List of Famous people born in Japan

Masayo Takahashi is a Japanese medical physician, ophthalmologist and stem cell researcher.

Atomu Tanaka is a Japanese football player who plays for HJK Helsinki in the Veikkausliiga.

Shunsuke Matsumoto was a Japanese painter, who primarily painted in the Yōga style.

Go Shiozaki is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently signed to the Pro Wrestling Noah promotion. He made his debut for the promotion in July 2004 and remained with it until the end of 2012. In January 2013, Shiozaki joined All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he became a one-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion and a two-time World Tag Team Champion, before resigning from the promotion in September 2015. Afterwards, he returned to Noah, where, in May 2016, he won the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the third time. He has also worked for American promotions Ring of Honor (ROH) and Full Impact Pro (FIP), winning the latter's World Heavyweight Championship. In August 2016, Shiozaki was appointed the chairman of Noah's wrestlers' association.

Toshinao Sasaki is a Japanese freelance journalist and critic, a regular writer for CNET Japan, and a one-time reporter for Mainichi Shimbun. He was born in Hyōgo Prefecture.

Miki Takahashi is a Japanese voice actress and singer. Together with her friend Chika Sakamoto, she participated in the third incarnation of the radio show Animetopia. She is a member of SplashDream.

Meichi Narasaki is a Japanese professional sport climber and boulderer.

Kohei Tanaka is a Japanese composer, arranger, conductor and singer-songwriter. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine. He has created numerous musical scores for anime television series, OVAs, films, video games and tokusatsu series including Gunbuster, Sakura Wars and One Piece.

Kensuke Takezawa is a Japanese long-distance runner. He attended Waseda University in Tokyo.

Atsushi Shiramata is a Japanese actor.