List of Famous people born in Japan

Emi Fujita is a Japanese singer. She debuted as a singer with her husband Ryuji Fujita as the duo Le Couple. Their first album was released in 1994. Fujita made her solo debut in 2001. Her series of Camomile CDs are covers of popular western songs. Rembrandt Sky is her first original album, a collaboration with music producers Toshiyuki Mori, Seiji Kameda and Yoshiyuki Sahashi. Several of her solo albums have charted in Japan, including Camomile Best Audio, which reached number 27 on the Oricon chart. She has also found some success in Southeast Asia.

Toshiki Kadomatsu is a Japanese rock/R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. He has released many studio albums, as well as several instrumental and live albums. He has been active since at least 1981 and is still active, having released his most recent album in May 2020.

Tokuyoshi Kawashima is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with 81 Produce.

Yuki Suetsugu is a Japanese manga artist.

Mai Nishida is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, and actress represented by Space Craft.

Toshiharu Furukawa is a Japanese medical doctor, attorney, and politician of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Yasuaki Kurata , is a Japanese actor specializing in action movies. An accomplished martial artist, he has dan ranks in Karate, Judo, and Aikido. He is perhaps best known for his extended battle against Jet Li in Fist of Legend and for his villainous role in So Close. He is fluent in Cantonese. He was close friends with Bruce Lee during his career.

Ikuma Horishima is a Japanese freestyle skier who competes internationally. He competed for Japan at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where he won a gold medal in Moguls, and another gold medal in Dual moguls.

Masaru Hashimoto is Japanese politician who was the governor of Ibaraki Prefecture from 1993 to 2017. A native of Ibaraki prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1969.

Yu Kimura is a retired Japanese professional boxer. He is the former World Boxing Council Light Flyweight champion.