List of Famous people born in Japan

Takao Obana is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher and coach. Takao was the Yakult Swallows's fourth pick in the 1978 draft and played the entirety of his 14-year career with the team. He was also the manager of the Yokohama BayStars, the pitching coach for the Swallows, the Chiba Lotte Marines, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and the Yomiuri Giants.

Ami Koshimizu is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She was previously represented by Production Baobab until 2011. She voiced in a number of leading roles in the series, including Nadja Applefield in Ashita no Nadja, Leonmitchelli Galette Des Rois in Dog Days, Yumi Hoshino in KimiKiss: Pure Rouge, Takuto Hasegawa in Magician's Academy, Hibiki Hojo in Suite PreCure, Nanaka Yatsushiro in Myself ; Yourself, Himari Noihara in Omamori Himari, Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon Crystal, Mikumo Guynemer in Macross Delta, Nodoka Haramura in Saki, Tenma Tsukamoto in School Rumble, and Holo in Spice and Wolf. She won the award for Best Actress in a supporting role at the 1st Seiyu Awards for the role as Kallen Stadtfeld in Code Geass. She visited Anime Expo as a guest of honor to promote Kill la Kill as Ryuko Matoi. In video games, she voiced Agnès Oblige in Bravely Default, Ibuki Mioda in Danganronpa, Mai Shiranui since KOF Sky Stage, Mist in Rune Factory, Rimurisu in Tears to Tiara, Rinka in the Atelier series, Rosa Ushiromiya in Umineko: When They Cry, Tsuruhime in Sengoku Basara, and Yukiko Amagi in Persona 4. On February 28, 2018, Koshimizu left Axlone agency and announced that she now works as a freelancer. She is known for her dubbing role for Thailand films which starred Yanin Vismitananda.

Takashi Dekita is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Sakai Blazers.

Chie Tanaka is a Japanese model and actress who is based in Taiwan. She is best known for her role as Tomoko in Cape No. 7, the second top-selling film in Taiwanese cinematic history.

Jun Fukushima is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who is affiliated with Arts Vision. He's been acting since the 1990s.

Ryoko Shiraishi is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kashiba, Nara. She is affiliated with Aoni Production.

Hiroyuki Onoue , is a Japanese actor from Osaka Prefecture.

Yoshifumi Okada is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball from 2010 to 2018.

Keiji Muto is a Japanese professional wrestler who first gained international fame in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) territories. He is known for his work as The Great Muta in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during the 1990s, but he has also worked in the contiguous United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Taiwan. He is a former president of All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), as well as being a full-time wrestler for the promotion from 2002 to 2013. Mutoh is the current GHC Heavyweight Champion after defeating Go Shiozaki at Pro Wrestling NOAH Destination “2021.”

Yutaka Nakamura is a retired Japanese professional outfielder.