List of Famous people born in Japan

Shinsuke Sato is a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter and video game designer. He has directed several live-action film adaptations of manga and anime, including The Princess Blade (2001), Gantz (2011), I Am a Hero (2015), Bleach (2018), Inuyashiki (2018), and Kingdom (2019).

Shinichi Takeuchi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Misaki Morizono is a Japanese table tennis player. Her younger brother Masataka Morizono is also a table tennis player.

Raibu Katayama is a Japanese snowboarder who competed in the men's halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics. He finished 7th overall.

Morihiro Higashikuni , formerly Prince Morihiro was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family and husband of Emperor Hirohito's eldest daughter.

Tomonohana Shinya is a former sumo wrestler from Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. His highest rank was komusubi. He is now a sumo coach.

Yukinobu Hoshino is a Japanese manga artist. He was born in Kushiro, Hokkaidō and dropped out of Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music mid-semester from the fine arts department. He made his debut in 1975 with Kotetsu no Queen and with Harukanaru Asa won the Tezuka prize for an outstanding manga. On 1976, he wrote Blue City for Shukan Shonen Jump. He won an Excellence Prize at the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival for Munakata Kyouju Ikouroku.

Ai Moritaka is a Japanese model and actress affiliated with the Ten Carat talent agency. She is best known for her role as Kagura in the 2014 Super Sentai series Ressha Sentai ToQger.

Masayo Tanabu is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party for the People.

Rin Nitaya is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2017 Winter Universiade silver medalist, 2015 Gardena Spring Trophy champion, and 2016 Coupe du Printemps silver medalist.