List of Famous people born in Japan

Junji Hirata is a retired Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a trainer for the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion, known primarily by his ring name Super Strong Machine .

Koutaro Tanaka is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Stardust Promotion.

Yuki Kaida is a Japanese voice actress. Although she has an extensive vocal range, voicing a large variety of characters throughout her career, she is commonly typecasted as young males, achieving mainstream success as her roles in Hunter × Hunter as Kurapika, The Prince of Tennis as Shusuke Fuji, Shōnen Onmyōji as Abe no Masahiro. and Hetalia: Axis Powers and Hetalia World Series as China or Yao Wang. She was formerly affiliated with the talent management agency Toritori Office, but is currently freelance.

Shinobu Fukuhara is a retired Japanese baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. He was the number three draft pick for the Hanshin Tigers in 1999.

Haruna Iikubo is a Japanese actress, fashion model and former pop singer. She is a former tenth-generation member and sub-leader of the pop group Morning Musume and former model for the Japanese fashion magazine Love Berry.

Shun Sato is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2020 Bavarian Open champion, the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time Japan Junior national silver medalist. He is the junior world record holder for the men's free skating and combined total score.

Genta Miura is a Japanese footballer who is the captain of J1 League side Gamba Osaka. He is also a Japanese international and his regular playing position is centre-back although he can also play as a full-back.

Riki Miura is a Japanese actor from Hiroshima Prefecture. Miura made his acting debut in 2005. His first major role has been as Gou Fukami/Geki Violet in Juken Sentai Gekiranger. He announced on March 10, 2018 that he will retire from the entertainment business on March 31, 2018.

Heigo Hamaguchi is a Japanese retired professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Animal Hamaguchi . During his career he was recognized as a talented tag team wrestler despite his small size for a heavyweight, and today he is recognized as a trainer in both professional and amateur wrestling. He is the father of freestyle wrestler Kyoko Hamaguchi.

Masaru Kaneko is a Japanese Marxian economist specializing in Institutional economics, public finance and local government finance. He is best known for appearance in TV shows such as Sunday Morning or Asamade nama terebi and authoring several books and newspaper articles. Since 2000, he has been a professor at Keio University.