List of Famous people born in Japan

Noriko Sasaki is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for her Dōbutsu no Oisha-san series.

Katsutoshi Kawano is a Japanese admiral who is serving as the 5th Chief of Staff, Joint Staff and is the highest-ranking officer of the Japan Self-Defense Forces since 15 October 2014 until March 31, 2019, the longest serving Chief of Staff, Joint Staff. Prior to his appointment, he was the 31st Chief of Staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the de facto navy of Japan.

Yuichi Komano is a Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Junko Iwao is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Her most notable role is in Cardcaptor Sakura, providing the voice to Sakura's best friend and cousin, Tomoyo Daidōji. She also voiced lead character Mima Kirigoe in Perfect Blue, Ceres in Ceres, Celestial Legend, and Kikyo in Hunter x Hunter. In video games, she voiced Pai Chan in Virtua Fighter, Carole Pepper in Honkai Impact 3rd, Mint in Tales of Phantasia and Serika in To Heart.

Mikiyo Ōno is a Japanese model, actress and J-pop singer. She was the youngest member of the group CoCo.

Haruka Kohara is a former member of the Japanese idol groups AKB48 and SDN48.

Kazuyuki Hamada is a Japanese politician. He has served one term in the House of Councillors for the Tottori At-large district. After being elected in 2010 as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party, he changed parties three times before unsuccessfully seeking re-election as an independent candidate in 2016.

Hirokazu Nakaima is a Japanese bureaucrat, business leader, and politician. He was elected governor of Okinawa Prefecture in 2006.

Toshiaki Kubo is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Ōshō and Kiō title holder.　

Yukinori Suzuki is the former head coach of the Shimane Susanoo Magic in the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Nippon Sport Science University. He was selected by the Oita Heat Devils with the 10th overall pick in the 2005 bj League draft.