List of Famous people born in Japan

Masahiko Tanaka is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He is known for voicing Gauron from Full Metal Panic!, Ryo Mashiba from Hajime no Ippo, and Kyoichi Sudo from Initial D.

Keisuke Matsuoka is a Japanese novelist. His first novel, the psycho-thriller Saimin (Hypnosis) sold over a million copies on its release in 1997 and has been adapted into a film of the same name by Masayuki Ochiai. His sophomore release of Senrigan (Clairovoyance) about a Air Self-Defense Force fighter pilot turned clinical psychologist launched a popular series, which have achieved combined sales of over six and a quarter million books. He is author of the nine-volume Banno kanteishi Q no jikenbo series, and the Tantei no tantei series, also adapted into a television series of the same name by Fuji TV.

Tetsuya Totsuka is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Toshimitsu Suetsugu is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1965 to 1977.

Kōhei Oguri is a Japanese film director and screenwriter.