List of Famous people born in Japan

Kaoru Yumi is a Japanese actress.

Mizuki Ichimaru is a Japanese football player. He is currently contracted to Gamba Osaka in J1 League. His regular paying position is central midfielder.

YUKA, formally Yuka Muraishi and formerly Yuka Sato, is a Japanese singer, born on December 10, 1970. She is best known for her work in Japanese animation, including the ending themes of several Dragon Ball Z theatrical films, as well as singing "Mirai no Kioku", the opening theme of the series Kiddy Grade. In June 2000, she married drummer Muraishi Masayuki , and in 2003, gave birth to a son. Previously, she had also assumed the stage name Asakura Miyū (麻倉未有) in addition to her other names. More recently, her songs "Destiny of the Desert" and "Shinkirō" (Mirage) also appeared in the anime Desert Punk as the opening and closing songs respectively.

Takashi Kako is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms.

Hiromi Matsunaga is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player.

Masamune Wada is a Japanese politician serving his first term in the House of Councillors representing the Miyagi at-large district. He was elected to the House in the July 2013 as a member of Your Party. Upon the party's dissolution in November 2014 he joined the Party for Future Generations. He was promoted to Secretary-General of the party in September 2015; the party changed its name to Party for Japanese Kokoro in December 2015. In November 2016 he left the party and joined the Liberal Democratic Party's parliamentary group, but did not officially join the LDP. He joined the LDP on September 24, 2017, and was elected as a candidate from the proportional district in the 25th ordinary election for the House of Councillors held in July 2019.

Yuki Kobayashi is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari side Al-Khor.

Naoko Sawamatsu is a former professional tennis player.

Michio Aoyama is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Hiroshi Kiyotake is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Japanese club Cerezo Osaka and the Japan national team. He played for Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.