List of Famous people born in Japan

Sakura Ishimoto is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Kenjiro Kawasaki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Tsutomu Aoki , better known by his stage name Twotone Aoki is a Japanese impressionist from Kanagawa Prefecture. His son, Ryūji Aoki, is also an impressionist.

Tomohiro Nioka is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Nioka batted and threw right-handed.

Osamu Suzuki is a Japanese businessman and the current Chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation. He has served as either president, chairman or CEO of the company since 1978. In February 2021, the company announced that Suzuki will retire in June 2021 and become an adviser.

Kiyoshi Nakahata is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Yomiuri Giants (1976–1989).

Kumiko Watanabe is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with Sigma Seven. She played Sergeant Keroro in Sgt. Frog, Shippo in InuYasha, Mother in Atashin'chi, Klonoa in Kaze no Klonoa, and Regina in DokiDoki! PreCure. She married Kōji Tsujitani in 2012.

Ken'ichirō Ōhashi , better known by the stage name Kenn, is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer from Tokyo, Japan. He made his debut as a voice actor in 2004 in the Japanese anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GX as Jaden Yuki, the protagonist of the series and his most known role. He also performed in the musical adaptation of the popular sports anime The Prince of Tennis as Yuta Fuji, the younger brother of Seigaku's Shusuke Fuji. He was the vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band The NaB's in 2003 until October 2006 before it was suspended, leading him to pursue a solo career in 2009. KENN played the part of Ikuto in the musical adaptation of Peach Pit's manga Shugo Chara.

Hiroshi Senju is a Japanese Nihonga painter known for his large scale waterfall paintings.

Tatsuo Hirano is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kitakami, Iwate and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1977, attending the Iowa State University in the United States as a ministry official. In 2001, he left the ministry and was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time.