List of Famous people born in Japan

Hirotaka Koishi is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Yuria Katō is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Asami Kai is a Japanese actress & gravure idol.

Mayuko Kamio is a Japanese violinist.

Yū Suzunoki is a Japanese manga artist and singer-songwriter. His real name is Yūki Suzunoki . He is married to singer Reina Hayashi—a member of Mimizuguzu—and lives in Nakano, Tokyo.

Masahiro Ando is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda is the first Japanese female gymnast to win a world title, which she accomplished on the balance beam in 1954. For 63 years, she remained the only Japanese female gymnast who won a world gold medal - until Mai Murakami won the floor exercise at the 2017 World Championships. Tanaka-Ikeda won seven more medals at the world championships in 1958–1966. She also competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a team bronze medal in 1964; her best individual achievement was a fourth place on the floor in 1956.

Kaori Moriwaka is a singer-songwriter and actress. She was in the band The Go-Bang's and Ram Jam World; more recently, she portrayed Ikuko Tsukino in the live-action TV series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. She also wrote songs and played the guitar as a back musician for Japanese girl band Chee's.