List of Famous people born in Japan

Daria Kawashima , known before as Miki Kawashima, is a Japanese musical composer, singer-songwriter, lyricist under Being Inc. records.

Satomi Fukunaga, is a former japanese idol, singer and actress. She made her debut in 1985 as a member of Jpop female band Onyanko Club, which she left one year later to start a solo career. In 1986, she was featured in the TV series Sukeban Deka III as Leia, a reference to the Leia character in Star Wars, after having played herself as an Onyanko Club member in the previous series Sukeban Deka II. She retired shortly after the making of the movie, citing health reasons. In her short career she made two albums and four singles. One of her singles was the theme song for Sukeban Deka III and another was the theme for the cult anime show Project A-ko 2.

Marika Hayashi is a Japanese actress and voice actress.

Akira Narahashi is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He mainly played as a right side-back. He was capped 38 times for the Japanese national team between 1994 and 2003, including three games at the 1998 World Cup.

Yūsei Oda , is a Japanese voice actor from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Shuto Kojima is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for JEF United Chiba.

Yuki Nogami is a Japanese football defender who plays for J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Erika Sema is a Japanese professional tennis player.

Heisuke Hironaka is a Japanese mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his contributions to algebraic geometry.

Kento Masaki is a Japanese Paralympic judoka in Super-Heavyweight.