List of Famous people born in Japan

Kazuma Suzuki

First Name Kazuma

Born on October 8, 1968 (age 57)

Born in Japan, Shizuoka Prefecture

Height 180 cm | 5'11

Actor

Kazuma Suzuki is a Japanese stage, film, television actor, film director, fashion designer, and former model.

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Ayako Uehara

First Name Ayako

Born on July 30, 1980 (age 46)

Born in Japan, Kagawa Prefecture

Ayako Uehara is a Japanese classical pianist.

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Haruka Tateishi

First Name Haruka

Last Name Tateishi

Born on September 28, 1994 (age 31)

Born in Japan

Height 165 cm | 5'5

Haruka Tateishi is a Japanese model and actress who is currently represented by Hirata Office. She is well known for her role as Amu/Zyuoh Tiger in the 40th entry of the Super Sentai series, Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger.

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Yūko Kotegawa

First Name Yūko

Last Name Kotegawa

Born on July 16, 1959 (age 67)

Born in Japan, Oita Prefecture

Height 158 cm | 5'2

Actor

Yūko Kotegawa is a Japanese actress from the city of Ōita.

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Ira Ishida

First Name Ira

Last Name Ishida

Born on March 8, 1960 (age 66)

Born in Japan, Tokyo

Ira Ishida is a Japanese novelist and TV commentator.

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Yōjirō Takita

First Name Yōjirō

Born on December 4, 1955 (age 70)

Born in Japan, Toyama Prefecture

Filmmaker

Yōjirō Takita is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for his 2008 drama Departures. It marked the first time a Japanese film won the award after the category first became competitive in 1957.

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Yui Susaki

First Name Yui

Last Name Susaki

Born on June 30, 1999 (age 27)

Born in Japan, Chiba Prefecture

Height 153 cm | 5'0

Yui Susaki is a Japanese freestyle wrestler. An exceptionally technical wrestler, in 2017, she won a gold medal at Paris World Wrestling Championships at 48kg, and in 2018, she won gold at the Budapest World Wrestling Championships at 50kg.Also she competed at Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2017 and won a gold medal.

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Yuji Matsuo

First Name Yuji

Born on January 20, 1954 (age 72)

Born in Japan

Height 173 cm | 5'8

Yuji Matsuo is a former Japanese rugby union player and a sports journalist. He played as a fly-half.

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Hajime Miki

First Name Hajime

Last Name Miki

Born on April 25, 1977 (age 49)

Born in Japan, Ōsaka Prefecture, Ōsaka

Height 180 cm | 5'11

Hajime Miki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder and current manager of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. In 2019, Miki led the Eagles' farm team to the Eastern League title for the first time in its 15-year history. He was then promoted to manager of the Eagles for the 2020 season with an emphasis on rebuilding the team. After one season it was announced that Miki would again return to manage the farm team.

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Yukari Ichijo

First Name Yukari

Born on September 19, 1949 (age 76)

Born in Japan, Okayama Prefecture

Yukari Ichijo is a Japanese shōjo and josei manga artist. She debuted in 1968 with Yuki no Serenade. In 1986 she received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Yūkan Club, and in 2007, she received an Excellence Prize in manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for Pride. Several of her series have been dramatized, including Yūkan Club as an anime OVA and Designer and Tadashii Ren'ai no Susume as high-rated live-action television dramas. A live-action film based on her work Pride was released in 2009.

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