List of Famous people born in Japan

Yuki Muto is a Japanese football player.

Koji Ito is a retired Japanese track and field sprinter and Japan's fourth-fastest record holder of 100m sprint with a time of 10.00 seconds. He held the 100 metres Japanese national record between December 1998 and September 2017. He is a former Asian record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and still holds the indoor record as well as the 4×400 metres relay record.

Ayu Nakada is a Japanese football player. She currently plays as a midfielder for Japanese L. League club INAC Kobe Leonessa. She played for Japan at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, winning silver at the former and bronze at the latter.

Taiyō Matsumoto is a manga artist from Tokyo. He made his debut with STRAIGHT in Morning, Kodansha's monthly seinen manga magazine, but is known for his works with Kodansha's rival publisher Shogakukan, including Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong and No. 5. He has received critical praise for his unconventional and often surrealist art style. Ping Pong and Blue Spring have been adapted into live-action feature films. Animation studio Studio 4°C adapted Tekkonkinkreet into an animated feature film. Matsumoto has been called one of the best artists in the recent history of manga and has won numerous awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and the Eisner Awards. He is the cousin of Santa Inoue, another manga artist.

Yuiko Tatsumi is a Japanese voice actress. She is affiliated with I'm Enterprise.

Tsukasa Umesaki is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Shonan Bellmare as an attacking midfielder.

Ryota Nagaki is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder for Kashima Antlers in the J1 League.

Kazushi Kimura is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Hideaki Kikuchi is a Japanese musician. Born in Hino, Tokyo, he was raised in Hachiōji. He is best known as lead guitarist of the rock band The Yellow Monkey.

Shohei Tsukahara is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.