List of Famous people born in Japan

Shu Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Numazu, Shizuoka and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun from 1987 to 1999. He was elected to the first of his two terms in the assembly of Shizuoka Prefecture in 1991 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He is an assenter of "The Truth about Nanjing(movie)."

Yuria Haga is a Japanese model and actress.

Kengo Ohta is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Yūta Shirahama is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Takayuki Tsubaki is a Japanese actor and YouTuber best remembered for his role as Kazuma Kenzaki, the protagonist in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Blade.

Natsumi Hioka is a Japanese voice actress born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. she is affiliated with Production Baobab.

Yūko Minaguchi is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Bunkyō, Tokyo. She is affiliated with Aoni Production.

Yuka Ebihara is a Fuji Television female presenter.

Mieko Yoshimura is governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. She was elected on January 25, 2009. She defeated the sitting governor of Yamagata Prefecture, Hiroshi Saitō in an upset. A native of Ōe, Yamagata, she worked at a help-wanted advertising company before becoming a notary public for the city government of Yamagata. She soon became a member of Yamagata Prefecture's Education Committee before running for governor in 2008. She is Yamagata's first female governor and the sixth in Japanese history.

Noriyoshi Sakai is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sagan Tosu. A versatile midfielder, Sakai can play in many different positions, although left wing is his preferred position.