List of Famous people born in Japan

Koichi Sekikawa is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Kota Watanabe is a Japanese football player. He plays for Yokohama F. Marinos

Tsuyoshi Fukui is a retired tour and Japan Davis Cup team tennis player. Fukui holds the record for the most singles win for the Japanese in Davis Cup, with 26. On tour, he won two Challenger tennis events in singles and earned a career-high singles ranking of World No. 177, in January 1983.

Ayame Koike is a Japanese actress under the Sony Music Artists.

Eiji Oguma is a Japanese historical sociologist, a professor at Keio University, a documentary filmmaker, and a guitarist.

Io Sakisaka is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. She debuted in 1999 with the short comic Sakura, Chiru and since has been known for her series Strobe Edge, Ao Haru Ride, and Love Me, Love Me Not.

Yumi Matsuzawa is a Japanese singer from Fujimi, Saitama. She is best known for her debut release, "You Get to Burning", the opening theme for Martian Successor Nadesico, as well as the movie version's theme song "Dearest".

Airi Furukawa is an illustrator and former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a former member and leader of SKE48's Team KII.

Keisuke Nozawa is a Japanese athlete competing in the 400 metres hurdles. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals.

Micheal Yoshihide Nakamura is a Japanese-born Australian former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Yomiuri Giants and Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).