List of Famous people born in Japan

Haruka Tomatsu is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer, employed by Music Ray'n. She plays Asuna in Sword Art Online, Mileina Vashti in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season, Aoba Tsukishima in Cross Game, Saki Rukino in Valvrave the Liberator, Lala Satalin Deviluke in To Love Ru, Minamoto no Raikou in Fate/Grand Order, Iona Hikawa/Cure Fortune in HappinessCharge PreCure!, Zero Two in Darling in the Franxx and Haru Okumura in Persona 5. She received the Rookie of the Year award at the 3rd Seiyu Awards and the Synergy Award at the 9th Seiyu Awards.

Mitsuki Tanimura is a Japanese actress.

Rieko Miura is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and former member of the band CoCo. She was born in Nakano, Tokyo. Her solo debut was on 14 September 1991.

Takakeishō Mitsunobu is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Ashiya, Hyōgo. He made his professional debut in November 2014, and reached the highest makuuchi division in January 2017 after 14 tournaments. He won his first championship in the top division in November 2018, four years after his debut. Takakeishō wrestles for Tokiwayama stable, and his highest rank has been ōzeki, which he first reached in May 2019. He has earned seven special prizes and three gold stars for defeating yokozuna. He won his second championship in November 2020.

Sayaka Yamamoto is Japanese singer and songwriter most widely known for her work as a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48, where she served as the leader of the group and as the captain of Team N. She is also a former member of AKB48's Team K.

Yūko Odagiri , known by her stage name Yuu Kashii , is a Japanese actress and model. She studied at Mejiro University, where she majored in English.

Asanoyama Hiroki is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Toyama Prefecture. He wrestles for Takasago stable. He debuted in sumo in March 2016 and made his makuuchi debut in September 2017. His highest rank has been ōzeki. He has earned six special prizes, and one gold star for defeating a yokozuna. In May 2019 he won his first top division yūshō or tournament championship, the first of the Reiwa era. He was also runner-up in November 2019 and finished the calendar year with more top division wins than any other wrestler. He was promoted to ōzeki after the March 2020 tournament, and was a runner-up in his ōzeki debut in July 2020 and in January 2021.

Katsuya Kitamura is a Japanese professional wrestler, bodybuilder and former amateur wrestler trained by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was the winner of the 2017 Young Lion Cup.

Tsutomu Iwamoto is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Megumi Ōji is a Japanese actress from Kakogawa in Hyōgo Prefecture. She is a graduate of Asia University.