List of Famous people born in Japan

Aya Hisakawa is a Japanese voice actress and singer. In addition to releasing various solo CDs, Hisakawa is well known for her voice roles in anime and video games. Some of her major roles are Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon, Skuld in Oh My Goddess!, Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight in HeartCatch Pretty Cure!, Kero from Cardcaptor Sakura Haruko Kamio from Air, & Michie Matsumoto from Sound! Euphonium. She performs some of her roles in her native Kansai-ben. She is affiliated with Aoni Production. On February 14, 2018, she was announced as the new voice of Bulma in the Dragon Ball series, replacing original voice actress Hiromi Tsuru, who had held the role from the original anime's debut in 1986 to her death in 2017.

Koji Ota is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, and belongs to Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. as a commentator in baseball live on radio and TV. Ota is a son of an American father and a Japanese mother, the adopted son of a Japanese step father and a Russian step mother, who emigrated to Japan because of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Koichi Wakata is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a veteran of four NASA Space Shuttle missions, a Russian Soyuz mission, and a long-duration stay on the International Space Station. During a nearly two-decade career in spaceflight, he has logged more than eleven months in space. During Expedition 39, he became the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station. Wakata flew on the Soyuz TMA-11M/Expedition 38/Expedition 39 long duration spaceflight from 7 November 2013 to 13 May 2014. During this spaceflight he was accompanied by Kirobo, the first humanoid robot astronaut.

Toru Hosokawa is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher who is currently a manager for the Hinokuni Salamanders of Kyusyu Independence professional baseball league. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines.

Kazuki Kaneshiro is a Zainichi Korean novelist who was born in Kawaguchi, Saitama.

Tomio Okamura is a Czech far-right politician and entrepreneur of Moravian and Japanese descent. He founded the Czech political parties Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD). Since October 2013, he has been Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic (MP), initially for Dawn of Direct Democracy and then from May 2015 for SPD, of which he is also leader. He previously served as an independent Senator for Zlín district from October 2012 until his election to the Chamber of Deputies a year later.

Yume Miyamoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Fukuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Himawari Theatre Group. Debuting as an actress during her early childhood, she would then begin acting in television dramas, live-action films, and dubs of foreign movies. As a voice actress, she is known for her roles as Megumi Amatsuka in GJ Club, Rumia Tingel in Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor, and Rikka Takarada in SSSS.Gridman. She also voiced Lilo in the Japanese dub of the cartoon series Lilo & Stitch: The Series.

Kyoko Nishikawa is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, a member of House of Representatives in the Diet.

Kenta Matsunami is a Japanese politician of the Initiatives from Osaka party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Izumisano, Osaka and graduate of Waseda University, he joined Sankei Shimbun in 1997. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2002 for the Liberal Democratic Party in a by-election. After losing his seat in 2003, he was re-elected in 2005.

Yuriko Kobayashi is a Japanese middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and 5000 metres. She represented Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.