List of Famous people born in Japan

Yutaka Sado is a Japanese conductor.

Takako Akasaka is a Japanese competitive eater from Osaka, Japan. She is considered the most successful female competitive eater in Japan.

Okinoumi Ayumi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Okinoshima, Shimane. He joined professional sumo in 2005, reaching the top division in 2010. He has been runner-up three times in January 2011, March 2013, and November 2017 tournaments all with an 11–4 record. His highest rank has been sekiwake, which he held for one tournament in March 2015 and then held again in November 2016. He has won four Fighting Spirit prizes to date, one for Outstanding Performance, and four gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He wrestles for Hakkaku stable.

Takuya Iwata is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Western Springs in the NRFL Premier.

Naoyuki Agawa is a Japanese lawyer, diplomat, academic and author. He has been a professor of law at Keio University since 1999; and since 2009, he has served as the university's vice president for International Collaboration and Education.

Koichi Togashi is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Takeshi Kusao is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer who works for Aoni Production. Among his many roles, he is best known as the voices of Trunks, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Ryo Sanada, Parn, Coco/Kōji Kokoda, Ky Kiske, Yukimura Sanada, Dororo and Mao.

Eiko Kimura is a Japanese politician, and one of the first severely disabled people to be elected to the House of Councillors. She has cerebral palsy and tetraplegia, and so she is not able to move anything below her neck other than her right hand. She uses a wheelchair.

Yuki Matsumoto is a Japanese Professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Nogizaka46 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the official rival of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46, Yoshimotozaka46, and Hinatazaka46.