List of Famous people born in Japan

Yuta "Ulka" Sasaki is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional competitor since 2010, he formerly competed for Ultimate Fighting Championship, Shooto, DEEP, and Vale Tudo Japan. He is the former Shooto Pacific Rim (132 lbs) Champion.

Shunsuke Kasaya is a Japanese Professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Mika Sugimoto is a female Japanese judo wrestler. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the gold medal in the heavyweight (+78 kg) division and in the openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships.

Wakako Matsumoto , better known by the stage name Kujira , is a Japanese voice actress from the Tokyo Metropolis area. She is employed by 81 Produce. Her best-known roles are Otose in Gin Tama and Orochimaru in Naruto. She also voices Sakura Ogami in Danganronpa and the Scooter Lady in the You're Under Arrest series.

Nana Natsume is a Japanese film actress, a former AV idol and a well-known celebrity in Japan.

Nobuhiro Ishida is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is a former WBA interim super welterweight champion who is best known for knocking out James Kirkland in a middleweight bout at the MGM Grand Las Vegas in April 2011. Ishida has so far been promoted by Canelo Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions among others and has been co-trained by Rudy Hernández and Daisuke Okabe, while residing back and forth between Los Angeles, California, United States and Osaka, Japan.

Itaru Hashimoto is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Yomiuri Giants from 2009 to 2018 and for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2019.

Keishi Suzuki is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1966 to 1985. A member of both Meikyukai and the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, his 317 career victories ranks him fourth on the all-time NPB list.

Sumire Satō is a former Japanese idol formerly associated with the girl group AKB48 and later transferred to its sister group SKE48. In 2016, she is starring in a live-action film based on Sanami Suzuki's manga adaptation of The Little Match Girl.

Manabu Sakai is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Fuchū, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he was elected for the first time in 2005. As of 2021, he is the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary.

• He is in the 2nd term from December 2012. His election area is Yokohama city, Kanagawa Prefecture, in Japan.
• Now he is Deputy Minister, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism.