List of Famous people born in Japan

Shoma Sato is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Tōru Nakamura is a Japanese golfer.

Toshiki Kurobane is a Japanese professional baseball catcher who is currently a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Tomoka Nishiyama is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 3-dan. Nishiyama also participates in women's professional shogi tournaments and is the current holder of the Women's Jo-Ō, Ōshō and Ōza titles.

Masaaki Ideguchi is a Japanese football.

Hatsune Matsushima is a Japanese gravure model, talent and actress affiliated with Harmony Promotion. She was born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name is Noriko Matsushima, and she goes by the nickname Hachu. She has starred in a number of TV dramas, films, and internet productions. She also co-authored a book.

Yūko Ōno is a Japanese voice actress from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is known for her roles as Yuzu in Konohana Kitan and Aya Asagiri in Magical Girl Site.

Yoko Narahashi is a prominent Japanese casting director and film producer. She gained prominence due to her involvement with The Last Samurai, Babel, and Memoirs of a Geisha. The Japan Times, the only independent English-language newspaper in Japan, referred to her as an "all-round interpreter of Japan for U.S. movies".

Yutaka Aoyama is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.

Toshinori Yonekura born October 21, 1972, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer originally from Toyonaka, Osaka. Known as "Yone" to fans, Toshinori made his major label debut with the single "Mikan no Android" in 1992 on Geneon Entertainment. Aside from his own music career, Yonekura has crafted songs for some of Japan's best known acts such as KinKi Kids, Hiromi Go, Akiko Wada, and SMAP. In 2008, he made his first foray into acting joining the Japanese production of the Broadway musical, Rent.