List of Famous people born in Japan

Yūko Satō is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Kazuyuki Kyoya is a former Japanese football player and wheelchair basketball player. He has competed in the 4 Summer Paralympics.

Toshie Negishi is a Japanese film and television actress.

Udo Suzuki , also known as Udo, is a Japanese musician and comedian. He used to be a member of the Japanese band UltraCats and is a member of the owarai group Kyaeen (キャイ～ン).

Rie Murakawa is a Japanese voice actress, singer and radio personality from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She is currently affiliated with Stay Luck. She is known for her roles as Hotaru Ichijō in Non Non Biyori, Escha Malier in Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky, Ram in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World and Anzu in Hinamatsuri.

Hozumi Hasegawa is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He is the first Japanese boxer to win world titles in three weight classes, having held the WBC bantamweight title from 2005 to 2010; the WBC featherweight title from 2010 to 2011; and the WBC super bantamweight title in 2016. Hasegawa received MVP awards from the Japan Boxing Commission in 2005, 2006, 2008, and 2009 for his title defenses, and is the first Japanese boxer to have defended a bantamweight world title more four times.

Fusae Ōta is a Japanese politician, a former governor of Osaka prefecture, and the country's first female prefectural governor. Her real name is Fusae Saitō . She is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.

Kokone Sasaki is a Japanese actress, singer-songwriter, tarento and gravure idol.

Hiroki Iijima is a Japanese actor.

Chieko Matsubara is a Japanese actress. Born in Nagoya, she has appeared in more than 115 films since 1961.