List of Famous people born in Japan

Masanori Hata is a Japanese zoologist, essayist, and filmmaker. A popular essayist under the pen name Mutsugorō, he was awarded the Kikuchi Kan Prize for his writing in 1977. He is perhaps best known in the West as the director and screenwriter of the 1986 film The Adventures of Milo and Otis.

Juju (ジュジュ) is a Japanese jazz and jpop singer. She is represented by Sony Music Associated Records Inc.

Rino Sashihara is a Japanese singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, concurrently acting as the HKT48 theater manager, AKB48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet and is the producer of the idol groups =LOVE and ≠ME.

Seiko Niizuma is a Japanese actress and singer. She is represented with Production Ogi.

Hironari Amano is a Japanese actor. In 2008 he changed his name to Kousei Amano , maintaining the kanji in his name. In 2013, he married actress Akiko Hinagata.

Hiroki Uchi is a Japanese idol singer, songwriter, actor and model. He was born in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Yoshimasa Hosoya is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He was represented by Mausu Promotion and is now a freelancer. Hosoya won the awards at the 8th Seiyu Awards and 10th Seiyu Awards for best supporting actor.

Kishirō Nakamura is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as an independent. A native of Sakai, Sashima District, Ibaraki Prefecture and a graduate of Nihon University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time as an independent in 1976.

Mari Osaka is a Japanese tennis player. She is the older sister of Naomi Osaka.

Shohei Miura , born on 3 June 1988, in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor and fashion model. He belongs to the talent agency Burning Production.