List of Famous people born in Japan

Sayuki Takagi is a Japanese pop singer formerly of Hello! Project. She was a sub-leader and member of Japanese idol group Juice=Juice. Her official nickname is Sayubē (さゆべぇ). Her fruit in the group is lemon.

Dr. Takanori Fukushima is a Japanese neurosurgeon, one of the world authorities in the treatment of brain tumors.

Shota Oba is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 2008 to 2014.

Motomu Toriyama is a Japanese game director and scenario writer who has been working for Square Enix since 1994. He initially worked on cutscenes in Bahamut Lagoon and Final Fantasy VII before serving as one of the 3 directors on Final Fantasy X under Yoshinori Kitase where he was incharge of events.

Satoru Sayama is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts promoter and writer, best known as the original Tiger Mask. He has wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger. He is the only man to hold the WWF Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship simultaneously. He is also the founder of Shooto, Seikendo and Real Japan Pro Wrestling. Bret Hart has called Sayama the "Bruce Lee of wrestling" because of his lightning speed, martial arts abilities, and athleticism.

Yuki Miyazawa is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Yataro Tsuda is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Takayama, Gifu, he was elected for the first time in 2004.

Shin Nakagomi is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and the former manager of Brother Elephants.

Daichi Hashimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW) in the Strong BJ division, where he is the current World Strong Heavyweight Champion in his second reign. He is the son of Shinya Hashimoto and started his career in his father's Pro Wrestling Zero1 promotion.

Kohei Kono is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-time world champion, having held the WBA super-flyweight title twice between 2012 and 2016 with three successful defenses.He is Matsuzaka Generation.