List of Famous people born in Japan

Tomoki Sato is a Japanese Paralympic athlete. In 2016, he won the silver medal in both the men's 400 metres T52 and men's 1500 metres T52 events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ken Sakamura , as of April 2017 is a Japanese professor and dean of the Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design at Toyo University, Japan. He is a former professor in Information science at the University of Tokyo. He is the creator of the real-time operating system architecture TRON.

Wakana Ootaki , who goes by the mononymous stage name Wakana, is a Japanese pop singer. She was one of the vocalists of the FictionJunction project started by Yuki Kajiura, and was a core member of the vocal group Kalafina. She is currently signed with Victor Entertainment with a solo career, having released two albums and an EP that have charted on Oricon.

Sho Kimura is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBO flyweight title from 2017 to 2018.

Naruki Terashima is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Kaori Shimamura is a Japanese nude model, gravure idol, tarento and actress. Shimamura applied to the Guinness Book of Records for recognition of her twenty photobooks.

Mamiko Aso , whose real name is Miwa Tajima , is a former Japanese idol, singer and actress of the 1980s, who is currently a businesswoman.

Taku Takahashi is a Japanese hip hop recording artist, DJ and record producer who debuted in 1997 as a record producer of the hip hop group M-Flo. The group rose to prominence in the early 2000s, with hit singles such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again." Takahashi was also a member of Avex's 20th anniversary dance music project Ravex, and has produced songs for musicians such as Crystal Kay, Ami Suzuki and Rie Fu, and remixes for Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki. He formed the record labels Tachytelic Records and TCY Recording.

Chiaki Mayumura is a Japanese idol singer and songwriter currently associated with Toy's Factory. She has released 12 albums, with her three latest ones Gisshiri Haguki, Mejameja Monja and Gekidan Ogyarizumu charting on Oricon's Top 100. She calls herself a “track maker idol with playing guitar”. She is also the president of Kaishaja Naimon Co., Ltd. Fans call her Chi-chan.

W-inds is a Japanese pop boy band managed by Vision Factory and signed to the Pony Canyon label since 2000. The group consists of Ryohei Chiba and Keita Tachibana; Ryuichi Ogata left the group in 2020. Tachibana is the lead singer of the group, while Chiba and Ogata provide backing vocals and rap.