List of Famous people born in Japan

Tsurugi Watanabe is a Japanese actor and entertainer who was represented by Hori Agency.

Katsuhiro Nagakawa is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League.

Yasunori Kikuchi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kazumasa Nagai is a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer. He attended the University of the Arts in Tokyo to study sculpture, but had to stop due to health problems.

Yoko Shibui is a long-distance runner from Japan, who is competing in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as the marathon race. She holds the Japanese record over 10,000 m with her best time of 30:48.89 minutes. Shibui is one of only a handful of women to have completed the marathon under two hours and twenty minutes – her personal best of 2:19.41 ranks her within the top ten fastest ever.

Takao Horiuchi is a Japanese pop and enka singer. He won a 1990 Japan Record Award for enka.

Michel Miyazawa is a former Japanese football player. Seira Miyazawa, his daughter, is a former member of female idol group Nogizaka46.

Yūji Machi is a Japanese voice actor who is the voice of Ultraman Tiga as well as the voices of Appule and Daizu in Dragon Ball Z. His real name is Shūji Tanabe , and he works for Aoni Production.

Taku Yashiro is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with VIMS talent agency. He won the Best Rookie Actor Award at the 12th Seiyu Awards.

Kyoko Mizuki is one of the pen names of Keiko Nagita . She is a Japanese writer who is best known for being the author of the manga and anime series Candy Candy.