List of Famous people born in Japan

Shintarō Saitō is a Japanese professional shogi player, ranked 8-dan. He is a former Ōza title holder.

Eimi Kuroda is a Japanese fashion model from Saitama Prefecture. She is managed by Asiacross.

Tomio Tashiro is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player.

Eiji Takemoto is a Japanese voice actor. His name is sometimes mistranslated and also sometimes credited as being Hidefumi Takemoto . Takemoto's nickname is Takepon. Takemoto works at Aoni Production, and enjoys watching Japanese found footage films.

Fukushiro Nukaga is a Japanese politician and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1983 and represents Ibaraki's 2nd district. He was Minister of Finance from 2007 to 2008.

Kenta Nishimoto is a Japanese badminton player. In 2013, he reached the final of the Russia Open Grand Prix tournament, and became the runner-up after being defeated by Vladimir Ivanov of Russia.

Sugihara Aiko is a Japanese female artistic gymnast. She is the 2015 Asian team and all-around champion and uneven bars and floor exercise silver medalist. She is also the 2019 Summer Universiade champion with the team and silver medalist on the floor exercise. She represented Japan at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Miho Fukuhara is a Japanese pop star who made an independent label debut in 2006, releasing a single titled "The Roots" and mini-album titled Step Out. In early 2008, she made her major-label debut under Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Her single, "Change", was the number ninety-two song on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Singles year-end charts for 2008. With her single, "Let It Out", she had her first major anime tie-in with Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

Mio Takaki is a Japanese actress and singer.

Eishin Soyogi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.