List of Famous people born in Japan

Akira Kawashima is a Japanese comedian, tarento and actor who has featured in films, television, and radio. He performs boke and writes all the material in his comedy duo Kirin. His partner is Hiroshi Tamura. Kawashima is represented by Yoshimoto Kogyo and is mainly active in Tokyo and Osaka.

Daichi Ohsera is a Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League. He was the Carp's top pick in the 2013 autumn draft.

Katsunobu Kato is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the National Diet, and Chief Cabinet Secretary in the cabinet of Yoshihide Suga since 2020. A native of Kurashiki, Okayama and graduate of the University of Tokyo with the Bachelor of Economics degree, he worked at the Ministry of Finance from 1979 to 1995. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 2003 after unsuccessful runs in 1998 and 2000. He served as Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare from 2017 to 2018 and 2019 to 2020.

Maki Mizuno is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in jidaigeki and contemporary dramas. She has also appeared in the 2004 Toho movie Godzilla:Final Wars.

Miho Nakayama is a Japanese singer and actress.

Yuki Abe is a Japanese football player who plays for Urawa Reds as a midfielder. He played for Japan national team.

Juri Manase is a Japanese actress.

Hsiao Bi-khim is a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2002 to 2008 and again between 2012 and 2020. Since July 2020, Hsiao has been serving as the representative of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the United States.

Fumihiko Tachiki is a Japanese voice actor and narrator.

Moga Mogami is a Japanese idol. She is a former member of Dempagumi.inc and be nicknamed Moga-chan (もがちゃん). Her catchphrase at Dempagumi.inc is "the golden heresy who runs in the universe", and her colour in charge is purple.