List of Famous people born in Japan

Eriko Nakamura is a Japanese actress, singer and voice artist from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2014, at the 4th Newtype Anime awards, she won a voice actor award (female).

Hiroko Suzuki , née Mizuno , is a Japanese politician, professional wrestling valet, occasional professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter best known in the United States for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand under the ring name Hiroko. She graduated from Meiji University, and became an announcer of Fukushima Central Television. She is married to professional wrestler Kenzo Suzuki.

Sachika Misawa is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Yamanashi Prefecture who was affiliated with Space Craft Entertainment until end of 2020. As a singer, she is signed to Universal Music Japan. Some of her main roles include Kuroyukihime in Accel World, Minami Azuma in Tokyo ESP, Rin in the music video for Shelter, Yukari Kohinata in Locodol, Sakura "Cosmos" Akino in Oresuki, and Aoba Moca in BanG Dream!.

Double is the stage name for Japanese R&B singer Takako Hirasawa . Double used to be the name for the two member R&B group consisting of Takako and her sister Sachiko. After the death of Sachiko, Takako started her solo career adopting Double as her stage name. Double has been titled as the "Queen of R&B" and is considered to be a pioneer for being the first artist to bring American-style R&B to Japan.

Takafumi Ogura is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Kazue Komiya is a Japanese voice actress who is affiliated with Theater Echo.

Yoshikaze Masatsugu is a former sumo wrestler from Saiki, Oita Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was sekiwake. A former amateur sumo champion, he turned professional in 2004, reaching the top division two years later. Until his promotion to komusubi in May 2014 he had the active record for the longest serving makuuchi wrestler who had never reached a titled rank. His best performance in a tournament came in July 2015 when he was the runner-up and scored twelve wins against three losses. In the following tournament in September 2015 he defeated two yokozuna and won special prizes for Outstanding Performance and Technique. Yoshikaze is in second place for the slowest promotion from makuuchi debut to the third highest sekiwake rank in history, behind only his stablemate Takekaze. He won ten special prizes in total, and eight gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He retired in September 2019 and is now an elder of the Japan Sumo Association, known as Nakamura Oyakata.

Kōhei Amasaki is a Japanese voice actor from Osaka prefecture. He is affiliated with I'm Enterprise. He won the Best New Actor Award and Singing Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards.

Seiichi Ishii is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of fighting games.

Takeaki Matsumoto is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs. A native of Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 after running unsuccessfully as an independent in 1996.