List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Mao Asada
Mao Asada is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion, a three-time Four Continents champion, and a four-time Grand Prix Final champion. She is the first female figure skater who has landed three triple Axel jumps in one competition, which she achieved at the 2010 Winter Olympics. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she became the first woman to successfully land eight triple jumps in the free skate, although two jumps were called as under-rotated.
Mami Koyama
Mami Koyama is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. Her best-known voice roles include Ophiuchus Shaina in Saint Seiya, Arale Norimaki in Dr. Slump, Minky Momo in Magical Princess Minky Momo, Lunch in Dragon Ball, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki in Naruto: Shippuden, Korosuke in Kiteretsu Daihyakka, Ryoko Mendou in Urusei Yatsura, and Charlotte Linlin in One Piece. Some of her notable roles in the 1990s and 2000s anime include Balalaika in Black Lagoon, Talia Gladys in Gundam Seed, Eva Heinemann in Monster, and Yōko Itoigawa in Hyōka. In feature films, she voiced Kei in Akira, and the adult Chiyoko Fujiwara in Millennium Actress.
Masaaki Noiri
Masaaki Noiri is a Japanese kickboxer who competes in the lightweight and welterweight divisions. He began practicing karate as a young boy and had great success in both full contact karate and amateur kickboxing in his early teens, which included winning the K-1 Koshien 62 kg (136 lb) schoolboys tournament in 2009. After turning professional in 2010, he became a mainstay in the Krush promotion and was victorious in the 2011 Krush Under-22 ~63 kg (140 lb) Supernova~ Tournament.
Yūki Ishikawa
Yūki Ishikawa is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Okazaki City, Aichi, Prefecture. As of April 2021, Ishikawa is the captain of the Japan Men's National Volleyball Team, and plays as one of its outside hitters. He currently plays in the Italian Volleyball League for the club, Power Volley Milano.
Katsuya Takasu
Katsuya Takasu is a plastic surgeon based in Tokyo. He has attracted controversies regarding his stances of Holocaust and Nanking Massacre denial.
Ayano Fukuda
Ayano Fukuda is a Japanese tarento and impressionist who has appeared in a number of television programmes and feature films. Fukuda is represented with Amuse, Inc.
Hitomi Satō
Hitomi Satō is a Japanese actress. She has appeared in more than forty films since 1996.
Kaede Hondo
Kaede Hondo is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with I'm Enterprise. She took leading roles for each series, including Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama, Girlish Number, Anime-Gatari, Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko, Comic Girls, Hinamatsuri and Zombie Land Saga. She won the Best New Actress Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards.
Norihiro Akahoshi
Norihiro Akahoshi is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player from Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers.
Katsuhito Yokokume
Katsuhito Yokokume is a Japanese lawyer and former politician.