List of Famous people born in Japan

Naoki Mori is a former Japanese football player.

Akira Taue is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is also a former AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, a former GHC Heavyweight Champion and has had fourteen 5 Star Matches as awarded by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Eto Mori is a Japanese novelist focusing on children's and young adult literature. She has been described as "one of the most celebrated female writers of fiction in Japan today".

Masayoshi Fukuda is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2015 to 2017.

Nachu is a Japanese tarento who is a former member of the female idol group SDN48. Her real name is Natsuko Takekawa .

Koji Nagai is a Japanese business executive. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Nomura Holdings.

Ayaka Tanihara , born Ayaka Kimura October 30, 1981 and known professionally as Ayaka Nagate , is a Japanese actress and former singer. From 1998 to 2008, Nagate was part of Hello! Project as a member of the Japan-based girl group Coconuts Musume.

Yoshihide Sasaki is a Japanese actor and singer. He made his first acting appearance in 2003 and has since been involved in many productions, mostly in theater. He is best known for his role as Kuranosuke Shiraishi in Musical: The Prince of Tennis. He was a member of Toyota Office, an entertainment company and talent agency in Tokyo, but transferred in 2011 to Sense Up, a newly established department of the company.

Naoki Ishihara is a Japanese football player who plays for Shonan Bellmare.