List of Famous people born in Japan

Takahisa Maeyama is a Japanese actor affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment.

Katsuhiko Miyaji is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Katsumi Asaba is a Japanese art director known for producing several acclaimed commercials and posters.

Yuuna Suzuki is a Japanese model and actress from Tokyo who has appeared in a number of television drama series and variety shows, as well as featuring in magazines including as a cover model. She is affiliated with the talent agency Space Craft.

Genji Umeno is a Japanese Muay Thai and Kickboxing practitioner. He is the current BoM Lightweight champion.

Chisaki Morito is a Japanese pop singer, and a 14th-generation member of Japanese girl group Morning Musume and is a former member of Country Girls up until their disbandment in 2019.

Minori Hayakari (早狩実紀) is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her personal best of 9:33.93 minutes is the Japanese record and she has won straight Japanese national titles since the first event in 2005, taking her sixth title in 2011.

Shuichi Shigeno is a Japanese manga artist famous for creating Initial D. Shigeno has also created Baribari Densetsu, Dopkan, and Tunnel Nuketara Sky Blue all prior to the manga that would make him famous in 1995. In 1985, he received the Kodansha Manga Award in shōnen for Bari Bari Densetsu.

Yuya Asano is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Tamaki Matsumoto is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa.