List of Famous people born in Japan

Daizen Maeda is a Japanese football player. He plays for Yokohama F. Marinos.

Maki Horikita is a Japanese former actress. During her career from 2003 until 2017, she starred in numerous Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies, including roles in Nobuta wo Produce, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and Umechan Sensei.

Noritoshi Furuichi is a Japanese sociologist currently studying for a Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Tokyo.

Masaki Kaji is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known for his role as Takeshi Momoshiro in the Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and the live film adaptation. He was also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-BOYS, which perform in various skit-like performances.

Kana Nishino is a Japanese singer and songwriter signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I". CNN said that she was the favorite singer of teenage girls in Shibuya, Tokyo, signalling Sony's jump on the bandwagon effect started by Avex. She has sold 6 million copies in Japan.

Shigeyuki Goto is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Minato, Tokyo and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1980. He also received a master's degree from Brown University as a bureaucrat. After he left the ministry in 1995, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives as a member of the New Frontier Party. He ran again in 2000 as a member of the Democratic Party of Japan and was elected for the first time.

Romi Park is a Korean–Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer. Park graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music and studied Korean at the Korean Language Institute (한국어학당) in Yonsei University. Park has won numerous awards, including the best actress in a leading role for her portrayal of Nana Osaki at the Seiyu Awards. Park is known for her roles as tough, calm and mature preteen or teenage boys who are often called prodigies in their fictional universes. Her female roles also fit the "tough/punk lady" archetype.

Kyōka Suzuki is a Japanese actress.

Takeru Segawa is a Japanese kickboxer. He is the current K-1 Super Featherweight champion and the former K-1 Featherweight champion and K-1 Super Bantamweight champion. He is the only three weight champion in K-1 history.

Shirō Sano is a Japanese actor.