List of Famous people born in Japan

Shōta Sugiyama is a professional Japanese baseball player. He last played catcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Yutaka Ohno , is a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

Shun Kubo is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight title in 2017.

Jouji Shibue is a Japanese actor and model. His first major acting role was as Mamoru Chiba in the live action Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. After finishing PGSM, Shibue has appeared in Kamen Rider Hibiki as Ibuki, later reprising his role for the world of Hibiki in Kamen Rider Decade. He had a role in Rina Aiuchi's music video "Full Jump" and also does commercials for "NTT Docomo Chūgoku" and "AU." Shibue has modeled for "Hotdog Press" and "Junon".

Fuminori Nakamura is the pseudonym of a Japanese author. Nakamura came to international attention when he won the 2010 Kenzaburō Ōe Prize for his novel, The Thief. The English translation of the novel was well received.

Yusuke Kizu is a Japanese rugby union player who generally plays as a prop represents Japan internationally and plays for Toyota Verblitz in the Japanese Top League. He was included in the Japanese squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup which was held in Japan for the first time and for the first time in Asia.

Yuta Kanai is a Japanese actor.

Kisho Kagami is a professional Japanese baseball player.

Emiko Okuyama (奥山 恵美子) is a Japanese politician. She served as the mayor of Sendai from 2009 to 2017.

Sumire Suto is a Japanese pair skater. With partner Francis Boudreau-Audet, she is the 2016 Toruń Cup champion and a two-time Japanese national champion.