List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Yoichi Wada
Yoichi Wada is a former president and representative director of the Japanese video game and publishing company Square Enix as well as its subsidiary Taito. He is also the former chairman of the Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA), the former chairman of the Digital Content Use Promotion Conference, former president of Shinra Technologies and a former member of Japanese Brand and Contents Council. He is a current outside director of Metaps.
Nobuko Sendō
Aki Izumi
Ken Hirano
Tsutomu Shimomura
Tsutomu Shimomura is a Japanese-born American physicist and computer security expert. He is known for helping the FBI track and arrest hacker Kevin Mitnick. Takedown, his 1996 book on the subject with journalist John Markoff, was later adapted for the screen in Track Down in 2000.
Yuto Mori
Yuto Mori is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mito HollyHock in J2 League. He has previously played for both Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka.
Fukushi Ochiai
Fukushi Ochiai is a Japanese voice actor from Nagoya, Aichi who is affiliated with Aoni Production. He's also one of four male voice actors who won the Best New Actor Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards.
Tamaasuka Daisuke
Tamaasuka Daisuke is a former sumo wrestler from Atsuta-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He made his professional debut in March 1998. His highest rank was maegashira 9. He was well known for moving between the top makuuchi division and the second jūryō division on several occasions. He won two makushita and two jūryō division championships. He retired in September 2016 and is now a sumo coach.
Toshiyuki Watanabe
Toshiyuki Watanabe is a Japanese musician and composer who has scored multiple films and anime. His most notable works are the Mothra trilogy in the 1990s and the award-winning anime series "Uchū Kyōdai" (2012). He is the son of legendary tokusatsu and anime composer, Michiaki Watanabe.
Keisuke Matsuoka
Keisuke Matsuoka is a Japanese novelist. His first novel, the psycho-thriller Saimin (Hypnosis) sold over a million copies on its release in 1997 and has been adapted into a film of the same name by Masayuki Ochiai. His sophomore release of Senrigan (Clairovoyance) about a Air Self-Defense Force fighter pilot turned clinical psychologist launched a popular series, which have achieved combined sales of over six and a quarter million books. He is author of the nine-volume Banno kanteishi Q no jikenbo series, and the Tantei no tantei series, also adapted into a television series of the same name by Fuji TV.