List of Famous people born in Japan

Yuya Hasegawa is a Japanese baseball player. He has been with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks since 2007, and plays as Outfielder, wearing number 24. In 2009, he batted .312.

Kaito Ishikawa is a Japanese voice actor from Bunkyō, Tokyo. He is affiliated with Pro-Fit.

Yoshitaka Sakurada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He formerly served as Minister of State for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Fourth Abe Cabinet.

Maki Okazoe is a Japanese TV announcer, news presenter and tarento. She is represented by her agency cent. Force.

Aren Kuri is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Kenji Eda is a Japanese politician and member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Okayama Prefecture and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1979, attending the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University in the United States while in the ministry. Leaving the government in 1998, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives in 2000 as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He ran again in 2002 as an independent, and was elected for the first time. He lost his seat in 2003, but was re-elected in 2005.

Sueo Ōe was a Japanese athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He won a bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, tying with his teammate Shuhei Nishida. When the two declined to compete against each other to decide a winner, Nishida was awarded the silver after a decision of the Japanese team, on the basis that Nishida had cleared the height in fewer attempts. The competition was featured in a scene in the documentary Olympia, filmed by Leni Riefenstahl. On their return to Japan, Nishida and Ōe had their Olympic medals cut in half, and had a jeweler splice together two new “friendship medals”, half in bronze and half in silver.

Daisuke Matsui is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Saigon FC. He played for Japan national team. His wife is a Japanese actress Rosa Kato.

Keizo Kawashima is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays infielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

Kazuko Ando , better known as Kazu Ando , is a Japanese essayist and tarento represented by Production Pao.