List of Famous people born in Japan

Masashi Asaki is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the artist for the series Psychometrer Eiji and Kunimitsu no Matsuri, both written by Shin Kibayashi under the name Ando Yuma, both of which have been adapted as live-action dramas. His current series, which he both writes and draws, is Denshi no Hoshi. All three series are unusual for shōnen manga in dealing with political themes. With Agi, he received the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Kunimitsu no Matsuri.

Junichi Sato is a Japanese anime director, best known for working on shōjo-based anime and in the magical girl genre. He was formerly associated with TYO Animations.

Shinji Hosokawa is a retired Japanese judoka who won two Olympic medals during the 1980s.

Yuka Miyazaki is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Hikaru Kitagawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for Albirex Niigata. She played for Japan national team.

Yoshiyuki Matsuoka is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There, he won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division, after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage, learned from Shozo Fujii, 4 times world champion (1971–1979).