List of Famous people born in Japan

Minoru Niihara is the original and current lead singer of the Japanese heavy metal band, Loudness.

Makoto Akaho is a Japanese former basketball player.

Kouhei Shiota is a Japanese actor, singer, and bassist associated with Himawari Theatre Group. He is the lead vocalist and bassist of the rock duo Bucks.

Shin Miura , better known as Shinji Maggy , is a Japanese comedian and magician.

Kenji Maruyama is a Japanese author. He received the Akutagawa Prize for one of his novels, Summer’s Passage , in 1966 at the age of 23, becoming the third of an often touted group of college seniors to win the prize at age 23, following Ishihara Shintaro and Oe Kenzaburo.

Yutaka Ashikaga is a former Japanese baseball player. He pitched for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in the Pacific League.

William Popp is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Machida Zelvia. Born in Japan, his father is American while his mother is Japanese.

Suehiro Ishikawa is a Japanese long-distance runner. He finished 47th in the senior men's race at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He placed seventh at the 2013 Berlin Marathon and fourth at the 2016 Lake Biwa Marathon, qualifying for the 2016 Olympics.

Takayoshi Kawabata is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.