List of Famous people born in Japan

Osamu Mukai is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University.

Shigeru Omi is the President of the Japan Community Health Care Organization. He previously served as Regional Director of the Western Pacific Regional Office for the World Health Organization. He has been a member of the World Health Organization Executive Board since 2013.

Koyuki Kato , better known by her stage name Koyuki (小雪), is a Japanese model and actress.

Tsuyoshi Takagi is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Homare Sawa is a former Japanese professional women's football player. She captained the Japan national team to 2011 World Cup title and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2012, she was named the 2011 FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. She previously played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), Nippon TV Beleza, the Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS), and INAC Kobe Leonessa in the Nadeshiko League Division 1.

Yōichi Masuzoe is a Japanese politician who was elected to the position of governor of Tokyo in 2014 and resigned in June 2016 due to the misuse of public funds. He was previously a member of the Japanese House of Councillors and the Japanese Minister of Health, Labor, and Welfare. Before entering politics, he became well known in Japan as a television commentator on political issues.

Kanako Tahara is a Japanese actress and singer. Her former stage name is Mika Ayano . Tahara is represented with Stardust Promotion. She won the Miss Magazine 2011 Second Grand Prix. Tahara's father is singer Toshihiko Tahara, and her mother is former CanCam model Ayako Mukaida.

Yūko Tanaka is a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She has won several acting awards during a long career working in both film and television, after she graduated from Meiji University.

Noriyuki Higashiyama is a singer, actor, and member of the Japanese pop idol group Shonentai. On October 24, 2010, he became married to actress Yoshino Kimura.

Kazuya Kamenashi is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer, magazine model and a member of KAT-TUN. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12.