List of Famous people born in Japan

Rio Akisada is a Japanese actress.

Hiroya Shimamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Hokuto Nakamura is a retired Japanese football player and current U18 head coach of Avispa Fukuoka.

Junko Akimoto is a Japanese kayōkyoku singer. She also sings jazz, chanson, canzone, and min'yō. She made her debut in 2005. She attended the 59th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Her song "Ai no Mama de" reached number-one on the Japan's Oricon charts in January 2009. By this, she became the eldest singer to reach the number-one position on single charts in Oricon history. The single was on the charts for 64 weeks and sold 568,334 copies during that time.

Robert Baldwin is a Canadian-Japanese actor. Baldwin, born in Eba, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, has appeared in many Japanese films, television series, advertisements, and music videos, and also works in Japan as a translator, narrator, and copywriter. In 2005, he appeared in Chousei Kantai Sazer-X in the recurring role of Gordo, assistant to one of the heroes; in an interview with Tokusatsu Newtype, Baldwin stated that he was likely to appear in the fourth entry of the Chouseishin Series, unaware that it would not be continued following Sazer-X. In 2013, Baldwin appeared in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger as Ramirez, a former member of the heroes from ancient times. He said he was interested in playing the same role in the Power Rangers counterpart. However, the New Zealand-shot series did not cast him.

Harumichi Tatekawa is a Japanese rugby union player who can play either as a fly-half or centre. He plays for the Kubota Spears in his native country and the Brumbies in the international Super Rugby competition.

Misayo Haruki is a Japanese actress.

Kenji Maruyama is a Japanese judoka. He competed in the men's half-lightweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Gakuto Notsuda is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder for Sanfrecce Hiroshima. He has also represented Japan at under-17, under-20, and under-22 level.

Akitaro Daichi is an anime director, producer and photography director.