List of Famous people born in Japan

Yukina Ōta is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2003 World Junior champion and the 2004 Four Continents champion. She announced her retirement from competitive skating in November 2008, due to injury.

Yō Taichi is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture. She is affiliated with VIMS.

Yūsaku Yara is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Vi-Vo. His real name is Susumu Kawabe , and his former stage name was Tetsu Kurobe .

Ayuru Ōhashi , formerly known as Erika Nakai , is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo. Some of her major roles are Aoi in Wish Upon the Pleiades original net animation (ONA) and its anime adaptation, Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen in Strike Witches, Adele in Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, Oryō in Girls und Panzer, and Anju Yuuki in Love Live! School Idol project. She was associated with ToriTori agency until June 2015. She is currently associated with Mausu Promotion.

Shinsuke Numata is a Japanese writer.

Haruki Ihara was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Nishitetsu Lions, and continued his entire career with them.

Ayuri Konno is a former Japanese actress known for her role as Amy Yuuzuki/Kyoryu Pink in the 2013 Super Sentai series Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. In July 2018, she announced her retirement from acting to pursue an opportunity outside the entertainment industry.

Shingo Takeyama is a retired professional Japanese baseball player. He played catcher for the Yokohama BayStars, Saitama Seibu Lions and Chunichi Dragons.

Rintaro Tashima is a Japanese football player who last played for Dinamo Zagreb II.

Jun Onose , better known by his stage name J, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as bassist and co-founder of the rock band Luna Sea since 1986. After they disbanded in 2000 he focused on his solo career, for which he performs lead vocals and bass. He rejoined Luna Sea when they reunited in August 2010.