List of Famous people born in Japan

Mugi Kadowaki is a Japanese actress.

Ayaka Miyoshi is a Japanese actress, model and former idol. She is represented by the talent agency Amuse, Inc. and from 2010 to 2012 was a member of the agency's girl group Sakura Gakuin.

Sumire Morohoshi is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with Himawari Theatre Group. She debuted as a solo singer under the record label, Flying Dog.

Ami Onuki is a Japanese singer, musician and a member of J-pop group PUFFY, along with Yumi Yoshimura.

Yu Aoi is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as Shiori Tsuda in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film All About Lily Chou-Chou. She subsequently portrayed Tetsuko Arisugawa in Hana and Alice (2004), also directed by Iwai, Kimiko Tanigawa in the hula dancing film Hula Girls and Hagumi Hanamoto in the 2006 live-action adaptation of the Honey and Clover manga series.

Sayaka Kanda is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer. She is the only child of actor Masaki Kanda and pop singer Seiko Matsuda.

Yuta Takahata is a Japanese actor and tarento.

Norihiro Nakamura is a Japanese former professional baseball third baseman. Nakamura spent almost all of his professional career in Japan with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Nakamura had a .266 career batting average, 404 home runs and 1338 RBI, and was an eight-time All-Star and four-time Golden Glove winner. Nakamura is one of only 16 players to have hit 400 or more home runs in NPB.

Hidetomo Masuno , better known for his stage name Bakarhythm , is a Japanese comedian, narrator, actor, playwright, and lyricist. He is sometimes called Bakarhythm Masuno .

Takeshi Koba is now the manager of Tokyo International University's baseball team and was formerly a professional baseball player and manager in Japan.