List of Famous people born in Japan

Yoshito Yasuhara is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is a member of Theatre Echo, a theatre troupe and talent management firm known for its comedy sketches. Yasuhara is known for being the Japanese dubbing voice of Mickey Rourke.

Aki Hata is a Japanese musician, singer, lyricist and composer. She is noted for having penned and composed songs for various anime and video games, including popular titles like Zettai Shōnen, Azumanga Daioh, Haibane Renmei, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu, Rocket Knight Adventures, Lucky Star, Love Live! School Idol Project, and Love Live! Sunshine!!, and for singers and voice actresses. She has even composed game soundtracks; formerly, Hata was a composer for Konami and Treasure games.

Motoko Kumai is a Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce. She played Takao Kinomiya in Beyblade and Syaoran Li in Cardcaptor Sakura. From December 21, 2006 to October 2007, she left her career due to an illness requiring medical treatment.

Mitsuyo Kusano is a female Japanese TV presenter and news anchor.

Sohichiro Amaya is a Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

Yoko Soumi is a Japanese actress and voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotion. She and fellow voice actor Akio Ōtsuka married on February 11, 2005, but they divorced in 2009.

Daiki Kamikawa is a Japanese judoka. He won the gold medal in the openweight division at the 2010 World Judo Championships by defeating Teddy Riner of France by a flags decision. Kamikawa is known for being a very technical judoka for a heavy weight and uses techniques such as harai goshi and uchi mata with frequency. He represented Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Ryoka Yuzuki is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She currently voices Ino Yamanaka in Naruto.

Hiroaki Hamada , better known by his ring name Gran Hamada , is a Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. He has wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, the Universal Wrestling Federation, Michinoku Pro and All Japan Pro Wrestling and was the founder of Universal Lucha Libre. He has also had stints with the World Wrestling Federation and Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States. His daughters Xóchitl Hamada and Ayako Hamada are professional wrestlers.

Rika Kishino is a Japanese singer, actress, model and tarento who was the vocalist of the now-disbanded rock band Over The Top and former member of the idol group NMB48. She was born in Hyōgo Prefecture.