List of Famous people born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Kazunori Shinozuka
Kazunori "Toshio" Shinozuka is a former professional Japanese baseball player. As a boy, Ichiro Suzuki learned to pattern his original swinging pendulum leg kick after Shinozuka's.
G.G. Sato
Takahiko Sato , also known as G. G. Sato, is a former professional player for the Philadelphia Phillies organization, Saitama Seibu Lions, Chiba Lotte Marines, and Fortitudo Baseball Bologna.
Yūko Andō
Yūko Andō is a Japanese TV presenter and news anchor. She has headed Fuji Television's Super News evening news programme alongside Tetsuo Suda since April 2000.
Yōko Oginome
Yōko Oginome , real name Yōko Tsujino , is a former pop idol, actress and voice actress, who gained popularity in the mid-80s. Her fans often call her Oginome-chan. She is represented by the talent management firm Rising Production.
Atsushi Itō
Atsushi Itō is a Japanese actor. He started acting at the age of three in education programs. He is currently studying at Hosei University Business Faculty. He is frequently cast as geeky or otaku characters. Itō is the older brother of the actor and voice actor Takahiro Itō, who committed suicide in 2009. He was married on May 1, 2010 and has a daughter born on October 29, 2015.
Shigeru Joshima
Shigeru Joshima is a Japanese musician and actor. He is the leader and main guitarist of Tokio, a Johnny & Associates musical group.
Daisuke Yokoyama
Daisuke Yokoyama is a Japanese singer and actor. He is the 11th generation Uta no onīsan of NHK's programme Okaasan to Issho. He graduated from Kunitachi College of Music.
Keiji Tamada
Keiji Tamada is a Japanese football player who plays for V-Varen Nagasaki.
Wataru Takagi
Wataru Takagi is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Chiba Prefecture. He is affiliated with Arts Vision. He is best known for his roles in Detective Conan, After War Gundam X, Slayers Try, the Beast Wars: Transformers series, Great Teacher Onizuka, Hajime no Ippo, Naruto, the fifth series of GeGeGe no Kitarō, Yes! PreCure 5, and more recently, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable.
Shinnosuke Abe
Shinnosuke Abe is a Japanese former professional baseball player who spent his entire 19-year career with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants, serving as the team's captain from 2007 to 2014. He has twice been named the MVP of the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series, in 2007 and 2010.