List of Famous people born in Akita Prefecture, Japan

Yasuhiko Okudera is a former Japanese football player and manager. He is currently the president of J2 League club Yokohama FC and was formerly the president of English club Plymouth Argyle. Okudera was the first Japanese footballer to play professionally in Europe, as well as being the first Asian football player to score in the European Cup, while playing for Köln in the 1979 semi-final match against Nottingham Forest and made 32 appearances – scoring nine goals – with the Japanese national team.

Mika Yamauchi is a former volleyball player from Japan, who was a member of the Japan Women's National Team.
Her nickname is Mika (ミカ).

Yuta Kimura is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played with the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2011 to 2012 and from 2014 to 2016.

Taiyo Fujita is a professional Japanese baseball player.

Chizuko Takahashi is a Japanese politician and member of House of Representatives for the Japanese Communist Party.

Takashi Miura is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2003 to 2017. a former WBC Super featherweight Champion. He was born in the Akita Prefecture and lives in Tokyo.

Akira Komatsu is a former Japanese football player.

Junko Asari is a retired Japanese marathon runner.

Yutaka Ashikaga is a former Japanese baseball player. He pitched for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in the Pacific League.

Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name Yoshihiro is spelled out in hiragana (よしひろ).