List of Famous people born in Japan

Kyōhei Kamezawa is a Japanese professional baseball player. He played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons for the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB).

Maria Makino is a Japanese pop singer idol, and a 12th generation member of Japanese girl group Morning Musume.

Kazuo Funaki is a Japanese Enka singer. Kazuo also has a career as a stage actor, film actor, and TV actor.

Terutsuyoshi Shōki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Hyōgo Prefecture. He made his debut in March 2010, and wrestles for Isegahama stable. He reached the top makuuchi division in March 2019 and has a special prize for Fighting Spirit. His highest rank has been Maegashira 3.

Yukari Tomizawa , better known as Yukari Kabutomushi , is a Japanese actress who was last represented by the talent agency, Oscar Promotion.

Maho Matsunaga is a former Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. She was a member of the pop idol unit StylipS. She is currently retired from her voice acting career and graduated from StylipS in May 2016.

Rieko Miyoshi, better known by her stage name Kotringo (コトリンゴ), is a Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter and pianist. In 2005, she sent in a demo tape to Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Radio Sakamoto" Audition Corner and caught Sakamoto's interest. She released her first single in November 2006.

Kojiro Shiraishi is the record holder as the youngest sailor in the world to circumnavigate the globe in a 176-day continuous single-handed unassisted journey in 1994.

Taiga Hirasawa , nicknamed "T-Ga", is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Miku Tashiro is a female Japanese judoka.