List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Yuriko Ishida
Yuriko Ishida is a Japanese actress and essayist from Nagoya. She was the Japanese voice of the title character San from the 1997 animated film Princess Mononoke. She is the older sister of Hikari Ishida, also an actress.
Aya Hirano
Aya Hirano is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer. Beginning in the entertainment industry as a child actor performing in television commercials, she played her first voice acting role in 2001 in the anime television series Angel Tales. She released her first single "Breakthrough" in 2006, and she released her first album Riot Girl in 2008. She was formerly contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, before moving to the talent agency Grick in August 2011. Her label was Lantis until 2011, when she moved to Universal Sigma.
Shō Hirano
Sho Hirano is a Japanese singer and actor. He was trainee of Johnny's Jr. and a member of Mr. King, a group formed for a limited time in 2015. He later debuted in the idol group King & Prince in 2018.
Ken'ichi Takitō
Kenichi Takitō is a Japanese actor.
Atsunori Inaba
Atsunori Inaba is a Japanese professional baseball manager and former player. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Japan Series.
Saya Ichikawa
Saya Ichikawa is a Japanese model, tarento, and newscaster. Her original stage name was Saya until 2011. Her father is an American with Native American Cherokee heritage and her mother is Japanese.
Evelyn Mawuli
Evelyn Mawuli is a Japanese professional basketball player.
Kimiyasu Kudoh
Kimiyasu Kudo is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and the current manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. Known for his longevity as a player, he holds the NPB records for longest career with 29 seasons played, most consecutive seasons with at least one win with 23 and is the oldest pitcher to strike out 10 batters in a game, doing so at the age of 41 years and 11 months. In his career, he recorded 224 wins, a 3.45 ERA and 2,852 strikeouts. However, despite all his accolades, he is infamously known for having never won the Sawamura Award, given to Japan's top pitcher.
Hiroshi Tachi
Hiroshi Tachi is a Japanese actor and singer.
Shoma Uno
Shoma Uno is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World silver medalist, the 2019 Four Continents Champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final medalist (2015–2018), the 2017 Asian Winter Games champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion (2016–2019).