List of Famous people born in Japan

Yuichiro "Jienotsu" Nagashima is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer, and a cosplayer, fighting out of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, currently competing at K-1. His rank is 2nd dan black belt in Nippon Kempo.

Masayuki Aoyama is a Japanese attorney and politician who represents Shizuoka Prefecture in the House of Representatives.

Yōhei Azakami is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.

Hiroshi Iwasaki is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Saitama Prefecture attached to the Seinenza Theater Company. Iwasaki is best known for dubbing over the voices of Stanley Tucci, Rowan Atkinson and the Star Wars character C-3PO.

Kazuhito Tanaka is a Japanese gymnast, Olympic silver and 3-time World medalist. Younger siblings, sister Rie Tanaka and brother Yusuke Tanaka, are both professional gymnasts.

Motoo Andoh is a former Japanese baseball player. He played for the Hanshin Tigers from 1962 to 1973.

Yutaka Mukaiyama is a Japanese pornographic actor and a former professional wrestler better known as Chocoball Mukai .

Hirotoshi Kitagawa is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.

Kiyoko Ono is a Japanese retired politician and gymnast. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1964.

Ryuzo Morioka is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.