List of Famous people born in Japan

Taishi Nakagawa is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. Between 2009 and 2017 he played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Kitazakura Hidetoshi , born December 15, 1971 as Hidetoshi Mukō is a former sumo wrestler from Asakita ward, Hiroshima City, Japan. His highest rank was maegashira 9. He is the elder brother of Toyozakura, also a top division wrestler. He was a popular figure with sumo fans. He is now a stable master and elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Shikihide Oyakata.

Sakura Komoriya is a Japanese singer who is a member of the idol group X21. She has also appeared in television programmes and magazines. She is represented with the agency Oscar Promotion.

Eri Yamada is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Juri Kimura is a Japanese voice actress from Fukuoka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Haikyō.

Kōhei Horikoshi is a Japanese manga artist known for creating the shōnen manga series Ōmagadoki Dōbutsuen, Barrage and My Hero Academia, all of which are or were serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Horikoshi is a graduate of Toho High School and Nagoya University of Arts and is a native of Aichi Prefecture. He was a former assistant for Yasuki Tanaka, creator and author of the manga series Hitomi no Catoblepas and Kagijin.

Koichi Nakano of Japan is a former professional racing cyclist and ten-consecutive-time world champion in track cycling sprint. He is among the best track sprinters of modern times. From 1977 to 1986, he won an unprecedented 10 consecutive gold medals in professional sprint events at the UCI track world Championships. He was one of the most successful competitors of all-time on the Japanese professional keirin circuit.

Dan Ito is a Japanese football player.

Taichi Hara is a Japanese footballer who plays for Croatian club Istra 1961.

Seiya Sanada , better known by his ring name Sanada, is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and is a member of Los Ingobernables de Japon.