List of Famous people born in Japan

Jun Azumi is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He became deputy secretary-general of the DPJ on 24 September 2012.

Rina Chinen is a Japanese entertainer, former singer, and TV actress. She is affiliated with Rising Production.

Kazuto Taguchi is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Fumie Kashiyama is a Japanese actress who is a member of the Mingei Theatre Company.

Airi Hatakeyama is a former group rhythmic gymnast and current television reporter in Japan.

Kurotani Tomoka is a Japanese actress. She starred as the femme fatale female ninja Kagero in Shinobi Heart Under Blade.

Mikako Komatsu is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer represented by the agency Hirata Office. Her first leading role, which was also her debut role as a voice actress, was in Heroman as the male protagonist Joey. As singer, she was signed to King Records (Starchild) then moved to Toy's Factory in 2016.

Suguru Osako is a Japanese long-distance runner. He won the 10,000 metres gold medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen and holds the Asian junior record for the half marathon. He holds the Japanese National Record for the marathon of 2:05:29 set at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon, where he finished fourth.

Miwa is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She debuted in 2010 with the single "Don't Cry Anymore", which was used as the theme song for the drama Nakanai to Kimeta hi.

Eiji Okuda is a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in Sen no Rikyu. He won the award for best actor at the 37th Blue Ribbon Awards for Like a Rolling Stone.