List of Famous people born in Japan

Yoshio Taniguchi is a Japanese architect best known for his redesign of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City which was reopened November 20, 2004.

Naoki Nakahigashi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Yuko Kawakami is a retired Japanese long-distance runner.

Yuji Ohno is a Japanese jazz musician. Ohno is known for his musical scoring of Japanese anime television series, particularly Lupin III, and most famously the 1977 series Lupin III Part II and the feature film The Castle of Cagliostro. Later anime series scored by Ohno include Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, the 1979 Toei series Captain Future and the 1982 series Space Adventure Cobra. He has composed scores for live-action films, namely Toei's tokusatsu series Seiun Kamen Machineman, his only work on this genre to date.

Yuki Asada, better known by her stage name Fubuki Takane , is a Japanese actress and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, where she specialized in playing male characters (Otokoyaku). She joined the revue in 1983 and resigned in 1997.

Miki Jinbo is a Japanese actress and singer represented by Staff-up.

Kenji Miyamoto is a Japanese figure skating choreographer, coach, and former competitive ice dancer. He skated with Rie Arikawa, winning two Japanese national titles, and then with Nakako Tsuzuki. During his career, he competed at a total of ten ISU Championships.

Kota Yamada is a Japanese football player. He plays for Montedio Yamagata on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos.

Koji Yamasaki is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Kei Koizumi is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Kashima Antlers in the J1 League. He is primarily a central midfielder but can also play at full-back.