List of Famous people born in Japan

Saki Kumagai is a Japanese footballer who plays for French club Olympique Lyonnais and the Japan national team. She plays primarily as a defensive midfielder but has also been deployed as a central defender.

Mitsuo Iwata is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who was born in Tokorozawa, Saitama. He is married to voice actress Rikako Aikawa. Mania.com praised him as "truly one of the greatest seiyuu". Otakunews.com complimented him for the role of Tetsuya from Outlanders. Mania.com comments on his role of Kintaro Oe that he "practiced months before hand, to the point of going hoarse from overwork, to perfect Kintaro's voice" and "there's no one who could replace him for this role". He is also known for the role of Kaneda in the 1988 anime film Akira and won the 7th Seiyu Awards for Best Personality in 2013. He was previously affiliated with Office Osawa and Across Entertainment, but is currently affiliated with Aoni Production.

Shinta Karl Appelkamp is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Fortuna Düsseldorf. Born in Japan, Appelkamp was a youth international for Japan before switching to represent Germany.

Ryota Wakiya is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

Momoka Muraoka is a woman para-alpine skier, who won five medals for Japan at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. She also served as their flag-bearer at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Parade of Nations.

Ayumi Ishida is a Japanese pop singer. She is a tenth-generation member and sub-leader of the pop group Morning Musume.

Yū Asakawa is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She also provides the voice samples for Crypton Future Media's Vocaloid character, Megurine Luka. Asakawa is currently a freelance voice actress and was previously attached to Arts Vision.

Kamon Iizumi is a Japanese politician and the current governor of Tokushima Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2007. A native of Ikeda, Osaka and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs since 1984 before elected as a Governor of Tokushima Prefecture in late 2003.

Honoka Inoue is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Kanagawa Prefecture who is affiliated with Office Anemone. She is the daughter of voice actress Kikuko Inoue. She debuted as a singer in 2015, and she began her voice acting career in 2016, appearing as minor characters in the anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School and Maho Girls PreCure!. She released her first mini-album First Flight in 2016, and her first single "Sparkling Chinatown" in 2017.

Seiichiro Murakami is a Japanese politician. He was the Minister of State for Regulatory Reform, the Minister of State for Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, the Minister of State for Administrative Reform, the Minister of State for Special Zones for Structural Reform and the Minister of State for Regional Revitalization in Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Cabinet.