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 1 
Asuka
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Asuka
23
Birthdate: September 26, 1981
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan

One of the most promising young wrestlers from Japan, Kanako Urai, better known as Asuka and Kana (previously), has been making a name for herself as part of the WWE. Known for her multi-colored hair, she is a Grand Slam Champion, and holds the NXT, Raw, and SmackDown Women’s titles.

 2 
Kairi Sane
(Japanese Professional Wrestler and Actress Known for Her Work With WWE)
Kairi Sane
23
Birthdate: September 23, 1988
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hikari, Yamaguchi, Japan

WWE wrestler and actor Kaori Housako, better known as Kairi Sane, initially represented Japanese women’s wrestling promotion Stardom, as Kairi Hojo, and also won many honors, such as the Artist of Stardom. She is also skilled in yachting, holds a degree in Japanese literature, and has taught Japanese in Cambodia.

 3 
Mao Asada
(Japanese Former Competitive Figure Skater)
Mao Asada
177
Birthdate: September 25, 1990
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Meito Ward, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 4 
Hana Kimura
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Hana Kimura
4
Birthdate: September 3, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Died: May 23, 2020
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 5 
Sky Brown
(British-Japanese Professional Skateboarder and Surfer)
Sky Brown
11
Birthdate: July 12, 2008
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Miyazaki, Japan
Born to a Japanese mother and a British father, Sky Brown is a self-taught skateboarder who learned the art from YouTube videos. At age 10, she became the world’s youngest professional skateboarder. The Dancing with the Stars: Juniors winner had a near-death experience after a skateboarding accident in 2020.
 6 
Nozomi Okuhara
(Japanese Badminton Player)
Nozomi Okuhara
4
Birthdate: March 13, 1995
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ōmachi, Nagano, Japan
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 7 
Io Shirai
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Io Shirai
20
Birthdate: May 8, 1990
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

Japanese wrestler Masami Odate, better known by her pseudonym, Io Shirai, performs for WWE and is a former NXT Women's Champion. Japanese newspaper Tokyo Sports named her the top female wrestler of the year thrice. She is best known for her trademark moonsaults, springboard dropkicks, and hurricanranas.

 8 
Midori Ito
(Figure skater)
Midori Ito
0
Birthdate: August 13, 1969
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Height: 4'9" (145 cm)
 9 
Mari Osaka
(Retired Japanese Tennis Player and Fashion Designer)
Mari Osaka
5
Birthdate: April 3, 1996
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Mari Osaka is a Japanese tennis player. In 2014, she made her WTA Tour debut at the Bank of the West Classic, partnering with Marina Shamayko in the doubles event. A few years later, she made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2019 Miami Open. Her sister, Naomi Osaka, is also a tennis player.

 10 
Bull Nakano
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Bull Nakano
5
Birthdate: January 8, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kawaguchi, Japan
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 11 
Aja Kong
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Aja Kong
6
Birthdate: September 25, 1970
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 12 
Akane Yamaguchi
(Japanese Badminton Player)
Akane Yamaguchi
3
Birthdate: June 6, 1997
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 13 
Ai Fukuhara
(Retired Japanese Table Tennis Player and Olympic Medalist)
Ai Fukuhara
2
Birthdate: November 1, 1988
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sendai, Japan
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 14 
Homare Sawa
(Japanese Former Professional Footballer Who Played as a Forward / a Midfielder)
Homare Sawa
3
Birthdate: September 6, 1978
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 15 
Saori Kimura
(Japanese Retired Volleyball Player)
Saori Kimura
2
Birthdate: August 19, 1986
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Yashio, Saitama, Japan
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 16 
Sara Takanashi
(Ski jumper)
Sara Takanashi
2
Birthdate: October 8, 1996
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kamikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 17 
Meiko Satomura
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Meiko Satomura
0
Birthdate: November 17, 1979
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Niigata, Japan
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 18 
Mikuru Suzuki
(Japanese Darts Player)
Mikuru Suzuki
0
Birthdate: February 5, 1982
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
 19 
Megumi Fujii
(Japanese Former Professional Mixed Martial Artist)
Megumi Fujii
2
Birthdate: April 26, 1974
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Okayama, Japan
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 20 
Kaori Icho
(Japanese Freestyle Wrestler and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Kaori Icho
0
Birthdate: June 13, 1984
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan
 21 
Mima Ito
(Japanese Table Tennis Player)
Mima Ito
2
Birthdate: October 21, 2000
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 22 
Yuka Saso
(Philippine-born Japanese Professional Golfer)
Yuka Saso
3
Birthdate: June 20, 2001
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Philippines

Yuka Saso is a Philippine-born Japanese golfer. She won two gold medals for the Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia, becoming the first golfer to win gold medals for the Philippines in both women's team event and women's individual in the history of Asian Games golf competitions. In 2022, Yuka Saso started representing Japan.  

