List of Famous people born in Japan

Shunya Takayama is a Japanese athlete specialising in the high hurdles. He represented his country at the 2017 World Championships without advancing from the first round. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games.

Hiroki Yamada is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Júbilo Iwata.

Kohji Moritsugu is a Japanese actor best known for his role as Dan Moroboshi in Ultra Seven. He is widely regarded as the best actor in the Ultra Series by fans, along with Susumu Kurobe and Jiro Dan. On the other hand, he appeared a lot of jidaigeki television series such as Mito Kōmon and Hissatsu series as a guest villan actor.

Takumi Kobe is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played from 2008 to 2013 with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Mitsuru Sugaya , is a Japanese manga artist, novelist, an author of instructional comics, and a racing writer. Sugaya wrote and illustrated Game Center Arashi, a manga series based on video games. He also drew a manga tied to the Japanese Spider-Man television series from the 1970s and also drew the manga adaptations of all Kamen Rider series from Ichigo to Stronger.

Sadaharu Tanikawa is a Japanese combat sports promoter and the president of Fighting and Entertainment Group.

Satoshi Umemura is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Sakai, Osaka and graduate of Osaka University, he was elected for the first time in 2007.

Keisuke Sohma is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Hirata Office.