List of Famous people born in Japan

Kasumi Nakane is a Japanese model, gravure idol, and actress born on 1982-04-03 in Higashiōsaka, Osaka and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Kasumi Nakasone , and she formerly worked under the name Kasumi Ue . She graduated from the private Horikoshi High School, the same school attended by talent such as Yoko Minamino, Yōko Oginome, Ai Katō, and Masumi Miyazaki.

Yojiro Takahagi is a Japanese football player who plays for FC Tokyo. He played for Japan national team.

Makoto Kawada , known by the pen name Makoto Raiku , is a manga artist whose works have appeared prominently in Shogakukan's publication Weekly Shōnen Sunday. Starting off an assistant for Kazuhiro Fujita on his manga Ushio & Tora, he started creating several one-shots for the shōnen manga anthology such as Bird Man, Hero Ba-Ban and Genmai Blade. By 1999, he had created the series Newtown Heroes, which was published in Shōnen Sunday Super, a seasonal publication featuring upcoming manga artists and one-shots from the main Sunday book.

Arisa Murata is a Japanese freestyle skier, specializing in moguls.

Kazuyuki Morisaki is a former Japanese football player. He is the twin brother of Koji Morisaki.

Minami is a Japanese singer and songwriter from Saitama, currently signed to Warner Music Japan.

Nishikigi Tetsuya is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Morioka. He made his debut in March 2006 and wrestles for Isenoumi stable. His highest rank has been Maegashira 2 and he has won championships at Jūryō and Makushita level.

Kyotaro Fujimoto is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2011 to 2019 and a kickboxer. He began competing again as a professional kickboxer in 2021.

Akihiro Mayama is a Japanese actor. He is currently a freelancer.

Asuka Nishi is a Japanese voice actress from Hyōgo Prefecture. She is represented by the talent agency Sigma Seven.