List of Famous people born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Ryō Miyake
Ryo Miyake is a Japanese fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the second round. He won a silver medal in the team foil event.
Youichi Ui
Youichi Ui is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best seasons were in 2000, when he finished second in the 125cc world championship behind Roberto Locatelli and in 2001, when he finished second behind Manuel Poggiali. With his 6 Grand Prix victories in 2001, Ui tied a record set by Kenny Roberts in 1983 of most wins by a rider without winning a championship. He raced in Japan in 2007, winning the All Japan 250cc Road Race Championship.
Rintaro Tashima
Rintaro Tashima is a Japanese football player who last played for Dinamo Zagreb II.
Tadahiro Akiba
Tadahiro Akiba is a former Japanese football player and manager. His cousin Nobuhide Akiba is also footballer.
Hiromichi Watanabe
Hiromichi Watanabe is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet. A native of Matsudo City, Chiba he attended Waseda University as an undergraduate and received a master's degree from Meiji University. He was elected to the assembly of Chiba Prefecture in 1995 and then to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996. He was appointed by Shinzo Abe as Minister of Reconstruction on 2 October 2018 and left the position on 11 September 2019. He was succeeded by Kazunori Tanaka.
Hiroaki Samura
Hiroaki Samura is a Japanese manga artist, known for Blade of the Immortal, as well as several other short works. He has also done various illustrations for magazines and ero guro work.
Hirotoshi Ishii
Hirotoshi Ishii from Iwasaki, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan, is a Japanese baseball player. He currently plays as a relief pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Kenta Shinohara
Kenta Shinohara is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Sket Dance, which was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 2007 to 2013 and won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2010.
Urara Takano
Hisako Takayama , known by her stage name Urara Takano is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator from Togane, Chiba. She is currently affiliated with and representative of REMAX. Her most prominent role has been in the Sakura Wars video game franchise, where she voices Maria Tachibana. Other major roles include Ryo Takaba in Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!, Marller in Ah My Goddess, Tiger in Saber Marionette J, Musashi Kazama in Grander Musashi, Kai Hiwatari in Beyblade, and Veffidas Feaze in Macross 7. She is the mother of actress and voice actress Anna Kirie .
Keito Tsuna
Keito Tsuna is a Japanese actor working for Watanabe Entertainment.