produced close to 60 films, many of them box-office hits. After being forced to resign from Kadokawa Shoten in 1994 due to a smuggling conviction, he established another company, Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, that has also been involved in the publishing and film production industries.

Harumi Inoue is an actress, model and accomplished swimmer.

Makoto Nakahara is a retired Japanese professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 9-dan. He is considered to be one of the strongest shogi players of the Shōwa period (1926–1989) and holds the titles of Lifetime Kisei, Lifetime Meijin, Lifetime 10-dan, Lifetime Ōi, and Lifetime Ōza.

Keiji Suzuki is a Japanese judoka.

Mayumi Ono is a Japanese actress, entertainer, gravure idol, and singer represented by Sun Music Production. She graduated from Jumonji Junior College.

Shigeo Tokuda is the stage name of a Japanese adult video actor. Described as "the undisputed king of Japanese mature porn", Tokuda has inspired many adult industry actors to extend their retirement to a later age. Tokuda has gained international recognition after being profiled by CNN, The Guardian, Vice, and Yahoo.