List of Famous people born in Japan

Shunichi Nemoto , nicknamed "Nemo", is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder. He was born on July 8, 1983. He is currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the NPB.

Maria Sashide is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture. She is affiliated with the agency With Line.

Kenji Anan is a Japanese stage and film actor.

Motokatsu Miyagami is the drummer for the Japanese band The Mad Capsule Markets. Motokatsu replaced former Berrie drummer Seto on the band's first release, "Government Wall". He also plays in a side-project called Rally, with members of GLAY and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant. They first appeared with a cover song for the Buck-Tick tribute album, Parade -Respective Tracks of Buck-Tick-.

Rie Suegara is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She is affiliated with Ken Production.

Yura Matsuda is a Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2015 Triglav Trophy silver medalist and 2016 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy champion.

Yū Satō is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Hiro Yūki is a Japanese voice actor who is part of the voice actor quartet Weiß, which also consists of Weiß Kreuz voice castmates Tomokazu Seki, Takehito Koyasu and Shin-ichiro Miki.

Paul Nobuo Tatsuguchi , sometimes mistakenly referred to as Nebu Tatsuguchi, was a surgeon in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. He was killed during the Battle of Attu on Attu Island, Alaska, United States on May 30, 1943.

Hiromichi Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Matsudo City, Chiba he attended Waseda University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Meiji University. He was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture in 1995 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was appointed by Shinzo Abe as Minister of Reconstruction on 2 October 2018 and left the position on 11 September 2019. He was succeeded by Kazunori Tanaka.