List of Famous people born in Japan

Yuka Nishigaki is a Japanese voice actress from Tottori Prefecture. She is affiliated with Ken Production. Her husband is fellow voice actor Tsubasa Yonaga.

Manabu Saitō is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nagoya Grampus in J1 League having spent the majority of his career with Yokohama F. Marinos.

Sakiko Ito is a Japanese singer and actress.

Tomoko Abe is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives. She is currently a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party. She was formerly the policy chief of the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SDP), and later the president and sole member of the short-lived Tomorrow Party of Japan.

Jiro Sato was a Japanese tennis player. He was ranked World No. 3 in 1933, but committed suicide in the Strait of Malacca during his trip to the Davis Cup in 1934.

Maha Harada is a Japanese writer. She has won the Japan Love Story Grand Prize, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Nitta Jiro Literature Prize, she has been nominated multiple times for the Naoki Prize, and several of her novels have been adapted for film and television.

Akira Senju is a Japanese composer, arranger and conductor.

Akira Kaji is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Yuki Kubota is a Japanese actor and model whose work has included stage, television and film roles. He is best known as the character Takatora Kureshima / Kamen Rider Zangetsu / Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin in the Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Gaim. He is currently affiliated with the Japan Music Entertainment agency.

Kanako Kondō is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She played Noel Vermillion in BlazBlue. In November 2020, it was announced that she had recently gotten married and is currently pregnant.