List of Famous people born in Japan

Miwa Takada is a Japanese film, TV and stage actress. She has starred in several Japanese movies that are today considered classics.

Mariko Okada is a Japanese actress. She is married to film director Yoshishige Yoshida.

Rina Endō is a Japanese child actress. She is represented by Theatre Academy. Besides acting in television dramas and movies, she also acts on stage and is active in voice acting. She has also appeared in several commercials. In 2012, she became one of the Ueno Zoo's Panda Ambassadors and served as a captain.

Karen Iwata is an actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team A.

Mamiko Higa is a Japanese professional golfer.

Naomi Sagara is the stage name of Nahoko Yamaguchi , an award-winning Japanese popular singer who was prolific between 1967 and 1980. She won numerous awards as a singer and composer, branching into acting. After a surgery to remove polyps on her vocal cords in 1985, she became a business woman. Since 1993, she has worked in the field of animal welfare and has published several books about animal care. She has periodically returned to television in guest appearances and in 2010 resumed singing and composing.

Suguru Iwazaki is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League.

Naomi Akimoto is a Japanese actress and singer, who has been active since 1982. She is represented by Staff-up Group. Her real name is Yumi Hirasawa , but she is also known as Yumi Harada after her marriage with actor Atsushi Harada in 2003.

Norio Sasaki is a Japanese football coach and former player who currently manages Omiya Ardija Ventus of the WE League. He is best known for leading the Japan women's national team to their first and only FIFA Women's World Cup win in 2011 over the United States on penalty kicks. He retired as head coach in March 2016 after eight years. Sasaki also coached the Japan women's U-20 national team starting in 2007.

Hikaru Ohsawa is a Japanese actress who is represented by the talent agency Stardust Promotion.