List of Famous people born in Shinjuku-ku, Japan

Natsume Sōseki , born Natsume Kin'nosuke , was a Japanese novelist. He is best known around the world for his novels Kokoro, Botchan, I Am a Cat and his unfinished work Light and Darkness. He was also a scholar of British literature and composer of haiku, kanshi, and fairy tales. From 1984 until 2004, his portrait appeared on the front of the Japanese 1000 yen note.

Takashi Ukaji is a Japanese actor.

Peggy Hayama born Shigeko Kotakari was a Japanese singer.

Ichirō Hatoyama was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1954 to 1956.

Michiko Inukai was a Japanese Roman Catholic author and philanthropist. She was the founder of the Michiko Inukai Foundation, which provides financial aid for refugees seeking education.

Atsushi Nakajima was a Japanese author.

Akio Jissoji was a Japanese television and film director best known outside Japan for the 1960s TV series Ultraman and Ultra Seven, as well as for his auteur erotic ATG-produced Buddhist trilogy Mujō (無常), Mandala (曼陀羅), and Uta (哥).