List of Famous people born in Japan

Yasuto Honda is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Ryoko Nakano is a Japanese actress.

Shinji Morisue is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He hails from Okayama City and attended the Nippon College of Physical Education. Morisue is now a show business personality in Japan and is frequently seen on TV, especially in sports programs, and to comment on the Olympics and other international competitions. In April, 2006 he was appointed professor at Kyushu Kyoritsu University.

Hiroaki Yokoyama is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 7-dan.

Amina Sato is a Japanese voice actor and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. In AKB48 she was originally a 4th generation trainee, then in Team A, in Team B, and finally in Team K. Amina Sato was also a member of a pop group named No Name, which consisted of several AKB48 members voice acting in the animation series AKB0048.

Hiroshi Ikushima is a Japanese announcer and financial planner who is the chief executive officer of Ikushima Planning Office. He is the visiting professor of Tohoku Fukushi University.

Osamu Kitajima, also known by the pseudonym Justin Heathcliff, is a Japanese musician, producer, composer, and multi‑instrumentalist.

Nana Iwasaka is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.

Yoji Yamada is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy.

Kenji Otonari , nicknamed "Tonarin", is a former Japanese baseball pitcher.