List of Famous people born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Takafumi Otsuka Japanese: 大塚隆史 is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight division. A professional mixed martial artist since 2006, Otsuka is a two-time DEEP Bantamweight Champion and a one-time DEEP Featherweight Champion.

Hideaki Kitajima is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Yuika Sugasawa is a Japanese football player. She plays for Urawa Reds. She also plays for Japan national team.

Manami Fujioka is a Japanese professional basketball player.

Takashi Ogasawara is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher who played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. As of 2013 he has been employed as a member of the Dragons 2nd team pitching coaching team.

Kunihiro Yamashita is a Japanese football player. He plays as a centre back.

Michiko Nishiwaki is a Japanese actress and stunt woman, martial artist, fight choreographer, and former female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She performed the high-risk stunts as a double for Lucy Liu in the film Charlie's Angels.