List of Famous people born in Japan

Haruko Sagara is a Japanese actress and ex-idol singer in the 1980s.

Hitomi Obara née Sakamoto is a female wrestler from Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. She is Captain in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. On 8 August 2012, Obara won the women's 48kg freestyle wrestling gold in her first Olympic Games at London's Excel Arena.

Momoko Saitō is a Japanese voice actress from Takarazuka, Hyōgo. Her major voice roles include Solty Revant in SoltyRei, Perry in Amuri in Star Ocean, Melancholy in Phi Brain: Puzzle of God, Choko in Chocotto Sister, and Nazuna Takanashi in Working!!.

Tomoe Tamiyasu is a Japanese voice actress and singer, generally performing for adult games, and is from Hiroshima. She debuted in 2005 as a voice actress and started her singing career in 2006. Tomoe has been the host of three Internet radio shows, and has been a guest on a fourth. She is also known under the name Tomoe Tamiya, such as when she voiced Rin Natsume from Key's visual novel Little Busters!. She also sang songs on an image vocal album released for Little Busters! for Rin. She attended Anime Expo in 2012 with the industry guest MangaGamer. She married voice actor Keisuke Nakamura in 2015.

Tomo Muranaka is a Japanese voice actress from Ibaraki Prefecture. She is affiliated with Haikyō.

Nao Tamura is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She was originally represented by the Early Wing agency, but is now currently affiliated with Haikyō.

Yahiro Kazama is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. He is the first Japanese player to score in J1 League. His son Koki Kazama and Koya Kazama are also footballer.

Kentaro Nakamoto is a Japanese long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. He represented Japan in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2011, 2013 and 2017 World Championships in Athletics, finishing in the top ten on all four occasions. His personal best for the distance is 2:08:35 hours.

Sachiko Otani is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Sōta Aoyama is a Japanese male actor. He is best known for originating the role of Sadaharu Inui of the first generation Seigaku cast of the Prince of Tennis musical series, and also played the role of Kaito Toma, the human host of Ultraman Max in the 2005 Ultraman Max series.