List of Famous people born in Japan

Mari Shiraki is a Japanese actress. She joined the Nikkatsu studio and appeared in about 100 films at Nikkatsu. Shiraki is well known for her role "Ritsu Nakamura" on the TV jidaigeki "Hissatsu series".

Rome Kanda is a Japanese tarento, comedian and actor who resides in the United States. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Shinya Yamada , better known exclusively by his stage name Shinya (真矢), is a Japanese musician, media personality and entrepreneur. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Luna Sea since 1989.

Yu Kikuta , better known as Kick , is a Japanese comedian and writer who is represented by the talent agency, Horipro. He was born in Tokyo, and graduated from Toho Junior and Senior High School and Japan University of the Arts Faculty Department of Photography.

Yoshihito Yoshida is a former rugby union footballer who played for Japan. He played as a wing.

Takuji Yanagimoto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Osaka, Osaka, he attended Waseda University as a graduate student. He was elected to the first of his three terms in the city assembly of Osaka in 1975. After running unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 1986 as an independent, he ran again in 1990 as a member of the LDP and was elected for the first time.

Rinne Yoshida is a Japanese idol singer and rapper. She has an active solo career.

Norimoto Yoda is a professional Go player.

Ito Ogawa is a Japanese novelist, lyricist and translator. She was born in 1973 in Yamagata, Yamagata.

Kazuyuki Akasaka is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Chunichi Dragons.