List of Famous people born in Japan

Ryosuke Morioka is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Kazuyoshi Akaba is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Shinjuku, Tokyo and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993. Akaba was appointed Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on 11 September 2019.

Kei Ogura is a Japanese singer, songwriter and composer. He was also a bank clerk of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, after graduation from the University of Tokyo. His musical career was in parallel with banking activity.

Megumi Nakajima is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Mito, Ibaraki, who is affiliated with E-Stone Music. Her involvement in the entertainment industry began in 2003 when she participated in an audition held by the talent agency Stardust Promotion, becoming affiliated with them after passing the audition. Her debut came in 2007 when she passed an audition held by the music company Victor Entertainment; she was then cast as the character Ranka Lee in the 2008 anime series Macross Frontier. Her first solo single "Tenshi ni Naritai" was released in 2009, which was followed by her first solo album I Love You in 2010.

Eri Ishida is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for Chōchin and at the 13th Hochi Film Award for A Chaos of Flowers, Hope and Pain and Wuthering Heights.

Satoshi Takebe is a Japanese musician keyboard player, arranger, and producer from Tokyo.

Reira Iwabuchi is a Japanese snowboarder. She won a silver medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII.

Tatsurō Hamada is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Ryuji Ichioka is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Machiko Toyoshima is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.