List of Famous people born in Japan

Megu Sakuragawa is a Japanese singer and voice actress from Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. She is better known as Tsubasa Kira from Love Live! and Ako Udagawa from BanG Dream!, the latter of which involved playing drums for the band Roselia. She is currently affiliated with S.

Maki Enjōji is a Japanese manga artist. Some of her works, such as Happy Marriage!? and Private Prince, have been published in French and German by Kazé and Tokyopop. Editorial Ivrea has released the Spanish version of Private Prince in 2011, which is still ongoing. Happy Marriage!? will be published in English under VIZ Media’s Shojo Beat imprint on 6 August 2013.

Nikki Havenaar is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for FC Thun.

Kenzo Tsujimoto is a Japanese businessman who founded the video game companies Irem and Capcom. He has also served as president of Computer Software Copyright Association (ACCS) since 1997, and was president of Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association from 2002 to 2006.

Yumi Tamura is a Japanese manga artist. Her debut short story, Ore-tachi no Zettai Jikan, was published in 1983 in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic and received the 1983 Shogakukan Grand Prize for new artists. Since then, she has completed more than 50 compiled volumes of short stories and continuing series. Popular works such as Tomoe ga Yuku! exemplify her work, but she made her reputation with the long-running shōjo action/adventure series Basara, for which she won the 1993 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga. Her latest series, 7 Seeds, for which she won a second Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga in 2003, is currently running in the anthology magazine Flowers in Japan. Chicago was her first series to be published in North America.

Baku Yumemakura is a Japanese science fiction and adventure writer. His works have sold more than 20 million copies in Japan spread across more than 280 titles. He is published in a variety of formats including feature films, television shows, movies and comic books.

Yoshitaka Mizuo is a former Japanese baseball player. He played professionally for the Yokohama BayStars and the Orix BlueWave. From 2003 to 2004, Mizuo played for minor league affiliates of Major League Baseball's Anaheim Angels.

Shoukichi Kina , is a Japanese rock musician and politician. He, along with his band Champloose, played a large role in the Okinawan home-grown "folk rock" scene in the 1970s and 1980s. His first big hit was "Haisai Ojisan" in 1972, which he wrote when he was in high school. Songs from the 1980 album Blood Lines, like "Hana" and "Subete no Hito no Kokoro ni Hana o", are frequently heard in international markets.

Yasushi Iihara is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Tochigi Golden Braves of Baseball Challenge League.

Shinji Iwata was a professional Japanese right-handed pitcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons.