List of Famous people born in Japan

Yohei Fujita , better known by his ring name Yo-Hey, is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Pro Wrestling Noah.

Kanako Watanabe is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. She competed in the 2012 London Olympics at the age of 15 for the 200m Women's Breaststroke event. She again competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.

Hironobu Kageyama is a Japanese musician and singer prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami (Kei) by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the rock band Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo. He found major success once he started to sing the theme songs of anime and tokusatsu shows. Becoming immensely popular soon after, Kageyama went on to be dubbed the "Prince of Anime/Tokusatsu Songs" and is a main fixture for shows to this day.

Ayako Kawasumi is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is affectionately referred to by her fellow voice actors and fans as "Ayachii (あやちー)", "Peyaya ","Ayasumi (あやすみ)" and "Aya-nē (あやねえ)". She is a skilled pianist as she has played the piano since childhood. She composed and performed "...To You", the opening theme to Piano, and played pianists in the anime Piano and Nodame Cantabile. She is one of the most prolific and well-known voice actresses in Japan. Throughout her career, she has voiced plenty of iconic and famous characters, such as Erina Pendleton, Akari Kamigishi, Saber, Melfina, Nodame, Lafiel, Fuu, Leina, Aoi Sakuraba, Mahoro (Mahoromatic) and Natsuki Mogi.

Ryuhei Maruyama is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese male idol group Kanjani Eight, which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He is also the group's bassist and one of its main rappers. He was a morning show co-host on Kansai TV. His image color in the group is orange.

Yutaka Akita is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Nobuo Tobita is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Ibaraki Prefecture. He is represented by Arts Vision.

Saburo Ohmura is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.

Mineyuki Fukuda is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Miyuki Watanabe is a former member of multiple Japanese idol girl groups. She is a former member of NMB48's Team BII, and a former member of SKE48's Team S. She was also on AKB48 Team B.