Famous People Born in Japan

Hamasaki Ayumi (Singer) - Fukuoka, Japan (October 2nd, 1978)

Hanyu Yuzuru (Athlete, Figure Skating) - Sendai, Japan (December 7th, 1994)

Icho Kaori (Athlete, Wrestling) - Hachinohe, Japan (June 13th, 1984)

Kazuo Ishiguro (Writer) - Nagasaki, Japan (November 8th, 1954)

Kanno Yoko (Composer, Singer) - Sendai, Japan (March 18th, 1963)

Yasunari Kawabata (Writer) - Osaka, Japan (June 14th, 1899)

Kawakami Mieko (Novelist, Poet) - Osaka, Japan (August 29th, 1976)

Kikuchi Rinko (Actor) - Hadano, Japan (January 6th, 1981)

Kusama Yayoi (Installation artist, Painter) - Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan (March 22nd, 1929)

Matsuda Aoko (Novelist) - Hyogo, Japan (January 1st, 1979)

Matsumoto Seicho (Writer) - Kagoshima, Japan (December 21st, 1909)

Haruki Murakami (Writer) - Kyoto, Japan (January 12th, 1949)

Sayaka Murata (Novelist) - Inzai, Japan (August 14th, 1979)

Ogawa Yōko (Novelist) - Okayama, Japan (March 30th, 1962)

Ogawa Sayaka (Novelist) - Osaka, Japan (January 1st, 1979)

Saeki Sayaka (Novelist) - Fukuoka, Japan (July 12th, 1980)

Sōseki Natsume (Writer) - Uki, Japan (February 9th, 1867)

Uchimura Kohei (Athlete, Gymnastics) - Kitakyushu, Japan (January 3rd, 1989)

Ken Watanabe (Actor) - Kunitomi, Japan (October 21st, 1959)

Yoshida Saori (Athlete, Wrestling) - Tsu, Japan (October 5th, 1982)

Kenzaburō Ōe (Writer) - Ose, Japan (January 31st, 1935)

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