List of Famous people born in Japan

Akiko Hinagata is a Japanese actress and former gravure idol.

Ryo Narita is a Japanese actor and model. He is represented with Sony Music Artists. He started his career as a model for Men's Non-no. He starred in the drama film Flashback.

Tatsuya Fujiwara is a Japanese actor. Internationally, he is best known for his leading roles as Shuya Nanahara in the Battle Royale films, Light Yagami in the Death Note films, Kaiji Itō in the Kaiji films, and Rikuhiko Yuki in Hideo Nakata's The Incite Mill. In 2014, he portrayed the villain Shishio Makoto in the live action Rurouni Kenshin films.

Liera Manuel Ivan, professionally known by her mononym Ivan, is a transgender Japanese fashion model, musician, and tarento belonging to LesPros Entertainment. Her father is half-Japanese and half-Spaniard, while her mother is Mexican, and she later gained Mexican nationality. She underwent a sex reassignment surgery in Thailand.

Eita Nagayama is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys. He also appeared in Summer Time Machine Blues and Tokyo Friends: The Movie.

Mima Ito is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. Often termed as the 'greatest threat' to Chinese table tennis dominance, Ito Mima has the highest winning rate against Chinese players in the history of women's table tennis. She currently has a winning record against several top Chinese players, including world champion Liu Shiwen, former world no. 1 Zhu Yuling and world junior champion Qian Tianyi. Her signature playing style entails lethal shovel serves, strawberry receives, fast short-pimpled backhand punches and flat forehand smashes.

Rie Kugimiya is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She is best known for her voice performances in anime, which include Alphonse Elric in the Fullmetal Alchemist series, Kagura in Gin Tama, and Happy in Fairy Tail and Edens Zero. Because of her roles for characters such as Shana in Shakugan no Shana, Louise in The Familiar of Zero, Nagi Sanzenin in Hayate the Combat Butler, Taiga Aisaka in Toradora!, Aguri Madoka/Cure Ace in DokiDoki! PreCure, and Aria Holmes Kanzaki in Aria the Scarlet Ammo, some of her fans have nicknamed her the "Queen of Tsundere." She is currently represented by the talent agency I'm Enterprise.

Emi Takei is a Japanese actress, fashion model, and singer.

Anne Nakamura is a Japanese actress, model and tarento. Her real name is Yuko Nakamura .

Kōichi Hagiuda is a Japanese politician, currently representing the 24th district (Hachiōji) of Tokyo in the House of Representatives of Japan as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He is currently serving as the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe since 11 September 2019. Hagiuda previously served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary from 7 October 2015 to 3 August 2016.