List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Hitoki Iwase
Hitoki Iwase is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Nishio, Aichi, Japan. He holds the NPB record for career saves and mound appearances.
Takuma Nishimura
Takuma Nishimura is a Japanese football player. He plays for Japanese club Vegalta Sendai.
Tatsurō Hamada
Tatsurō Hamada is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.
Reiko Hayama
Reiko Hayama is a Japanese actress.
Tatsuya Egawa
Tatsuya Egawa is a Japanese manga artist and film director. He is probably best known for his Golden Boy manga series, which debuted in 1992. Egawa is known for his drawings of over-the-top facial expressions always crediting the staff of his creations, even on the covers. Kōsuke Fujishima, who is known as the creator of Oh My Goddess was once one of Egawa's assistants.
Takuya Ishida
Takuya Ishida is a Japanese actor.
Ayumi Kinoshita
Ayumi Kinoshita is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was affiliated with Wave Management Nagoya, Parts, and Stardust Promotion before working as a freelance actress. She is well known for playing Marika Reimon/Deka Yellow in the 2004 television series Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger. On February 27, 2014 2013, she announced her pregnancy.
Tetsuma Esaki
Tetsuma Esaki is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), formerly a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. He was appointed to be the Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs by Shinzō Abe August 3, 2017. A native of Ichinomiya, Aichi and graduate of Rikkyo University, he was elected for the first time in 1993 as a member of the now-defunct Japan Renewal Party. He later joined the LDP. He was defeated in the 2009 by DPJ candidate Kazumi Sugimoto.
Daisuke Nakajima
Daisuke Nakajima is a Japanese racing driver; the son of Satoru Nakajima and the younger brother of Kazuki Nakajima, both of whom have driven in Formula One.
Naomichi Donoue
Naomichi Donoue is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He is a utility infielder and has played at various positions including short stop, third base and second base.