List of Famous people born in Japan

Yasue Sato is a Japanese actress and model, and formally trained in ballet. She made her acting debut in the movie Bounce Ko Gals (1997), for which she was given a Best New Talent award at the Yokohama Film Festival. She has since appeared in other feature films including I Love Peace (2003), Mimibukuro Ghost Stories (2004) and Welcome, Patient (2005). She has also made numerous stage performances, including Mirandolina (1998) and Wee Thomas (2003). in 2001, made a guest appearance in the movie Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: Fire Mountain Roars. She played as Nagi Saijyo in Ultraman Nexus. Her most recent role was a guest appearance in GARO where she played as the Makai Priestess Jabi for 3 episodes. She returned to show in Garo Special: Byakuya no Maju. She is also a music artist under the Japan Sony label. She provided motion capture for the protagonist of Haunting Ground. She worked under her stage name "さとう やすえ" from 2006 to 2012.

Hibiki Ōtsuki is a Japanese AV actress and an idol singer. Active since 2008, Otsuki became one of the AV industry's most well-known and prolific performers with more than 1700 credited AV appearances. Currently represented by the AV agency T-Powers, she is also a member of the idol group T♡Project.

Takeshi Hosoyamada is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

Izumi Yamaguchi is a Japanese actress. She is represented with F Road. Her son is actor Kento Yamaguchi.

Takeshi Miyamoto is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Representatives. He is opposed to the policy that increases competitive research funds while cutting grants to post-secondary educational institutions, saying that the policy has forced some institutions to hire retired government officials.

Yumi Kakazu , better known by the Kana form of her name かかず ゆみ, is a Japanese voice actress from Kamifukuoka, Saitama.

Akiseyama Mitsuhiko is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kasugai, Aichi. An amateur sumo competitor while studying at Nihon University, he made his professional debut in January 2008. He reached the top makuuchi division in March 2016. His highest rank to date has been maegashira 12. He has both a lower division jonokuchi and a makushita division championship. He wrestles for Kise stable.

Natsumi Hirajima is a Japanese tarento and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was born from Tokyo. She is represented with One Eight Promotion.

Kazuma Kaya is a Japanese artistic gymnast.

Emiko Shiratori is a Japanese singer and songwriter.