List of Famous people born in Japan

Yusaku Ueno is a former Japanese football player.

Yohei Kajiyama is a former Japanese football player.

Yuki Matsuoka is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator. She graduated from Otemae Women's University in Nishinomiya. She is affiliated with Production Baobab.

Takeshi Nagano is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Panasonic Panthers.

Kyoji Yamamoto is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who is the leader of the hard rock/heavy metal bands Bow Wow and Wild Flag. He is known for his skillful guitar playing, with former bandmate Neil Murray calling him one of the top Japanese guitarists, and was one of the first hard rock guitarist to use the tapping technique.

Yuto Kishina is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2020 Bavarian Open bronze medalist.

Tomoko Ukishima is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Suginami, Tokyo and high school graduate, she was elected for the first time in 2004.

Ryoka Oshima is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team B.

Priyanka Yoshikawa is a Japanese interpreter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Japan 2016. She is the second hāfu (multiracial) woman to be Miss Japan after Ariana Miyamoto, who won the Miss Universe Japan title in 2015 and fourth who be turned a contestant after Ariana, Yusuke Fujita and Yuki Sato. Her mother is Japanese.

Genki Nagasato is a Japanese footballer who plays for Hayabusa Eleven FC. His sisters are Japan women's national team players Yuki Nagasato and Asano Nagasato.