List of Famous people born in Japan

Ryuki Takahashi is a Japanese actor. Takahashi was affiliated with the acting unit D-BOYS, produced by Watanabe Entertainment. He is well known for his role as Ryoma Echizen in 5th cast of "Tennis no Oujisama ~ Musicals". He retired from the entertainment business due to health reasons on June 30, 2016. In 2019, he returned to the entertainment industry by joining the band WIN=W1N.

Tet Wada is a global actor working in Asia, Europe and North America. Wada was born in Tokyo.

Asami Yoshida is a Japanese professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL).

Taiga Ishikawa is a Japanese politician and LGBT activist. He was elected to the House of Councillors in the 2019 Japanese House of Councillors election, becoming the first openly-gay man to be elected to either chamber of the National Diet. Previously, he became one of the first two openly gay male politicians to win an election in Japanese history when he was elected in April 2011 to a seat in the Tokyo's Toshima ward assembly. Wataru Ishizaka, also openly gay, was elected in the same election to the Nakano ward council in Tokyo. Before he was elected to the city council, he was Mizuho Fukushima's chief of staff.

Saki Kagami , is a Japanese actress. Her acting career began in early 2001, when she was cast for the lead role in the movie Platonic Sex among 12,083 applicants. Now she is probably best known for roles in various TV Dramas and tokusatsu shows such as Ultraseven X and Kamen Rider Kiva. She was represented by Watanabe Entertainment. In July 2011 she retired from show business, citing stress and a desire to resume a normal life as reasons for her decision.

Hokutofuji Daiki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tokorozawa, Saitama. His debut in maezumō was in March 2015, and his first makuuchi division honbasho was the Kyūshū tournament in November 2016. His highest rank has been komusubi. He has seven kinboshi or gold stars for a defeat of a yokozuna and two special prizes for Technique.

Takehiko Orimo is a Japanese former professional basketball player. He became the first Japanese player to reach 10,000 points in the history of the men's top league.

Anna Makino is a J-pop singer, and an original member of the group Super Monkey's. She was born in Okinawa, Japan. She made her debut as a solo J-pop singer on 22 January 1987, aged 15. Her first song "Love Song Sagashite" was adopted for the promotion song of a video game Dragon Quest II, having a NES/Famicom synth version on the load screen. She released another single, "Hitomi ha genkina Sky Blue". She stayed in Tokyo, going to dance school and appearing in musicals for a year before returning to Okinawa to teach at the Okinawa Actors' School, where her father, founder Masayuki Makino was president.

Yu Kanamaru is a Japanese racing driver.

Masataka Nakagauchi is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Kaos Performance Office.