List of Famous people born in Japan

Tamanofuji Shigeru is a former sumo wrestler from Ogawa, Nasu District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in 1967, reaching a highest rank of sekiwake in 1978. He won three special prizes and earned two gold stars. He retired in 1981 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association. He was the head coach of the Kataonami stable from 1987 until 2010, when he changed his elder name to Tateyama. He reached 65 years of age in 2014, the normal age of retirement for an elder, but was re-hired for a further five years as a consultant.

Takeaki Tokuyama is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Kazuki Kozuka is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kawasaki Frontale, as a midfielder.

Kentaro Sato is a Japanese track and field sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. His personal best in the event is 45.58 seconds. He has represented Japan at several world meets including the 2017 World Championships and 2019 World Championships. He was also a reserve athlete for the Japanese 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Olympic Games.

Sōjirō Higuchi is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jiro Kuroshio . He is perhaps best known for his work in the Wrestle-1 promotion, where he was a former two-time UWA World Trios Championship holder before leaving the promotion in January 2019. He is currently signed to WWE.

Shōji Satō is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He has also published various dōjinshi under the pen name Inazuma and runs an erotic genre group called Digital Accel Works. He is responsible for the character design and illustration for the Highschool of the Dead manga. He is the former assistant of Kōshi Rikudō, the creator of the popular manga series Excel Saga.