List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Kōji Makaino
Kōji Makaino is a Japanese pop music composer, arranger, and musician. He is the elder brother of composer Shunichi Makaino.
Kitarō
Kitarō (喜多郎), born Masanori Takahashi , is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age music. He won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Thinking of You (1999), with a record 16 nominations in the same category. He received a Golden Globe Award for the original score to Heaven & Earth (1993).
Kōji Gotō
Kōji Gotō is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.
Nikki Havenaar
Nikki Havenaar is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for FC Thun.
Kōji Matsushita
Kōji Matsushita is a male Japanese former international table tennis player.
Satoshi Iida
Satoshi Iida is a Japanese professional boxer from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Iida won the WBA super flyweight championship of the world in 1997 when he defeated Thai champion Yokthai Sithoar via a 12th-round unanimous decision.
Takeshi Uchiyamada
Takeshi Uchiyamada is a Japanese businessman, who has been chairman of Toyota since 2013. He graduated from Nagoya University. He is known as the "father of the Prius" for his role in leading the development of the Toyota Prius, the world's best-selling hybrid electric vehicle in history.
Genki Ōkawa
Genki Oshikawa , known professionally as Genki Okawa , is a Japanese actor and voice actor who has appeared in a number of feature films, stage productions and television series. He is represented with Amuleto.
Michiko Hattori
Michiko Hattori is a Japanese professional golfer and former Player of the Year on the LPGA of Japan Tour. Before turning professional, she became the first Japanese born champion of the U.S. Women's Amateur.
Kōsuke Itō
Kōsuke Itō is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons.