List of Famous people born in Japan

Rena Inoue is a Japanese-born American retired pair skater. With partner John Baldwin, she is the 2004 and 2006 U.S. National Champion. Inoue previously competed for Japan as both a single skater and pair skater. Inoue and Baldwin are the first skaters to perform a throw triple Axel in competition.

Akira Iwamoto is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes.

Yukinari Sugawara is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie.

Yumi Kumakura is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays a V-Premier League team Takefuji Bamboo.

Takashi Shinohara is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet.

Manabu Komatsubara is a former Japanese football player.

Banmei Takahashi is a Japanese film director. Takahashi started his career in the pink film industry, making his directorial debut in 1972 with Escaped Rapist Criminal. Due to a disagreement with his producer, Takahashi quit the film industry for a couple years. He joined pink film pioneer Kōji Wakamatsu's production studio in 1975, working as a script-writer until Wakamatsu produced Takahashi's second film, Delinquent File: Juvenile Prostitution (1976). For the next few years Takahashi averaged five films annually at Wakamatsu's studio, until Takahashi left to start his own production company in 1979.

Satoru Kanemura is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher.

Kyosuke Sasaki is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Ryota Katsuki is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2004, the Orix Buffaloes from 2005 to 2012 and the Yomiuri Giants from 2013 to 2016.