List of Famous people born in Japan

Madoka Kimura is a Japanese voice actress and singer.

Kōji Ishii is a Japanese voice actor currently affiliated with Vi-Vo. His major roles include: Koutaro Taiga in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Giovanni Bertuccio in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Shigematsu in Toriko, and Prime Minister Honest in Akame ga Kill!. In video games he is the voice of Ryuji Yamazaki and Sokaku Mochizuki in the Fatal Fury series. He also voices Kaji Hyogo in Lime-iro Senkitan, Barlowe in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Ikutidaal in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, and Matsunaga Hisahide in Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 and Samurai Warriors 4.

Ryuji Miyade is a former Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder.

Madoka Haji is a Japanese football player. She plays for Suwon UDC and Japan national team.

Isamu Sonoda is a retired Olympic champion Japanese judoka who competed in the middleweight (-80 kg) division.

Minene Sakurano is the pen name of a Japanese manga artist born on November 29 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Maki Tabata is a Japanese speed skater and cyclist.

Minoru Kihara is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Kumamoto, Kumamoto and graduate of Waseda University, he was elected for the first time in 2005 after working at Japan Airlines until 2004.

Soichiro Fujitaka , nicknamed So, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Bambitious Nara of the B.League in Japan.He also plays for Japan men's national 3x3 team.