List of Famous people born in Japan

Teruhito Nakagawa is a Japanese football player for Yokohama F. Marinos.

Tatsushi Ōmori is a Japanese film director and actor.

Aimi Terakawa , professionally known under the mononym Aimi (愛美) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture who is affiliated with the talent agency Hibiki. After aspiring to become an entertainer for part of her life, she started her singing career in 2011 after winning an audition to become part of the Tantei Opera Milky Holmes franchise. That same year, she made her solo music debut with the release of her first single "Tenshi no Clover"; the title song was used as the opening theme to the anime series Astarotte no Omocha!.

Shinji Higuchi is a storyboard artist, particularly in anime, and one of the top special effects supervisors in Japan, best known in the west for his work on Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera trilogy in the 1990s. He works on both anime and tokusatsu projects.

Yoshimi Iwasaki is a Japanese singer and actress. She is notable for singing most of the various theme songs for the anime television series Touch along with Yumekojo.

Hitomi Nishina is a Japanese tarento and model.

Masaaki Yuasa is a Japanese animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, anime television and film director known for his wild, freeform style. In June 2014, he announced that he, along with his close affiliate Eunyoung Choi, had founded an animation studio by the name of Science Saru. Yuasa retired as the president of Science Saru on March 25, 2020.

Aki Mizusawa is a Japanese actress, tarento, model, and singer. Her real name is Akiko Cihi . Her former stage name is Akiko Mizusawa .

Miyabiyama Tetsushi is a former sumo wrestler from Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 1998. With the exception of two tournaments, he was ranked in the top division of professional sumo from 1999 until the end of his career in 2013, holding the second highest rank of ōzeki from 2000 to 2001. He won eight special prizes and was runner-up in four top division tournaments. He wrestled for Fujishima stable, where he worked as a coach until opening his own Futagoyama stable.

Yūki Takada is a Japanese voice actress from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture who is currently affiliated with Mausu Promotion. After graduating from the Yoyogi Animation School in Fukuoka, she joined Mausu Production in 2015. She is known for her roles as Rin Kurosawa in Aikatsu! and Aoba Suzukaze in the 2016 anime television series New Game!, where she performed the opening and ending themes with Megumi Yamaguchi, Ayumi Takeo, and Megumi Toda under the name Fourfolium.