List of Famous people born in Japan

Momotaro Dentetsu is a long-running board game-style video game series in Japan; in which players travel by rail, ship, and airplane; attempting to acquire wealth through business transactions buying properties; and dealing with rival entrepreneurs and nemeses such as the God of Poverty . The game mechanics are often compared to the board games sugoroku and Monopoly.

Tomoko Kitamura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lioness Asuka . Along with long-time tag team partner Chigusa Nagayo she formed The Crush Gals, known for their mainstream popularity in the 1980s, and for being one of the most successful women's tag teams of all time.

Vanilla Yamazaki is a katsudō-benshi, voice actor, an actress, a choreographer, and a tarento born January 15, 1978 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan and raised in Ōta, Tokyo.

Megumi Fujii is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist.

Yoshitaka Yamaya is a Japanese voice actor. He was previously affiliated by With Line, but is now currently represented by First Wind Production.

Masayuki Hiizumi , also known by the name H Zett M is a Japanese keyboardist and producer. He became a member of jazz instrumental band Pe'z in 1999, and was a member of Ringo Sheena's band Tokyo Jihen between 2004 and 2005. In 2007, Hiizumi debuted as a solo musician with the name H Zett M.

Hiroshi Mori is a Japanese writer and engineer. He is famous for writing mystery novels – particularly his debut work The Perfect Insider, which won him the first Mephisto Prize in 1996 – but he considers himself to be a researcher as well as craftsman.

Masaki Kashiwara is a Japanese mathematician. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the University of Tokyo. Kashiwara made leading contributions towards algebraic analysis, microlocal analysis, D-module theory, Hodge theory, sheaf theory and representation theory.

Sarah Emi Bridcutt is a Japanese voice actress from Iwaki, Fukushima. She is affiliated with Production Ace.

Yūsei Matsui is a Japanese manga artist. He was an assistant of Yoshio Sawai, the manga artist of Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. Two of his manga Neuro: Supernatural Detective and Assassination Classroom were serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Both were adapted into anime television series and Assassination Classroom was adapted into two live action films as well. His favorite manga series include Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Ultimate Muscle. In episode 25 of the Neuro anime, he has a cameo voice as a manga artist.