List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Masatoshi Koshiba was a Japanese physicist and one of the founders of neutrino astronomy. His work with the neutrino detectors Kamiokande and Super-Kamiokande was instrumental in detecting solar neutrinos, providing experimental evidence for the solar neutrino problem.

Jong Tae-se is a Japanese-born North Korean footballer. He is most remembered for his key performance at 2010 FIFA World Cup representing the North Korea national team. He is one of few North Koreans who played in the Japanese J-League or the German 2. Bundesliga.

Saya Nakazawa is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 1-dan.

Hikaru Nakao is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Ryuji Kimura is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Takeshi Yamasaki is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. During his 24 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, he played for the Chunichi Dragons, the Orix BlueWave, and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

Yutaka Akita is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Akiko Suzuki is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 World Championships bronze medalist, a three-time Grand Prix Final medalist, a two-time Four Continents silver medalist, the 2007 Winter Universiade champion, and the 2013 Japanese national champion. She placed eighth at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.

Tetsu Watanabe is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.

Hidehiko Yoshida is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a longtime veteran of Japan's PRIDE Fighting Championships, competing in the Middleweight (93kg) and Heavyweight divisions. He won gold at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games at 78 kg. Yoshida also had two famous fights with MMA pioneer Royce Gracie that resulted in a no-contest and a time-limit draw.