List of Famous people born in Japan
Chihiro Yamamoto
Chihiro Yamamoto is a Japanese actress, who has played quite a few different characters in various Tokusatsu series. Her prominent role in the Ultra Series is Laiha Toba of Ultraman Geed.
Kazuki Kimura
Kazuki Kimura is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ōi title holder. He is also the oldest player to win a major title for the first time.
ELISA
Elisa is a female Japanese singer and fashion model from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is signed to Sacra Music.
Mai Fuchigami
Mai Fuchigami is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Fukuoka Prefecture who has voiced characters in anime and video games. She is affiliated with the talent agency m&i. As a singer, she is signed under record label Lantis. After passing an audition held by the talent agency Sigma Seven, she played her first main role as Kaname Asagiri in the video game Ōkami Kakushi in 2009.
Hideo Tokoro
Hideo Tokoro is a Japanese mixed martial artist who last competed in the Bantamweight division. A professional competitor since 2000, Tokoro has also formerly competed for Vale Tudo Japan, ZST, Shooto, Rings and K-1 Hero's.
Tsubasa Aizawa
Tsubasa Aizawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.
Misato Fukuen
Misato Fukuen is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Sigma Seven. Her real name is Misato Sakuragi . She has also performed activities as a singer under the name of MIRI.
Shūgo Nakamura
Shugo Nakamura is a Japanese voice actor and singer affiliated with Across Entertainment and Lantis. He is best known for voicing Teru Tendo in The Idolmaster SideM, Issei Kuga in TsukiPro, and Tomoki Takashima in Young Disease Outburst Boy.
Keiichi Arawi
Keiichi Arawi is a Japanese manga artist. After publishing his debut work in early 2006, he launched Nichijou in the later half of the year. Following its conclusion, he launched City.
Tetsuya Yoneda
Tetsuya Yoneda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who spent most of his career with the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was so tough that he was known as Gasoline Tank and also Human Tank. Yoneda was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.