List of Famous people born in Japan

Mayumi Asaka is a Japanese actress. One of her television roles was as the ninja Sagiri in the jidaigeki Abarenbo Shogun.

Mikio Shimoji is a Japanese politician, a member of the Initiatives from Osaka party in the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Hirara, Okinawa and graduate of Chuo Gakuin University, he was elected for the first time in 1996 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He previously joined People's New Party in 2008. Shimoji was Minister of State for Disaster Management for the final 2.5 months of the cabinet of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda.

Noriko Ogawa , born Shigemi Tanimoto , is a Japanese actress and J-pop singer born in Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan on 20 July 1973. She graduated in sociology at Waseda University.

Masahiko Shimada is a Japanese writer. He has won the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, the Itō Sei Literature Prize, and the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award. His work has been translated into English.

Masataka Iryo is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Chiharu Icho is a Japanese wrestler who competed in the 48 kg weight class at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal at both Games.

Rino Nakasone is a Japanese dancer, choreographer, artistic director and actor. Nakasone and her dance crew, Beat Freaks, participated in the third season of America's Best Dance Crew, where they finished in second place. Nakasone has worked as a choreographer in South Korea and Japan, working with groups such as SHINee, Girls' Generation, TVXQ, f(x), Red Velvet, and SMAP.

Shōgo Hamada is a Japanese singer-songwriter and former member of the group Aido. He is a part of Sony Music Japan's SME Records division. He was born in Takehara City in Hiroshima Prefecture, and graduated from Kuremitsuta High School. He attended Kanagawa University, where he studied law, but left the school before graduating.

Eisuke Yoshiyuki was a Japanese author.

Ayumi Kinoshita is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was affiliated with Wave Management Nagoya, Parts, and Stardust Promotion before working as a freelance actress. She is well known for playing Marika Reimon/Deka Yellow in the 2004 television series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. On February 27, 2014 2013, she announced her pregnancy.