List of Famous people born in Japan

Yukijirō Hotaru is a Japanese actor. He is best known for the role of Gonza Kurahashi in the Garo television franchise.

Nanami Abe is a Japanese figure skating coach and choreographer. She studied under Hiroshi Nagakubo, and coached Yuzuru Hanyu. She has choreographed routines for many skaters, including Daisuke Takahashi, Tatsuki Machida, and Akiko Suzuki.

Shoji Gatoh is a Japanese author and anime screenwriter from Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He is best known for the creation of the Full Metal Panic! franchise that includes light novels, manga and anime.

Naoko Kawakami is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Iris is a Japanese voice acting and singing female idol group, formed in 2012 by Avex.

Kazuki Sakuraba is a Japanese author of novels and light novels, and a Naoki Prize winner.

Ryuji Hara is a Japanese professional boxer who currently competes in the minimumweight division. He is a former OPBF minimumweight champion.

Shintaro Ishiwatari is a Japanese mixed martial artist and current Pancrase Bantamweight Champion. A professional competitor since 2006, he has also competed in Shooto, RIZIN, Vale Tudo Japan, DEEP, and World Victory Road.

Yoshiaki Nishimura is a Japanese lead film producer formerly of Studio Ghibli and founder of the company Studio Ponoc. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2014 for The Tale of Princess Kaguya and received a consecutive Oscar nomination at the 88th Academy Awards for When Marnie Was There in the same category.

Ryōhei Shirasaki is a Japanese football player for Kashima Antlers.