List of Famous people born in Japan

Tomomi Isomura , also known by the nickname "Isotchi" (イソッチ), is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Her prominent roles include Shōko Kirishima in Baka and Test, Aria Rozenburg in Hiiro no Kakera and Makoto Nanaya in the BlazBlue series. She was associated with Deux Plus and is now associated with Max Mix as of March 2010.

Junko Yagami , is a Japanese singer and songwriter from the Aichi Prefecture. She has released 25 albums, including 6 live concert albums, and is a notable figure in Japanese music of the 1970s and 1980s.

Toshiaki Imae is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Akiko Ikuina is a Japanese actor, singer, and tarento. She joined the Japanese pop idol group Onyanko Club in 1986.

Hakase Suidobashi is a Japanese comedian who is a member of the comedy duo Asakusa Kid. His real name is Masayoshi Ono .

Keiichirō Hirano is a Japanese novelist.

Hiroki Nomura is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Ryuichi Kosugi is a Japanese comedian who performs tsukkomi in the comedy duo Black Mayonnaise. His standing position is on the left. His partner is Takashi Yoshida.

Momoko Nakamura is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Kenichi Oya (大矢健一) is a semi-retired Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Hisakatsu Oya (大矢剛功). Although he started out for New Japan Pro-Wrestling, he is well known for his stint in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.