List of Famous people born in Japan

Ikumi Hayama , also known as Ikumi Fujiwara , is a Japanese voice actress and narrator.

Yū Mizushima is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He is the Japanese voice-over for Sammo Hung, and is the Japanese voice of Wakko.

Akiko Suwanai is a Japanese classical violinist.

Mayumi Narita is a Japanese swimmer, described as "one of the world’s best Paralympic athletes" by the International Paralympic Committee. Japan Today has described her as a "swimming sensation perhaps as great as the Thorpedo but whose name few know". She has won 15 gold medals at the Paralympics, and 20 total.

Yui Kobayashi is a Japanese model and member of idol group Sakurazaka46. She is represented by Sony Music Records and is an exclusive model with fashion magazine with.

Kana Abe is a Japanese judoka.

Yoshinori Ueda is a former professional Japanese baseball player.

Kanon Suzuki is a former idol and singer. She is a former ninth-generation member of the Japanese girl idol group Morning Musume.

Keiichi Hirano is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played with the Hanshin Tigers.

Jiro Miki is a Japanese former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events. He is a two-time Olympian, a double Olympic finalist in both 200 and 400 m individual medley, and a silver medalist at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.