List of Famous people born in Japan
Haru
Haru is a Japanese actress and model from Adachi, Tokyo. She is known for the film Koizora (2007), Maria-sama ga Miteru (2010), the TV drama Asa ga Kita (2015-2016), and for co-hosting of the TBS talk show A-Studio.
Ryōsuke Miura
Ryōsuke Miura is a Japanese actor who plays the role of Ankh/Shingo Izumi in Kamen Rider OOO. He is the third son of actor Kōichi Miura and idol Arisu Jun; he has an older brother who is also an actor: Kōta Miura. His acting debut was in the 2002 movie Ogya. In January 2012, Miura reprise his role in Super Hero Taisen (2012), On February 2012, Miura has pulled out from Super Hero Taisen, five years later Miura reprise his role in Kamen Rider Heisei Generation FINAL (2017), In July 2012, he made his singing debut with the single "Natsu dayo Honey!!".
Masahiro Higashide
Masahiro Higashide is a Japanese actor and model. In 2012, he debuted as an actor in The Kirishima Thing.
Takako Matsu
Takako Matsu also known as Takako Fujima is a Japanese actress and pop singer.
Hōchū Ōtsuka
Hōchū Ōtsuka is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box.
Shō Hirano
Sho Hirano is a Japanese singer and actor. He was trainee of Johnny's Jr. and a member of Mr. King, a group formed for a limited time in 2015. He later debuted in the idol group King & Prince in 2018.
Takao Saito
Takao Saito is a Japanese manga artist, although he rejects the term and considers his work gekiga. He is best known for Golgo 13, which has been serialized in Big Comic since 1968, making it the oldest manga still in publication.
Maika Yamamoto
Maika Yamamoto is a Japanese actress, TV personality, and fashion model. She is known for her roles as Kaede Kayano in Assassination Classroom, Chiyomi Horikiri in the 2015 television drama Minami-kun no Koibito, and Mizuki Kurata in the 2018 film adaptation of the manga series After the Rain, among others.
Toru Muranishi
Toru Muranishi is an innovative and controversial director of Japanese adult videos (AV). Known in Japan as the "Emperor of Porn", he has been credited as one of the creators of the quasi-documentary style found in Japanese AVs, a genre which has remained popular throughout the history of the adult industry in Japan. He was called "the dirtiest of the industry’s dirty old men" in a 1992 Tokyo Journal article by Kjell Fornander. Sometimes his posts on Twitter arouse criticism because those are considered as discriminatory remarks against women.
Kenta Hamano
Kenta Hamano is a Japanese musician, composer, and actor who is represented by the talent agency Kakubarhythm. He played the trombone in the band Sakerock.