List of Famous people born in Japan

Hiroshi Suzuki is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Kazuaki Tasaka is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Toshiaki Nishioka is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2012. He held the WBC super bantamweight title from 2008 to 2012, and challenged for the lineal super bantamweight title in his final fight. Nishioka is known for his series of fights against Veeraphol Nakonluang-Promotion, with two of their four encounters ending in draws. Unlike many of Japan's other world champions, Nishioka willingly fought outside of his own country.

Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut with the hard science fiction manga Planetes, serialized in Weekly Morning magazine from 1999 to 2004 and adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Sunrise. Before that, he worked as an assistant for Shin Morimura.

Futen'ō Izumi, is a former sumo wrestler. A former amateur champion, he turned professional in 2003, reaching the top division the following year. He earned two special prizes. His highest rank was komusubi, which he held for one tournament. He retired in May 2011 after falling down the banzuke to the third makushita division. He is now a sumo coach.

Kei Mizutani is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in multiple photo books, movies, and TV series in Japan and her DVD sets are popular in Japan, the United States, and Europe.

Kōta Ishibashi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Yukifumi Murakami is a Japanese javelin thrower. He was the first Japanese athlete to win a World Championship medal in the javelin, taking bronze at the 2009 edition with a throw of 82.97 metres.

Michiru Satou is a Japanese male voice actor represented with T's Factory. He is from Tokyo. He graduated from the Amusement Media Academy, in which he was classmates with Takashi Kondō and Go Inoue. On 7 July 2017, he married to voice actress Ayumi Tsuji.

Ryoji Katsuki is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2010 and from 2012 to 2016.