List of Famous people born in Japan

Takahito Otsuka is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2015 and 2016.

Yasuyuki Muneta is a Japanese judoka. He won two gold medals and a silver medal at the World Judo Championships.

Shokei KIn is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays in the flanker position. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the NTT Communications Shining Arcs in Japan's domestic Top League.

Sen Sōshitsu XV (十五代千宗室) refers to the 15th generation head (iemoto) of Urasenke, one of the most widely known schools of Japanese tea. Hōunsai (鵬雲斎) was a religious appellation that he received in 1949 from his Zen mentor, and it is the name that he generally is known by to distinguish him as the 15th Sen Sōshitsu. His son succeeded him as the 16th generation head of Urasenke, and inherited the name Sōshitsu, in December 2002. With that, Sen Sōshitsu XV discontinued his own use of the name Sōshitsu. He adopted the name Genshitsu (玄室) to use instead, and thus has officially gone by the name Sen Genshitsu since then.

Lynn Okamoto is a Japanese manga artist and a former employee of Bandai. His most famous work is the series Elfen Lied which was adapted in a 13-episode anime series by the studio Arms. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

Mika Yamauchi is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team.
Her nickname is Mika (ミカ).

Kei Jonishi is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She was a member of NMB48's Team N.

The Japanese idol girl group AKB48 has many members who have left the group for various reasons such as focusing on solo careers. Some members have left to help launch AKB48's sister groups. The member lineup often changes as when girls get older, they "graduate" from the group, and are replaced by members promoted from the trainees. Others have dropped out of the group without any graduation. Yuki Usami was the first member to graduate from the group on March 31, 2006.

Kazuyo Aoki is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is employed by the talent management firm Kiraboshi.

Rika Mayama is a Japanese idol singer, a member of the girl idol group Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku.