List of Famous people born in Japan

Yusei Ogawa is a Japanese judoka. He is the son of 1992 Olympic silver medalist Naoya Ogawa.

Mitsuki Saiga is a Japanese voice actress and singer affiliated with Ken Production. Her major roles include Tsukasa in .hack, Maria Ross in Fullmetal Alchemist, MakubeX in GetBackers, Wolfram von Bielefeld in Kyo Kara Maoh! Chie Harada in My-Hime and My-Otome, Teito Klein in 07-Ghost, and the eponymous character in Jing: King of Bandits. Her deep voice is used to play male or masculine female characters. She won a Best Supporting Actress Award at the 2nd Seiyu Awards for her work in Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, Gurren Lagann and Toward the Terra. She also won the Overseas Fan Award at the 4th Seiyu Awards for her portrayals of Wolfram in Kyo Kara Maoh! and Souji Okita in Peacemaker Kurogane. As the band Mitsuki Saiga feat. Just, she released several albums and singles that have charted on Oricon.

Takeo Hirata is a Japanese researcher at the Waseda University.

Hikaru Aoyama is a Japanese gravure idol and tarento. She is represented by the talent agency 01familia.

Kotoe Inoue is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

Junpei Shiina , is a Japanese rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, and older brother to the musician Ringo Sheena. Debuting as a soloist in 1999, Shiina released four albums with major label Sony Music Japan between 2001 and 2004, later signing a contract with R and C to release his fourth album Cruisin' (2006). In 2008 Shiina formed the band Junpei Shiina & The Soul Force, who renamed themselves Dezille Brothers in 2010, releasing their debut album Dashi no Torikata through King Records in the same year. In 2014, Shiina formed the four member band Hitosarai with Tomotaka Imamichi.

Nobuyuki Fukumoto is a Japanese manga artist well known for his unique and original gambling ideas, deep psychological analyses of characters, and distinct artstyle. Yakuza and gambling are recurring themes in his manga. In English-speaking countries, he is known best as the author of Akagi, a mahjong-related manga. In 1998, he won the Kodansha Manga Award for Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji. An onomatopoeia "zawa", meaning an uneasy atmosphere, appears frequently in his comics and is considered Fukumoto's trademark.

Yu Doan is a Japanese footballer who plays for Ococias Kyoto AC.

Kaori Kozai is a Japanese enka singer. She won best vocalist at the 42nd Japan Record Awards in 2000.

Junshirō Kobayashi is a Japanese ski jumper. He is the older brother of Yūka Kobayashi, Ryōyū Kobayashi and Tatsunao Kobayashi who are also ski jumpers.