List of Famous people born in Japan

Yohei Toyoda is a Japanese football player who plays for Sagan Tosu. He played for Japan national team.

Yūya Gunji is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Takanori Kawai is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Kyoto, Kyoto and graduate of Ritsumeikan University, he was elected for the first time in 2007 after working at Teijin since 1987.

Keiji Uezono is a former professional Japanese baseball pitcher. He had played for Hanshin Tigers and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and De Glaskoning Twins of Honkbal Hoofdklasse.

Yuzo Ishikawa , better known as Tajin , is a Japanese comedian, reporter, and radio personality who is represented by the talent agency, Wako Promotion.

Ryoken Kawagishi is a Japanese professional golfer.

Takahiro Ao is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2018. He was a two-division world champion, having held the WBC featherweight title in 2009 and the WBC super featherweight title from 2010 to 2012. He also challenged for the vacant WBO lightweight title in 2015.

Juichi Wakisaka is a former Japanese racing driver who was a 2002, 2006 and 2009 champion in Japan's Super GT series in the GT500 category. In 2002, Wakisaka raced the Toyota Supra GT with Akira Iida, in 2006 and 2009 Wakisaka raced the Lexus SC 430 with André Lotterer. He retired from driving after the conclusion of the 2015 Super GT Series season, becoming the team director of Lexus Team LeMans Wako's.

Motoki Takagi is a Japanese voice actor. He is managed by I'm Enterprise, along with several other significant Japanese voice actors.

Misako Yasui is a legislator in the National Diet of Japan, holding a seat in the House of Councillors. She is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), serving as a representative of Aichi Prefecture.