List of Famous people born in Japan

Satsuki Eda is the first opposition member to serve as the President of the House of Councillors in Japan. Eda had served for three terms in the House of Councillors before his election as President on 7 August 2007, after the success of the Democratic Party in the July 2007 election for the Japanese House of Councillors. He had earlier served four terms in the House of Representatives of Japan. Eda was also the head of the Science and Technology Agency.

Kazuki Kondoh is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Kagawa Olive Guyners of the Shikoku Island League Plus. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Orix Buffaloes and Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Hiroyuki Itsuki is a Japanese novelist, essayist and lyricist, best known in Japan by his novel The Gate of Youth and in the English-speaking world by Tariki: Embracing Despair, Discovering Peace.

Hirooki Arai is a male Japanese racewalker. He competed in the 50 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China.

Anri (杏里), real name Eiko Kawashima , is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter, born in Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Joji Kato is a Japanese speedskater whose specialty is in the sprinting distance event of 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became the first junior speedskater to skate the 500 metres in less than 35 seconds.

Masato Furuno is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Masafumi Akikawa is a Japanese tenor singer. He has released a number of CDs, in which he has sung a broad range of genres, from classical to pop. He appeared on the 57th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen broadcast.

Akiko Wakabayashi is a retired Japanese actress.

Fuyumi Ono is a Japanese novelist best known for writing The Twelve Kingdoms , which was adapted into a popular anime series. She is married to Yukito Ayatsuji, the author of the horror novel Another.