List of Famous people born in Japan

Mai Kyokawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa. She played for Japan national team.

Keisuke Tsumura is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Democratic Party for the People (DPP). A native of Tsuyama, Okayama, he attended the University of Tokyo and received an MBA from Oxford University. He was elected for the first time in 2003.

Masato Kudo is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Brisbane Roar in A-League.

Ryo Watanabe is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball

Shiho Yoshimura is a Japanese volleyball player. She played for the Ageo Medics in the V Premier League.

Maki Ikeda is a Japanese politician of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. Ikeda represents Hokkaido through the Hokkaido PR block.

Keisuke Tsuboi is a former Japanese football player.

Yoshio Kodaira was a Japanese serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 8 people in the Tokyo and Tochigi Prefecture areas between 1932 and 1946.

U-ya Asaoka , is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter under the FlyBlue label. He's also former vocalist of the Japanese band Field of View.