List of Famous people born in Japan

Erika Mabuchi is a Japanese actress.

Kazuhiro Hatakeyama is a former Japanese professional baseball player and currently hitting coach for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Hatakeyama was the 2015 Central League leader in runs batted in, with 105. His retirement ceremony was conducted on September 21, 2019.

Kensuke Hatakeyama is a Japanese rugby union player. Hatakeyama has played 78 matches for the Japan national rugby union team.

Takumi Yamazaki is a Japanese voice actor.

Chieko Ochi , born Chieko Kawabe (河辺千恵子) February 24, 1987 in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer, model and actress. She played Sailor Mercury in the Sailor Moon musicals and was Naru Osaka in the live action. Several of her songs have been used in anime series and other television shows, from a localization of Lizzie McGuire to Ouran High School Host Club. She was born to a Japanese father and Spanish Filipino mother.

Rina Satō is a Japanese voice actress and singer who works for Haikyō. She won the Best Lead Actress Award in the 8th Seiyu Awards. On the New Year's Day 2017, she announced that she had been married since December 31.

Ōnokuni Yasushi is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler from Hokkaidō. Making his professional debut in 1978, he reached the top division in 1983. In 1987 he won his first yūshō or tournament championship with a perfect record and became the sport's 62nd yokozuna. However, he was only able to win one more championship before his retirement in 1991. He has remained in sumo as a coach and in 1999 became the head of Shibatayama stable. He was elected to the Japan Sumo Association's board of directors in 2018.

Machi Tawara is a contemporary Japanese writer, translator and poet.

Hitoshi Taneda is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Hikaru Ito is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.