List of Famous people born in Japan

Ryotaro Meshino is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Rio Ave F.C. on loan from Manchester City F.C.

Genichiro Sata is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives of Japan as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration. He was elected by the first district of the Japanese prefecture of Gunma. In 2005, he was the Chief Deputy Secretary General of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Kei Yamamoto is a Japanese actor.

Hisao Egawa is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo who works for Aoni Production. Egawa is most known for the roles of Shin'ichi Maki in Slam Dunk, Geki Kuroiwa in Brave Command Dagwon, Geki Hyūma and Goldymarg in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Ogremon and Mugendramon in Digimon Adventure, Killer Bee in Naruto Shippuden, Falco Lombardi in the Star Fox series, and finally Purple Haze in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Kuniko Koda is a Japanese politician and a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet.

Tetsurō Oda is a Japanese composer, record producer, and singer-songwriter.

Shinya Makabe , better known by his ring name Togi Makabe is a Japanese professional wrestler, trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a former one-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion, two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, two-time NEVER Openweight Champion and one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

Kanji Furutachi is a Japanese actor.

Tomohiro Abe is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Yui Hamamoto is a Japanese table tennis player. Her father is Japanese, and her mother is a table tennis player from China.