List of Famous people born in Japan

Keiko Nanba , better known by the stage name Keiko Yokozawa , is a Japanese voice actress. She is most known for the roles of Dorami (Doraemon), Mami Sakura, Benio Hanamura, and Sheeta.

Yuki Imai is a Japanese actor.

Takumi Kuriyama is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.

Hideki Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand and also works as a coach at the WWE Performance Center. Trained by Billy Robinson, Suzuki started his career with the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion in 2008. In 2014, he left IGF to become a freelancer, starting to work for promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Wrestle-1. He is a former BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, Zero1 World Heavyweight, NWA United National Heavyweight, Wrestle-1 Champion and NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion. In 2017, Fighting TV Samurai named Suzuki the MVP in Japanese independent wrestling.

Uzi is a popular Japanese hip-hop artist. He has released four major albums, most recently his “Natural 9” album released in March 2008. Uzi is one of the rappers to incorporate more overt elements of Japanese culture into his music and videos, specifically aspects referring to the samurai. He is a great example of an artist who maintains the localization of hip-hop music through his dependence on the incorporation of Japanese themes into his work. Such non-Americanization of his hip-hop music has been met with varying opinions; some view this as disrespectful of the origins of hip-hop culture, while there are those who appreciate Uzi’s apparent embracing of Japanese culture.

Tomomi Takano is a Japanese model and professional boxer who challenged once for the WBO junior bantamweight title in 2015.

Keita Suzuki is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Hisako Kanemoto , also known professionally as Juri Aikawa , is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is represented by Production Baobab. She released her first album Fantastic Voyage in 2014.

Atsushi Ugumori is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on February 1, 1987. He debuted in 2006. He had 2 runs in 2013.

Hisato Sato is a Japanese former football player. He played for Japan national team. His brother Yuto Sato is also a footballer.