List of Famous people born in Japan

Ryota Arai is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current coach for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Chunichi Dragons from 2006 to 2010 and with the Tigers from 2011 to 2017.

Rie Saito is a deaf Japanese politician and author. She wrote a best-selling book about her experience working at a host club, where she communicated with patrons using a notepad and pen.

Keitaro Izawa , better known by his stage name Ichiyo Izawa is a Japanese pianist, vocalist and songwriter, best known for his work in the Ringo Sheena-helmed band Tokyo Jihen. He is also the lead vocalist and pianist of the band Appa.

Bin Shimada is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Aoni Production.

Rui Ebata is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan.

Shigeru Suzuki is a Japanese musician, songwriter and guitarist. He first became known as a member of the influential rock band Happy End, but is now a prolific session musician. As of 2006, Suzuki had contributed to 588 recordings.

Kei Marimura is a Japanese Jazz singer, actress, author, gravure model and AV actress.

Marumi Shiraishi is an actress and media personality from Tokyo, Japan. Her real name is Mitsue Minamikawa and her maiden name was Matsuda (松田).

Keisuke Ushiro is a Japanese decathlete. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Yoriko Mekata is a Japanese television announcer for NHK.