List of Famous people born in Japan

Sonoda Kenichi is a manga artist and animation character designer.

Koya Urabe is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan. He is the inaugural and former two time K-1 World GP 2016 -60kg World Tournament Champion.

Sakiko Shimizu is a Japanese swimmer.

Ken Kutaragi is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman. He is the former chairman and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIEI), the video game division of Sony Corporation, and current president and CEO of Cyber AI Entertainment. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", as he oversaw the development of the original console and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation 3. He departed Sony in 2007, before the PlayStation 4 was released.

Masakuni Yamamoto is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Tatsuro Iwasaki is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Chunichi Dragons from 2008 to 2012 and again in 2017 and with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2013 to 2015.

Kiyozumi Kiriyama is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 9-dan. He is a former Kisei and Kiō major title holder as well as a former director of the Japan Shogi Association. As of December 2020, Kiriyama is the oldest active professional shogi player.

Shunsuke Osaka is a Japanese former actor and singer. He is a former member of Johnny's Jr. He is a formerly represented with 7teen Group.

Midorifuji Kazunari is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Shizuoka Prefecture. He is a graduate of Kindai University. He debuted in sumo wrestling in September 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in January 2021. His highest rank has been maegashira 14. He wrestles for Isegahama stable. He is the fifth top division wrestler from Shizuoka Prefecture since World War II and the first since Sagatsukasa in 2010. Ahead of his debut he said he hoped to emulate fellow small wrestlers Enhō and Terutsuyoshi.

Takeshi Uchiyamada is a Japanese businessman, who has been chairman of Toyota since 2013.　He graduated from Nagoya University. He is known as the "father of the Prius" for his role in leading the development of the Toyota Prius, the world's best-selling hybrid electric vehicle in history.