List of Famous people born in Japan

Tsuki Amano , formerly Tsukiko Amano , is a Japanese singer, famous for singing the ending themes used in the Fatal Frame series: "Chō" for Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, and "Koe" for Fatal Frame III: The Tormented. She also sang two songs for Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, "Zero no Chōritsu" and "Noise," and sang the song "Torikago -in this cage-" for Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water.

Ri Yong-jik, also known as Lee Yong-jick, is a North Korean international football player who plays for Tokyo Verdy.

Kazuya Tabata is a retired Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He made his Nippon Professional Baseball debut in 1993 for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Tabata later played for the Yakult Swallows, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and Yomiuri Giants.

Yuta Wakimoto is a Japanese track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Bridgestone Cycling. He competed in the keirin event at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He is also a professional keirin cyclist.

Ryōsuke Kanemoto is a Japanese voice actor from Okayama Prefecture and signed to Aoni Production.

Joel Chima Fujita is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Yokohama F. Marinos and the Japan national team. His father is Nigerian and his mother is Japanese.

Katsuhiko Saka is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Hiroe Minagawa née Suzuki is a Japanese sport wrestler who competes in the women's freestyle category. She claimed silver medal in the women's 76 kg event during the 2019 World Wrestling Championships and also qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics which will be held in Japan.

Mai Goto is a Japanese voice actress from Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan. She is represented by Ken Production.

Tsuneko Sasamoto is Japan's first female photojournalist. She turned 100 in September 2014.