List of Famous people born in Japan

Takamori Yoshikawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and as a member of the House of Representatives the Hokkaido 2nd district in the Diet. A native of Tokyo who grew up in Yoichi, Hokkaido and a graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the assembly of Hokkaido in 1979 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.

Seigi Tanaka is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks after being drafted in 2016.

Kosei Tani is a Japanese football player. He plays for Shonan Bellmare on loan from Gamba Osaka. He is a goalkeeper.

Riku Onda is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai , a Japanese writer. Onda has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television.

Yuki Kadono is a Japanese snowboarder who competes in the slopestyle event.

Yuki Hashioka is a Japanese athlete specialising in the long jump. He won a gold medal at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. In addition, he finished fourth at the 2018 Asian Games.

Mainoumi Shūhei is a former sumo wrestler from Aomori, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. During the 1990s he was one of the most popular wrestlers in sumo due to his wide variety of techniques and great fighting spirit in battling opponents nearly twice his size.

Kazuki Yoshimi is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in his entire career with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons.

Tsutomu Takebe was secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party from 2004 to 2006. He was succeeded by Hidenao Nakagawa.

Yoko Fujita is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is represented by Humanitè.