List of Famous people born in Japan

Kenji Takahashi , known professionally as Kenji Ohba is a prolific Japanese actor and former stuntman best known for his roles in the Super Sentai and Metal Heroes series, especially as Retsu Ichijouji/Gavan in the 1982 TV series Space Sheriff Gavan. He is the president of his own action/stunt troupe called "Luck JET".

Yu Nakamura is a Japanese singer, professional model and Japanese television personality. In 2005 she won the Japanese Miss Magazine Idol contest and won the "Jury's Special Award", 2005, after which she began appearing as a professional model and on various television shows. For a time she was reporter for the Tokyo Broadcasting System. In 2007–2008 she released three Japanese idol videos.

Shinji Inoue is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Yoko Yamada is a Japanese female arm wrestler, professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and occasional ring girl. Nicknamed The Sturdy Arm and Iron Beauty, she also works as a talent for the Tokyo-based agency KT Project .

Fusao Sekiguchi (関口房朗) is a businessman and Thoroughbred horse racing enthusiast. He is the Chairman of the Board and majority shareholder of Venture Safe Net, Inc of Tokyo.

Masahiko Harada, better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion in the Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions, and also challenged for the Featherweight title twice. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing association.

Kiyoshi Toyoda is a Japanese professional baseball player.

Airi Nakajima is a Japanese actress and gravure idol who is represented by the talent agency, Sense Up. She is nicknamed Airin .

Hiroaki Samura is a Japanese manga artist, known for Blade of the Immortal, as well as several other short works. He has also done various illustrations for magazines and ero guro work.

Ryota Sekiya is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player. He played for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Pacific League from 2016 to 2018.