List of Famous people born in Japan

Takumi Nemoto

First Name Takumi
Last Name Nemoto
Born on March 7, 1951 (age 75)

Takumi Nemoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

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Kaori Iida

First Name Kaori
Last Name Iida
Born on August 8, 1981 (age 44)
Height 164 cm | 5'5

Kaori Iida is a Japanese pop singer and actress, associated with Hello! Project and best known as a founding member of the girl band Morning Musume. She has also recorded with the Morning Musume side project band Tanpopo and is currently a solo artist. During her time in the group, she was the tallest member (168 cm), earning her the nickname "Kaorin" & "Kao-tan". She is currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.

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Hiroyuki Nishimori

First Name Hiroyuki
Last Name Nishimori
Born on November 23, 1963 (age 62)
Born in Japan

Hiroyuki Nishimori is a Japanese manga artist, know for his works Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! (1988–1997) and Cheeky Angel (1999–2003). The latest won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 2001.

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Nobuyoshi Kuwano

First Name Nobuyoshi
Last Name Kuwano
Born on April 4, 1957 (age 69)
Born in Japan, Tokyo
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Nobuyoshi Kuwano is a Japanese television performer, former member of Rats & Star. His nickname is "Kuwa-man" (桑マン). In Rats & Star, he took charge of the trumpet and vocals. After the group broke up, he shifted to a television comedian and co-starred with The Drifters' Ken Shimura and Masashi Tashiro. He took over as lead vocalist of Rats & Star during Masayuki Suzuki's solo concert tour.

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Takumi Ohshiro

First Name Takumi
Last Name Ohshiro
Born on February 11, 1993 (age 33)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Takumi Ohshiro is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

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Akira Maeda

First Name Akira
Last Name Maeda
Born on January 24, 1959 (age 67)

Akira Maeda is a Japanese mixed martial arts promoter, writer and retired professional wrestler of Korean descent. Maeda was also known by the ring name Kwik-kik-Lee during his time on the British wrestling show World of Sport (WoS). Maeda helped develop the shoot-style of professional wrestling during the late 1980s.

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Issei Endō

First Name Issei
Last Name Endō
Born on March 23, 1989 (age 37)
Born in Japan
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Issei Endō is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

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Taiten Kusunoki

First Name Taiten
Born on March 18, 1967 (age 59)
Born in Japan, Tokyo

Daisuke Fukuda , better known by his stage name Taiten Kusunoki , is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He is affiliated with Amuleto. He is the best knowning dubbing roles for Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and many more.

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Daigo Higa

First Name Daigo
Last Name Higa
Born on August 9, 1995 (age 30)

Daigo Higa is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBC flyweight title from 2017 to 2018.

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Rie Kaneto

First Name Rie
Last Name Kaneto
Born on September 8, 1988 (age 37)

Rie Kaneto is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. She won the gold medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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