List of Famous people born in Japan

Shizuo Akira is a professor at the Department of Host Defense, Osaka University, Japan. He has made ground-breaking discoveries in the field of immunology, most significantly in the area of innate host defense mechanisms.

Natsumi Takamori is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Pro-Fit. Some of her major roles are Mei Misaki in Another, Miku Maekawa in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, Nikka Edvardine Katajainen in Brave Witches, Ellery Himeyuri in Tantei Opera Milky Holmes, Konatsu Toro in Gokujyo, Hiotan in Denkigai no Honya-san, and Misaki Kamiigusa in The Pet Girl of Sakurasou. She also goes by the name of Yūka Kotorii on adult video games.

Yuhana Yokoi is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy bronze medalist and the 2020 International Challenge Cup silver medalist. She finished within the top ten at two World Junior Championships.

Fumiya Hayakawa is a Japanese football player.

Reo Sano is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is one of the performers and the youngest member of the Japanese all-male dance and music group Generations from Exile Tribe.

Mel Kishida is a Japanese illustrator. His works include both light novel illustration and anime character design. His major works include the character designer of the Hanasaku Iroha anime and character designer for the Arland Atelier game series, as well as being the illustrator of the Heaven's Memo Pad light novel series.

Hiroshi Hoketsu is a Japanese equestrian rider.

Haruhi Nanao is a Japanese voice actress who was born in Tokyo. She is employed by 81 Produce. She formerly went by the name Haruhi Terada .

Masatoshi Ishida is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications from 2 October 2018 to 11 September 2019. A native of Kainan, Wakayama and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected to the first of his three terms in the Wakayama Prefectural Assembly in 1983 and then to the first of his two terms as mayor of Kainan in 1994. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2002.

Kikko Matsuoka is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Kikuko Matsuoka .