List of Famous people born in Japan

Taishin Kohiruimaki is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer and karateka competing in K-1 MAX. His real name is Takayuki Kohiruimaki. He started calling himself Taishin Kohiruimaki in 2008.

Toshiyuki Yanuki is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on December 15, 1983. He debuted in 2010. He had 59 strikeouts in 2013 for the Yomiuri Giants.

Haruka Hirota is a Japanese Olympic trampoline gymnast. She competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Akiko Shikata is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer, who is known for writing music for games and anime. She is best known for her contributions to the Ar tonelico, Shadow Hearts and Umineko no Naku Koro ni games, as well as anime adaptations of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Akatsuki no Yona and Tales of Symphonia.

Kaede Dobashi , professionally known by her mononym Kaede is a Japanese dancer, model and actress. She is a member of the J-Pop group Happiness and a former member of E-girls and an exclusive model for CanCam.

Hiroshi Okuda, is the former chairman of the Toyota Motor Corporation from 1999 to 2006.

Satoru Kōsaki is a Japanese music composer and arranger. He is best known for his work on anime, including Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Monogatari and Beastars. He began his career in 1999 at Namco, where he primarily composed soundtracks for video games. Since 2005, he has been affiliated with Keiichi Okabe's music production company Monaca, where he has often collaborated with his colleagues to produce soundtracks for anime and other media.

Ai Ueda is a Japanese triathlete. She is the winner of the 2005 and 2008 Asian Triathlon Championship and the winner of the 2013 ITU Duathlon World Championships. She has represented Japan in triathlon in both the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Mutsuki Ebata is a Japanese kickboxer, fighting out of Tokyo, Japan.

Takanobu Okabe is a Japanese former ski jumper.