List of Famous people born in Japan

Mamoru Shō is the current head of the Shō family, the former Ryūkyūan royal family. He is the great-great-grandson of Shō Tai, the last king of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, and is the king's most senior direct descendant. Unlike other heads of the Shō family since the abolition of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, who have mostly resided in Tokyo, he resides in both Tokyo and Naha.

Naomi Tamura is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter who made her solo debut in 1994 with the song Jiyuu no Hashi. She is best known for singing theme songs for popular Anime series such as Yuzurenai Negai for Magic Knight Rayearth and Yuragu Koto Nai Ai for Get Backers. She is currently under contract with the recording label Airy Music Japan.

Go Matsumoto is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on August 11, 1993. He debuted in 2013 for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Of the five at-bats in his rookie season, none were successful hits.

Noriko Shitaya is a Japanese voice actress from Chiba Prefecture, Japan. She is known for her role as Sakura Matō in Fate/stay night series.

Takahiro Ueda is a Japanese novelist. He won the 2019 Akutagawa Prize for his science-fiction novel Nimuroddo (Nimrod). He also won the 2015 Mishima Prize for My One True Love.

Rei Hiroe is a Japanese manga artist who is best known for his manga, Black Lagoon. When he is working on doujin comics he goes by the name Red Bear. Hiroe's manga were originally published by Kadokawa Shoten in the 1990s but none were complete. As a response, Hiroe transferred to Shogakukan in the early 2000s, where all of his manga released before Black Lagoon were republished and re-released.

Ryo Segawa is a Japanese actor.

Nao Hibino is a Japanese tennis player. On 18 January 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 56. On 31 July 2017, she peaked at No. 43 in the doubles rankings. In 2015, she won her first WTA Tour title at the Tashkent Open.

Hiroaki Mitsuya is a Japanese virologist famous for his role in discovery of the anti-HIV drug zidovudine (AZT) as well as other anti-AIDS drugs including didanosine (ddI) and zalcitabine (ddC).

Iris is a Japanese voice acting and singing female idol group, formed in 2012 by Avex.