List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Ichiro Suzuki
Ichiro Suzuki , often referred to mononymously as Ichiro , is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder who played 28 seasons combined in top-level professional leagues. He spent the bulk of his career with two teams: nine seasons with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan, where he began his career, and 14 with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States. After playing the first 12 years of his MLB career for the Mariners, Suzuki played two and a half seasons with the New York Yankees before signing with the Miami Marlins. He played three seasons with the Marlins before returning to the Mariners in 2018.
Nana Seino
Nana Seino is a Japanese actress. She has played Sunmi in Tokyo Tribe, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi in the TV Asahi adaptation of Kuroyanagi's autobiography Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, and Yuko Komiya in the 98th NHK asadora Hanbun, Aoi, among numerous other TV and film roles.
Akira Ishida
Akira Ishida is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He was a part of Mausu Promotion from 1988 until March 2009, when he moved to Peerless Gerbera. For his portrayal of Saki Abdusha in You're Under Arrest and Athrun Zala in Gundam Seed Destiny, he was chosen as the most popular voice actor in the Animage Anime Grand Prix in 2004, and won the Best Supporting Character (male) award at the first Seiyu Awards in 2007.
Yua Mikami
Momona Kitō , known professionally as Yua Mikami , is a Japanese AV actress and an idol singer. She debuted as a member of the idol group SKE48 in 2009 before leaving in 2014. She entered the adult entertainment industry in 2015 under the Muteki label with huge success and by 2017 she became one of the most popular and best-selling contemporary AV idols winning several awards. Mikami is currently performing under the S1 No. 1 Style label, and appeared in over 150 adult films.
Yuki Yamada
Yuki Yamada is a Japanese actor. He is associated with Watanabe Entertainment's male acting troupe D-Boys since 2010 and made his acting debut in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011). Notable works he has also starred in include High & Low (2015), Strobe Edge (2015), Tokyo Revengers (2021).
Sota Fujii
Sōta Fujii is a Japanese professional shogi player ranked 8-dan. He is the current holder of the Kisei and Ōi titles. He is the youngest person to be awarded professional status by the Japan Shogi Association and one of only five players to become professional while still a junior high school student.
Takahiro Sakurai
Takahiro Sakurai is a Japanese voice actor associated with Intention. Notable roles that Sakurai has portrayed include Giyū Tomioka from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Tentomon from the Digimon Adventure series, Zombieman from One Punch Man, Sting Eucliffe from Fairy Tail, Sasori from Naruto Shippuden, Cloud Strife in Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Licht/Patry from Black Clover, and Osomatsu Matsuno from Osomatsu-san.
Chisato Morishita
Chisato Morishita , in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese gravure idol, tarento, actress and former race queen. Her popularity as race queen opened the doors for singing and acting career.
Takanori Iwata
Takanori Iwata is a Japanese dancer and actor. He is a performer of J-Pop dance and vocal group Sandaime J Soul Brothers and Exile. As a member of Sandaime J Soul Brothers, he has received the Japan Record Awards twice. He earned his first leading role as an actor in the film Shokubutsu Zukan in 2016, which won him the "Newcomer of the Year Award" at the 40th Japan Academy Film Prize. Since then, he has appeared in many more television dramas and films. In 2019, he starred as Junichi Wakamiya, the Japanese version of Dr. Watson, in Fuji TV's drama Sherlock: Untold Stories.
Kai Asakura
Kai Asakura is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently competing as a bantamweight in the Rizin Fighting Federation. A professional competitor since 2012, he formerly competed for Road Fighting Championship, Fighting Network Rings and DEEP.