List of Famous people born in Japan

Harumi Nemoto is a Japanese gravure (bikini) idol from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She has had a column since October 2007 in the monthly manga magazine Manga Life.

Yuko Sano is a retired volleyball player from Japan. She was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Hideaki Katō , known professionally as Reichi Nakaido and nicknamed Chabo, is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as one of the guitarists and vocalists of the influential rock band RC Succession. Nakaido was voted the third greatest Japanese guitarist in a 2019 poll held by goo.

Takuya Asanuma , better known better by his stage name TAKUYA, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was formerly the second guitarist of the Judy and Mary. He currently works as a solo artist under the name Takuya and also had a solo project called Robots which was dissolved in 2009. He was previously married to a former geisha from Gion, but they divorced in 2006. His most recent release was a duet with Aya Kamiki titled "W-B-X ", the theme for Kamen Rider W.

Yukihiro Takahashi is a Japanese musician, singer, record producer and actor, who is best known internationally as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra, and as the former drummer of the Sadistic Mika Band. He is currently a member of the group METAFIVE.

Tatsuyuki Nagai is a Japanese anime storyboard artist and director. He made his full directorial debut in 2006 with Honey and Clover II, after which he had directed 2007's Idolmaster: Xenoglossia, 2008's Toradora!, 2009's A Certain Scientific Railgun, 2011's Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, 2012's Waiting in the Summer and 2013's A Certain Scientific Railgun S.

Kazuko Kurosawa is a Japanese costume designer. She won the 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design. She is the daughter of famous filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, and she has one son, actor Takayuki Kato. She provided the costumes for Zatōichi.

Akiko Kobayashi , also known by her alias Holi, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, composer and arranger.

Kenjirō Ishimaru is a Japanese actor and TV narrator. He is best known for his role in Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Den-O as the owner of the DenLiner. He has also appeared in multiple competitions of Sasuke as a competitor and during that time has become one of only two people to fall off the Rolling Log obstacle in the First Stage and take the log with them. Ishimaru is the narrator in the anime series Toriko. He also narrates TV Asahi's series See the World by Train, which has run since June 1987.

Ayaka Asai is a Japanese actress and voice actress who is currently affiliated with Intention.