List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Yūki Koyama
Yuki Koyama is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Miu Suzaki
Miu Suzaki is a Japanese pair skater. With her former skating partner, Ryuichi Kihara, she is a two-time Asian Open Trophy medalist and the 2017 Japan national Champion. They have competed at the Four Continents Championships and on the Grand Prix series.
Buronson
Yoshiyuki Okamura , known by the pen names Buronson (武論尊) and Sho Fumimura , is a Japanese manga writer. Making his debut in 1972, he first found success with the hardboiled detective manga series Doberman Deka (1975–1979) alongside illustrator Shinji Hiramatsu. He is best-known for creating the post-apocalyptic martial arts series Fist of the North Star (1983–1988) with artist Tetsuo Hara, which is one of the best-selling manga in history with over 100 million copies in circulation. He has since worked with Ryoichi Ikegami on several series, including Heat (1998–2004), which won the 2002 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.
Tomoe Kawabata
Tomoe Kawabata is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2019–20 Japanese national bronze medalist. She has represented Japan at two World Junior Championships.
Hiroki Kondoh
Hiroki Kondō is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Yūki Yamamoto
Yuuki Yamamoto is a Japanese female fashion model and tarento who is represented with Starray Production.
Yukinari Sugawara
Yukinari Sugawara is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for AZ Alkmaar in the Eredivisie.
Yūko Ōno
Yūko Ōno is a Japanese voice actress from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. She is known for her roles as Yuzu in Konohana Kitan and Aya Asagiri in Magical Girl Site.
Nao Hibino
Nao Hibino is a Japanese tennis player. On 18 January 2016, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 56. On 31 July 2017, she peaked at No. 43 in the doubles rankings. In 2015, she won her first WTA Tour title at the Tashkent Open.
Naomi Tamura
Naomi Tamura is a Japanese pop singer and songwriter who made her solo debut in 1994 with the song Jiyuu no Hashi. She is best known for singing theme songs for popular Anime series such as Yuzurenai Negai for Magic Knight Rayearth and Yuragu Koto Nai Ai for Get Backers. She is currently under contract with the recording label Airy Music Japan.