List of Famous people born in Japan

Mieko Kawakami is the author of the internationally best-selling novel, Breasts and Eggs, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and one of TIME’s Best 10 Books of 2020.

Kunimitsu Sekiguchi is a Japanese football player who plays for Vegalta Sendai.

Midori Katō is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and narrator who is most famous for the role of Sazae Fuguta from the long-running family anime Sazae-san. She is also known for voicing Yoshiko in Sally the Witch and Osomatsu Matsuno in Osomatsu-kun (1966).

Shūichi Gonda is a Japanese footballer who plays in Japan for Shimizu S-Pulse as a goalkeeper. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Aori Nishimura is a regular-footed Japanese professional skateboarder. Nishimura represented her country in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Fumiya Araki is a Japanese professional baseball infielder who currently plays for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Akemi Masuda is a retired Japanese female long-distance runner. She competed for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, although she failed to finish the race. Masuda set her personal best in the classic distance (2:30:30) in 1983.

Aguri Suzuki is a Japanese former racing driver. He participated in 88 Formula One Grands Prix, and his most notable achievement in racing was 3rd place at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix. Suzuki then became involved in team ownership, with interests firstly in the Japanese Formula Nippon Championship and the IRL in partnership with Mexican racer Adrian Fernandez. Most notably however, he was the owner of the Super Aguri F1 team, which participated in Formula One from 2006 to 2008. He then went on to form Team Aguri, which raced in Formula E from 2014 to 2016.

Reina Asami is a Japanese actress and model who is affiliated with LesPros Entertainment.

Ayaka Kikuchi is a Japanese speed skater.