List of Famous people born in Japan

Toshio Kakei is a Japanese actor. He had major roles in several TV drama series such as Bayside Shakedown.

Shōta Iizuka is a Japanese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.

Ko Itakura is a Japanese footballer who plays for FC Groningen on loan from Manchester City.

Rikizo Matsuhashi is a former Japanese football player and the head coach of Albirex Niigata.

Nasa Hataoka is a Japanese professional golfer.

Yukiko Akaba is a Japanese long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, half marathon and marathon events.

Yuki Soma is a Japanese football player who plays for Nagoya Grampus.

Yuki Fukushima is a Japanese badminton player. She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.

Maki Itoh is a Japanese female professional wrestler, actress, model, and idol, who wrestles for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling, where she is a former International Princess Champion. She is currently a member of the idol group Tokiwoikiru (トキヲイキル).

Takashi Sasagawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Bunkyō, Tokyo and dropout from Meiji University, he was elected for the first time in 1986 after two unsuccessful runs in 1972 and 1983. In 1993 he left the LDP and participated in the formation of the New Frontier Party in the following year. In 1996 he left the New Frontier Party, rejoining the LDP in the following year.