List of Famous people born in Japan

Shigehiko Hasumi is a film critic and an academic researcher on French literature from Japan. He was president of the University of Tokyo from 1997 to 2001.

Naoya Ogawa is a Japanese Olympic and world champion judoka, retired professional wrestler, and mixed martial artist. He won a total of seven medals at the All-Japan Judo Championships, and set a record of seven medals at the World Judo Championships. Ogawa won the silver medal in the +95 kg judo weight class at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Atsushi Oyagi is a former rugby union player who played as lock, rugby commentator, tarento, educator and school corporate president. He is 190 cm tall. He is affiliated to Shochiku Geino.

Kyōko Saitō is member of Japanese idol group Hinatazaka46. She is represented by Sony Music Records, and is a model for the fashion magazine ar. Her fans are known as the Kyonkois .

Moné Hattori is an Japanese violinist. She was the first prize winner of the 11th Lipinski & Wieniawski Competition for Young Violinists in Lublin, Poland. She was also the first prize winner of the 7th International Competition for Young Violinists in Novosibirsk, Russia. She is the daughter of Takayuki Hattori, granddaughter of Katsuhisa Hattori, and great-granddaughter of Ryoichi Hattori.

Yosuke Asaji is a Japanese professional golfer.

Shuji Kashiwabara is a Japanese actor.

Yoomi Tamai , is a Japanese actress and singer from Tokyo. She is member of the performance group Psalm (SARM).

Yutaka Yoshida is a Japanese football player currently playing for Nagoya Grampus.

Hitomi Soga-Jenkins is a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea together with her mother, Miyoshi Soga, from Sado Island, Japan, in 1978. She married Charles Robert Jenkins, an American defector to North Korea, in 1980. Charles Robert Jenkins died in 2017, Hitomi currently lives in Japan with her children.