List of Famous people born in Japan

Kiyoshi Miki was a Japanese philosopher, literary critic, scholar and university professor. He was an esteemed student of Nishida Kitarō and a prominent member of the Kyoto School.

Masakatsu Sawa is a Japanese nationalized Peruvian football player. He plays for Deportivo Municipal. His preferred position is as an attacking midfielder.

Fuuka Nishihira is a Japanese actress. Until 2016, she was represented by Platinum Production.

Daisuke Hosokawa is a Japanese freestyle swimmer.

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker.

Sayumi Suzushiro is a Japanese voice actress from Kanagawa Prefecture who is affiliated with Arts Vision. She played her first main role in 2018 as Akira Ono in the anime television series Hi Score Girl. She is also known for her roles as Kylie in The Magnificent Kotobuki, Uruka Takemoto in We Never Learn and Wise in Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?. In 2020, she received the Best Rookie Award at the 14th Seiyu Awards.

Yasuhiko Okudera is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the president of J2 League club Yokohama FC and was formerly the president of English club Plymouth Argyle. Okudera was the first Japanese footballer to play professionally in Europe, as well as being the first Asian football player to score in the European Cup, while playing for Köln in the 1979 semi-final match against Nottingham Forest and made 32 appearances – scoring nine goals – with the Japanese national team.

Yana Toboso is a Japanese manga artist born in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan and currently resides in Yokohama.

Aoi Nakabeppu is a Japanese fashion model and actress who is affiliated with Horipro.

Taeko Watanabe is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1979 with the short story Waka-chan no Netsuai Jidai . In 1987, she won the Excellence Award at the 16th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards for her comedy series St. 14 Graffiti. She has twice received the Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo (girls') manga category: in 1991 for Hajime-chan ga Ichiban! and in 2003 for Kaze Hikaru.