List of Famous people born in Japan

Shogo Saitoh is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Shione Sawada is a Japanese actress known for her role as Luna Iwashimizu/Akiba Blue in the 2013 Super Sentai parody series Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger: Season Two.

Mizuho Yoshida is a Japanese actor. He is best known for playing Godzilla in the 2001 Millennium film GMK. He also provided motion capture for several video games.

Shōji Kawamori is a Japanese anime creator and producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer. He is best known for creating the Macross mecha anime franchise, and for his role in the creation of the Robotech franchise and the Transformers franchise. He pioneered several innovative concepts in his works, such as transforming mecha and virtual idols. His work has had a significant impact on popular culture, both in Japan and internationally.

Eriko Mukoyama, known as Anyango, is a female nyatiti player.

Tetsuya Nishio is a Japanese animator and character designer.

Yasunori Sakurazawa , known by his stage name Sakura, is a Japanese musician. He is probably best known as former drummer of the rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. After leaving them in 1997, following an arrest for heroin possession, he formed the supergroup Zigzo, the trio Sons of All Pussys, and his solo project Lion Heads.