List of Famous people born in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Sion Sono
Sion Sono is a Japanese filmmaker, author, and poet. Best known on the festival circuit for the film Love Exposure (2008), he has been called "the most subversive filmmaker working in Japanese cinema today".
Takahiko Kozuka
Takahiko Kozuka is a former competitive Japanese figure skater. He is the 2011 World silver medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final medalist, a two-time Four Continents medalist, and the 2010–11 Japanese national champion. He is also the 2006 World Junior champion and the 2005–06 JGP Final champion.
Kazuchika Okada
Kazuchika Okada is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Okada's fourth reign with the championship is the longest in history at 720 days; he also holds the record for most successful title defenses with twelve.
Atsushi Fujii
Atsushi Fujii is a Japanese professional outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Dragons since 2006.
Kenichi Ogawa
Kenichi Ogawa is a professional boxer.
Miki Fujitani
Miki Fujitani is a Japanese actress. In addition to her many live-action film and television roles, she had a prominent voice role as Kamiya Kaoru in the Rurouni Kenshin anime series, and as Chun-Li in Street Fighter II The Movie.
Yuki Matsushita
Yuki Matsushita is a Japanese actress. Her real name is Yukie Matsushita .
Daisuke Sobue
Daisuke Sobue is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.
Maki Takada
Maki Takada is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Kayo Satoh
Kayo Satoh is a female japanese model and television personality. She gained fame in Japan and overseas in September 2010 when she announced on her blog that she had been assigned male at birth.