 23 
Miki Ando
(Figure skater)
Miki Ando
3
Birthdate: December 18, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nagoya
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 24 
Saori Yoshida
(Japanese Former Freestyle Wrestler)
Saori Yoshida
0
Birthdate: October 5, 1982
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tsu, Mie, Japan
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 25 
Misaki Matsutomo
(Japanese Badminton Player Who Is a Doubles Specialist)
Misaki Matsutomo
3
Birthdate: February 8, 1992
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 26 
Ai Miyazato
(Former Japanese Professional Golfer)
Ai Miyazato
0
Birthdate: June 19, 1985
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Higashi, Okinawa, Japan
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 27 
Eri Yoshida
(Japanese Professional Baseball Player Who Plays as a Sidearm Knuckleball Pitcher)
Eri Yoshida
0
Birthdate: January 17, 1992
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 28 
Miho Takagi
(Japanese Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Miho Takagi
0
Birthdate: May 22, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Makubetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 29 
Nao Kodaira
(Japanese Former Long-Track Speed Skater and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Nao Kodaira
0
Birthdate: May 26, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chino, Nagano, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 30 
Giulia
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Giulia
2
Birthdate: February 21, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 31 
Miyoko Watai
(Chess player and widow of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer)
Miyoko Watai
2
Birthdate: January 8, 1945
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
 32 
Manami Toyota
(Retired Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Manami Toyota
2
Birthdate: March 2, 1971
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Masuda, Shimane, Japan
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 33 
Ryoko Tani
(Japanese Politician and Retired Judoka)
Ryoko Tani
0
Birthdate: September 6, 1975
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fukuoka, Japan
Height: 4'9" (145 cm)
 34 
Seiko Yamamoto
(Japanese Wrestler)
Seiko Yamamoto
1
Birthdate: August 22, 1980
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 35 
Yoshie Takeshita
(Japanese Retired Volleyball Player)
Yoshie Takeshita
0
Birthdate: March 18, 1978
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka, Japan
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 36 
Mayu Ishikawa
(Japanese Professional Volleyball Player)
Mayu Ishikawa
3
Birthdate: May 14, 2000
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 37 
Mizuki Noguchi
(Japanese Professional Long-Distance Runner)
Mizuki Noguchi
0
Birthdate: July 3, 1978
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ise, Mie, Japan
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 38 
Kasumi Ishikawa
(Japanese Retired Table Tennis Player)
Kasumi Ishikawa
2
Birthdate: February 23, 1993
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Yamaguchi, Japan
 39 
Shiho Yoshimura
(Former Japanese Volleyball Player)
Shiho Yoshimura
2
Birthdate: December 13, 1989
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 40 
Sumie Sakai
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Sumie Sakai
2
Birthdate: November 24, 1971
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Suzuka, Mie, Japan
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
 41 
Misaki Doi
(Japanese Professional Tennis Player)
Misaki Doi
2
Birthdate: April 29, 1991
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ōamishirasato, Japan
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 42 
Naoko Takahashi
(Retired Japanese Long-Distance Runner and Olympic Gold Medal-Winning Marathoner)
Naoko Takahashi
0
Birthdate: May 6, 1972
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 43 
Yukiko Ueno
(Softball Player)
Yukiko Ueno
0
Birthdate: July 22, 1982
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fukuoka, Japan
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 44 
Haru Nomura
(Japanese Professional Golfer)
Haru Nomura
0
Birthdate: November 25, 1992
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yokohama, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 45 
Uta Abe
(Japanese Judoka and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Uta Abe
2
Birthdate: July 14, 2000
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 46 
Masae Ueno
(Japanese Judoka and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Masae Ueno
0
Birthdate: January 17, 1979
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
 47 
Tomoe Abe
(Japanese Ultramarathon and Marathon Runner)
Tomoe Abe
0
Birthdate: August 13, 1971
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kitsuki, Oita, Japan
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 48 
Yukari Oshima
(Actress, Martial Artist)
Yukari Oshima
0
Birthdate: December 31, 1963
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nishi Ward, Fukuoka, Japan
 49 
Syuri
(Japanese Professional Wrestler)
Syuri
0
Birthdate: February 8, 1989
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ebina, Kanagawa, Japan

Syuri is a Japanese kickboxer, shoot boxer, professional wrestler, and mixed martial artist. Syuri, who has competed in popular promotions like the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), is currently working for a Japanese women's wrestling promotion called World Wonder Ring Stardom. Over the course of her career, Syuri has won many championships at various promotions.

 50 
Haruka Tachimoto
(Japanese Judoka and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Haruka Tachimoto
0
Birthdate: August 3, 1990
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Imizu, Japan
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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