List of Famous people born in Japan

Yuto Suzuki is a Japanese football player for Matsumoto Yamaga FC on loan from Kawasaki Frontale.

Hisashi Jogo is a Japanese footballer who plays and captains for Avispa Fukuoka in the J1 League.

Risa Watanabe is a member of the female Japanese idol group Sakurazaka46. She also serves as an exclusive model for the female fashion magazine non-no since March 2017. Like other members, Watanabe is represented by Sony Music Labels.

Yūji Wakiya is a Japanese chef famous for cooking Chinese cuisine.

Shunta Tanaka is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a defender.

Akito Fukuta is a Japanese football player for Albirex Niigata.

Ryoji Morimoto is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with both Artist Box and Fireworks. He graduated from Osaka Municipal Sakuranomiya High School's Physical Education.

Akemi Sugiyama is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Ai Fujinuma is a Japanese table tennis player. She was born in Utsunomiya. She competed in women's doubles at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and in women's singles and women's doubles at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Itaru Hinoue is the pseudonym of a Japanese artist from Osaka, Japan, who is one of the founding members of the visual novel brand Key under VisualArt's. Hinoue's choice of her pseudonym stems from the manga C by Shō Kitagawa; the protagonist in the manga was named Itaru Amano . Before forming Key, Hinoue worked for the company Tactics where she had a hand in the creation of the company's three games: Dōsei, Moon, and One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e. After forming Key, Hinoue has become known for her work on such titles as Kanon, Air and Clannad. Her dōjinshi circle is known as "Soldier Frog". In September 2016, Hinoue resigned from Key and VisualArt's.