List of Famous people born in Japan

Atsuya Horie is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Keiichiro Nagashima is a Japanese long track speed skater specialising in the sprint distances 500 and 1000 metres. Nagashima has won two World Cup races and has three Japanese domestic titles. He is a member of the Nidec Sankyo speed skating team.

Koichi Ose is a Japanese actor famous for his lead role as Samurai swordsman Akikusa Shintaro in The Samurai. This series made a huge impact when shown in Australia in 1965. He worked in television from 1958 to 1972 after which he became a businessman. He also became skilled in Iaido, the art of swift sword drawing.

Shinbo Nomura is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the author of the yonkoma manga Tsurupika Hagemaru , which was adapted as a 58-episode anime television series and for which he received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga. He also later created a manga adaption of Ratchet & Clank.

Sayuri Iwata is a Japanese actress and former singer.

Shogo Sato is a Japanese novelist.

Kota Mizunuma is a Japanese association football player currently playing for Yokohama F. Marinos. His father, Takashi, was also a professional footballer.

Kentaro Nishimura is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

Miho Karasawa is a Japanese singer and lyricist from Tokyo who was previously signed to Horipro and is currently signed to Lantis. Since 2014, she has performed under the stage name True. She has performed theme songs for Violet Evergarden, Buddy Complex, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Maria the Virgin Witch, and Sound! Euphonium, among others. Karasawa made her debut in 2000 with the release of the song "Anytime, Anywhere".

Kentaro Kyuko is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.