List of Famous people born in Japan

Yoshino Ōishi is a Japanese photojournalist.

Keiko Suzuki is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Osaka. She voices characters from visual novels, and has been in the cast of five Key titles. She is also known under the name Chisato Suzumori .

Shiji Koh is a former professional Japanese baseball player.

Atsushi Uchiyama is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His brother Masaru Uchiyama also played for Japan national team.

Uki Satake , often called Ukky (うっきー), is a Japanese singer, actress and radio host. She is a member of Japanese girl group 9nine.

Kinoko Nasu is a Japanese author, best known for writing the light novel Kara no Kyōkai and visual novels Tsukihime and Fate/stay night. Renowned for a unique style of storytelling and prose, Nasu is amongst the most prominent visual novelists in Japan. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.

Takashi Kanai is a Japanese football player.

Hiroki Yagami is a Japanese manga artist. In 2007, he won the 31st Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen manga for Dear Boys Act II.

Minoru Arakawa is a Japanese businessman best known as the founder and former president of Nintendo of America, and the co-founder of Tetris Online, Inc.

Nobuko Motomura is a member of the Japanese Communist Party serving in the House of Representatives. She is supportive of foreigner suffrage, giving foreigners living in Japan the right to vote, citing that the foreigners pay taxes and are a part of Japanese communities. She also supports the creation of a committee that would protect the human rights of foreign workers, as the current body, the International Training Cooperation Organization, has income that comes from the companies that commit violations of human rights of the foreign workers.