List of Famous people born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Kensuke Kondo
Kensuke Kondo is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Akinori Ōtsuka
Akinori Otsuka is a retired Japanese baseball pitcher who coaches for the Chunichi Dragons in Nippon Professional Baseball. He was formerly the set-up man for the San Diego Padres and the Texas Rangers. He was also the closer for Japan's 2006 World Baseball Classic winning team.
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki is a Japanese actor. He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 1984 for The Funeral and Farewell to the Ark. Yamazaki is well known for his role "Nenbutsu no Tetsu" on the television jidaigeki Hissatsu Shiokinin and Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin.
Shun Takayama
Shun Takayama is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Daichi Suzuki
Daichi Suzuki is a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer. He won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Yasukazu Hamada
Yasukazu Hamada is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Futtsu and graduate of Senshu University he was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1993.
DJ Ozma
DJ Ozma born as Nao Baba on June 24, 1979 in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, and legally known as Sumitada Ozumano , is a Japanese pop singer and musical artist.
Akiko Abe
Akiko Abe is a Japanese free announcer and actress. Her real name is Akiko Nobuhiro . She was born in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Hideki Takahashi
Hideki Takahashi is a Japanese actor. Born in Kisarazu, Chiba near Tokyo, he attended Ichikawa Gakuen and later Nihon University.
Mayumi Ono
Mayumi Ono is a Japanese actress, entertainer, gravure idol, and singer represented by Sun Music Production. She graduated from Jumonji Junior College.