List of Famous people born in Japan

Takarafuji Daisuke is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nakadomari, Aomori. He is a sandanme division champion. The highest rank he has reached is sekiwake.

Naruatsu Baba is a Japanese smartphone game developer and businessman, founder and majority owner of the smartphone-game maker, Colopl.

Kōki Aoyagi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He was born in Izumiōtsu, Osaka, and plays outfielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Yumi Takada is a former Japanese voice actress employed by 81 Produce.

Fumihiro Himori is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Social Democratic Party.

Sanae Tsuchida is a Japanese actress. She was born on July 26, 1949, in Toyonaka, Osaka.

Shinji Miyadai is a Japanese sociologist and is a professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University.

Karin Miyamoto is a Japanese pop singer. She is a former member of Juice=Juice, an all-female pop group within Hello! Project.

Yūko Nakamura is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2001 for the film Firefly (Hotaru) and the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for Strawberry Shortcakes.

Wataru Yoshizumi is a Japanese manga artist. She was born as Mariko Nakai on June 18, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated with a degree in economics from Hitotsubashi University.