List of Famous people born in Japan

Hyuma Matsui is a Japanese former baseball player. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Nobuo Tsukahara, better known as Nobuo Hara was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader.

Musubu Funaki (船木結) is a Japanese pop singer. She is a former 6th generation member of Japanese girl group Angerme and a former member of Country Girls.

Richard C. Koo is a Taiwanese-American economist living in Japan specializing in balance sheet recessions. He is Chief Economist at the Nomura Research Institute.

Masakazu Mori , better known by his stage name Yukinojo Mori , is a Japanese lyricist, composer and poet who is affiliated with Amuse, Inc. He has written over 2,000 songs for numerous artists such as Kyosuke Himuro, Takuro Yoshida and Junichi Inagaki and theme songs for anime series including Dragon Ball Z. His younger brother is Hideharu Mori, keyboardist of the rock band Picasso.

Jirō Kawasaki is a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi.

Suzuka Morita is a Japanese actress and gravure model who was a 2nd generation member, number 11, of Idoling!!!. She was also the 7th generation member of Hop Club. Morita is best known for playing Shinken Yellow in the TV series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. She has also appeared in several stage plays. Morita is affiliated with Horipro.

Tomiaki Fukuda is a Japanese sports official and retired freestyle wrestler who won the world bantamweight title in 1965. He is vice president of the Japanese Olympic Committee, where he heads the National Training Center Commission. He is also president of Japan Wrestling Federation and vice president of the International Federation of Associated Wrestling (FILA). He served as chef de mission for the Japanese teams at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2005 East Asian Games.

Alisa is a Japanese former gravure idol and actress. She was represented with Suns Entertainment.

Masashi Goda is a Japanese actor from Kanagawa Prefecture. He is best known for his portrayal of Yuuji Mita/OHBlue in Chōriki Sentai Ohranger. In 2009, he joined the cast of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger in the recurring role of Shiba Retsudō, the first Shinken Red.