List of Famous people born in Japan

Haruka Saito is a Japanese softball player. She played in the Hitachi softball club from 1994 to 2006 and represented Japan as part of the Japan women's national softball team in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games. In 2000 and 2004, she played in the teams that won the bronze and silver medals, respectively.

Shiho is an actress and model. Her agency is Stardust Promotion.

Tetsu Inada is a Japanese voice actor affiliated with Aoni Production.

Saori Gotō is a Japanese voice actress and singer.

Riku Hirosue is a Japanese football player. He plays for ReinMeer Aomori.

Ryu Fujisaki is a Japanese manga artist from Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture.

Shion Miura is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and the Japan Booksellers' Award. Her work has been adapted for film and television, and her books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, German and Italian.

Hiyori Nitta is a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She began her career in 2014, playing a role in the anime television series Nobunagun; later that year, she played her first main role as Rino Endō in the anime series Jinsei. She is known for her roles as Mai Sadohara in Märchen Mädchen, Izumi Asagi in Pastel Memories, and Ino Sakura in Dropout Idol Fruit Tart.

Minoru Mukaiya is a Japanese musician best known as the former keyboardist of the jazz fusion band Casiopea and producer of the Train Simulator series of Japanese video games.

Yoshiki Tanaka is a Japanese novelist.