List of Famous people born in Japan

Hirofumi Nojima is a Japanese voice actor and narrator from Suginami, Tokyo, who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is the son of voice actor Akio Nojima, and elder brother of voice actor Kenji Nojima.

Hiroki Takahashi is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer whose major roles include Eiji Kikumaru in The Prince of Tennis, Tobias in Pokémon anime series, Kenji Harima in School Rumble, Hisoka in Hunter × Hunter (1999), Katsuya Jonouchi in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and Takato Saijō in Dakaichi In video games, he provides the voice of Ryu in the newer Street Fighter games. He is married to voice actress Aiko Aihashi. Their first son was born on June 24, 2016.

Mai Yamaguchi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Okayama Seagulls. She was part of Japan's 2012 bronze medal-winning team.

Sayako Kuramoto is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol, formerly known as Saya Kazuki .

Satomi Kobayashi is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She won the award for best newcomer at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for Exchange Students. She was previously married to screenwriter Kōki Mitani.

Yuna Shiraiwa is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2018 CS Asian Open silver medalist, the 2017 Asian Trophy silver medalist, and the 2018 Coupe du Printemps bronze medalist. Earlier in her career, she won gold medals at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events and finished within the top five at three World Junior Championships.

Kenjiro Hata is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the Hayate the Combat Butler series. He likes to collect anime related items, like figurines, and was once an assistant of Kōji Kumeta. He is married to voice actress Masumi Asano.

Yuhei Sato is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tokyo Verdy in J2 League.

Kenji Yano is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer.