List of Famous people born in Japan

Shigeru Umebayashi is a Japanese composer.

Tsutomu Nihei is a Japanese manga artist. Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. In 1995 he was awarded the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize in that year's Afternoon Four Seasons Award for his submission, Blame. After working as an assistant to veteran comic artist Tsutomu Takahashi, Nihei went on to launch his debut series Blame! in Monthly Afternoon in 1997. Following the success of Blame!, he next penned Wolverine: Snikt! and Biomega. In 2009, Nihei returned to Afternoon to launch what would become his most successful series, Knights of Sidonia. An architectural student, Nihei's early work were mainly wordless, relying on visuals and backgrounds to tell their stories. His cyberpunk-influenced artwork has gained a strong cult following worldwide.

Toll Yagami is a Japanese musician. Known as the drummer of the rock band Buck-Tick since 1985. He is the older brother of Yutaka Higuchi, Buck-Tick's bassist.

Keita Yamashita is a Japanese football player for Sagan Tosu.

Rihoko Yoshida is a former Japanese voice actress. Among her most noteworthy roles are Megu-chan in Majokko Megu-chan, Monsley in Future Boy Conan, Maria Grace Fleed in UFO Robo Grendizer, Michiru in Getter Robo, Klara in Heidi, Girl of the Alps, Rosalie Lamorliere in The Rose of Versailles, Miwa Uzuki in Steel Jeeg, Kurama in Urusei Yatsura, and Machiko in Maicchingu Machiko-sensei. She retired from voice acting in 1998.

Takahiro Aoki is a Nippon Professional Baseball player. He is currently with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Central League.

Satoru Kawaguchi is a Japanese actor known for his stage work, such as playing the title role in Hamlet directed by Yukio Ninagawa, and for playing Hiromichi in the Bollywood Hindi film Rangoon, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.

Tatsuyuki Uemoto is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Tetsuya Shiokawa is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party. He is against the consumption tax, saying that it is unfair for small businesses.

Tatsuya Sakai is a Japanese football player.