List of Famous people born in Japan

Takayuki Yoshida is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Makoto Ogawa is a Japanese singer and actress, best known as a former member of Japanese female idol group Morning Musume. She joined the group in August 2001 along with fellow fifth generation members Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, and Asami Konno. On March 31, 2009, she graduated from Hello! Project with the rest of the Elder Club. Ogawa is currently a member of idol band Dream Morning Musume.

Ryota Murai is a Japanese actor best known for his roles as Kojirō in Fūma no Kojirō, Kazuya Suzuki in Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka, Takuya Yano in Osananajimi and Yusuke Onodera in Kamen Rider Decade.

Naohiro Ishikawa is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Anly is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter from Ie, Okinawa. She started playing the guitar at six years old, and started writing music in junior high school. In high school, she played live at various locations in Okinawa and Tokyo, allowing her to release two indie singles in 2015 before being signed to Sony Music Records. She released her debut single "Taiyō ni Warae" in 2015 and her debut album Anly One in 2017.

Kenichi Wakatabe is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Tateo Katō was a Japanese ace army aviator, credited with at least 18 aerial victories and who was honored posthumously by an award of the Order of the Golden Kite.

Yuko Kobayashi is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator, currently affiliated with 81 Produce and married to voice actor Mitsuaki Hoshino.

Jun Kamiwazumi is a former Japan Davis Cup team player and tour tennis player.

Yasuhisa Toyota is an acoustician who has been chief acoustician for over 50 projects worldwide, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Bard College Performing Arts Center in New York, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City. He is the company director and U.S. Representative of Nagata Acoustics of Tokyo.