List of Famous people born in Japan

Ken Togame is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Shota Kaneko is a Japanese footballer who plays for Shimizu S-Pulse.

Ryoji Moriyama is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Coco Hayashi is a Japanese actress and voice actress associated with 81 Produce and Avex Pictures. She is best known for voicing Ayumi Hayashi in Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter! and Mirai Momoyama in Kiratto Pri Chan.

Tomoya Ito is a professional Japanese wheelchair Paralympic athlete from Suzuka, Mie, Japan, and a former entrepreneur.

Yoriko Kawaguchi is a Japanese politician. Born in Tokyo, she holds a BA in international relations from the University of Tokyo, and an MPhil in economics from Yale University, where she became a member of President's Council on International Activities. Currently, she is a Professor at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs in Tokyo.

Toru Kikawada is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Rikuzentakata, Iwate and graduate of Waseda University, he worked at the city government of Rikuzentakata from 1977 to 1994. After having served in the Iwate Prefectural Assembly for two terms since 1995, he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2000 as a member of Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, which merged with the DPJ in 2003.

Hisaji Hara is a Japanese photographer.

Toshiya Fujita is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. He currently works for English side Leeds United as Head of Football Development (Asia).