List of Famous people born in Japan

Chieko Suzuki is a retired Japanese female professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dynamite Kansai .

Kazuki Yamada is a Japanese conductor.

Hiromi Katayama , known by the stage name Marina Ōno , is a Japanese voice actress. She has also been known as Hiromi Matsumoto (松本裕美) and Hiromi Asō (麻生ひろみ). Some of her major roles in anime are: Faury Carat in Tristia of the Deep Blue Sea, Chiaki Nakahara in Dai-Guard, Aihara in Angel Links and Komoe Harumachi in Eiken. In video games, she voices Aki Nitta in Soul Link, Remit Marlena in Eternal Melody, Ayaka Nanase in First Kiss Story and Uriko in the Bloody Roar series.

Naoko Matsui is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Hakodate, Hokkaido. Matsui was a member of Production Baobab for 20 years before becoming a freelancer. She is also a voice acting instructor.

Makoto Tsumura is a Japanese voice actress who was previously affiliated with Mausu Promotion and Aksent but now is affiliated with Aoni Production.

Erika Umeda is a Japanese singer and model. She was a member of the Japanese idol girl group ZYX and Cute up until departing to pursue a solo career in modeling. In 2013, she returned to her music career with the release of her debut solo single "Crush On You."

Ryo Shibata is a Japanese competitive figure skater. He currently competes in pair skating with Narumi Takahashi.

Yuzo Kurihara is a Japanese former football player who last played for Yokohama F. Marinos. He played for Japan national team.

Yusuke Minagawa is a Japanese international football player who plays for Yokohama FC as a striker.

Ken Akamatsu is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. After success with A.I. Love You from 1994–1997, he wrote Love Hina from 1998 to 2001. His longest work to date has been Negima! Magister Negi Magi from 2003 to 2012. His current serial, UQ Holder!, is a sequel to Negima. Akamatsu is also the creator of the J-Comi website, a free digital distributor of out-of-print manga.