List of Famous people born in Japan
Mayuko Watanabe
Mayuko Watanabe is an award-winning Japanese journalist and media scholar specialized in media literacy, gender and sexuality. She has been a Senior Researcher at Keio University Research Institute. Her research interest through nearly 20 years of career including as a TV news reporter has been the way of regulatory policy of obscene expressions. She has published research and provided media commentary on the topics of media communication and literacy of Japanese obscene content.
Asuka Terada
Asuka Terada is a Japanese athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. She twice represented her country at the World Championships, first at the 2009 edition in Berlin and then over a decade later at the 2019 edition in Doha.
Tatsuru Yanagimachi
Tatsuru Yanagimachi is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.
Takahiro Yamamoto
Takahiro Yamamoto is a volleyball player from Japan, who was one of the key players in the Men's National Team in the 2000s.
Yuri Yamano
Miyuki Hoshino , better known as Yuri Yamano , is a Japanese entertainer and model who is represented by Gunn's Management and Aint.
Isao Sasaki
Isao Sasaki is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and singer. He has had voice roles in anime such as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Space Battleship Yamato, and Gatchaman. He has also performed the opening themes for anime such as Yamato, Star of the Giants, Getter Robo, Casshern, Grendizer, Gaiking and tokusatsu series such as Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai, Choujinki Metalder, and most recently Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. He has also had an acting role in the tokusatsu film Kamen Rider ZO, OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders and in the series Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion. He is the official dub voice of Sylvester Stallone, and Clark Kent and Superman in the film series, until he was replaced by Hiroki Tōchi for Superman Returns.
Kentaro Asahi
Kentaro Asahi is a Japanese professional beach volleyball player and politician. He was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
Megumi Tachimoto
Megumi Tachimoto is a Japanese female judoka. She won the bronze medal in the Openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships.
Yukana
Yukana Nogami , who goes by her mononymous stage name Yukana (ゆかな), is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Sigma Seven. Her major roles include Azuki in Azuki-chan, Yuri Tanima in Wedding Peach, Meiling Li in Cardcaptor Sakura, Tessa in Full Metal Panic, Honoka Yukishiro in Futari wa Pretty Cure, Ulrike in Kyo Kara Maoh!, Yumiko Tomi in Fafner in the Azure, C.C. in Code Geass, Cecilia Alcott in Infinite Stratos, Kale in Dragon Ball Super and Kanna in Inuyasha. In tokusatsu, she voices Mezool in Kamen Rider OOO. In video games, she is the voice of Tear Grants in Tales of the Abyss and Ai Nanasaki in Amagami SS and Marie Bitou & Alice Beckham Machine Robo Rescue.
Takahiko Nomaguchi
Takahiko Nomaguchi is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.