List of Famous people born in Japan

Riho Ōtake is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees. She also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. Her father is Hideyuki Ōtake, who is a former volleyball player. Her younger brother, Issei Otake [大竹壱青], is also a volleyball player and plays for the national men's team as well as Chuo University's team.

Shinji Harada is a famous pop music artist in Japan, born in Hiroshima, on December 5, 1958.

Takuya Haneda is a Japanese male slalom canoeist who has competed since the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first Asian canoeist to win an Olympic medal.

Miki Yamada is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Takuma Inoue is a Japanese professional boxer. He held the WBC interim bantamweight title from 2018 to 2019, and has challenged once for the WBC bamtamweight title.

Mari Iijima is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She writes and produces most of her own music, and plays the piano and other instruments. After being signed to JVC Victor in 1982, Mari first became known for her voice-acting role as Lynn Minmay in the anime Macross. Her debut original album, Rosé, was released in 1983, which was produced by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Kayoko Shiraishi is a Japanese stage actress. Her first film role was as Oba in Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41. She is the narrator in the 1992 film of Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex directed by Julie Taymor.

Ryo Kiyuna is a Japanese karateka. He is a three-time gold medalist in the men's kata event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata event, alongside Arata Kinjo and Takuya Uemura. He is also a four-time gold medalist in both the individual and team kata events at the Asian Karate Championships.

Suzuka Ohgo is a Japanese actress.

Yuji Yoshimi is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Yokohama BayStars from 2001 to 2010 and for the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2010 to 2013. He also played for Team Japan at the 2000 Olympics.