List of Famous people born in Japan

Ken Sekine , better known by his alias Megwin, is a Japanese YouTuber and comedian. Megwin is one of YouTube Japan's most prolific YouTube bloggers, having 969,962 subscribers as of 14 June 2019. Sekine started out doing live comedy before switching to YouTube in 2005, where he has been releasing a video every day for 10 years with his various friends and workers. In 2011 he registered his own company Megwin TV Co., Ltd. . He has also partnered with the company Tanita and has held lectures on the new "Digital Hollywood". In 2013, Sekine released his first book Earning a Little on YouTube: The Master of 200 Million Views Teaches You How to Change Videos Into Money . His channel previously consisted of four core members: Bandy, Falcon, Meteo and Megwin.

Toshihiko Kuramoto is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Ryoichi Ikegami is a Japanese manga artist. After graduating from junior high school he moved to Osaka and drew manga while working as a billboard sign painter debuting at the age of 17 writing rental comics. In 1966 he published a story called Tsumi no Ishiki (罪の意識) in the gekiga magazine Garo that caught the eye of fellow Garo contributor, manga artist Shigeru Mizuki, who offered him a job as his assistant. Ikegami accepted and moved to Tokyo and worked as Mizuki's assistant for two and a half years. In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga as the artist of Heat. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005.

Yū Kobayashi is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kawasaki Frontale and the Japanese national team.

Yuka Hoshaku is a Japanese actress. She is known for roles in TV series such as Iihito and also guest-starring several episodes of Keitai deka series. Her agency is the Stardust Promotion.

Masaru Uno is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1977 to 1992 and the Chiba Lotte Marines from 1993 to 1994.

Ken Tanaka is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 1974.

Michiru Jo is an actor and J-Pop artist in Japan.

Misato Nakamura is a female Japanese judoka. She won the bronze medal in the -52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same weight class at the 2009 World Judo Championships.

Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga and anime franchise Akira, including the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. He was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2005, promoted to Officier of the order in 2014, became the fourth manga artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012, and was awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2013. Otomo later received the Winsor McCay Award at the 41st Annie Awards in 2014 and the 2015 Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, the first manga artist to receive the award. Artists influenced by Otomo and his work include Naoki Urasawa, Naoki Yamamoto and Makoto Aida.