List of Famous people born in Japan

Keisuke Kaneko is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 2006 to 2009 and from 2012 to 2016 and with the Orix Buffaloes from 2010 to 2011.

Sasada Natsumi is a Japanese artistic gymnast. She was part of the silver medalling team at the 2015 Summer Universiade where she also won a bronze medal in the individual all-around competition. Sasada also competed for Japan in the first ever Youth Olympic Games in 2010.

Toshiyuki Igarashi is a Japanese boxer and a former WBC, The Ring and Lineal Flyweight World Champion.

Takahiro Ko is a Japanese football player of Chinese descent. He plays for Gamba Osaka in the J1 League and also represents their Under-23 team in J3 League. He is the son of former Chinese international Gao Sheng and his regular playing position is central midfield.

Yuki Matsushita is a Japanese track and field athlete. He competed in the 400 m hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships He also competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics where he ran 49.60 in the first heat of the 400 m hurdles but did not qualify further.

Miki Oyama was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows.

Yua Aida is a former Japanese model and AV idol.