List of Famous people born in Japan

Tsugutoshi Gotō is a Japanese songwriter, bassist and music producer. Gotō broke into the Japanese music industry playing bass on tour for artists like Sadistic Mika Band, Bread & Butter and Shiro Kishibe. He went on to write and produce songs for other artists including Kenji Sawada, Miyuki Nakajima, Shizuka Kudō, and various idol singers. In 1980, Gotō won Song of the Year at the Japan Record Award for his work on Kenji Sawada's song "Tokio".

Hirotaka Shimazawa , better known by his stage name Chafurin is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who is affiliated with Office Osawa. After graduating from Toyo University, he often plays fat or ugly characters in anime.

Kazuyuki Miyata is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of Rizin. A professional competitor since 2004, Miyata has competed for DREAM, K-1 HERO'S, DEEP, RINGS, and made an appearance at K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!

Kohei Hasebe is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He is currently with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.

Hitoshi Murayama (村山斉) is a Japanese-born physicist with notable contributions in the fields of particle physics and cosmology. He is currently a professor at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo.

Akihiro Hakumura is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He has played in his entire career with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Hiroshi Takeshima is a Japanese enka singer. He has one major hit with "Sapporo Elegy" in 2001.

Ayaka Nanase is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She completed her professional training from Axl-Zero as a third term graduate and became a member of Axl-One since April 1, 2015.

Noriharu Yamazaki is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hanshin Tigers.

Yukari Fukui is a Japanese actress, voice actress and gravure idol known by the nickname Yukarin (ゆかりん) in Japan.