List of Famous people born in Japan

Farid Yu Darvishsefat , popularly known as Yu Darvish, is a Japanese professional baseball starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Darvish has also played in MLB for the Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. In international play, Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team.

Haruka Fukuhara is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and model from Saitama Prefecture. From 2009 to 2012, she starred in Cooking Idol! I! My! Main as Main Hiiragi, portraying the character in both animated and live-action segments. Following the series' end, she has starred in multiple television and film projects including Good Morning Call, Futari Monologue, Koe Girl!, Coffee & Vanilla, Hitsuji to Ōkami no Koi to Satsu-jin, and Laid-Back Camp. In animation, Fukuhara has provided the voice to Cure Custard in Kirakira PreCure a la Mode.

Rina Uchiyama is a Japanese actress and idol.

Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former fashion model and singer. She has done glamour modeling too, having released four photobooks. She is also well known as the former fiancé of sumo wrestler Takanohana, to whom she was engaged for two months, and for her years of fighting anorexia nervosa.

Yoshimasa Hayashi is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, Koga Faction. He is a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet, currently serving his third term in the Upper House representing Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Saori Hayami is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator. She is represented by the agency I'm Enterprise. As a singer, she is signed to Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Japan. Hayami won the 10th Seiyu Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Her major voice roles include Yukino Yukinoshita in My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Yumeko Jabami in Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler, Fubuki in One-Punch Man, Ayase Aragaki in Oreimo, Shirayuki in Snow White with the Red Hair, Yui Kusanagi in Kamigami no Asobi, Cardia in Code:Realize ~Sousei no Himegimi~, Miyuki Shiba in The Irregular at Magic High School, Himawari Uzumaki in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Shinoa Hiiragi in Seraph of the End, Yotsugi Ononoki in Monogatari, Shōko Nishimiya in A Silent Voice, Chiriko "Tsuruko" Tsurumi in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Ushiwakamaru in Fate/Grand Order, and Shinobu Kochou in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Yūki Amami is a Japanese actress.

Taro Kono is a Japanese politician serving as the Minister for Administrative Reform and Regulatory Reform since 2020. He previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and is widely seen as a potential candidate for future prime ministerial elections. He is also a member of the House of Representatives for Kanagawa's 15th district since 1996. He was the runner-up in the 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election, losing in a second round runoff to Fumio Kishida.

Arata Iura , previously known as Arata, is a Japanese actor, model and fashion designer. He is the Director of fashion brand Elnest Creative Activity. He holds the position of Director at the Artisan Culture Organisation Institute.

Satoshi Nakajima is a Japanese professional baseball player. He was born on March 27, 1969. He debuted in 1987. 2013 was his twenty-seventh year in professional baseball. He has not played much for the past four seasons, due to his becoming a coach as well.