List of Famous people born in Japan

Fumiyo Kōno , commonly romanized Fumiyo Kouno, is a Japanese manga artist from Nishi-ku, Hiroshima, known for her 2004 manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms & her 2007 manga In This Corner of the World which got an anime film adaptation in 2016 by MAPPA.

Yukio Cho , known professionally as Akira the Hustler , is a Japanese artist, writer, actor, activist, and former sex worker.

Hideyuki Awano is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants, and the Yokohama BayStars.

Yasuhisa Furuhara is a Japanese actor, best known for the leading role of Sousuke Esumi/Go-On Red in the 2008 tokusatsu series Engine Sentai Go-onger.

Yoshiharu Yamaguchi is a former Japanese rugby union player. He made his debut for Japan against a touring New Zealand Universities team in Osaka on 12 March 1967. He last appeared for Japan against England's under 23 team in Twickenham on 13 October 1973.

Junji Sakamoto is a Japanese film director.

Taketoshi "Gomez" Goto is a former Japanese baseball player. He played infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions and Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Marika Itō is a Japanese idol singer, actress, artist, and model. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group Nogizaka46.

Haruki Fukushima is a Japanese footballer who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds.

Manabu Miyazaki, born in Nagano Prefecture in 1949, is a Japanese wildlife photographer.