List of Famous people born in Japan

Risako Sugaya is a former Japanese pop singer, and actress. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the lead vocalists of the girl group Berryz Kobo from 2004 to 2015.

Ai Orikasa is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She formerly worked for Production Baobab but left for Axlone, Toshiyuki Morikawa's agency. Orikasa also provided the Japanese dub voice for Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Her debut work was Shoukoushi Cedie in 1988. She is best known for the roles of Pururun, Ryoko, Ayame Fujieda/Kaede Fujieda and Quatre Raberba Winner.

Miyuki Kitagawa is a Japanese manga artist. She was born on January 1, 1967 in Tokyo, Japan.

Hatsunori Hasegawa is a Japanese actor who is known for his role as Takeshi Yamato in the 1980 Ultraman 80 series. In this series, he is played the lead role as a school teacher who is also a UGM member.

Shimon Sakaguchi is an immunologist and a Distinguished Professor of Osaka University. He is best known for the discovery of regulatory T cells and to describe their role in the immune system. This discovery is used in the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Takeo Ishii , Germanized as Ischi, is a Japanese yodeler active in Germany.

Kunishige Kamamoto is a former Japanese football player, manager and politician. He won the bronze medal with the Japan national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals, and is the all-time leading goalscorer for Japan. He served as a member of the House of Councillors between 1995 and 2001.

Teruo Ito , better known as Terry Ito , is a Japanese director, television producer, critic, and writer. His name "Terry" comes from his first name, "Teruo". His ancestral home is in Yokoshibahikari, Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture.

Natsuko Imamura is a Japanese writer. She has been nominated three times for the Akutagawa Prize, and won the prize in 2019. She has also won the Dazai Osamu Prize, the Mishima Yukio Prize, the Kawai Hayao Story Prize, and the Noma Literary New Face Prize.

Yuki Yoshimura is a professional Japanese baseball player for De Glaskoning Twins of Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars, Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).