List of Famous people born in Japan

Osamu Maeda is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Naoya Gomoto is a Japanese actor.

Naoyuki Ohmura is a professional baseball player for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Eiko Hisamura is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Hisamura worked under her maiden name before her marriage and for a long time afterward, so that name is still often used, even among fans. She is currently affiliated with 81 Produce since 2015.

Satoshi Tokiwa is a Japanese footballer currently playing for Thespakusatsu Gunma.

Rina Sumioka is a Japanese female singer-songwriter.

Masayuki Ochiai is a Japanese film director. His films include Kansen and Saimin.

Yuji Ide is a Japanese racing driver. He is the 2005 Formula Nippon runner-up and the 2010 Suzuka 1000km winner. He competed in Formula One with the Super Aguri team in 2006, but was demoted to third driver after four races and subsequently lost his FIA Super Licence.

Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter and actor. His music, heavily influenced by American blues, was popular in Japan in the 1970s. He re-wrote the lyric of the song "Yume wa Yoru Hiraku" for his cover version in 1972, which was banned for its negative portrayal of Modern Japanese Culture. Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his avant-garde theater Tenjō Sajiki. His autobiography, A Life in Folk, was translated into English and published in 2017 by Public Bath Press of Nara, Japan.