List of Famous people born in Japan

Shinsuke Okuno is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Gose, Nara and graduate of Keio University, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003. He is affiliated to the revisionist lobby Nippon Kaigi.

Leilani Yoshika Gaja is a Japanese model and actress from Tokyo. Her stage name in Japan is Yoshika Katou , and is used in nearly all of her appearances in drama and film. Her father is Taiwanese of Japanese descent and her mother is Hawaiian of Japanese descent, lending to her legal name Leilani, and making her half-Japanese. Her first major role was as Yuka Osada, the Crane Orphnoch, in Kamen Rider 555.

Daisuke Takagi is a Japanese footballer who plays for Gamba Osaka.

Mari Nakatsu is a Japanese voice actress and actress from Osaka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Sun Music Production.
On August 8, 2014, she changed her stage name from Mariko Nakatsu which is also her real name to Mari Nakatsu.

Kazuhide Uekusa is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, former senior economist at Nomura Research Institute, and chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute. He was arrested in 2004 and 2006 for sex offences.

Tomoko Hoshino is a Japanese actress and essayist. She graduated from Hosei University.

Yuta Matsumura is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Kashima Antlers.

Sayaka Kobayashi is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She is affiliated with Seinenza Theater Company from April 1, 1992 through the Institute of Literary Research and the Juvenile Research Institute of the 16th period. She was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Shigeo Maruyama is a Japanese businessman. He is best known for being the founder of Epic/Sony Records, former chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment and former CEO of Sony Music Entertainment. He is known for discovering artists such as Motoharu Sano and Tetsuya Komuro.

Yuichi Hisamoto is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 2002 to 2007 and from 2010 to 2012 and with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 2013, 2014, and 2016.