List of Famous people born in Japan

Mikiho Niwa is a Japanese television presenter, and formerly an actress, model, and member of the Japanese idol group Canary Club. She played the role of Moune/GoseiYellow in the thirty-fourth Super Sentai series Tensou Sentai Goseiger, and appeared in the 2011 film Cheerfu11y. From 2011 to 2013 Niwa was a regular model for the magazine SEDA. In 2013 she became a weather presenter on the Nippon TV morning programme Zip!.

Sarah Asahina is a Japanese judoka.

Taio Kanai is a Japanese athlete specialising in the high hurdles. He finished fourth at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

Kana Oyama is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the #13 jersey. There she and the Japan women's national team took fifth place. Oyama played as a wing-spiker. Toray announced her retirement on 29 June 2010.

Midori Kinouchi is a former Japanese idol and actress.

Yuta Ikeda is a Japanese professional golfer.

Tetsuma Esaki is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), formerly a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He was appointed to be the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs by Shinzō Abe August 3, 2017. A native of Ichinomiya, Aichi and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan Renewal Party. He later joined the LDP. He was defeated in the 2009 by DPJ candidate Kazumi Sugimoto.

Miyuki Imori is a Japanese entertainer, idol, actress, and singer who is represented by the talent agency, Horipro.

Yasutaka Nakata is a Japanese DJ, record producer, songwriter, composer and arranger. He formed the band Capsule in 1997 with vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and himself as composer and record producer when both were 17. They formally debuted in 2001 with the song "Sakura".

Yōko Akino is a Japanese actress.